Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it? 16 And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?”
A little background can change an entire story. We see that here with Jesus and his rationalization of violating the Sabbath. At first. a little background makes it sound worse. The ruler of the synagogue had a point when he explained that the other 6 days are better for healing than the Sabbath. Here is where even more information comes in to change the story. and History. Jesus spoke the healing into existence the way God the Father spoke the world through existence through God the Son. God spoke and Jesus laid his hands for healing. Here was a replication of the act of Creation and they missed it because of the calendar!
God is doing amazing things in our midst but we are missing it because we are distracted by theological arguments about which Bible translation is the Word of God and which celebrity pastor is or is not a heretic. Some of them are heretics and some translations are false but God is also speaking miracles into existence in the form of changed lives and healed hearts. May we, while being diligent toward sound doctrine, still hear the sound of people crying out for the Lord to save them. May we tell them that today is the day to be healed.
Dear Lord, thank you for your priority in saving us. May we have a similar priority in our interaction with other believers and unbelievers. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Pastor Brad Boyer
Cape Community Church