Religious People on Steroids

The Sabbath was made for mankind not mankind for the Sabbath. In old testament days a group of religious leaders, the Pharisees and Sadducees took the Sabbath out of its proper context when it came to everyday life. There was an incident where Jesus healed someone on the Sabbath day, and the religious leaders of the day wanted to hold Jesus accountable for working on the Sabbath (Mark 3:1-6). Jesus gave them an example of, if one of their livestock fell in a pit on the Sabbath day would you not go get it (Matthew 12:11). Those religious leaders who were so on keeping the Sabbath that they had lost common sense in some areas by being overly extreme with it. They were plotting to kill Jesus because of it. A man or woman should not be penalized for getting healed on the Sabbath day nor should the servant of God who performed the ministry. Once Jesus died and rose from the dead for our justification, the law was no longer enforced to judge us as it previously did. The work at Calvary has brought us to the dispensation of Grace which we live in today. God will not strike you dead because of your sin today, judgement comes on the last day for everyone. Keep the Sabbath Holy, but don’t let it take you away from God’s love working in you towards others.