Since When Did the Sabbath Become Ruler over Man?

In the old testament of the bible, the Sabbath was looked upon as the final and absolute law that had to be kept even if someone’s life was at stake. That seemed to be the attitude. But Jesus said to the religious leaders of the day, the Sabbath was made for mankind not mankind for the Sabbath. In other words, certain chores or labor of any kind was not allowed on the Sabbath. But if one of the livestock falls into a ditch and can’t get out on the Sabbath, shouldn’t common sense say help it regardless of the Sabbath (Matthew 12:11). Why did those religious leaders get so bent out of shape when Jesus healed someone on that Sabbath day (Mark 3:1-6). The Pharisees and Sadducees were operating under the law concerning the Sabbath. Jesus came to earth and did away with the impossible keeping of the law. Because without Him changing our hearts into new creations in Christ Jesus, we couldn’t keep the law (Ten Commandments). Today because of the work at Calvary we can become doers of God’s word in thought, purpose, and action; we now can have a new nature without the habitual sin in our lives. So today we follow the Lord differently than the religious leaders of old. The dispensation of Grace is now here, and today we don’t live for the Sabbath.