Specialists in trivialities.

In Mark 12: 18 – 27, Jesus confronts the unbelieving Sadducees who were notorious for their lack of perspective. They were too focused on their own social status to focus in on the things which were really important. They had limited vision, were nearsighted, saw only the human dimension. The Sadducees rejected the supernatural, because they couldn't understand it. They didn't believe in the resurrection because it defied human logic. They were mistaken indeed. So Jesus confronts the Sadducees concerning their error regarding the resurrection. And in this passage, he points them to what really counts.

Mark 12: 24. "Jesus said to them, 'Is this not the reason you are mistaken, that you do not understand the Scriptures, or the power of God?"

The Scriptures were given to reveal the power of God, yes, the character of God. It introduces a lost world to the one and only God we should worship and serve – the Creator of all things and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. When we keep this, the main thing in the Scriptures, the main thing of our faith and our lives, we will not be mistaken and we will not be misled, to wrongly follow peripheral issues and loose sight of God’s purpose with his revelation to us. The whole Bible was given to reveal God to us. The Bible testifies of Jesus Christ, who came to this world to reintroduce the almighty God to his people.

Do you find yourself getting sidetracked on minor issues? Did you become a specialist in trivialities? It is so easy to get sidetracked, instead of concentrating on understanding the focused message of the Scriptures and thus experiencing the power of God. If it happens, we will be limited in our vision. We will end up mistaken in our conclusions. And our spiritual life will be constantly frustrated, because we will continue to see through human eyes and perceive through human understanding.

The challenge for us is to shape our thinking in the light of God's truth about God's power, love and the salvation he affords. As we do, a whole new world will open up to us.
We desperately need to be students of God’s Word as followers of Jesus Christ. Nothing less, and nothing more!