| Lesson 68: The Law of The Old Testament That Is Covered In The New Testament: Jesus’ View On The Sabbath 3/31/2014 by turtle Mark 6:1-6 KJV (1) And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. (2) And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? (3) Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. (4) But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. (5) And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. (6) And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching. Jesus’ observed the Sabbath the tradition since the first seventh day of the very first week observed by God himself. Jesus was taken to the temple as a boy and went and taught as a man. Yet not all received His teachings, or received His ministry. One might wonder why some would reject Christ especially with signs and wonders. I think it kind of like I was in church yesterday, I was so exhausted that I really wanted to take a nap like a small child might in church. As I tried to listen to the sermon, my mind was to dazed to hear all that was said. All I could think about was the need for a siesta. People sitting on benches in the synagogue, slow to belief, loving the speech, but yet asleep to the meaning of the words spoken. After all the people were astonished by his speech and even question is this not the carpenter’s son. People surprise but not able to receive the truth, or the miracles because their heart not in it. Their heart and ears hearing, but not receiving as if they already asleep to the truth of the word of God only because it was a carpenter Son. Just the imaginery of classifying Jesus not worthy because of who He was, yet He is from a priestly line as well as a kingly line. Knowing both the business and religious world. An advantage one might say, yet they look an refuse to receive based on their lack of understanding, because He was kin to them. Had not the rumors of His conception circulated, did not people believe? Yet their was no acceptance for in many eyes He was not of the Holy Spirit but a bastard, a child conceived out of wedlock. There eyes to heavy with sleep to see properly the truth of who He was. Yet He kept and observed the Sabbath. Jesus observance of the Sabbath is important to us as believers. It denotes observance of godly ordinances of his time. Can a minister of God fail to miss church? It can taint his ministry. Yet not necessarily in today’s world. What is a ministers time consist of in doing. Are they active in sharing the gospel with those that do not know Christ? Is there a reason for nonobservance of the Sabbath? Is health an issue. Many minister in nursing homes are not in church on Sunday, yet they still speak the truth of Jesus. What does this say. We need to be aware of what we speak and what do not have knowledge of. Yet Jesus observed the law, no matter where He was. Yet the religious people often frowned when He did a miracle or when He taught hoping to trap Him. Many people are called to ministry, but because of work outside of ministry, they can not observe all religious customs. Does this make them less a Christian of course not. Does this make them less a witness for Jesus, only if they choose not to be. It is time we lay customs aside and observe them when we can, but not make them a rule to a point it cuts people off and out of the church. Some feeling these people are unsaved, when truly their heart is as commit as they day they found Jesus. To follow in Christ footsteps is to follow the Mosaic law, yet our world around us does not observe the Sabbath. I will be sharing why Christian observe the Sabbath on Sunday and not on Saturday. There are things that are customs of our faith, and to gain respect of religious community they often must be follow. Yet it obvious it did not work In Christ day, and it does not work in our day. Dear Heavenly Father as your children observe a time of rest, despite the day, let us remember the call to share the Gospel, that our salvation is not based on traditions, but on faith in Christ Jesus. In Jesus precious name, Amen. http://www.turtle30cshell.com _ |
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