LORD OF THE SABBATH

FRIDAY, 17 JULY 2020

 

ISAIAH 38:-6.21-22.7-8

 

And Isaiah said, "Let me take a cake of figs, and put it on the line, to heal!" Before that Hezekiah had said: "What shall be the sign, that I will go to the House of the Lord?"

 

ISAIAH 3B: 10-12,16  

 

My dwelling hut was demolished and opened like a shepherd's tent; Like a weaving artisan rolled up the thread I ended my life; God cut off my life from the threads. From day to night thou hast suffered me, I cried for help until morning; Like a lion, God destroys all my bones; From day to night thou hast suffered me.

 

MATTHEW 12:1-8

 

The Pharisees rebuking Jesus ' disciples quoting and eating the grain on the Sabbath and Jesus said He was God on the Sabbath day.

 

DEVOTIONALS 

 

The Pharisees had always been finding fault with Jesus and this time about Jesus ' disciples picking, eating the grain on the Sabbath day.

 

Matthew 12:1-2

At that time, on the Sabbath day, Jesus walked in the wheat field. Hungry, his disciples plucked the grain of wheat and eaten it. Seeing that, the Pharisees said to Him, "Behold, murid-muridMu does something that is not allowed on the Sabbath day."

 

The Pharisees and scribes do not understand the intent and purpose of God establishing the rule of the Sabbath is to glorify God by spending a special day on the Sabbath.

 

But they add to the rules of the Sabbath based on their interests and establish the prohibition of doing activities/jobs on the Sabbath for others unless they can.  

 

Matthew 12:5

Or have you not read in the Torah, that on the Sabbath days, the priests broke the Sabbath law in the temple, but were innocent?

 

A lesson for us that rules should be set apart for the benefit of the multitude.  

 

Sometimes there are situations and conditions that are forced to violate the rules but must see the objectives; Whether it pertains to a person's life or relates to hunger, sickness, his dsman.

 

Helping people who are sick, starvation, and other critical conditions, even if forced to violate provisions of the Sabbath day, should be taken into consideration and allowable.

 

So

 

The goal is determined by the rules that should be the guideline of supervising whether the rules are well executed and for mutual benefit. 

 

Jesus is the Messiah means Jesus is God but the Pharisees and scribes do not admit it because they have their own understanding that is not in line with the Lord God.

 

Of course they did not understand when Jesus said:

 

Matthew 12:6.8

I say unto you: There are those who exceed the temple. Because the son of man is Lord of the Sabbath. 

 

Then Jesus explained why breaking the Sabbath day:

 

Matthew 12:7

If indeed you understand the meaning of the word: What I want is mercy and not offerings, of course, you do not punish innocent people.

 

 

Regards,

The Surya Darma