Mark 2:22-28

A Discussion about the Sabbath

23 One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields,
     his disciples began breaking off heads of wheat.
24 But the Pharisees said to Jesus, "They shouldn't be doing that!
     It's against the law to work by harvesting grain on the Sabbath."
25 But Jesus replied, "Haven't you ever read in the Scriptures what
     King David did when he and his companions were hungry? 
26 He went into the house of God (during the days when Abiathar was high priest),
     ate the special bread reserved for the priests alone, and then gave some to his companions.
     That was breaking the law, too." 
27 Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made to benefit people,
     and not people to benefit the Sabbath. 
28 And I, the Son of Man, am master even of the Sabbath!"   (NLT)

The sad thing here is that the Pharisees just didn’t get it. All they could see is the rules that governed their lives and that was more important than following God. They got so bad that they even called plucking a head of wheat work or worse against the law. But Jesus as always tries to show them that they have missed the whole point of the Sabbath. “The Sabbath was made to benefit people.” The Sabbath was to be a day of rest from all their work and a day to focus on the God that has supplied all their needs. Not a day of rules and regulations to demoralize people but a day to relax and enjoy their creator. The Pharisees forgot who was in charge of the Sabbath and that was God. And sense Jesus was God that made Him master of the Sabbath. God gave us work to do to keep us busy and to enjoy, He gave us a day to rest and relax and a day to spend with Him. Therefore take that day and relax with your Father and enjoy Him all day.

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