The Burden of Misapplying God’s Word | Mark 2:23 - 3:6 | Pastor Daniel Batarseh (Gospel of Mark)

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Summary

TLDRDe preek benadrukt dat Jezus' opstanding een blijvend feit is, en dat zijn volgelingen niet alleen op tradities moeten vertrouwen. De spreker verwijst naar Marcus 2, waar Jezus' discipelen aren plukken op de sabbat, en behandelt de kritiek van de Farizeeën. Jezus toont aan dat de sabbat bedoeld is voor menselijk welzijn, en dat hij de uiteindelijke autoriteit is, zelfs boven de sabbat. Dit benadrukt de noodzaak voor christenen om dicht bij de authentieke leer te blijven en zich niet te laten beperken door menselijke interpretaties.

Takeaways

  • ✝️ De opstanding van Christus is een blijvend feit, niet gebonden aan een jaarlijkse viering.
  • 📖 Het begrijpen en toepassen van de Schrift is cruciaal om legalisme en wetteloosheid te voorkomen.
  • 🙏 Jezus' leer benadrukt barmhartigheid boven strikte naleving van regels.
  • 🌾 De discipelen plukten aren op de sabbat als teken van hun menselijke behoeften.
  • 😇 De sabbat is gemaakt voor de mens, niet andersom.
  • 🌤️ Christus is Heer over de sabbat en heeft volledige autoriteit over hoe die wordt ingevuld.
  • 🕌 Jezus is groter dan de tempel en vervult de wet.
  • ❤️ Ware devotie aan Christus overstijgt menselijke tradities en richt zich op Zijn wil.
  • 🌍 God voorziet in al onze behoeften, zelfs onderweg.
  • 🐑 Volgzaamheid in Christus betekent soms afzien van comfort maar met innerlijke voldoening.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    De spreker benadrukt de constante aanwezigheid en wederkomst van Christus. Hij roept de toehoorders op om het Evangelie volgens Marcus te lezen en bidt om wijsheid en begrip van Gods Woord.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    Tijdens de sabbat plukken de discipelen van Jezus graankorrels, wat bij de Farizeeën op verontwaardigde reacties stuit. Jezus wijst op David's gedrag in een soortgelijke situatie, om de hypocrisie van de Farizeeën bloot te leggen.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Jezus verklaart dat de sabbat voor de mens is gemaakt, niet andersom, en benadrukt hiermee dat hij Heer is, zelfs van de sabbat. Dit staat in contrast met de strikte naleving van regels door de Farizeeën.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Farizeeën gebruikten de sabbat om hun lege religieuze rituelen te demonstreren. Jezus' medeleven en genezingen op de sabbat dienenden echter als bewijs van zijn goddelijke aard.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    De discipelen waren schuldig aan het overtreden van menselijke tradities, niet goddelijke wetten. Jezus' voorbeeld van David's noodzaak benadrukt de overtrokken tradities van de Farizeeën.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    Jezus bekritiseert de regels die door de Farizeeën zijn opgesteld en die indruisen tegen Gods bedoelingen, en benadrukt dat hij en zijn discipelen niet schuldig zijn aan het overtreden van de wet.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:35:00

    Jezus toont de inconsistentie van de Farizeeën aan door David als voorbeeld te gebruiken, die de wet brak terwijl hij door de priesters niet veroordeeld werd, in tegenstelling tot de discipelen.

  • 00:35:00 - 00:40:00

    Door verwijzen naar de Schrift legt Jezus de onwetendheid en hypocrisie van de Farizeeën bloot. Hij gebruikt dit moment om zijn autoriteit en kennis van de wet te onderstrepen.

  • 00:40:00 - 00:45:00

    Jezus beweert dat hij groter is dan de tempel en de ware betekenis en handhaving van de sabbat kent, wat zijn goddelijke autoriteit bevestigt.

  • 00:45:00 - 00:51:57

    De spreker roept op om Jezus' leringen en liefde te omarmen, je te bekeren en de lasten van de zelfopgelegde regels los te laten, teneinde vrijheid en ware vreugde te vinden.

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Video Q&A

  • Wat is de hoofdboodschap van de preek?

    De hoofdboodschap is dat Christus voortdurend leeft en regeert en dat we niet gebonden moeten zijn aan menselijke tradities, maar ons moeten richten op zijn ware doel.

  • Welke Bijbelpassage wordt aangehaald?

    Marcus hoofdstuk 2, verzen 23-28.

  • Wat deed Jezus op de sabbat volgens Marcus 2?

    Jezus liep door de graanvelden en zijn discipelen begonnen aren te plukken.

  • Waarom waren de Farizeeën boos op Jezus' discipelen?

    Omdat zij zagen dat de discipelen graan plukten op de sabbat, wat volgens Farizeïsche tradities als werk werd beschouwd.

  • Hoe verdedigde Jezus zijn discipelen tegen de beschuldigingen van de Farizeeën?

    Hij herinnerde hen aan hoe David de toonbroden at die alleen voor priesters bestemd waren en benadrukte dat de sabbat voor de mens is gemaakt en dat hij Heer is over de sabbat.

  • Wat betekent \'Heer van de sabbat\'?

    Jezus heeft volledige autoriteit over wat de sabbat betekent en hoe die moet worden nageleefd.

