Didn’t Moses give you the Law? Yet none of you keep the Law. Why do you want to kill me?” The crowd answered, “You have a demon. Who wants to kill you?” Jesus replied, “I did one work, and you were all astonished. Because Moses gave you the commandment about circumcision (although it wasn’t Moses but the patriarchs), you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. If a man can be circumcised on the Sabbath without breaking Moses’ Law, why are you angry with me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath? Don’t judge according to appearances. Judge with right judgment.” (John 7:19-24, CEB)
If you can do a work to uphold the law on the Sabbath but can not make a man well how does that fit what God has called us to do in loving God and loving our neighbor?
Jesus healed people when he came across them and the day didn’t matter, because, in reality, it is better to make someone well, than to uphold a rule that could mean a person could die.
And even Jesus says here that it wasn’t Moses who gave the law but the patriarchs. We follow rules given by people who want to maintain power and control. The only one who should be in control is God.
Follow God and love like Jesus.
And that means healing on the Sabbath and love comes first. Right judgment says love comes first.
Loving People. Loving God.
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