Jesus, the Bridegroom
Delivered 1/24/2010 on Mark 2:18-22 by Carter Sanger
Teenage children have a very particular view of what is cool and, as far as they can tell, their parents are often completely out of touch with it. Parents look at their children’s taste and wonder what happened. These different frames of reference create conflict and keep them apart. Not a good thing.
Considering how damaging it can be in a family to come from different frames of reference helps us imagine how devastating it is in your relationship with God. We will never understand Jesus unless we see him through a frame of reference that Jesus himself provides. And here’s the kicker. If you begin to understand Jesus with this new frame of reference, the repercussions can dramatically improve your marriage, your relationship with your kids (or your parents), and on down the line. Jesus gives us a new frame of reference. We must learn to look at the world through it.
In other words, you can’t understand Jesus from within your current framework. You can’t just take Jesus and “add him into” your current way of life. He demands a new wineskin altogether. Which is a hard thing to gain.
What we find in this passage is that the most religious people of the day, the ones thought to be closest to God, had a frame of reference had them missing God altogether.
