"Lection Reflections" is a short review of the themes of the coming Sunday's scripture readings as written in the Book of Common Prayer's Lectionary, Year B. For more information on lectionaries, and how they can work to aid Bible knowledge, click here!
The common theme of Sunday's readings (sometimes a common theme cannot be found, so don't sweat it if one doesn't present itself) is found in the reading from the Epistle: I Corinthians 8: 1b - 13. The setting is a discourse about eating food sacrificed to idols (which is another discussion for another time), but the common message is this: "Knowledge puffs up; but love builds up." (Verse 1b)
In the Gospel reading, Mark 1: 21 - 28, the setting is Jesus teaching in the synagogue. No surprise here, because synagogues exist to pursue knowledge, and rabbis (teachers) go together with synagogues and teaching like ducks and water. The common theme surfaces here, though, when a man with an unclean spirit interrupts the class. What to do, what to do: Keep the wheel of knowledge rolling, or do the loving thing and attend to the needs of the man?
Psalm 111 tells us that it is "the fear of the Lord" -- not knowledge -- that is the beginning of wisdom.
Finally, the Old Testament reading from Deuteronomy 18: 15 - 20 is an ancient reminder that God was not against His people having knowledge, but that some sources of information were a detriment to life and liberty, and that it is better to trust in a loving God.
Have a great Sunday!
The common theme of Sunday's readings (sometimes a common theme cannot be found, so don't sweat it if one doesn't present itself) is found in the reading from the Epistle: I Corinthians 8: 1b - 13. The setting is a discourse about eating food sacrificed to idols (which is another discussion for another time), but the common message is this: "Knowledge puffs up; but love builds up." (Verse 1b)
In the Gospel reading, Mark 1: 21 - 28, the setting is Jesus teaching in the synagogue. No surprise here, because synagogues exist to pursue knowledge, and rabbis (teachers) go together with synagogues and teaching like ducks and water. The common theme surfaces here, though, when a man with an unclean spirit interrupts the class. What to do, what to do: Keep the wheel of knowledge rolling, or do the loving thing and attend to the needs of the man?
Psalm 111 tells us that it is "the fear of the Lord" -- not knowledge -- that is the beginning of wisdom.
Finally, the Old Testament reading from Deuteronomy 18: 15 - 20 is an ancient reminder that God was not against His people having knowledge, but that some sources of information were a detriment to life and liberty, and that it is better to trust in a loving God.
Have a great Sunday!
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