August 23, 2020
Mark 12:1-12
You can lease a car for
five years at a “low” price. You can drive it. You can care for it. You can
wash it. You can get the windows tinted. You can get the best music system
known to man. You can do that, but none of it means that you are the owner of the
car. Despite all the money that you might put on it and all the hard work, the
car still is the property of the company from which you leased it. No matter
how much you love the car or how used you are to this car, it is simply not
yours. The same is true for the church. The religious leaders had been in
charge for so long that they had started to believe that they were the owners.
They felt that they could dictate purpose and vision. This was so much the case
that they felt justified in killing the Masters’ son when He came to reclaim
what was always His! As if that would make them owners! Christianity does not
belong to us. Christ is King. We are Christ’s servants. No matter how long it
has been since the master visited the property, it still belongs to Christ.
This is God’s church.
What is the worst
experience you have had renting or lending something of yours to someone else?
What happened?
Why do you think the
level of aggression increases through the parable? What was Jesus trying to
say?
What right does the
Owner of the church have that we do not have as His servants?
How would you have felt
if you were one of the religious leaders hearing the words of Jesus for the
first time?
If you are honest, which
of these characters are you most like and why?
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