The Lord of the Sabbath

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Introduction

The Sabbath In Jesus' Day

Laws of the Sabbath

Exodus 20:8-11

The Sabbath Year

Leviticus 25:1-4 - The Sabbath Year

Not Keeping the Sabbath

Numbers 15:32-36 – Stoned for Collecting Sticks

Levitucus 26:34-35 – The Land Will Have Rest

Jeremiah 25:11-12 – 70 Years of Sabbaths

2 Chronicles 36:20-21

Israel Went to Captivity Because of the Sabbath

Jesus Healing On the Sabbath

The Lord of the Sabbath – Matthew 12:1-8

QUESTIONS FROM THE BOOK
1 What did Jesus’ disciples do on the Sabbath that displeased the Pharisees?
2 Were Jesus’ disciples doing what was unlawful to do on the Sabbath?
3 What did David do?
4 What did the priests do on the Sabbath?

CONTEXT

  • – David and his men eat the ceremonial loaves meant for the priests
  • – 12 loaves baked by the priests set before the Lord could only be eaten by the priests
  • Numbers 28:9 – 2 lambs were sacrificed on the sabbath
  • v6 – One is greater than the temple. The disciples were working for the thing greater than the Temple, he who dwells in it. Therefore the disciples are permitted to eat to serve Christ.

CONTEXT

  • Hosea 6:6 – I desire mercy and not sacrifce. Said again when eating with Matthew’s friend. Matthew 9:13. It is also said of David in Psalm 51:16-17.

Jesus Heals a Withered Hand – Mark 3:1-6

Contradictions

While I’ve never struggled with these questions, I’ve never had my faith shaken over them either. However, I may encounter people who do struggle with these issues, or you may find yourself grappling with them.

Maybe your too afraid to look deeply at this because it will ruin your faith. It will not.

List of Supposed Contradictions

  • In the storm
    • O you of little faith – Matthew 8:26
    • Do you still have no faith – Mark 4:40
  • At the tomb/Demoniancs
    • Mark 5:2 (One) Matthew 8:28; Luke 8:27 (Two)
    • Mark 16:5 (One) Matthew 28:2-3; Luke 24:4
  • Jairus’ Daughter
    • Mark 5:23“at the point of death”
    • Luke 8:42 “and she was dying”
    • Matthew 9:18 “My daughter had just died”

“Contradictions” Show Independant witnesses

Jesus Heals a Withered Hand – Mark 3:1-6

QUESTIONS FROM THE BOOK
5 What did they ask Jesus in the synagogue after this? Why did they ask this?
6 By what means did Jesus justify healing on the Sabbath? 10 What complaint did the Pharisees make when Jesus healed her? 11 What question did Jesus ask when he ate with the ruler of the Pharisees? The answer? 12 To what did Jesus compare healing on the Sabbath?

Jesus Heals an Infirm Woman: Luke 13:10-17

Jesus Heals a Man at Bethesda

We won’t be looking at Jesus healing the man at the pool of Bethesda in John 5:1-15.

But in that story, after he heals the man, what do the Pharisees want to correct about the man?

They don’t want him carrying his bed on the Sabbath day.

What was the man’s response? He simply repeated the words that Jesus told him to take up his bed and walk.

This is another story where the Pharisees and Jesus clash over the idea of what is right to do on the Sabbath.

Then, after Jesus meets the man again, he simply says, do not sin anymore, lest something worse happen to you.

Jesus Discusses The Sabbath

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Conclusion

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