Companionship is what makes every journey enjoyable.

Today, we continue our journey with Jesus.

Join Scott Pauli as we make brief stops in the Gospel according to Mark.

We trust you will enjoy the journey.

I have always enjoyed being in a classroom and teaching a group of people, especially if they're

hungry to learn. Well, in Mark chapter 2, Jesus has quite a crowd gathered around

him. As a matter of fact, in verse 13, it says he went forth again by the seaside and all the

multitude resorted unto him and he taught them. Jesus held class in the most unusual places and used

the most unusual things to teach. And he's got a crowd around him.

He's teaching them.

And in the midst of his class, there's a group of people within the class that start

asking questions.

Now, these are not the questions of a student.

These are the questions of a skeptic.

And you can always tell the difference because people who ask questions to learn, they're hungry to know the answer.

But some people don't want an answer. They don't want the truth.

No, they're skeptics and they simply want to give the teacher a hard time.

And that's what the Pharisees are doing in Mark chapter number two.

Now we've looked at one of those questions already.

It was the question that they asked about why Jesus was eating with publicans and sinners. And it revealed more

about them than it did the publicans and sinners. They thought more of themselves than if anybody

else, they thought their religion made them better. They failed to see their own sin sickness.

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