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    23.
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    one sabbath
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    he was going through the grain fields
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    and as they made their way his disciples
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    began to pluck heads of grain
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    why are they doing what is not lawful on
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    the sabbath
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    and he said to them
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    and those who were with him
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    time of abiathar the high priest
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    and ate the bread of the presence which
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    is not lawful for any but the priest to
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    eat and also gave it to those who were
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    with him
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    and he said to them
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    the sabbath
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    was made for man
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    not man
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    for the sabbath
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    so the son of man is lord even of
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    the sabbath
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    show
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    of the week
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    that was and still is a trademark for
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    the jewish people
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    that day as you heard many times just in
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    our reading is known as the sabbath
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    which in the hebrew simply means to rest
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    or to cease
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    friday sunset to saturday sunset
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    according to jewish law that some of the
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    most memorable miracles of jesus took
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    place
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    the ever-present pharisees
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    manifested the depths of the cruelty and
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    coldness of their heart
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    especially as it contrasted to the warm
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    compassion of jesus christ toward people
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    it's so strange to think how a day that
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    was divinely ordained by god
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    to cause reverential meditation and
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    refreshment from work
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    made these pharisees
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    so intensely vexed
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    and frustrated
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    and it is in this teaching that you will
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    see why
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    why why was it that these pharisees were
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    so caught up
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    in responding to something that was holy
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    but instead became a burden
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    and something to be dreaded
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    and it's going to be a lesson for you
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    and i to understand that we can take
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    god's word and misapply it
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    harm to ourselves and to others
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    jesus on the sabbath that will bring
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    even greater support to his nature and
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    character
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    wanted to flex their empty religion
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    their performance of piety but it was
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    also on the sabbath
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    and many occasions that jesus proved
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    that he was who he said he was
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    god in the flesh
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    and as you as you behold that this
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    aftertune may it pull on your heart to
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    worship and adore him to a greater
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    degree
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    but on this particular sabbath that we
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    just read the the critical pharisees
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    vocalized their unjustified
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    concerns not because jesus performed a
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    miracle in fact jesus wasn't the direct
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    object of their scorn it was his
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    disciples and what they did
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    and these disciples
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    just ate some grain
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    but that was significant to
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    the pharisees these pseudo spiritual
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    spies were flustered by the sight of
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    these men snacking on some grain as they
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    walked along a path
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    and here's what you and i are going to
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    do this afternoon the same way that
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    these disciples walk by a specific path
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    in order to nourish themselves by
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    receiving some kind of
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    strength from these little nuggets
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    you and i also as we glean through this
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    passage are going to
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    pluck some truths from these verses and
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    receive nourishment
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    for our souls
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    what do we see here in verse 23 jesus
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    was making his way to a certain
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    destination and we are told that his
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    disciples accompanied him and as they
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    accompanied him they were just pulling
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    some grain
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    as they passed by some fields
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    and matthew is more specific with this
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    exact scene by telling us that they were
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    hungry so they plucked the grain so that
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    they could eat and i cannot help but
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    even at this point draw a simple
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    principle that will hopefully help you
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    and i
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    as we commit ourselves to following
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    jesus these apostles and training as
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    they trail behind their rabbi
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    show us that living for the lord jesus
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    serving his purposes and his cause
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    does not guarantee luxury or
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    uninterrupted physical convenience
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    these disciples not too long ago were
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    feasting
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    at matthew's house
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    enjoying a banquet
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    in just a few short hours later a few
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    days perhaps
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    here they are
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    taking some kernels rubbing it in their
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    hands and trying to make the most out of
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    it
