Title: The Meaning of the Authority of Jesus
Contents
Subject: The Meaning of Jesus' Authority
Bible text:
1 Samuel 3:1-20 The power to begin the work of God (the first salvation)
Mark 2:23-3:6 The meaning of Jesus' authority
1 Samuel 3:1-20 The power to begin the work of God (the first salvation)
The background of the text develops with the conflict between Peninnah, who has many children, and Hannah, who has no children. Hannah goes to Shiloh to pray for her children at the sacrificial altar where Eli is the priest. Hannah asks for God's permission for Samuel's birth for her son. Hannah praises God's power, the first salvation in answering prayer. The content of Hannah's praise is very important in describing the first salvation of God's power as a radical reversal in life. God crushes, crushes, and humbles Peninnah's voice (2-4), and makes him hungry and feeble (4-5), the proud, arrogant, and arrogant Peninnah. Finally, by the power of God, Hannah becomes a woman with children and is allowed a reversal in her own life. Hannah's praises of thanks describe God, who makes the first salvation possible, like the double-edged sword of a mighty sword. Characteristics of the book of Samuel are frequent pairs of contrasting situations: David and Saul (his son), Saul and Samuel (his son), Samuel and Eli (his son), and Hannah and Peninnah. This structure provides the context for the calling of Samuel in 1 Samuel 3.
The inner relationship of these traits is central to the story included in the scope of vocation. The text is divided into four parts. Introduction (1-3), Introduction to the calling of Samuel (4-9), Explanation of God’s revelation (10-15), Conclusion (16-20), Between the two points of origin about God and Samuel, Eli and The story begins (1-3) and ends (16-20) with Samuel.
The main focus of the text is God's first salvation. Samuel's call represents a good choice for this Sunday because our very easy confession of God's first salvation in our lives at a good time is compounded. The character of Eli attached to this story is the act that led to the call of Samuel to an ambiguous conclusion as our interpretation, but the role of the priest Eli will be the focus.
When Samuel was a boy, he served the ministry of the priest Eli. Although we are familiar with God, this explanation that the word of the Lord works again because of Eli's faint vision has several functions. Reference should be made to the fact that the priest's vision was prepared for Eli's frustration and Samuel's revival. Eli's dim vision draws attention to Eli's ambiguity through his worthless son because of the "light" sight of the message. Recognizing that this situation in which Eli's priesthood was rejected before God because of his son's defect would be an act of rejection of himself.
The repeated good story is the story of going to God the third time before the boy Samuel who understood the clairvoyance of Eli the priest (4-9). The calling of Samuel is even the first calling to illustrate salvation to a child and to explain the power of God. At that time Samuel did not know God (7). But Eli recognized God's call (8). Eli's personal guidance to Samuel followed God's revelation, but paradoxically, it is God's response to judging Eli. Judgment is surely heard through the ears (2 Kings 21:12; Habakkuk 3:16).
God begins a relationship between Eli, who has not changed about God's judgment, and Samuel, who preaches God's word (15). Samuel fears God's message to the priest Eli, but Eli exercises the religious authority he possesses as a priest to the boy Samuel to pray for holy blessings and disasters (17). Samuel opens the door of the temple (conditional surrender) and obeys God's word to deliver God's message to the priest Eli. Finally, Eli delegates to him the word of the Lord to ‘seek what is good’, explaining all the revealed meanings in the role between Eli and Samuel.
This scene is a reflection on the theme of God's first 'call' to fulfill the exclusive (exclusive) problem of calling Samuel. God's call is described as good things happening to good people. We must find our own obedience (submission) in the real challenge (prayer and evangelism) to acknowledge and confess God's saving power through Eli's vision of a dark and ambiguous world. The biblical author conveys the prayer and message in Samuel's call, emphasizing this point by making important features of the teaching by Eli.
Mark 2:23-3:6 The meaning of Jesus' authority
Four stories of Jesus' authority in conflict with religious authorities can be found in the text. First, the authority to forgive sins Second, Jesus’ freedom to choose disciples among those who do the work of Christ Third, Jesus’ Renewal: Jesus’ ministry as a true characteristic of Jesus’ godliness as a reformative essence Fourth, Jesus’ attitude toward the Sabbath etc.
three parts for the week
2:23-26 Controversy over cutting grain on the Sabbath
2:27-28 The Sabbath is not for the Sabbath itself, but for man.
3:1-6 The story of healing a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath
It is unclear because the text criticizes the piety and religiosity of the Sabbath. It is clear that the text is about the authority of Jesus. The Gospel of Mark is the story of Jesus, the Son of God, who was anointed by God and tells of his identity with Christ as the Messiah. Jesus, the Son of God, as Mark knew, is the decisive factor of faith for Mark. But Mark emphasizes such stories of knowing Jesus, the Son of God, in the jargon of the creative process of his ministry, including the story of the cross of salvation from the dead. Jesus' authority is insufficient for Mark who simply knows Jesus as the Son of God. We who have a clear understanding of Jesus must find and safely verify the authority by which Jesus acted. Mark explains with Jesus to us who want to remember and retain the stories he told.
The first story is about the disciples, not Jesus himself, who did not try to stop them from cutting the grain on the Sabbath (23-26). Furthermore, the Pharisees who oppose Jesus treat and read one part of the Bible, while Jesus interprets and interprets another part of the Bible in a different way and defends the disciples. The focus of the Pharisees on the law is a literary attitude. Jesus applies his own time through an analysis of the Sabbath (the time of David) that is Israel's historical memorial. The Pharisees have different views of interpretation of the text of Jesus. We should try to learn about the history of Israel. All Pharisees follow the principal example of the Jewish people, the practice of resting on the Sabbath, to lead a legal life of religion through their piety.
In the story of the healing of the withered hand, we see the basic attitude of the Pharisees to approach the literary and legal parts. Mark explicitly refers to their hostility toward Jesus. Mark's narrative is the ultimate contrast between the religious authority of Israel and Jesus, and the fact that the Sadducees, not the Pharisees, are in alliance with the Romans in the process of Jesus' passion.
What existence requires is not a rigid religion that determines the course of human existence. God will co-exist with beings who are healthy in humanity. God's ministry to mankind must be aligned with Jesus' life, which shows His authority and God's love.