Mark 2:18-22

Mark 2:18

I. There should be differences between Jesus Christ's disciples and the disciples of all other men. It is noticeable how soon these differences were detected by the critics of the day. The differences should be as broadly marked now as they were in the days of Jesus Christ's visible ministry.

II. These differences should find their explanation in Jesus Christ, not in the expression of the disciples themselves. Jesus Christ takes upon Himself the responsibility of determining the public attitude of His disciples.

III. The illustration about pieces of cloth and the different wines shows the perfect uniqueness of Christianity. There is to be no patching, there is to be no compromising; Christianity is to have a distinctiveness and speciality of its own.

Parker, City Temple,1871, p. 59.

References: Mark 2:18. A. B. Bruce, Parabolic Teaching of Christ,p. 295; Ibid., The Training of the Twelve,p. 69; H. M. Luckock, Footprints of the Son of Man,p. 47.