Monday: 2^nd-Week in Ordinary Time-C

I Reading: 1 Samuel 15:16-23: Obedience is better than sacrifice. The Lord has rejected you as king.

Gospel: Mark 2:18-22: The bridegroom is with them.

Jesus’ Impact upon Young Disciples and Theologians:

The Kind of Life Christ brings.

Jesus Christ has the power to completely change life. He knows the desperate need and cry among people for a changed life. The changed life Christ gives is fourfold.

1.    Jesus aroused questions about fasting (v.18)

a.    An unusual alliance: John’s disciples and Pharisees

b.    A justified question

2.    Jesus Christ brings a joyful life (v.19)

3.    Jesus Christ brings a seeking life (v.20)

a.    He will be taken away

b.    His followers then fast

4.    Jesus Christ brings new life (v.21)

5.    Jesus Christ brings an adventuresome life (v.22)

Thought: A believer should not judge other believers for not keeping religious rituals. Religious rituals are not the standard by which believers are to be judged.  Christ alone is the judge (Rom 14:4).

A new beginning and a new life must be launched or else the person faces uselessness, extinction or death. A person will die in the old garment of his flesh (sinful nature) unless he comes to Christ for a new beginning.

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