Thursday, July 5, 2007

Luke 6

The letter of the law and the spirit of the law can sometimes be two different things, and God expects us to have enough sense to know the difference. When the Sabbath was commanded, the letter of the law says no work can be done on that day, but the spirit of the law was to make sure that everyone took a break. It's not good to work all day every single day. Everyone needs a break.

When Christ was feeding His disciples on the Sabbath by picking grain the Pharisees viewed this as evil because it was considered working. When Jesus healed on the Sabbath it was viewed as evil because it was considered working. Jesus countered them by saying that the spirit of the law was still intact and that letter of the law could be violated to save lives and prevent evil. The question is, how many things are you holding to and using to judge others where the letter of the law is more important to you than the spirit?

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