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    when we follow the lord
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    we have to understand
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    that it is not always convenient to our
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    flesh
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    it does not guarantee that everything
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    will be brought before us on a silver
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    platter and that we will have no
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    discomfort or no test or no
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    concern
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    at least immediately
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    what i see here with these disciples is
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    a perfect example of quiet contentment
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    in jesus christ
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    no complaints no squeaks no squeals
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    here they are walking along with jesus
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    and just enjoying what has been provided
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    for them in the natural
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    and there are some days where we will
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    know feasts and there are some days
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    where we will know some fast and fast
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    that we do not intend to explore
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    willingly
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    but look at these disciples i love the
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    fact that there is silence on their part
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    there are no complaints from them
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    because their rations look much more
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    different than it was just a few days
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    ago
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    the celebration that they enjoyed in
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    matthew's home
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    and here's how i take it as long as
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    christ is with us it doesn't matter what
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    is before us
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    as long as christ is our portion it
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    doesn't matter what kind of portion we
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    have in the natural any portion is a
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    full portion when christ is our true
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    portion
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    and so there's such a plainness about
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    this scene
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    here they are just
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    gazing and grazing while they walk in
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    the shadow of their savior and the
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    simplicity is so beautiful because what
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    we look here and see is that the lord
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    and following him does not mean that we
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    will experience a series
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    of supernatural events continually
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    encouraged that the same way the lord
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    was in the presence of his disciples in
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    the grain fields so is he with you and i
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    when we are going through seasons of
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    what may be ordinary or mundane
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    you see jesus knew that his servants
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    were hungry he can see it despite the
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    fact that he was omniscient he could see
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    it and jesus doesn't take it upon
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    himself to perform some kind of a
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    miracle instead he allows his followers
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    to pluck some grain to silence their
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    grumbling bellies and he was just as
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    present with them then as he would be
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    when he would feed the five thousand
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    and so christ is with us
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    if i can use this word
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    in our snacking
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    just as much as in our serving
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    that his watchful eye is strong
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    even what seems to be normal
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    routine
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    mundane
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    just as much as it would be when we see
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    him do miracles in our lives
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    and may we not reserve our praise to him
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    only when we are promoted in an unusual
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    way or only when we seem to have this
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    supernatural opportunity open for us in
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    our favor
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    because his grace spreads out
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    and extends far beyond the undeniable
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    interventions that he provides for us
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    see what these disciples are doing is
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    what any ordinary jew would do it was a
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    common practice but even though this
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    this is something that we would dismiss
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    as just going to the gas station to pick
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    up a little thing because you're hungry
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    and your commute was a little longer
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    than you thought it was
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    these disciples
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    are experiencing and are recipients of
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    the goodness of god
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    even in the plucking of the grain
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    not just filling the baskets after a
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    miraculous provision of just
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    a few pieces of bread and fish into
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    feeding the multitudes even in that
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    and the reason is because
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    what these men are doing was only
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    possible because god made it possible he
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    actually made it law he actually
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    codified it through moses
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    so you're going to have to hear this
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    verse and understand that understanding
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    this verse helps us see and understand
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    the rest of the text in deuteronomy 23
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    25
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    god gave instructions to the israelites
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    and he said an interesting thing in this
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    verse
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    if you go into your neighbor's standing
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    grain you may pluck
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    the ears with your hand but you shall
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    not put a sickle to your neighbor's
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    standing grain
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    so he actually created a law that these
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    men were fulfilling that they were
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    walking in faithfully
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    and this was just one facet of
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    the welfare system in israel not not a
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    system that makes you lazy
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    but one that gives means to strengthen
