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MARK: Jesus #Unfiltered Day 15
Road laws are good things. The law of not crossing the double lines is good because it keeps me from driving into oncoming traffic. The law of not speeding is good because it keeps me from speeding off the side of the road. The law is a good thing. It is designed to keep order and keep people safe. The same can be said of the laws of the Old Testament. The law was designed to be for the people of God, to serve the people, to keep them within God’s design for them. The law was good! However, the religious leaders of Jesus’ day didn’t see it or use it for its original purpose. They became legalists about it and even put in extra laws that went beyond the extent of the original laws to create a boundary to protect people from breaking the original laws. One of the big ones for them was the Sabbath however, Jesus is going to completely shatter their expectations in the next few days.
In today’s encounter on the Sabbath day, the disciples became hungry and started picking grain and the Pharisees became annoyed and started grumbling! They were technically in breach of the complicated laws but Jesus didn’t correct nor rebuke them, but stood up for them in the face of the religious leaders. He quotes an example where the great King David, the king from the peak of Israel committed a far greater offence to the laws. In doing this, he is rebuking the leaders for their legalism. Instead of teaching the Sabbath as a gift, they turned it into a list of heavy burdens that no one could carry. But Jesus says that humanity wasn’t designed to serve the Sabbath but the Sabbath was given to serve people and Jesus is the one who has authority over it. Jesus has the right to decide what goes and what doesn’t and in him, we can find our ultimate sabbath rest knowing that Jesus urges us to come to him, and he will give us rest. MC
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Heavenly Father, thank you for your graciousness to us given in the Law. Thank you that you love us so much that you give us a way to live in relationship with you ultimately through Jesus. Keep us from legalism and keep us in holiness as we strive to live for you with all we have. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
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By St Bart's ToowoombaRoad laws are good things. The law of not crossing the double lines is good because it keeps me from driving into oncoming traffic. The law of not speeding is good because it keeps me from speeding off the side of the road. The law is a good thing. It is designed to keep order and keep people safe. The same can be said of the laws of the Old Testament. The law was designed to be for the people of God, to serve the people, to keep them within God’s design for them. The law was good! However, the religious leaders of Jesus’ day didn’t see it or use it for its original purpose. They became legalists about it and even put in extra laws that went beyond the extent of the original laws to create a boundary to protect people from breaking the original laws. One of the big ones for them was the Sabbath however, Jesus is going to completely shatter their expectations in the next few days.
In today’s encounter on the Sabbath day, the disciples became hungry and started picking grain and the Pharisees became annoyed and started grumbling! They were technically in breach of the complicated laws but Jesus didn’t correct nor rebuke them, but stood up for them in the face of the religious leaders. He quotes an example where the great King David, the king from the peak of Israel committed a far greater offence to the laws. In doing this, he is rebuking the leaders for their legalism. Instead of teaching the Sabbath as a gift, they turned it into a list of heavy burdens that no one could carry. But Jesus says that humanity wasn’t designed to serve the Sabbath but the Sabbath was given to serve people and Jesus is the one who has authority over it. Jesus has the right to decide what goes and what doesn’t and in him, we can find our ultimate sabbath rest knowing that Jesus urges us to come to him, and he will give us rest. MC
Questions
Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank you for your graciousness to us given in the Law. Thank you that you love us so much that you give us a way to live in relationship with you ultimately through Jesus. Keep us from legalism and keep us in holiness as we strive to live for you with all we have. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.