LUKE 13:10\u201317<\/b><\/p>\n
Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue ruler said to the people, \u201cThere are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
(Luke 13:14)<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Luke tells us that on a certain Sabbath Jesus was teaching in the synagogue. He encountered a woman who had been crippled for eighteen years. So severe was her malady that she could not straighten up at all. Jesus took pity on her, and, without her asking, healed her (Luke 13:10\u201313).<\/p>\n
Suddenly, Jesus was interrupted by a self-righteous official who criticized Him for healing people on the Sabbath. This man used his distorted moralism as a pretext for attacking Jesus\u2019 work.<\/p>\n
Jesus immediately rebuked him and his associates. \u201cYou hypocrites! Doesn\u2019t each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?\u201d (vv. 15\u201316). Jesus\u2019 point was this: You put forth effort on the Sabbath in order to give rest to your animals. Thus, what is wrong with putting forth effort on the Sabbath to grant restoration to a human being?<\/p>\n
We read that \u201cwhen he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing\u201d (v. 17). When Jesus taught and acted, there was a split reaction. Remember in last Thursday\u2019s study we saw Jesus explain that His ministry would divide the people. Just so, we need to realize that any Christian ministry is divisive. We cannot please everyone. Community evangelization, for instance, disturbs some people, sometimes even the \u201cpious\u201d in the church. All the same, Jesus calls us do the right things, and if opposition arises, we look to Him. He knows what it is like to face opposition.<\/p>\n
CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n
Psalms 82\u201384<\/p>\n
Romans 8:18\u201339<\/p>\n
Christians traditionally have visited the sick and infirm on Sundays in order to bring the healing ministry of Christ and His love to those who are unable to attend worship. Is there any such ministry in your church? Make a list of ways you can make the Christian Sabbath a more redemptive occasion in your community, church, and home.<\/p>\n
For further study: 1 Samuel 21:1\u20136; Colossians 2:13\u201319; tape #B57INT.62\/63<\/i><\/p>\n
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