The measure of truly knowing God, honoring God, and loving God is knowing, honoring, and loving Jesus for who He really is.

Jesus came to set us free from the slavery of approval and the praise of others.

Someday we will be raised from the dead. Our deteriorated bodies will respond to the voice of the Son of God. We will rise from the dead and face Him and He will look at our lives for evidence that we were living for Jesus. He will be looking to see if we have been bearing the fruit of love.

When Jesus heals this man and intentionally does it on the Sabbath, He is showing us something about himself.

This is a taste of the power in the resurrection. The implications are huge for the diseases and disabilities that we deal with all the time. Jesus walked into a huge group of debilitated people and heals one man — just one. And disappears before that man can know who He was. He leaves hundreds behind unhealed. Then he finds the man in a less conspicuous place and puts all the focus on holiness. Wow!