Today’s Reading: Genesis 15; Genesis 16; Genesis 17; Luke 6
Scripture: Luke 6:6-11
6 On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled. 7 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath. 8 But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, "Get up and stand in front of everyone." So he got up and stood there.
9 Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?"
10 He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did so, and his hand was completely restored. 11 But they were furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.
Observation: It is totally amazing to me that people who think that they are spiritual can be so spiritual blind. Here, a man is miraculously healed. But they don't even see the healing. They see a violation of the law that says you shouldn't work on the Sabbath. Now if the man was miraculously healed, who did it? God. And if God did it, aren't they accusing God of breaking the law that he made. This is the height of arrogance -- and very stupid to boot.
Application: It just shows that people can get it so wrong -- even people who have made a specialty out of trying to get it right, and those who try to teach others.
Prayer: Lord, help me to stay far away from this kind of error. Keep my heart and my thinking fixed on you and on truth. And help me never to be so full of knowledge that I get stupid.
This I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.
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