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July 11, 1999
One of the central conflicts between the Pharisees and Jesus concerned the Sabbath: the Pharisees focused on outward appearances, while Jesus focused on an inner transformation that led to obedience to God. Examining their debate, Alistair Begg helps us understand the difference between the burdensome legalism of human-made rules and the joyful freedom of God’s Sabbath commandment.
1sOn a Sabbath,1 while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples tplucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. 2But some of the Pharisees said, u“Why are you doing vwhat is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?” 3And Jesus answered them, w“Have you not read xwhat David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: 4how he entered the house of God and took and ate ythe bread of the Presence, ywhich is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?” 5And he said to them, z“The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
6On another Sabbath, ahe entered the synagogue band was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. 7And the scribes and the Pharisees cwatched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, dso that they might find a reason to accuse him. 8But ehe knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there. 9And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, fis it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” 10And gafter looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And hhe did so, and his hand was restored. 11But they were filled with ifury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
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