1. THE GOSPELACCORDING TO JESUSMARK 2:23-28

2. CHRISTIAN FAITH..is designed to work like this:Freely you have received, freely give.Matthew 10The things you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit tofaithful men who will be able to teachothers also. 3. Learning a process of accessing and implementing revelation THAT WILL BE SUPERNATURAL That REPRODUCIBLEwill connect people directly That is simple enoughwith God: Father, Son to be practiced andand Holy Spirit remembered easily so that itcan be reproduced from one ACCESSIBLEThatbeliever to the next. anyone can use from the first day they decide to seek UNIVERSAL That revelation from God until theanyone can use regardless of last breath they take on their culture, language or earth. level of education. INDIVIDUALThat COMMUNALThat depends on self-discoverydignifies the idea that rather than one person revelation and explaining their discovery implementation work best without the second personwhen it happens between making their own discovery.two or more people. 4. REVIEWthe previous lesson Jesus said to them,Are the wedding guests able to fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as the bridegroom is with themthey are not able to fast.20 But the days will comewhen the bridegroom is taken away from them and then they will fast.Mark 2:19,20 5. NEW LESSON MARK 2:23-28 6. MARK 2:23-2823On one occasion he washouse of God during thewalking through the time of Abiathar the Highcornfields on the Sabbath Priest and ate the bread ofand his disciples began tothe Presence which no onepick the ears of corn. 24 The is allowed to eat except thePharisees said to priests, and he gave somehim, Look, why are theyto those who were withdoing what is unlawful on him? 27 He also said, Thethe Sabbath? 25 He Sabbath was created forreplied, Havent you readman not created for thewhat David and those whoSabbath. 28 It follows thatwere with him did whenthe Son of Man is Lordthey were hungry and in even of the Sabbath. 26 7. QUESTION NO. 1 What has god made us aware of ? 8. The people JESUSTHE DISCIPLESTHE PHARISEES 9. The situation1. Its the Sabbath2. Jesus and the disciples are walking through someones corn field.3. The disciples break with the Jewish traditions by picking corn cobs and eating them.4. The Pharisees were watching.5. The Pharisees challenge Jesus about the fact that his disciples are breaking the law i.e. two laws: reaping grain and sifting it. 10. It might have been a situation something like this in another centuryOl man river, cotton, Lif dat bale!Dat ol man riverAn dem dat Git a little drunkHe musknowplantsem An you land in jail.sumpinis soon forgotten,But dont sayBut olman river, Ah gits wearynuthin, He jes keepsAn sick of tryinHe jeskeeps rollin rollinalong. Ahm tired of livinHe keeps on rollinAn skeered of dyin,along. You anme, we But ol man river, sweat an strain, He jeskeeps rollingHe don plantBody all achin an along.taters/tators, racket wid pain,He dont plant Tote dat barge! 11. For jesus this was a kingdom ministryopportunity1. When David and his men needed food on the Sabbath they ate from the consecrated food in the temple.2. The Sabbath was made for the well being of people, not for people to suffer under the tyranny of religious obligations.3. I am the one who has authority regarding the Sabbath. 12. QUESTION NO. 2 WHAT IFTHIS WAS HAPPENING IN MY LIFE ? 13. WHAT IF IT HAPPENED IN THE LIVESOF THE ORIGINAL HEARERS?1. They would have realized that King David was acting within the parameters of the original intention of God regarding the Sabbath.2. They would have seen the original intention as being a loving provision by God for the good of the people who were created lovingly by him to fulfill a loving purpose.3. They would have realized that Jesus was the Son of God and therefore God. 14. How would that work for me?1. I would honour God for knowing how I am made and wanting me to live in physical and emotional health by allocating a 1 in 7 kind of rotation of work and rest.2. I would willingly respond to Jesus as the Son of God and the one I should look to for working out how to live out the spiritual principles he modeled and taught. I would also make sure I helped others to live in the same way.3. I would do an audit on the way I live by Christian values to make sure they are LIFE GIVING and not just religious. 15. QUESTION NO. 3 TO DOwhat do it need to to ? 16. PLAN, PRACTICE PRAY PLAN PRACTICE PRAY