Lord of the Sabbath
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Under watchful eye
Under watchful eye
Jesus was never accused of being a traditional type of person. In our passage today you will see that under a watchful eye by the religious establishment, Jesus is going to show the necessity of meeting the need of man more than the need to keep tradition.
Because of Jesus preaching ministry (1:14-15) people we taking notice of Jesus, why? Because he was preaching was different, He was one preaching with authority (1:22). His authority was proven by His actions.
Casting out the demon (1:21-26)
This one happened in the synagogue on the Sabbath
Healing the crowds (1:29-39)
First, Peters mother in law
Then the crowds
This happened after the Sabbath had ended
Healing the leper (1:40-44)
Jesus moved with compassion touched one who needed God’s touch
Proven by the paralytic healed (2:1-12)
Faithful friends bring one to come to have faith and obey by faith.
This happened in Jesus hometown
The scrutiny of the scribes intensifies
Jesus proclaimed his identity and His authority during this proof
Don’t forget the calling (1:16-20; 2:14-15)
Simon, Andrew, James and John called
Matthew called and dinner party with sinners (more scrutiny going on now)
Jesus and the Sabbath
Jesus was already bucking the system, the observance to the Jewish tradition of the Sabbath by the healings on the Sabbath, we will see another one next week in 3:1-12. (Parallel passage Mt12:3-8)
This section before us today is not the first violation of the Sabbath, that is found in Jn5:5-9
5 A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had already been a long time in that condition, He said to him, “Do you wish to get well?”
7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.”
9 Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
We will develop more about the Sabbath as we work our way through this passage today and the passage next week.
In looking at the passage today the issue they have is.
The status quo have issue with the plucking grain
The status quo have issue with what they consider work on the Sabbath
Jesus has the perfect response
Two things that we will consider today from this passage
The Sabbath was made for man
The Son of Man is the Lord of the Sabbath
So now may we look at the passage, make some general observations then break down the passage.
23 And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
25 And He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry; 26 how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?”
27 Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. 28 “So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
What do you see, what do you notice, what sticks out to you?
I. The Sabbath was made for man
I. The Sabbath was made for man
The Sabbath was instituted by God and given to Moses after leaving Egypt, so it was not man who made the Sabbath, but God (Exo16:23-30; Exo20:8-10)
22 Now on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. When all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses,
23 then he said to them, “This is what the Lord meant: Tomorrow is a sabbath observance, a holy sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over put aside to be kept until morning.”
Exo16:22-
25 Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field.
So whatever the sabbath is it comes on the 7th day, but we do not see the definition of the Sabbath except that it is holy.
8 “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 “Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
Exo
10 but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you.
So now, in looking at Exo20 passage what do you know about the Sabbath?
The Sabbath is on the 7th day
The Sabbath is holy and to be kept holy
No work is to be done
This Sabbath was previously unknown to them (Neh9:14; Deu5:2-3)
(Neh
14 “So You made known to them Your holy sabbath, And laid down for them commandments, statutes and law, Through Your servant Moses.
It was part of the Covenant given to Israel, not to the patriarchs
2 “The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 “The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, with all those of us alive here today.
The basis of the Sabbath (Exo20:11, 31:13-17; Deu5:15)
Commanded to Israel, not to others
11 “For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.
You can see from this passage God made the Sabbath holy! Man did not make it holy, but is charged with keeping it holy.
You can see a glimpse of the Sabbath in Gen2:3; but the reality of it happens here with Israel.
3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.
It was a special sign of the covenant between Israel and God
13 “But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘You shall surely observe My sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you. 14 ‘Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.
15 ‘For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the sabbath day shall surely be put to death. 16 ‘So the sons of Israel shall observe the sabbath, to celebrate the sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.’
17 “It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed.”
Who was God speaking to and about (v.13)?
What is the warning in (v.15)?
What is the command (17)?
Given to them as a reminder of the previous slavery in Egypt
To try to keep this really simple, man was made before the Sabbath, before the Sabbath was ever commanded to Moses and the children of Israel.
