<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Mark 1;21&amp;22<div><br></div><div><b>21. &nbsp;And they went into Caperna-um; and immediately on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught.</b></div><div><b>22. &nbsp;And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.<br></b><br>Please note, our text says, <i>“they were astonished at his <u>teaching</u>” </i>(singular) not ‘teaching<u>s</u>’.</div><div><br></div><div>It was <u>who</u>&nbsp;was doing the speaking that Mark in&nbsp;this text wants us to understand, not ‘what’ he was teaching.</div><div><br></div><div>Please understand, I am not denigrating or in any way seeking to minimize or diminish the content of Jesus’ words. &nbsp;‘What’ Jesus spoke was life-giving, repentance giving, faith giving, holy divine Word from the Father. &nbsp;<i>“For I have not spoken on my own authority; the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak.” </i>(John 12;49)</div><div><br></div><div>The point is, that the very spirit/Spirit of Jesus reflected and projected the actual&nbsp;presence of God with all authority. &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>When the text says <i>“they were <u>astonished</u>” </i>it means the people were ‘gobsmacked,’ &nbsp;and&nbsp;‘stupefied’.</div><div>They were overwhelmed with wonder, surprise, shock, and trembling. &nbsp;The very person of Jesus, everything about him radiated power, holiness, even the tone of his voice, his countenance, his eyes,</div><div>but especially his voice, simply stunned the people.</div><div><br></div><div>The&nbsp;voice of Jesus they were listening to,&nbsp;called into existence the whole of all Creation out of nothing. &nbsp;The Latin term is ‘ex&nbsp;nihilo’ it&nbsp;<span>means ‘out of nothing’. &nbsp;And that voice as it spoke breathed life into all living things, plants, animals, man, the angels and the stars. &nbsp;That voice called light itself into existence, and our own enlightenment comes by that same voice. &nbsp;For He is still speaking life and light into us as the Scriptures are read aloud and when we hear the pastor speak in the place and by the command of Christ the Words, “I forgive you all your sins, <u>in</u>&nbsp;the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>The first work of the Word is to reveal the Person of Jesus Christ for <u>WHO</u>&nbsp;He is; &nbsp;God in the flesh, God incarnate, God with all authority to judge the living and the dead. &nbsp;He is God <i>“the Way, the Truth, and the Life”. </i>(John 14;6)</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Jesus is not just another man like their scribes. &nbsp;He is God living in a true man. &nbsp;He is what He desires to be in us as well, <i>“Christ in you, the hope of glory.” &nbsp;</i>(Colossians 1;27b)</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Prayer: &nbsp;Merciful Father, grant that we too be astounded, gobsmacked with the voice of Jesus as we hear Him speaking your Word to us. &nbsp;Bless us with faith to believe the divine can dwell in the human, even in us. &nbsp;In Jesus we pray, Amen.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Love,</span></div><div><span>Dad/Baba/Eric</span></div><div><span>Grandpa Pickle Pastor</span></div><div><span>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word <u>is</u>&nbsp;our habitation, <u>and we are His</u>.”</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><br><br><br><br><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Mark 1;21&22
21.  And they went into Caperna-um; and immediately on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught.22.  And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

Please note, our text says, “they were astonished at his teaching” (singular) not ‘teachings’.
It was who was doing the speaking that Mark in this text wants us to understand, not ‘what’ he was teaching.
Please understand, I am not denigrating or in any way seeking to minimize or diminish the content of Jesus’ words.  ‘What’ Jesus spoke was life-giving, repentance giving, faith giving, holy divine Word from the Father.  “For I have not spoken on my own authority; the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak.” (John 12;49)
The point is, that the very spirit/Spirit of Jesus reflected and projected the actual presence of God with all authority.  
When the text says “they were astonished” it means the people were ‘gobsmacked,’  and ‘stupefied’.They were overwhelmed with wonder, surprise, shock, and trembling.  The very person of Jesus, everything about him radiated power, holiness, even the tone of his voice, his countenance, his eyes,but especially his voice, simply stunned the people.
The voice of Jesus they were listening to, called into existence the whole of all Creation out of nothing.  The Latin term is ‘ex nihilo’ it means ‘out of nothing’.  And that voice as it spoke breathed life into all living things, plants, animals, man, the angels and the stars.  That voice called light itself into existence, and our own enlightenment comes by that same voice.  For He is still speaking life and light into us as the Scriptures are read aloud and when we hear the pastor speak in the place and by the command of Christ the Words, “I forgive you all your sins, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
The first work of the Word is to reveal the Person of Jesus Christ for WHO He is;  God in the flesh, God incarnate, God with all authority to judge the living and the dead.  He is God “the Way, the Truth, and the Life”. (John 14;6)
Jesus is not just another man like their scribes.  He is God living in a true man.  He is what He desires to be in us as well, “Christ in you, the hope of glory.”  (Colossians 1;27b)
Prayer:  Merciful Father, grant that we too be astounded, gobsmacked with the voice of Jesus as we hear Him speaking your Word to us.  Bless us with faith to believe the divine can dwell in the human, even in us.  In Jesus we pray, Amen.
Love,Dad/Baba/EricGrandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”






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