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350 FBCWest | 2 Gates, 2 Trees, and 2 Foundations

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349 FBCWest by First Baptist Church of Westminster, California

348 FBCWest by First Baptist Church of Westminster, California

347 FBCWest by First Baptist Church of Westminster, California

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Jesus delivers what is commonly known as :The Sermon on the Mount.” It has so much to consider we will look at it in various parts. Throughout His sermon what qualities a disciple has and He compares and contrasts disciples with others. The first part of His sermon is known as “The Beatitudes”. He issues a number of this then statements, such as “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. The merciful have been blessed, it is past tense. The this statement is the merciful have been blessed. The then statement is that they will receive mercy. Each of these statements are qualities or characteristics of a believer. We should regularly consider Jesus’ entire sermon, but especially the Beatitudes to determine if our life reflects these blessing in our life.

As Jesus continues His circuit ministry throughout Galilee, there are many people following, in addition to His disciples. One of those groups of people who were following Jesus was the Pharisee. They followed Him, not to learn from Him, but to criticize Him. One such occasion was when He and His disciples walked through a grain field on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, so that picked some grain and ate it. The Pharisees immediacy call Jesus’ attention to this and condemn the disciples for breaking the Sabbath. But they did not in effect break the Sabbath, they broke the religious establishments interpretation of the commandment to rest on the Sabbath and keep it holy. Jesus defends His disciple from an example in the Scriptures of David and his companions eating bread that was in the holy place, where only the priest were to go and eat the bread. He also defended them from the law that the priest work on the Sabbath. Both were considered innocent. But the final defense of His disciples was two-fold. Jesus is greater than the Temple and He is the Lord of the Sabbath.

On that same Sabbath Jesus enters into a synagogue where a man with a withered harem was attending. The Pharisees do not doubt Jesus’ authority or ability to heal the man. Instead, their answer to whether it is permitted to do good on the Sabbath is a resounding no. But Jesus heals the man on the Sabbath by stating even their interpretation of the law permits a person to help and animal out of a ditch. Jesus states that people are more valuable than animals and heals the man. The Pharisees response is not to praise God or acknowledge Jesus, but to conspire to destroy Him.

Do we add rules and regulations that prevent us from doing good, even on the Sabbath?

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As Jesus continues His circuit ministry throughout Galilee, there are many people following, in addition to His disciples. One of those groups of people who were following Jesus was the Pharisee. They followed Him, not to learn from Him, but to criticize Him. One such occasion was when He and His disciples walked through a grain field on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, so that picked some grain and ate it. The Pharisees immediacy call Jesus’ attention to this and condemn the disciples for breaking the Sabbath. But they did not in effect break the Sabbath, they broke the religious establishments interpretation of the commandment to rest on the Sabbath and keep it holy. Jesus defends His disciple from an example in the Scriptures of David and his companions eating bread that was in the holy place, where only the priest were to go and eat the bread. He also defended them from the law that the priest work on the Sabbath. Both were considered innocent. But the final defense of His disciples was two-fold. Jesus is greater than the Temple and He is the Lord of the Sabbath.

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Jesus calls Levi/Matthew to follow Him. Matthew was a tax-collector. Tax-collectors were hated, both because they collected taxes, but were doing so for the Roman Empire. Tax-collectors who were also Jewish were considered traitors. Even so, Jesus calls Matthew to follow Him. Jesus calls people like you and me who others may not think worthy, but Jesus does so anyway. As a result Matthew gives a reception for Jesus with other tax-collectors and those the religious leader think to be sinners. Addressing their criticism, Jesus says that it is the sick that need a physician. Unstated, but true, when it comes to sin and being sinners, we all are in need of a physician and Jesus is the Great Physician. Churches and Christ followers should understand that we are in the dual position of being in need of a physician for our sins and are ones who are to assist leading people to Jesus and teaching them so that they are healed in more than their bodies, but their souls as well.

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