6 On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled. 7 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath. 8 But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand in front of everyone.” So he got up and stood there.
9 Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
10 He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was completely restored. 11 But they were furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus. (Lk 6:6-11, NIV)
Now this is my own personal statement, but i really think Jesus got a kick out of ticking the Pharisees off. Ok maybe, its not completely true, but maybe He at least smirked. Jesus really called the Pharisees to the carpet many times, and He had excellent points and lessons every time He did.
A man was in the audience (congregation) that day that had a paralyzed hand, the Pharisees wanted to bust Jesus for "healing" on the Sabbath (because your not supposed to work on Sabbath, and "healing" is "working"), and guess what Jesus gave them just what they wanted. Before he healed the man Jesus gave an excellent point: Sabbath is the day to do good and to save lives. Instead of being happy or amazed the Pharisees where angry and began their plot about what to do to Jesus.
Ok so here is the point: don't be a hypocrite when it comes to the Sabbath, don't complain about people not observing the Sabbath and go out to eat somewhere (why? because your causing someone to work). Be thankful your Pastor and Staff Pastor's work on Sunday's (aka protestant Sabbath), cause hey we're doing good.
God gave us the Sabbath as a day to rest, recover, reflect on Him. For some their Sabbath is Sunday's (but it's definitely not a day of rest for most of us pastor's), for some theirs is Saturday's, or it may be any other day of the week. The point of the Sabbath is that you and I would take at least one day to rest, recover, and Reflect on God.
Just be careful to not be too dogmatic or hypocritical when it comes to the Sabbath, the Pharisees where and Jesus really frowned upon it.
Have a blessed day.....Chris
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