Matthew 12

Today we are reading Matthew 12. In this chapter we read about Jesus being Lord of the Sabbath. “At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭12:1-8‬ ‭ESV‬‬ In this account, the Pharisees are portrayed as clueless legalists. Here is a question that is painful to consider, How are we like the Pharisees? In what way are we critical? How do we think we are righteous as we voice our criticism? What would Jesus say to us in such moments? “I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.” Pastor Tim

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