Were you an "I Dream of Jeannie" fan? Maybe you liked " Bewitched ". Or like me, both. How great it would be to twitch your nose or bob your head and have things done. No more standing over a hot stove or fighting traffic and waiting in line at the grocery store.
Jesus could have turned rocks into bread anytime He wanted. Food was just a prayer away. Yet, He never used it for His or even His disciples benefit. It was always for the benefit of God.
It was the Pharisees who imposed all the Sabbath rules, not God. God just wants His people to rest. The Pharisees were the ones who added all the laws turning the Sabbath into a burden. Jesus told us in Matthew 11: 30 "For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”
Matthew 12:1-8 NLT
A Discussion about the Sabbath
1 At about that time Jesus was walking through some grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, so they began breaking off some heads of grain and eating them. 2 But some Pharisees saw them do it and protested, “Look, Your disciples are breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath.”
3 Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4 He went into the house of God, and he and his companions broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests are allowed to eat. 5 And haven’t you read in the law of Moses that the priests on duty in the Temple may work on the Sabbath? 6 I tell you, there is one here who is even greater than the Temple! 7 But you would not have condemned My innocent disciples if you knew the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ 8 For the Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath!”
Blessings, Cecilia
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