Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

Meditations of the Gospel of Mark

August 6, 2020

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

Then he turned to his critics and asked, “Does the law permit good deeds on the Sabbath, or is it a day for doing evil? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?” But they wouldn’t answer him.

Mark 3:4

Read: Mark 3: 1-6

Jesus said “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people.” Some of the people listening to Jesus had their own ideas about the needs of the people, and Jesus’ ideas didn’t fit into their plan. So, they began a plot to kill Jesus.

This story is the climax of five stories, each with its own controversy. (Mark 2:1 through 3:6) The irony in this story is so thick you could cut it with a knife. Jesus performed a good deed, a restoration of wholeness on the Sabbath. The religious leaders responded, on the same Sabbath, by plotting to kill Jesus.

My Takeaway: The Sabbath was made by God to meet what God knows are my deepest needs. The more that I allow God to reveal to me my deepest needs, the more His wonderful Sabbath will be healing for my brokenness.

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.)

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