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    the hungry traveler
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    while at the same time not significantly
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    stripping somebody's hard earned profit
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    away from them
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    and though no law exists like this for
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    you and i in the new covenant does not
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    this verse
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    show us and give us a glimpse
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    of the mindfulness of god for you and me
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    he actually cares about going from point
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    a to point b and making sure that your
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    belly is full
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    and so he creates this law that is fair
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    and just
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    and it shows his love for the israelites
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    just as much as when he reigned manna
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    from heaven for 40 years a recurring
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    miracle day by day his love is just as
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    strong
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    in this law as it was in the miracle
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    and what am i trying to propose to you
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    and i may we love him in the natural not
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    just in the
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    supernatural may we praise him and
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    credit him for his goodness in what
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    seems to be something that his
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    fingerprints are not on when in fact he
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    is the supplier of all our good
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    he is the permitter of all the things
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    that we enjoy
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    and so i'm refreshed by
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    this visual
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    of jesus walking i don't know how it
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    look was it one line where they spread
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    across
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    the field
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    there's jesus walking and his disciples
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    plucking and maybe one disciple is
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    trying to jokingly take the grain out of
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    the other hand
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    of another disciple
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    but something happens because what's so
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    beautiful
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    in this scene what what showcases the
  • 00:12:48
    goodness of god and even encourages us
  • 00:12:50
    to know silent satisfaction as we follow
  • 00:12:54
    jesus no matter what's in our hand
  • 00:12:56
    was something that was totally different
  • 00:12:58
    in the sight of these pharisees
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    a sharp accusation arose in those fields
  • 00:13:04
    i don't know where they were i don't
  • 00:13:05
    know if they were in the field spying
  • 00:13:07
    it's a pretty pathetic sight
  • 00:13:09
    but this group of religious elite
  • 00:13:11
    thought that they found something that
  • 00:13:12
    would disqualify the credibility of
  • 00:13:14
    jesus's closest students
  • 00:13:17
    and so they say
  • 00:13:18
    look
  • 00:13:20
    why are they doing what is not lawful on
  • 00:13:22
    the sabbath well you and i just heard it
  • 00:13:24
    in deuteronomy what they are doing is
  • 00:13:27
    lawful
  • 00:13:28
    it was permitted it was granted there
  • 00:13:29
    was a green light
  • 00:13:31
    but their issue was not so much of the
  • 00:13:33
    plucking and the eating per se as much
  • 00:13:35
    as it was that they were doing this on
  • 00:13:38
    the sabbath
  • 00:13:41
    were they right
  • 00:13:43
    were the disciples breaking the law
  • 00:13:46
    were they working on a day that was
  • 00:13:48
    calling for rest
  • 00:13:51
    the short answer
  • 00:13:52
    no
  • 00:13:54
    no
  • 00:13:56
    you and i should be acquainted with the
  • 00:13:57
    pharisees enough to understand that they
  • 00:14:00
    were masters
  • 00:14:02
    and notorious for taking man-made
  • 00:14:05
    tradition and elevating it to the degree
  • 00:14:08
    that it would eclipse the simplicity and
  • 00:14:10
    the clarity of god's word
  • 00:14:12
    and if this is saying anything it is
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    showing how their tradition
  • 00:14:17
    mangled
  • 00:14:19
    it absolutely tampered with something as
  • 00:14:21
    holy as the sabbath until it became
  • 00:14:24
    unrecognizable
  • 00:14:26
    until it lost all its life-giving value
  • 00:14:29
    until it was marred into something that
  • 00:14:31
    was hideous instead of something that
  • 00:14:32
    was holy
  • 00:14:34
    legalism tends to do that
  • 00:14:37
    you see if there was something that
  • 00:14:39
    these pharisees were doing on the
  • 00:14:40
    sabbath is that they utilized it
  • 00:14:42
    as a weekly platform to
  • 00:14:45
    pump their pride
  • 00:14:48
    and so week after week these men would
  • 00:14:50
    not only impose their regulations and
  • 00:14:53
    their rituals that were out of bounds of
  • 00:14:55
    the bible but they would they would use
  • 00:14:57
    this time to also police the population
  • 00:15:01
    and to
  • 00:15:03
    criticize and to point out and to
  • 00:15:04
    disqualify men standing with god
  • 00:15:07
    based on the fact that they are not
  • 00:15:09
    adhering to their own rules and so you
  • 00:15:12
    can imagine how this day was generally
  • 00:15:14
    dreaded by the israelite we don't want
  • 00:15:16
    the sabbath to come because out come the
  • 00:15:19
    cockroaches
  • 00:15:20
    here come the pharisees sniffing and
  • 00:15:22
    looking and we see a snippet of it even
  • 00:15:25
    here i mean here's jesus traveling with
  • 00:15:27
    his disciples and upcoming these
  • 00:15:28
    pharisees popping their head out of the
  • 00:15:30
    grains and saying ha ha look look what
  • 00:15:32
    they're doing write it down
  • 00:15:36
    and instead of it being a day of rest
  • 00:15:37
    for god's people under the old covenant
  • 00:15:40
    it was a day of unrealistic expectations
  • 00:15:43
    in the name of
  • 00:15:44
    righteousness quotation marks
  • 00:15:47
    oh this is a sad thing
  • 00:15:50
    all these rules
  • 00:15:52
    all these ideas conjured up by
  • 00:15:55
    men who think they are pious do we have
  • 00:15:57
    a glimpse do we have any idea of what
  • 00:15:59
    kind of these
  • 00:16:00
    rules look like yes we do the mishnah
  • 00:16:04
    which is really just a historical book
  • 00:16:06
    of a collection of the jewish oral
  • 00:16:07
    traditions shows us actually just some
  • 00:16:10
    of the rules that were implemented on
  • 00:16:12
    this day the mission is not a divine
  • 00:16:14
    book
  • 00:16:15
    it's a historical book and they have a
  • 00:16:17
    section on the sabbath
  • 00:16:19
    and it is through that that we can see
  • 00:16:22
    what it was that the pharisees were
  • 00:16:23
    trying to implement so strongly
  • 00:16:26
    so on that list there are 39 works that
  • 00:16:28
    were prohibited forbidden that would
  • 00:16:31
    violate their idea of the sabbath and
  • 00:16:34
    there are some things there that were
  • 00:16:36
    obvious types of labor like hunting or
  • 00:16:39
    plowing
  • 00:16:41
    but then as you read on you realize that
  • 00:16:42
    the category of work included
  • 00:16:45
    hard to believe practices
  • 00:16:48
    for example a legal work would
  • 00:16:50
    constitute writing more than one letter
  • 00:16:52
    on a on a page
  • 00:16:55
    or god forbid you erase two letters
  • 00:16:58
    it would mean
  • 00:17:00
    tying a knot
  • 00:17:02
    untying a knot
  • 00:17:03
    sewing more than one stitch
  • 00:17:06
    cleaning clothes
  • 00:17:08
    walking a certain amount of steps
  • 00:17:13
    and other paralyzing practices
  • 00:17:16
    so with that in view it's no wonder that
  • 00:17:18
    the pharisees were shaken by the sight
  • 00:17:20
    of the fact that these disciples were
  • 00:17:22
    plucking grain
  • 00:17:24
    because it's highly possible that in
  • 00:17:25
    this one scene alone what they estimated
  • 00:17:27
    was that these disciples were breaking
  • 00:17:30
    the law because they were traveling too
  • 00:17:32
    far
  • 00:17:35
    and they were working
  • 00:17:36
    yes this is work according to the
  • 00:17:39
    pharisees
  • 00:17:41
    the plucking the removing of the shell
  • 00:17:42
    the blowing of the chaff equated
  • 00:17:45
    harvesting
  • 00:17:47
    and threshing
  • 00:17:48
    and winnowing
  • 00:17:51
    and so they said
  • 00:17:53
    you're working
  • 00:17:55
    you're working sounds ridiculous is it
  • 00:17:57
    not may i propose to you
  • 00:17:59
    that in this day today the same spirit
  • 00:18:02
    is at work in many ministries
  • 00:18:06
    that might be foreign to you
  • 00:18:09
    but just just look out into the horizon
  • 00:18:12
