Mark 3:1-6

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

1 Jesus went into the synagogue again and noticed a man with a deformed hand.
2 Since it was the Sabbath, Jesus' enemies watched him closely.
     Would he heal the man's hand on the Sabbath? If he did, they planned to condemn him.
3 Jesus said to the man, "Come and stand in front of everyone." 
4 Then he turned to his critics and asked, "Is it legal to do good deeds on the Sabbath,
     or is it a day for doing harm? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?"
     But they wouldn't answer him.
5 He looked around at them angrily, because he was deeply disturbed by their hard hearts.
     Then he said to the man, "Reach out your hand."
     The man reached out his hand, and it became normal again!
6 At once the Pharisees went away and met with the supporters of Herod to discuss plans for killing Jesus.
(NLT)

Here on the Sabbath Jesus heals a man with a deformed hand. The question Jesus asked is "Is it legal to do good deeds on the Sabbath, or is it a day for doing harm? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?" Jesus knew that it was legal to do good on the Sabbath but the Pharisees had already made up their minds to condemn Him. The Sabbath was made for people, to do good for them and it was not about rules and laws. The Sabbath was not made to do harm to people. Jesus is for us 24 hours a day 7 days a week and He seeks our good not our harm. Trials are made to make us better not worse. Jesus wants to build us up not tear us down. Jesus was angry at these men and He had every right to be because of their hard hearts and their refusal to love. When we allow our selfishness to rule our lives instead of God’s love and grace our heart becomes hard. God wants us to be moldable and flexible so that He can fill us with His Holy Spirit. So then, we have a chose to make, is it self’s way with a life of being critical, blaming, complaining, struggling and disappointment or is it Christ’s way with a life full of love, grace, abundance, joy and peace? You reap what you sow, you get out of it what you put into it and if you believe you shall receive. Christ is the only way.


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