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LAST WEEK
We looked at all of Chapter 11
We looked at the Topic of Doubt
We saw Jesus pronounce Judgement to certain cities for their impenitence
We also saw how Jesus offers the wicked rest for their souls
THIS WEEK
We are going to look at the purpose of rest
We are going to look at the breaking of some old traditions
We are going to see Jesus up the ante of the Sabbath.
Some people believe that He is doing away with the Sabbath
Some believe that we don’t need to keep the Sabbath
Some believe that the Sabbath is for the lazy
John Calvin was a great man of God
This dude had a crazy work ethic
As he grew older, he didn’t shrink back from his calling
If he was sick, he would ask his students to meet him in his bedroom
He preached from his bed
If he couldnt make it to church
He would ask his leadership to come help him
And they carried him to the pulpit
When asked why?
He said this:
“What?
Would you have the Lord find me idle when He comes?"
How do we balance work ethic and the necessity for the Sabbath?
How do we look at the Sabbath as not just rest, but a way for us to decrease and Jesus to increase?
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Matthew 12:1-13
MATTHEW 12:1-
PRAY THAT JESUS WOULD GIVE US REST.
THAT JESUS WOULD REPLENISH THE DESIRE TO BE RESTLESS WITH A DESIRE TO REST IN HIM.
MATTHEW 12:1-
After Jesus asked those who were weary and heavy laden
To come to Him, That He may give them rest
That He may give them rest
That they would take HIS Yoke upon them and learn from Him
For HE is gentle and lowly at heart
And in doing so
They would find rest for their souls
For HIS Yoke is easy and HIS burden is light.
After this beautiful promise
Jesus takes the disciples through some grainfields
As they became hungry,
They went ahead and did what anybody would do
Pluck some heads of grain to eat
As they did this, we notice that there were other people following also
The Pharisees
Those who knew the Law of God inside and out
Whose job was to make clear the law of God
Who would institute laws for the laws
It wasn’t that they were plucking grain that didn’t belong to them
That was allowed according to
It was the fact that it was done on the Sabbath
For the Talmud
A day where no food preparation could be done
A day where you couldn’t gather
In fact, if you live in Israel, you would need to purchase and prepare all your food before sunset on Friday.
Because everything shuts down friday pm through saturday pm
As they plucked the grain, it would be known as reaping
As they rubbed the grain together, it would be seen as threshing
As they blew away the husks, it would be seen as winnowing.
The entire process would be seen as food preparation
Which was prohibited by Jewish Law.
How would Jesus respond?
Matthew 12:3-
He challenges their scriptural knowledge
“Have you not read”
Don’t you remember
What David, your King, the man you believe is the greatest in the Kingdom
How when He was hungry, went into the temple of God
Ate the showbread, which was not lawful for him to eat
For this bread was only for the Priests?
“Have you not read?”
That the Priests work on the Sabbath
Have you not looked at
How it instructs for double the sacrifice?
Don’t you realize that your Talmud is creating a burdensome observance of something that was supposed to be good.
Check out this beautiful picture:
Jesus points to David, not just because, He was the king in the eyes of the Jews
But because it is a picture of what was actually going on
David goes in recognizing the need of his squad
Takes the bread, and distributes it to his men
Jesus, is the bread of Life
Who stood in the holy place
Who made a way for all those who hunger and thirst for God
To enter the most holy place through what He had accomplished on the cross.
This isn’t just your normal parallel of scripture
It was a clarification of what God desired
It was a pointing to the most excellent thing
The reality was that the Law had become burdensome
The law had become a source of defeat
As people realized more and more that the law could not be kept
They did what most of us do
They questioned its necessity
If something is constantly defeating you
Why even try?
Why not just give up?
It is when we realize that we don’t have what it takes, that we ask for Mercy
That we may receive something that we don’t deserve
That we may receive forgiveness when we deserve punishment.
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