Monday, September 9, 2019

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath, Matthew 12:1-8

Sabbath - the seventh day of the week observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening as a day of rest and worship by Jews and some Christians. b : Sunday observed among Christians as a day of rest and worship.

But if you look closely the law in the old testament it's not discourage to pluck heads of corn. Deu. 23:25 

The Jewish teachers had corrupted many of the commandments, by interpreting them more loosely than they were intended; a mistake which Christ discovered and rectified (ch. v.) in his sermon on the mount.


Prov. 6:30 They do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; 

For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

God will have mercy and not sacrifice, v. 7. Ceremonial duties must give way to moral, and the natural, royal law of love and self-preservation must take place of ritual observances

Application:

1. Sabbath day: Why Sunday, Not Saturday for the Christians?
Colossians 2:16–2:17
16Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or sabbaths. 17These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.

 2 Corinthians 3:2–3:3
  2You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all; 3and you show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
  
Hebrews 3:7-19

One such interpretation of Hebrews states that seventh-day Sabbath is no longer relevant as a regular, literal day of rest, but instead is a symbolic metaphor for the eternal salvation "rest" that Christians enjoy in Christ,

Jesus If you have the Jesus Christ in your heart "the Lord of the Sabbath" then you have a complete rest "salvation".

In Christ we can truly rest from the physical burdens (struggles, pressures, stress, problems, sufferings) of this physical world and importantly we have peace and favor with God, because we have enter into His rest.

2. Study God's word "Bible", pray always for guidance about the correct interpretation.

The more you study the Bible the more decerning you will be of error.

They are cursed who add to, as well as they who take from, the words of this book,Rev 22:16; Rev 22:19; Pro 30:6 (refs3).