Understanding the Sabbath

Well, it was some months ago when we were in the gospel of Mark early in the summer that we covered the end of chapter 2 and the beginning of chapter 3, in which Jesus violated the sabbath by the standards of the Jews.  And when they confronted Him, He said two things.  He said, “Man was not made for the sabbath, but the sabbath was made for man.”  Which was to say that the sabbath was not to be a burden which men had to conform to, but the sabbath was to be a delight which men could enjoy.  The Jews had turned it in to an almost unbearable burden.

The second thing He said which, was even more shocking was, “The Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath,” and thus He declared His sovereignty over the sabbath.

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