    stay in this thing long enough
  • 00:18:14
    open your networks and converse with
  • 00:18:16
    others who are part of different
  • 00:18:17
    denominations or different network of
  • 00:18:19
    churches and what you'll realize is
  • 00:18:21
    there are some churches
  • 00:18:23
    who have required specific measurements
  • 00:18:25
    of clothing
  • 00:18:28
    not modesty i mean here comes the ruler
  • 00:18:31
    and let's see how long the sleeve is
  • 00:18:34
    let's see how far down the dress goes
  • 00:18:37
    the same people will condemn the
  • 00:18:38
    application of cosmetics
  • 00:18:40
    on a woman's face or on a woman's body
  • 00:18:44
    who demand
  • 00:18:45
    limited technology
  • 00:18:48
    in
  • 00:18:48
    each family's home
  • 00:18:52
    and who exalt these rules
  • 00:18:55
    which have
  • 00:18:56
    zero benefits to true sanctification
  • 00:19:02
    and the sad part is people eat this
  • 00:19:03
    stuff up it's attractive to some
  • 00:19:06
    to some the temptation is lawlessness i
  • 00:19:08
    believe that's the greater issue with
  • 00:19:10
    american christianity but to others it
  • 00:19:12
    is legalism
  • 00:19:14
    and what you have is people who who live
  • 00:19:16
    their life in this way and who adopt
  • 00:19:17
    these strict observances to these rigid
  • 00:19:20
    rituals because they think this is what
  • 00:19:22
    pleases god
  • 00:19:24
    this is what puts a smile on his face
  • 00:19:29
    would you like to know how the holy
  • 00:19:30
    spirit saw these pharisees would you
  • 00:19:32
    like to know what he perceived would you
  • 00:19:33
    like to know what concerns him the same
  • 00:19:35
    pharisees who seem so disciplined who
  • 00:19:38
    seemed so devoted to the cause of god
  • 00:19:41
    on one of the teachings of jesus where
  • 00:19:44
    the pharisees were in attendance
  • 00:19:46
    he taught about money and the holy
  • 00:19:48
    spirit gives us a commentary on
  • 00:19:50
    something hidden apart from this we
  • 00:19:52
    would not have known we would have
  • 00:19:53
    probably assumed but the holy spirit
  • 00:19:54
    exposes these same men
  • 00:19:57
    who ran around bullying people with
  • 00:19:59
    their standards turn with me to luke
  • 00:20:01
    chapter 16
  • 00:20:03
    and look at this short verse with me
  • 00:20:12
    in luke 16 14-15
  • 00:20:18
    we are told
  • 00:20:22
    the pharisees
  • 00:20:26
    who were lovers of money
  • 00:20:30
    heard all these things and they
  • 00:20:31
    ridiculed him
  • 00:20:32
    and he said to them
  • 00:20:34
    you are those who justify yourselves
  • 00:20:36
    before men but god knows your hearts
  • 00:20:40
    for what is exalted among men is an
  • 00:20:42
    abomination in the sight of god
  • 00:20:45
    beneath the rituals
  • 00:20:47
    under the holy garments and quotation
  • 00:20:49
    marks the public prayers the constant
  • 00:20:52
    fasting the nagging criticism
  • 00:20:55
    and the fault finding in the name of
  • 00:20:57
    holiness
  • 00:20:58
    was a burning
  • 00:21:00
    infatuation
  • 00:21:02
    for money
  • 00:21:04
    the god that most people worship today
  • 00:21:08
    these pharisees might have been able to
  • 00:21:09
    fool others and they might have thought
  • 00:21:11
    and believed that they were fooling god
  • 00:21:13
    but this verse proves listen to me this
  • 00:21:15
    afternoon my people my brethren my
  • 00:21:18
    sisters my fellow followers of christ
  • 00:21:24
    what this verse proves is that the lord
  • 00:21:26
    looks past our daily and weekly
  • 00:21:28
    performances and the only thing he
  • 00:21:30
    considers is what lives in the deepest
  • 00:21:33
    chambers of your heart and mind
  • 00:21:38
    what a scathing statement jesus makes
  • 00:21:43
    for what is exalted among men is an
  • 00:21:45
    abomination in the sight of god can you
  • 00:21:47
    imagine he's speaking about their empty
  • 00:21:49
    religion this might not shock you until
  • 00:21:51
    you do a comprehensive study in the word
  • 00:21:53
    of god to see what is under the category
  • 00:21:55
    of abomination
  • 00:21:57
    like pervert sexual practices
  • 00:21:59
    and yet there is a high spot for empty
  • 00:22:02
    religion under that condemning category
  • 00:22:05
    and imagine imagine doing all these
  • 00:22:07
    things for for the sake of people seeing
  • 00:22:09
    how spiritual you are and god sees it as
  • 00:22:13
    a heap of stench and smell
  • 00:22:19
    i cannot help but move past this text
  • 00:22:21
    without considering the thought
  • 00:22:25
    not just
  • 00:22:26
    not just for those who might be
  • 00:22:28
    pharisaical
  • 00:22:30
    who have magnified tradition and
  • 00:22:32
    magnified outward behavior
  • 00:22:34
    and not what god puts weightier
  • 00:22:37
    emphasis on
  • 00:22:39
    but even for us in our performances in
  • 00:22:41
    in our service to god what does it
  • 00:22:43
    matter
  • 00:22:45
    what benefit is it if there's no spirit
  • 00:22:47
    inspired pulse behind it
  • 00:22:51
    god forbid that we would go through the
  • 00:22:53
    mechanics of christianity with
  • 00:22:56
    hollowness
  • 00:22:58
    with emptiness
  • 00:23:00
    with no connection to this pleasing my
  • 00:23:02
    lord from a position of being saved by
  • 00:23:05
    his grace yes
  • 00:23:08
    and i can't help but look at this verse
  • 00:23:09
    and this is what came to mind when
  • 00:23:11
    reading it oh lord you saw their hearts
  • 00:23:14
    you saw their loves
  • 00:23:17
    you didn't see the length of their
  • 00:23:18
    beards and their garments you didn't see
  • 00:23:21
    the lengths of the prayers you didn't
  • 00:23:22
    see the length of their fasting you saw
  • 00:23:25
    what they loved and this is what you
  • 00:23:28
    look for oh if god were to come into
  • 00:23:31
    your heart
  • 00:23:33
    and pull it out in the open
  • 00:23:36
    what kind of love would he find there
  • 00:23:40
    what would he see in that heart
  • 00:23:43
    what would he discover
  • 00:23:46
    pass through all the practices
  • 00:23:49
    and all the performance if god were to
  • 00:23:51
    come just to see the pulse of your heart
  • 00:23:55
    what would he see
  • 00:23:59
    is there a love for him
  • 00:24:03
    or are we just empty performers
  • 00:24:05
    convincing ourselves and others that
  • 00:24:06
    we're okay
  • 00:24:08
    everything is fine
  • 00:24:10
    what do our affections
  • 00:24:12
    beat for
  • 00:24:14
    what directions are our hearts set
  • 00:24:16
    toward who is it that we are the most
  • 00:24:19
    captivated by
  • 00:24:21
    and who is it that we are the most
  • 00:24:22
    fearful of disappointing and grieving oh
  • 00:24:25
    would he see the reflection of his own
  • 00:24:27
    face when he pulls out that heart
  • 00:24:30
    and looks at it to see what kind of
  • 00:24:32
    loves we have in this life
  • 00:24:34
    and may he by his grace keep that love
  • 00:24:37
    alive for him
  • 00:24:39
    until this heart is transformed in the
  • 00:24:42
    resurrection
  • 00:24:43
    only by his grace able to perfectly love
  • 00:24:45
    him for all of eternity
  • 00:24:48
    and so we come back to our attacks in
  • 00:24:50
    mark 2
  • 00:24:52
    to see jesus's answer to the allegation
  • 00:24:55
    made by the pharisees and he would do so
  • 00:24:57
    by masterfully referencing a scripture
  • 00:25:00
    you want to deal with legalistic people
  • 00:25:02
    go to the bible you want to deal with
  • 00:25:04
    people who love tradition go to the
  • 00:25:06
    bible and we read it but we can read it
  • 00:25:08
    again
  • 00:25:10
    in verse 25 and he said to them have you
  • 00:25:12
    never read what david did when he was in
  • 00:25:14
    need and was hungry he and those who
  • 00:25:15
    were with him how he entered the house
  • 00:25:17
    of god in the time of abiathar the high
  • 00:25:20
    priest and ate the bread of the presence
  • 00:25:22
    which is not lawful for any but the
  • 00:25:24
    priest to eat and also gave it to those
  • 00:25:26
    who are with him
  • 00:25:27
    it's a very simple story if you were
  • 00:25:29
    with us on fridays we covered this in
  • 00:25:30
    first samuel we're in second samuel now
  • 00:25:33
    it's the story of david who had to flee
  • 00:25:36
    his home his work his family
  • 00:25:39
    because of a sudden exile because saul
  • 00:25:41
    turned on him and was ready to kill him
  • 00:25:43
    and because he had no time to prepare he
  • 00:25:45
    comes to the house of god empty-handed
  • 00:25:47
    and he seeks something to eat because he
  • 00:25:49
    is hungry him and his men who
  • 00:25:51
    accompanied him
  • 00:25:52
    and so he asked the priest if there's
  • 00:25:54
    anything for him and the priest said
  • 00:25:55
    there's nothing here but the holy bread
  • 00:25:58
    the holy bread was something designated
  • 00:26:00
    for the priest alone to eat
  • 00:26:02
    it was to be there on the table of show
  • 00:26:04
    bread and once they would recycle the
  • 00:26:06
    bread with fresh hot bread every week
  • 00:26:08
    they would eat the old bread that's what
  • 00:26:10
    david was looking for
  • 00:26:12
    and it was granted to him
  • 00:26:15
    now that simple story may seem
  • 00:26:18
    straightforward but the question is
  • 00:26:20
    why is jesus alluding to it out of all
  • 00:26:22
    the things why this story and let me
  • 00:26:25
    give you what perhaps you grew up
  • 00:26:27
    understanding it to me if you grew up in
  • 00:26:29
    the church let me give you the most
  • 00:26:32
    popular interpretation
  • 00:26:33
    it seems that people think that jesus is
  • 00:26:36
    by pointing to david providing an
  • 00:26:39
    illustration to promote
  • 00:26:42
    a principle of mercy
  • 00:26:44
    meaning what
  • 00:26:46
    after the pharisees condemn the
  • 00:26:47
    disciples the lord points to david to
  • 00:26:50
    teach that under certain circumstances
  • 00:26:53
    god is willing
  • 00:26:55
    for ceremonial laws
  • 00:26:57
    for rules to be set aside for the sake
  • 00:27:00
    of meeting a human need it's a lesson on
