Wisdom Keys July 21

 *EXCELLENT LIFE KEYS* 🔑🗝️

Thu/21st/July/2022

*Francis Reign* (Ap & Coach) 

_"Raising excellent agents of change and transformation, well equipped with Truth and Wisdom."_

*UNDERSTANDING THE ACTS AND WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST (134)*

_He said to them, "Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath"_ (Matthew 12:11-12).

During His earthly ministry, Jesus Christ and His disciples were accused of breaking the Sabbath commandment. Based on these accusations by the Pharisees, some have mistakenly concluded that Jesus actually did break the Sabbath. But before making such judgement, consider whether the accusations were correct. Did Jesus really break God's Sabbath law? Jesus' custom was to go to the synagogue to worship God on the Sabbath (Luke 4:16). God designated the Sabbath as a "holy convocation" (Levi 23:2-4) - meaning that it was a time to assemble with others to worship God. 

The accusations of Sabbath breaking against Jesus Christ were not because He neglected to assemble with others on this day to hear God's law read and to listen to exhortations to serve God. The accusations arose over the additional rules the Jews had established about how they thought the Sabbath was to be observed. Specifically, they considered His disciples' plucking of some grain to eat and Jesus' healings to be work. But did these things really break the Sabbath commandment of the Bible? Or just the Pharisees' extra rules? 

The Mishnah - a written record of Jewish oral traditions - lists 39 forbidden types of work on the Sabbath. In general, the rabbis believed that all work that was creative and exercised control or dominion over environment was forbidden. Noting that God had ceased from His creative work after preparing the earth for mankind and creating man in six days, the rabbis reasoned that similar types of work prohibited on the Sabbath would include agricultural activities such as plowing, sowing and harvesting. The Biblical Sabbath law allows doing good and dealing with emergencies. Jesus' actions did not break the Sabbath, but violate manmade traditional rules. His activities were teaching opportunities for those who wished to understand how the Sabbath was to be truly observed. 

*EXCELLENCE KEY* 🗝️

_It is dangerous to become enslaved in regulations to the neglect of principle._ 

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