Conversation Starters

1. Read Mark 2:13–3:6.

2. What is it about the Pharisees’ interactions with Jesus that make them want to kill him (3:6)?

3. In what ways might we, like the Pharisees, harbor resentment toward people who don’t meet our religious expectations?

4. Summarize Jesus’ response to the Pharisees in each of the scenarios in this passage.

5. What can we learn from the way Jesus responds to each of these interactions with the Pharisees?

Title: Jesus Recaptures
Reference: Mark 2:13-3:6
Speaker: Gabe Coyle, GabeC@cckc.church

– God wants to give rest, not burdens.

– God gave the sabbath for our rest.

There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord. Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern. ~ Rabbi Abraham Heschel, The Sabbath

– Amidst our ordinary days, rest invites both feasting and fasting.

– Everyone can follow Jesus into his rest.

– God is committed to our rest