Sabbath Victory

Meditations for Seeking the Life in Christ

Daily Thoughts 

February 11, 2025

Sabbath Victory

This dear woman, a daughter of Abraham, has been held in bondage by Satan for eighteen years. Isn’t it right that she be released, even on the Sabbath?”

Luke 13:16

Read: Luke 13:10-21

On February 7, I noted a difference between the OT and NT understanding of the Sabbath. Today’s reading emphasizes that difference; the Sabbath is a celebration of God’s victory in Christ Jesus. Perhaps a lingering thought from yesterday is, “What difference can one person make?”

Is the healing of one woman, on the Sabbath, in an obscure village enough to announce the Kingdom? Jesus answers our questions with two simple parables. The tiny mustard seed goes in the ground and then grows into a tree. One tiny seed becomes a nest for many birds. (Jesus’ parable is a thinly veiled reference to his own burial and resurrection.) Then there is a little amount of yeast put into enough flour to make bread for hundreds. The language of the parable suggests the yeast was hidden in the flour, not in plain sight. The yeast was hidden in the flour by a woman, a gender that is not associated with prominence or power at that time in Israel. Jesus used hyperbole by having the woman hide the yeast in thirty pounds of flour to illustrate the potential for good of just one person living for Christ. 

Every faithful response to Jesus is a victory for the Kingdom of God, and every victory moves us closer to the time when Jesus shall return in Final Victory.

My Takeaway: “But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ. So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.”

1 Corinthians 15: 57-58 

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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