Some nuances under the Jewish traditions of the Sabbath
Cannot kindle fire for cooking (Exo35:3)
3 “You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath day.”
Cannot gather wood for fuel (Num15:32ff)
32 Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the sabbath day. 33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation;
Cannot gather wood for fuel (Num15:32ff)
34 and they put him in custody because it had not been declared what should be done to him. 35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”
Cannot transact business (Neh10:31, 13:14)
Cannot transact business (Neh10:31, 13:14)
Can only travel so far (Jos3:4)
4 “However, there shall be between you and it a distance of about 2,000 cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.”
It was not illegal for someone who was hungry to eat fruit or grain on the Sabbath, but it was illegal to rub hands together, that was considered work (Deau23:24-25)
There is no doubt that according to the law, the disciples are in violation of it and Jesus is not contesting that, but is regarding the spirit of the Law.
Two principles Jesus addresses in this passage regarding the Sabbath
The Sabbath was made for man
and Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath and fulfills the Sabbath by grace not by the letter of the law.
Now let me move on to the Lord of the SabbathI.
II. Lord of the Sabbath
II. Lord of the Sabbath
Jesus tells them that the Son of Man is the Lord of the Sabbath after stating that the Sabbath was made for man; not man for the Sabbath.
As the Son of Man (Mk2:10) Jesus already claimed to have all authority so He could decide what was permissible and what was forbidden.
10 “But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic,
As the Son of God, He, being with the Father, was the one who created the Sabbath in the first place (Jn1:1-2, 8:58)
As the Son of God, He, being with the Father, was the one who created the Sabbath in the first place (Jn1:1-2, 8:58)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God.
And look at Jn8:58
58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”
Then Jesus gets to the examples to prove the spirit of the law over the letter of the law (Mk2:25-26; 1Sam21:1-6; Mt12:5)
Then Jesus gets to the examples to prove the spirit of the law over the letter of the law (Mk2:25-26; 1Sam21:1-6; Mt12:5)
25 And He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry; 26 how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?”
that comes from the story found in 1Sam21:1ff. So we have the example of David violating the law; we also see the example of the priests who serve in the temple on the Sabbath break the law.
5 “Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?
Just like we should appeal to the scripture to make a point, Jesus did the same in using these two examples to show the spirit of the law vs the letter of the law.
As the Lord of the Sabbath He had the sovereign authority to interpret the law and the use of the law.
Jesus authority to uphold the law (Heb1:3) and end the law (Eph2:14-16; Col2:14; 2Cor3:6-11; Heb8:6-13)
Since He upholds all things, he can rescind all things too
3 And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Upholds all things by the Word of His power!
Jesus came to fulfill the law; through HIseath on the cross
14 For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, 15 by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,
16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity.
having nailed it to the cross as noted in Col2:14; The people, the Jews who come to Jesus die to the law
4 Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. 5 For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were aroused by the Law, were at work in the members of our body to bear fruit for death.
6 But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter. 7 What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
And the old covenant, the law, was replaced by the new covenant as noted in 2Cor3:6-11 and Heb8:6-13
I know we have limited time, but I need to press on a little more.
Jesus ending the requirements of the Sabbath is evident in other writings (COl2:16; Rom14:5)
16 Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day—
Or then look at
5 One person regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind.
As the Lord of the Sabbath, Jesus fulfilled the demands of the Sabbath by becoming our Sabbath, by becoming our rest.
May we base our thoughts regarding the Sabbath by the scripture. May we worship the Lord of the Sabbath and not the Sabbath that was for Israel for a time before the Lord of the Sabbath. While the Sabbath was an important part of Israel’s history we can learn about the spirit of the law vs. the letter of the law in our lives today. Jesus saw the need of man more than the need for tradition, may we do the same, let the Lord of the Sabbath be our Lord!
1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so do you also. 2 On the first day of every week each one of you is to put aside and save, as he may prosper, so that no collections be made when I come.