Recently I was reflecting on the idea of the Sabbath and how it is a day that God has set apart as a rest day for man where we stop work and focus our thoughts on God.
For the Jewish people in Jesus’ time this was a hard and fast rule because it was one of the Commandments given in Exodus 20:8-11. They refrained from any work at all and set the day apart at holy and for God.
The problem was some of them took it a bit too far. They even said that it was not right to heal on the Sabbath as it was a form of work.
Jesus challenged this when He performed seven miracles on the Sabbath…
- Jesus delivered a man from demon possession (Mark 1.21-28)
- Jesus healed Peter’s mother-in-law (Mark 1.29-31)
- Jesus healed the lame man by the pool of Bethesda (John 5.1-18)
- Jesus healed a man with a deformed hand (Mark 3.1-6)
- Jesus restores a woman who was crippled (Luke 13.10-17)
- Jesus healed a man with leg and arm problems (Luke 14.1-6)
- Jesus healed a man born blind (John 9.1-16)
The thing I really like about this is Jesus did what was right on the Sabbath.
Yes the Sabbath was holy, set apart for God and a day of rest for man, but Jesus still helped those in need.
Jesus saw the need and He did His Father’s work to make people whole again.
God Bless,
Dave