Compassion Over Tradition: Understanding True Sabbath Rest

"And they questioned Jesus saying, is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath so that they might? And he said to them, what man is there among you who has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep? So then it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." [00:01:17] (39 seconds)


"Jesus says in Matthew 23 that these Pharisees have set themselves in the chair of Moses. In other words, they are the ones who interpret the law. They are the final say on the law. So have you not read in the law? We are the ones who interpret the law and give the law to the people. That's offensive to them." [00:06:13] (18 seconds)


"Instead, they decided to be arrogant. They decided to be just set in their ways. They decided to harden their own hearts. They were not going to listen. And it's that backdrop where he had really spoken truth, rebuked, reproved the Pharisees and they resisted. And so he departs from there and then he gives a location. He went into the and I want you to note this, their synagogue." [00:07:49] (37 seconds)


"Because the Pharisees are the ones who teach in that synagogue and they are teaching not the commands of God, not the truth of God, not the mercy of God. They are teaching the traditions of men. They are teaching their false religion. And this is interesting because to Smyrna in Revelation 2 .10, Jesus says this, I know your tribulation and your poverty, but you are rich." [00:08:57] (26 seconds)


"All false teaching, by the way church, you need to understand all false teaching has its root in Satan. Has he really said? That's where it all begins. Did God really say this? And all false teaching stems out of Satan. It's all demonic. It's all wicked. We need to understand that. Sometimes we think demonic is the most heinous acts we can think of. No, demonic is simply unbelief, wisdom from below." [00:10:11] (25 seconds)


"Jesus came to preach and to teach. I know he did a lot more than that. But that was one of the primary purposes of his earthly ministry was to proclaim God to the people. To proclaim the truth to the people. They didn't have good shepherds and he comes and shepherds them to teach the truth about God. Yes, he came to give his life. I understand that, but this is a primary reason he's here is to preach and to teach." [00:11:44] (25 seconds)


"And they question Jesus, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him? Why do they ask this question? So that they might accuse him. This is very important. They ask him a question about the law. Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? But their entire purpose in asking that question isn't, What's your opinion? Their purpose is, We're going to get you on this." [00:16:22] (29 seconds)


"Jesus here answers a question with a question. There's a lot of wisdom in doing that. There's a lot of wisdom and when someone asks you a question and you feel like they're trying to trap you it's a lot of wisdom and just saying let me ask you a question I do that often even when I'm not in the church I'm not in the church somebody's not trying to trap me just to because I want to understand the question they're asking when I'm counseling someone a lot of times I'm just trying to gain more information." [00:22:22] (26 seconds)


"And so now Jesus totally has them right where he wants them when he says this, so then it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. That's the conclusion. It is lawful, it is within the law of God to do good on the Sabbath. It's always lawful, church. It's always lawful to do good to someone. God's law was never intended to prompt you to not do good for someone else especially. That's never the intention. That's never the intention of God's law." [00:29:15] (45 seconds)


"God would never say I don't want you to do something good for that other person. God would never say I don't want you to do something good for that other person. I don't want you to do that. No, it's always lawful. How twisted these people have made the law of God to make it wrong, unlawful to do good to someone else. How wicked, how perverted had they made the law of God? It wasn't the law of God, was it? It was the law of men. And that's really what they were teaching." [00:30:56] (26 seconds)


"Because you can't do it. We all fall short of the glory of God. And that will wear you out. Will it not? You will be so worn out by trying to be acceptable to God. So what does Jesus say? Come to me. And I'll make you acceptable to God. I'll make you a child of God. That's rest. Come to me. I'll make you a child. By you coming to me and humbling yourself before me and trusting in me and hoping in me, you gain the right to become a child of God. You're accepted on the work of Christ alone. He did the work." [00:49:04] (50 seconds)


"Is there within you a desire to please God? Not out of finding acceptance, but out of the grace and the mercy and the love that he has shown to you. And if there's that desire there, beloved, and it's a desire not to think that I'm going to become a child of God, but I am a child of God, and I just want to obey him, and I fall short, but I have this desire. Let me tell you, keep struggling, keep fighting, because I believe that makes you a son or daughter of God." [00:52:25] (33 seconds)