The new wisdom in preaching is that you should never begin a sermon with scripture . There were two blondes on opposite sides of a river. In this lesson the disciples were trying to get to the other side of Lake Galilee, but Mark is using this story to tell us something more than just a travel story. We easily fall into the same predicament as the disciples. Scripture is not a self-help, get rich, lose weight, healthy life style manual.
Scripture is the story of our salvation.
Always people have tried to make it more, but it is and always has been simply the revelation of God s eternal way and plan for us. Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them for our sake God made him to be sin who know no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. On my recent vacation, I had the opportunity to spend an afternoon in the National Gallery in London. The current featured exhibit is entitled The Life of Christ . The exhibit contains major works in every period and requires a tour of the entire museum to see all the pieces on display.