  • 00:27:04
    compassion
  • 00:27:05
    the idea here is that
  • 00:27:07
    observing regulations is not more
  • 00:27:09
    important than providing assistance in
  • 00:27:11
    emergency situations like david was in
  • 00:27:16
    and even if our help means that we need
  • 00:27:18
    to
  • 00:27:19
    bend the commands of god a little bit
  • 00:27:22
    then let's bring it about
  • 00:27:25
    so you can imagine how a text like this
  • 00:27:27
    is often referred to to support the
  • 00:27:29
    notion of
  • 00:27:31
    situational ethics
  • 00:27:34
    all that means is that under unique
  • 00:27:36
    situations it would be acceptable to
  • 00:27:38
    commit
  • 00:27:39
    if we're honest what would be known as a
  • 00:27:41
    sin in order to promote a greater good
  • 00:27:46
    so that's what jesus is teaching look
  • 00:27:49
    david did what was wrong he wasn't
  • 00:27:50
    punished for it because there was a need
  • 00:27:53
    so why are you pharisees getting all
  • 00:27:54
    flustered when the disciples here are
  • 00:27:56
    just doing the same thing they're eating
  • 00:27:59
    okay if it
  • 00:28:00
    confuses what it means to be not working
  • 00:28:02
    on the sabbath what's the big deal
  • 00:28:06
    personally i do not believe that's what
  • 00:28:07
    jesus is teaching
  • 00:28:11
    and i may have stepped on some toes but
  • 00:28:13
    would you bear with me
  • 00:28:15
    because i've heard this from many people
  • 00:28:16
    myself and
  • 00:28:18
    as i looked further into it i realized
  • 00:28:20
    that perhaps that is not jesus's
  • 00:28:22
    main point maybe that's not even his
  • 00:28:24
    point at all
  • 00:28:26
    because
  • 00:28:27
    this would make sense
  • 00:28:30
    this message
  • 00:28:32
    would fit
  • 00:28:33
    if the disciples actually broke the law
  • 00:28:37
    but they didn't
  • 00:28:40
    they were guiltless
  • 00:28:42
    but look how jesus speaks about david in
  • 00:28:44
    verse 26 how he entered the house of god
  • 00:28:47
    in the time of abyatha the high priest
  • 00:28:49
    and ate the bread of the presence which
  • 00:28:52
    is not lawful for any but the priests to
  • 00:28:56
    eat
  • 00:28:58
    so what david did was a clear violation
  • 00:29:01
    of god's law
  • 00:29:03
    he did break it it's undeniable
  • 00:29:05
    that alone should cause us to at least
  • 00:29:08
    question the popular understanding and
  • 00:29:11
    interpretation of this passage
  • 00:29:14
    why would jesus use a guilty man to
  • 00:29:17
    justify those who are guiltless
  • 00:29:22
    definitely not to promote situational
  • 00:29:24
    ethics
  • 00:29:25
    but i present to you
  • 00:29:28
    the possibility and the strongest
  • 00:29:30
    understanding that he is calling out the
  • 00:29:32
    inconsistency of the pharisees
  • 00:29:35
    in other words think about it this way
  • 00:29:38
    as jesus brings about david he is not
  • 00:29:41
    justifying david's
  • 00:29:43
    trespass
  • 00:29:45
    he is not justifying an idea that god
  • 00:29:47
    winked at this whole thing it turned
  • 00:29:48
    back because david was hungry and you
  • 00:29:50
    know okay if we have to ignore the law
  • 00:29:51
    for him to be fed then we'll do that
  • 00:29:53
    that's not what's happening here this is
  • 00:29:55
    jesus using the story of david to corner
  • 00:29:57
    the pharisees in their hypocrisy
  • 00:30:01
    here's how the argument goes are you
  • 00:30:03
    willing to overlook
  • 00:30:06
    what david did and how he broke the law
  • 00:30:09
    while you at the same time are
  • 00:30:10
    condemning my disciples for breaking
  • 00:30:12
    your human tradition
  • 00:30:15
    do you see
  • 00:30:17
    it helps to go to matthew's version to
  • 00:30:18
    see this
  • 00:30:19
    expound it so go to matthew chapter 12
  • 00:30:22
    and look with me here
  • 00:30:26
    in verse 5.
  • 00:30:29
    and the verse is proceeding he says the
  • 00:30:31
    same thing that he does here in mark two
  • 00:30:33
    he brings up david but we come to
  • 00:30:35
    matthew 12 he builds on that point and
  • 00:30:37
    he brings up another example
  • 00:30:40
    and so in matthew 12 5 notice what jesus
  • 00:30:42
    says
  • 00:30:45
    have you not read in the law how the
  • 00:30:47
    sabbath
  • 00:30:48
    on the sabbath the priests in the temple
  • 00:30:51
    profane the sabbath and are guiltless
  • 00:30:54
    so what is he saying here
  • 00:30:56
    even the strictest pharisee wouldn't see
  • 00:30:58
    the priest guilty
  • 00:31:01
    on the sabbath for performing more work
  • 00:31:03
    than any other day of the week for
  • 00:31:05
    killing animals preparing the sacrifices
  • 00:31:07
    performing their duties
  • 00:31:09
    but according to their laws the priest
  • 00:31:11
    should be guilty
  • 00:31:14
    the priest should be hey according to
  • 00:31:16
    your standards
  • 00:31:17
    the priests themselves should be
  • 00:31:18
    indicted
  • 00:31:20
    and yet they are quick to come to the
  • 00:31:22
    disciples in their modest grain picking
  • 00:31:25
    and to criticize them and condemn them
  • 00:31:28
    something that took much less effort and
  • 00:31:30
    work than what the priest did on the
  • 00:31:31
    sabbath
  • 00:31:33
    now
  • 00:31:34
    some might protest those who know their
  • 00:31:36
    bibles well and know this story well who
  • 00:31:38
    might have used this story to justify
  • 00:31:40
    certain things and so the protest says
  • 00:31:42
    brother
  • 00:31:44
    jesus quotes hosea in chapter 12 of
  • 00:31:46
    matthew verse 7.
  • 00:31:48
    and what do we see in matthew 12 7
  • 00:31:51
    jesus says and if you had known what
  • 00:31:52
    this means
  • 00:31:54
    i desire mercy and not sacrifice
  • 00:31:58
    you would not have condemned the
  • 00:31:59
    guiltless
  • 00:32:01
    you see god is trying to show us that
  • 00:32:03
    sometimes the most compassionate thing
  • 00:32:04
    to do is to meet a need even though we
  • 00:32:07
    ignored a law that might hinder that
  • 00:32:09
    mercy from being extended you see god is
  • 00:32:12
    promoting mercy mercy's so great that it
  • 00:32:15
    exceeds above law keeping and rule
  • 00:32:18
    observing
  • 00:32:21
    but is that how jesus is applying hosea
  • 00:32:25
    is that is again is that what jesus is
  • 00:32:27
    doing here is he trying to
  • 00:32:29
    make a case for situational ethics
  • 00:32:32
    all you have to do is read the verse
  • 00:32:33
    again in verse 7 very carefully to see
  • 00:32:35
    no he is not that's not his point
  • 00:32:38
    look again and if you have known what
  • 00:32:40
    this means i desire mercy and not
  • 00:32:42
    sacrifice you would not have condemned
  • 00:32:45
    the guiltless
  • 00:32:47
    that's the main point that's what he's
  • 00:32:49
    trying to drive at
  • 00:32:51
    you are condemning the guiltless
  • 00:32:56
    and by quoting hosea he's actually
  • 00:32:59
    exposing how merciless their traditions
  • 00:33:02
    are
  • 00:33:04
    and so he says here
  • 00:33:07
    i desire mercy and not sacrifice you're
  • 00:33:10
    condemning the guiltless that's how we
  • 00:33:11
    know the disciples were guiltless and
  • 00:33:13
    you're doing this with your supposed
  • 00:33:15
    justification that your your observance
  • 00:33:18
    your strict standards are some kind of a
  • 00:33:22
    sacrifice to god
  • 00:33:26
    when in fact they are merciless you are
  • 00:33:27
    merciless god desires mercy
  • 00:33:32
    but as we heard
  • 00:33:36
    loveless spiritual sacrifice especially
  • 00:33:38
    when it violates and
  • 00:33:39
    contradicts his word
  • 00:33:41
    is an abomination
  • 00:33:44
    so understand let me say this again
  • 00:33:45
    jesus is using david
  • 00:33:47
    as an argument to expose the hypocrisy
  • 00:33:50
    of the pharisees who were willing to run
  • 00:33:51
    around with their traditions and hit
  • 00:33:53
    people over the head when they would not
  • 00:33:55
    dare do that to the priest who worked
  • 00:33:57
    just as hard if not twice as hard on
  • 00:33:59
    that day and david their beloved hero
  • 00:34:02
    who actually broke god's law
  • 00:34:05
    let me pause and say this at this point
  • 00:34:07
    this is an example for us to remember
  • 00:34:08
    something so crucial and it is to
  • 00:34:10
    rightly divide the word of god
  • 00:34:14
    to rightly divide the word of god lest
  • 00:34:15
    we be found guilty promoting legalism
  • 00:34:17
    like these pharisees or lest we make the
  • 00:34:19
    mistake
  • 00:34:20
    of making some room for lawlessness by
  • 00:34:23
    misunderstanding
  • 00:34:24
    the teachings of jesus christ
  • 00:34:28
    and legalism and lawlessness thrive on
  • 00:34:31
    the same malpractice
  • 00:34:34
    if you want to know how these things
  • 00:34:35
    grow and how they become strong and how
  • 00:34:37
    they make way in people's lives and
  • 00:34:38
    ministries it's actually found in
  • 00:34:40
    matthew 12. jesus
  • 00:34:42
    in two different verses in the same
  • 00:34:45
    confrontation with these pharisees says
  • 00:34:47
    in verse 3 and verse 5 have you not read
  • 00:34:52
    have you not read have you not read what
  • 00:34:54
    the law says have you not read what is
  • 00:34:57
    this
  • 00:34:58
    this is an accusation of
  • 00:34:59
    ignorance
  • 00:35:02
    you don't know your bible
  • 00:35:05
    and if you know about it you have
  • 00:35:07
    misapplied it
  • 00:35:08
    and this malpractice is what breeds
  • 00:35:12
    either legalism or lawlessness in our
  • 00:35:14
    lives
  • 00:35:15
    what is extremely needed is a careful
  • 00:35:17
    interaction with the scriptures
  • 00:35:19
    lest we open a door for a world of
  • 00:35:22
    sorrow to flood the lives of naive
  • 00:35:24
    people
  • 00:35:28
    and so jesus here says have you not read
  • 00:35:30
    what another scathing statement to
  • 00:35:31
    pharisees who are apparently experts of
  • 00:35:33
    the law you clearly didn't read you
  • 00:35:35
    clearly didn't see it
  • 00:35:37
    listen much of the division and in our
  • 00:35:39
    evangelical circles can be solved if we
