Read: Leviticus 1:1-3:17; Mark 1:29-2:12; Psalm 35:17-28; Proverbs 9:13-18
Today we read about two kinds of offerings: the burnt offering and the peace offering. The burnt offering was required and the peace offering was voluntary. The burnt offering stands for Jesus death on the cross. If we offer this one for our lives then we are saying that Christ is our sacrifice and we are cleansed of sin. If we offer the peace offering or fellowship offering we are saying that we want to be sanctified and want to have fellowship with the Lord. This is our sacrifice to Him.
In Mark, Jesus healed Peter’s mother-in-law which tells us that Peter was married. Jesus also healed many and cast out many demons. He refused to let the demons talk because they knew who he was and he wanted the people to figure it out for themselves. Next, Jesus healed a Jewish leper which was one of the Messianic signs that the Pharisees and leaders of the law had written as a miracle only the Messiah would do. Jesus told him to go and show the priests so they would have to be accountable. Jesus also healed the paralytic. These miracles had never been done by a man which shows us how much they had to harden their hearts not to see the truth. We are seeing this same hardness in our country right now. God is trying to heal America and bring his righteous rule in and people are completely blind to what is good and right. They are rebelling against common sense and righteousness but God’s rule will prevail!
Lord we rejoice with the Psalmist in saying, “may those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness.”
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