On another sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him to see whether he would cure on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him. Even though he knew what they were thinking, he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” He got up and stood there. Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to destroy it?” After looking around at all of them, he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was restored. But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus. (Luke 6:6-11, NRSV)
Jesus has a habit of healing on the sabbath and making the leaders of the synagogue upset…
You see the law of the sabbath is something the Pharisees keep and keep it because it is their life. They came from Egypt, where Israel was in slavery and the day of rest is something that is freeing for them. They keep it because it saves their lives!
But y not doing good and allowing for healing are they really saving their lives? You see we are all interconnected and when one of us is hurting, then the body is not well. Jesus knows this and so He moves to heal the body and allow the Pharisees to actually be free and use their day of rest.
So next time we hold to something that we have always done and do for a very good reason, and Jesus is asking us to think about it differently, we need to take a step back and look at it from His point of view and know that He will always save us!
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