  • 00:35:41
    just really get to the bible
  • 00:35:43
    and stick with the bible
  • 00:35:46
    on any extreme on any doctrine of this
  • 00:35:48
    is what we should do or this is what we
  • 00:35:50
    should not do praise god that most of
  • 00:35:52
    those feuds are secondary issues
  • 00:35:55
    but i want to be as close to the truth
  • 00:35:57
    as possible
  • 00:35:58
    that's what i want
  • 00:36:00
    i want every facet of the will of god to
  • 00:36:02
    be in line
  • 00:36:03
    with the truth of my life
  • 00:36:05
    and you want to know how we can solve
  • 00:36:07
    most of these issues between brethren
  • 00:36:09
    who love christ
  • 00:36:10
    just to stick with the word i'm not
  • 00:36:12
    concerned about your denominational
  • 00:36:13
    tradition i really am not
  • 00:36:16
    i'm not even concerned about what the
  • 00:36:17
    ancient fathers believed they're not my
  • 00:36:19
    authority
  • 00:36:20
    have you not read
  • 00:36:22
    have you
  • 00:36:23
    not read
  • 00:36:25
    jesus
  • 00:36:27
    is my example and yours i hope
  • 00:36:29
    and if you think that the pharisees were
  • 00:36:31
    rattled by what he just said you would
  • 00:36:33
    be right i would love to see the sight
  • 00:36:35
    of these spies all for a sudden becoming
  • 00:36:37
    silent because jesus wields the sword of
  • 00:36:39
    the spirit i remember i was on a walk
  • 00:36:42
    not too far from here and it was on a
  • 00:36:44
    midday morning
  • 00:36:46
    and uh from from a distance i saw what
  • 00:36:49
    you cannot deny to be two mormons the
  • 00:36:52
    bicycles gave it away
  • 00:36:55
    the bicycles and the white dress shirts
  • 00:36:56
    i don't mean to be i'm not trying to
  • 00:36:58
    mock them but i'm just being honest
  • 00:36:59
    that's how i recognize them
  • 00:37:01
    and so i just walked and walked and
  • 00:37:02
    walked and they were sitting there and i
  • 00:37:04
    thought you know what let me just plop
  • 00:37:05
    beside him and they they were young i
  • 00:37:06
    knew that they were on mission you know
  • 00:37:08
    mormons if you don't know this mormons
  • 00:37:09
    dedicate if they're serious mormons two
  • 00:37:11
    years of their life they pause on
  • 00:37:13
    everything in life to do mission they go
  • 00:37:15
    to a different country they raise their
  • 00:37:17
    own funds they move away from home and
  • 00:37:19
    they preach a false gospel
  • 00:37:21
    for two years of their lives
  • 00:37:23
    and most of them do have the younger
  • 00:37:24
    years of their lives
  • 00:37:26
    and so i sat beside them and hearing
  • 00:37:27
    their idea of the gospel and hearing
  • 00:37:29
    what heaven is all about and it's
  • 00:37:31
    amazing if you study cults all cults
  • 00:37:33
    really have a fascination for sexuality
  • 00:37:36
    study cults very carefully and you'll
  • 00:37:38
    realize that there's this emphasis on
  • 00:37:40
    sex
  • 00:37:42
    look at islam
  • 00:37:43
    mormons what's the what's the pinnacle
  • 00:37:45
    of glory you having a celestial wife and
  • 00:37:48
    populating planets
  • 00:37:50
    and so we talked about that we talked
  • 00:37:52
    about their understanding of heaven well
  • 00:37:54
    there's no real hell there's three tiers
  • 00:37:55
    of heaven and if you were good enough
  • 00:37:57
    you can get to the top tier if you don't
  • 00:37:58
    you're in this lower compartment and so
  • 00:38:00
    we really want to get to the top and the
  • 00:38:02
    idea of the top is in their language
  • 00:38:03
    enjoying family and having your loved
  • 00:38:06
    ones and you dig deep it's much more
  • 00:38:08
    than that
  • 00:38:10
    and here's where the argument ended and
  • 00:38:12
    there was different arguments but this
  • 00:38:13
    is this is all that put a stop to any
  • 00:38:16
    idea
  • 00:38:17
    being proposed on their part
  • 00:38:19
    have you not read
  • 00:38:22
    and i looked at him and says have you
  • 00:38:23
    not read what jesus said to the
  • 00:38:24
    sadducees who try to make a case against
  • 00:38:26
    the resurrection that one woman had
  • 00:38:29
    several wives
  • 00:38:30
    whose husband will be hers in the
  • 00:38:33
    resurrection and jesus says you do not
  • 00:38:35
    know
  • 00:38:36
    the scriptures or the power of god those
  • 00:38:39
    who will be resurrected unto life will
  • 00:38:40
    be like the angels of god
  • 00:38:43
    so you guys are you're motivated for
  • 00:38:46
    your works here because you want to get
  • 00:38:47
    to the top tier of heaven which the main
  • 00:38:49
    theme of it is populating and having a
  • 00:38:51
    family and jesus himself said you ain't
  • 00:38:53
    going to get married
  • 00:38:55
    have you not read
  • 00:38:57
    oh would we know our bibles
  • 00:38:59
    so that we can be free from false
  • 00:39:01
    doctrines
  • 00:39:03
    so we come to jesus where was i
  • 00:39:07
    and they were talking to him about these
  • 00:39:08
    disciples
  • 00:39:13
    and they're rattled
  • 00:39:15
    what is jesus going to do apologize for
  • 00:39:17
    being too strong
  • 00:39:20
    no he's going to
  • 00:39:22
    he's going to up up the ante
  • 00:39:24
    if you think they're mad now he's about
  • 00:39:26
    to make them very mad and he's going to
  • 00:39:28
    do so with two statements we're going to
  • 00:39:30
    stay in matthew since we're already
  • 00:39:31
    there
  • 00:39:32
    two of these statements are in matthew
  • 00:39:34
    one of them is shared with mark almost
  • 00:39:35
    word for word
  • 00:39:37
    and so here's what he says in verse six
  • 00:39:38
    after he talks about the priests
  • 00:39:42
    and matthew brings up something in verse
  • 00:39:43
    six
  • 00:39:44
    i tell you something greater than the
  • 00:39:46
    temple is here
  • 00:39:48
    why doesn't mark bring that up well if
  • 00:39:50
    you understand matthew's main audience
  • 00:39:52
    they were jews this would mean a lot
  • 00:39:53
    more to the jew than the gentiles that
  • 00:39:55
    mark was writing to so he brings up the
  • 00:39:57
    temple he brings up the that prized
  • 00:40:00
    building for the jewish people
  • 00:40:03
    and he says something astounding i mean
  • 00:40:05
    he could have stopped at bringing up
  • 00:40:07
    david and the priest and they could have
  • 00:40:08
    moved on but like what jesus loves to do
  • 00:40:11
    is bring up further truth using these
  • 00:40:13
    opportunities to amplify
  • 00:40:16
    his person
  • 00:40:17
    i tell you something greater than the
  • 00:40:21
    temple is here this is after he spoke
  • 00:40:23
    about the priests who work in the temple
  • 00:40:25
    even on the sabbath
  • 00:40:27
    if jesus means that he is greater than
  • 00:40:29
    the temple which is what he is saying
  • 00:40:31
    the one an astounding claim this is
  • 00:40:32
    because this is what he is conveying if
  • 00:40:34
    the priests of the physical temple pay
  • 00:40:36
    attention to this if the priests of the
  • 00:40:38
    physical temple were allowed to be
  • 00:40:40
    dismissed
  • 00:40:42
    from the binding regulations of the
  • 00:40:44
    sabbath because the nature of their work
  • 00:40:46
    was divinely ordained how much more
  • 00:40:49
    should these disciples of mine be exempt
  • 00:40:55
    because they're eating as a result of
  • 00:40:57
    their service
  • 00:40:59
    to what the temple is pointing to
  • 00:41:02
    you see
  • 00:41:04
    if you're willing to overlook the priest
  • 00:41:05
    because of their sacrificial service in
  • 00:41:07
    the physical house of god
  • 00:41:09
    do you not realize that these men
  • 00:41:12
    are working because they have been
  • 00:41:13
    serving
  • 00:41:15
    the one who is greater than the temple
  • 00:41:18
    and he's here
  • 00:41:22
    greater than the temple
  • 00:41:25
    who does this man think he is
  • 00:41:28
    i'll tell you who he is
  • 00:41:31
    he is the true ark of the covenant
  • 00:41:34
    god's presence dwelling with man he is
  • 00:41:37
    the sacrifice that fulfills
  • 00:41:39
    all the shadows of the ceremonies and
  • 00:41:42
    the ordinances he is the priest who does
  • 00:41:44
    not continually stand to perform
  • 00:41:46
    sacrifices but now is seated at the
  • 00:41:49
    right hand of god
  • 00:41:50
    because his shed blood suffices
  • 00:41:53
    the standard of god's righteousness he
  • 00:41:56
    is our omnipresent access to the father
  • 00:42:00
    that veil has been torn and at any time
  • 00:42:02
    and any place in the name of jesus we
  • 00:42:05
    can come boldly to the throne of grace
  • 00:42:07
    he is to be worthy of all praise and
  • 00:42:11
    reverence and adoration for his beauty
  • 00:42:14
    outshines solomon's designs and herod's
  • 00:42:17
    expansion to that design he is greater
  • 00:42:20
    than the temple and he is our temple
  • 00:42:23
    jesus christ
  • 00:42:26
    think he stopped there
  • 00:42:30
    i mean it's possible for these
  • 00:42:32
    pharisees to have misunderstood what he
  • 00:42:34
    said they did that many times
  • 00:42:36
    maybe he did register
  • 00:42:38
    but what jesus is about to say in his
  • 00:42:40
    second statement shared by matthew and
  • 00:42:42
    mark would be clear as day because
  • 00:42:44
    how he ends this whole discourse how he
  • 00:42:46
    ends this dialogue with these men is by
  • 00:42:49
    saying
  • 00:42:50
    so the son of man
  • 00:42:52
    is lord even of the sabbath
  • 00:42:57
    mark says it almost word for word
  • 00:42:59
    here's the translation and it's a
  • 00:43:01
    beautiful translation
  • 00:43:03
    he looks at these pharisees who are
  • 00:43:04
    running around jerusalem and the
  • 00:43:06
    different streets of israel to try to
  • 00:43:09
    try to find people who are breaking
  • 00:43:10
    their law and he says you
  • 00:43:13
    don't get
  • 00:43:15
    to make the rules
  • 00:43:17
    about the sabbath
  • 00:43:20
    i do
  • 00:43:22
    i am the lord of the sabbath i am the
  • 00:43:25
    one who has authority over it
  • 00:43:27
    i created it
  • 00:43:29
    i instituted it i declared it and i
  • 00:43:32
    alone determined what happens on it
  • 00:43:36
    i mean i
  • 00:43:38
    to see their faces
  • 00:43:40
    these men who who who made so much about
  • 00:43:43
    who they were around the sabbath and
  • 00:43:45
    here's jesus looking at them
  • 00:43:47
    and saying i'm the lord of the sabbath
  • 00:43:50
    even i yes i'm lord over the sabbath up
  • 00:43:52
    to this point in mark we've seen him
  • 00:43:53
    lord over so many things
  • 00:43:56
    lord over temptation lord over sin lord
  • 00:43:59
    over demons lord over disease
  • 00:44:02
    and here he is now saying i'm lord even
  • 00:44:04
    of the sabbath
  • 00:44:08
    i want to end here
  • 00:44:10
    because again we we could be tempted to
  • 00:44:13
    just
  • 00:44:14
    look at that as an observation and
  • 00:44:15
    admire the insight and not realize how
  • 00:44:17
    it
  • 00:44:18
    has direct instruction for our lives
  • 00:44:21
    we get into a lot of trouble
  • 00:44:23
    in our spiritual endeavors when we feel
  • 00:44:25
    confident like the pharisees to add or
  • 00:44:28
    remove rules or interpretations to the
  • 00:44:30
    things that god has made clear in his
  • 00:44:32
    word
  • 00:44:34
    we get into a lot of trouble
  • 00:44:38
    but what kind of blessing and purity
  • 00:44:40
    comes
  • 00:44:41
    and is assessed and is maintained in
  • 00:44:44
    every believer
  • 00:44:46
    especially leaders in the church
  • 00:44:49
    who would live in light of the lordship
  • 00:44:50
    of jesus christ in all things
  • 00:44:54
    who would really believe that as jesus
  • 00:44:56
    highlights the sabbath he says yes i'm
  • 00:44:58
    even lord of the sabbath
  • 00:45:01
    what do we what do we know
  • 00:45:04
    what would we know
  • 00:45:06
    if we believe that christ is lord over
  • 00:45:09
    yes everything
  • 00:45:11
    even fill in the blank
  • 00:45:15
    lord you have the final say you are the
  • 00:45:19
    lord of what we preach at this church
  • 00:45:22
    you have
  • 00:45:24
    complete lordship over what we sing how
  • 00:45:27
    we deal with one another how we build
  • 00:45:29
    our lives in your name teach us to see
  • 00:45:32
    that your way is the only way and it is
  • 00:45:35
    the best way teach us to understand your
  • 00:45:37
    word that we may apply it so that you
  • 00:45:40
    may be maximally glorified and we may be
  • 00:45:42
    maximally blessed teach us to understand
  • 00:45:45
    that your decrees were designed to be
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    adorned to a certain degree for you are
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    our lord yes the lord of everything
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    do you want to know what happens when
  • 00:45:55
    you and i make our own rules
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    and i bump into a lot of christians who
  • 00:45:59
    do
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    about what it means to be a true
  • 00:46:01
    follower of jesus christ you want to
  • 00:46:03
    know what happens when we come up with
  • 00:46:05
    our own convictions and standards
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    that contradict this book
  • 00:46:10
    that violate the clear teachings of
  • 00:46:12
    jesus we get exactly what the pharisees
  • 00:46:15
    produced
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    by promoting their rules
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    burdens
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    burdens
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    legalism clear burden it's obvious
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    miserable people
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    miserable ministries no joy no freedom
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    and it doesn't even it doesn't even heal
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    you
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    some of the most
  • 00:46:42
    heinous people come from legalistic
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    backgrounds
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    but lawlessness
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    being loose and light with god's word
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    that also brings burden into our lives
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    it does
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    of a guilty conscience
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    of the natural repercussions of sin
  • 00:47:02
    robbed of the the blessing of god's face
  • 00:47:04
    shining upon us
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    robbed of the assurance that our lives
  • 00:47:09
    are not open to satan and his schemes
  • 00:47:12
    rob the fellowship with god
  • 00:47:15
    burdens
  • 00:47:17
    when we come up with our own rules when
  • 00:47:18
    we come up with our own ideas of what it
  • 00:47:20
    means to be a true believer oh we open
  • 00:47:22
    our lives to burdens
  • 00:47:25
    when jesus said come to me
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    come to me
  • 00:47:30
    all who weary and are heavy laden
  • 00:47:32
    when he says take my yoke upon you you
  • 00:47:34
    know what he's saying there take my
  • 00:47:35
    burden upon you
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    roll off the burden of your own ideas of
  • 00:47:40
    what it means to please god of what it
  • 00:47:41
    means to live free in this life and take
  • 00:47:44
    my yoke upon you
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    it's light
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    it's life-giving
  • 00:47:51
    it will set you free
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    i want to ask you today
  • 00:47:57
    for those who are visiting especially
  • 00:48:02
    is your relationship
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    with god according to this book
  • 00:48:09
    are you burdened
  • 00:48:11
    are you burdened by sin
  • 00:48:13
    are you burdened by trying to strive
  • 00:48:15
    your way to please god
  • 00:48:19
    are you burdened with the sense of
  • 00:48:20
    purposelessness were you just floating
  • 00:48:22
    around in this life you're just a number
  • 00:48:26
    come to jesus
  • 00:48:28
    and trust that as he lays upon you his
  • 00:48:31
    word
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    it will be the most freeing thing you've
  • 00:48:34
    ever experienced
  • 00:48:36
    he made you
  • 00:48:38
    he created you
  • 00:48:41
    and when he did he gave us the option to
  • 00:48:44
    continue in fellowship with him
  • 00:48:46
    or to have our own way when we made our
  • 00:48:49
    own way we turned our back on him and we
  • 00:48:51
    walked as fast as we can some are
  • 00:48:53
    running in the other direction but
  • 00:48:55
    because he loves you
  • 00:48:57
    he dies for you
  • 00:48:58
    and he calls for you to come back to him
  • 00:49:02
    he paid a price the price that separates
  • 00:49:04
    you from him and he wants you to know
  • 00:49:06
    the life that only he can offer because
  • 00:49:09
    he is the author of life
  • 00:49:11
    he is the author of life
  • 00:49:14
    so stop running
  • 00:49:17
    stop making up
  • 00:49:19
    your own idea and rules about what life
  • 00:49:21
    is come to the one who created you
  • 00:49:25
    and who died for you
  • 00:49:27
    and you will know not just life
  • 00:49:28
    according to the words of jesus but life
  • 00:49:30
    abundantly and that's not waiting for us
  • 00:49:32
    in heaven oh no you can bubble up with
  • 00:49:34
    that joy in life today even in this
  • 00:49:37
    chaotic world you can know a deep seeded
  • 00:49:39
    joy that no one can rob from you
  • 00:49:41
    and he paid a high price for that to be
  • 00:49:42
    real would you give up you know what
  • 00:49:44
    repentance simply means give up
  • 00:49:48
    stop
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    fall at his feet
  • 00:49:51
    and as you're there look at those feet
  • 00:49:53
    and realize that they were pierced for
  • 00:49:54
    you
  • 00:49:55
    he was nailed to a piece of wood so that
  • 00:49:58
    you can know freedom
  • 00:50:00
    and i pray that you you would be saved
  • 00:50:02
    today
  • 00:50:03
    and for those who are saved would we
  • 00:50:05
    prepare our hearts to partake on the
  • 00:50:06
    truth
  • 00:50:07
    that jesus took our place and that we
  • 00:50:09
    have life in him alone let's do that
  • 00:50:34
    lord we thank you from the bottom of our
  • 00:50:36
    hearts
  • 00:50:40
    that you are a good god
  • 00:50:43
    you are not like pharaoh you do not make
  • 00:50:48
    our lives a burden
  • 00:50:55
    you do not call us to make bricks
  • 00:50:57
    without straw oh lord even in our
  • 00:50:59
    obedience to your word you empower us
  • 00:51:02
    and you forgive us when we fail
  • 00:51:05
    and you do not give up on us because
  • 00:51:07
    your love is patient
  • 00:51:09
    thank you
  • 00:51:11
    and lord as we partake of this meal we
  • 00:51:14
    pray
  • 00:51:15
    that our eyes would be on the grace of
  • 00:51:17
    god
  • 00:51:18
    in the person of jesus christ that all
  • 00:51:20
    that we hear about do's and don'ts come
  • 00:51:22
    from the position
  • 00:51:25
    of being forgiven
  • 00:51:27
    freely
  • 00:51:28
    because of the lord jesus
  • 00:51:30
    lord may this have a sanctifying effect
  • 00:51:32
    on this congregation
  • 00:51:34
    we want to be in your will we want to
  • 00:51:36
    please you we want to love you
  • 00:51:39
    lord look into our hearts and would you
  • 00:51:40
    see a love for you
  • 00:51:42
    a true love for you an imperfect love
  • 00:51:44
    yes but a love nonetheless
  • 00:51:47
    we we adore you lord and for the cold
  • 00:51:49
    heart
  • 00:51:51
    the cold heart that will walk up to this
  • 00:51:52
    table by faith
  • 00:51:55
    may this revive them
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