Another Sabbath day, it is interesting how many incidents occurred on the Sabbath. Jesus was at the house of a prominent Pharisee. Jesus was not afraid to meet with the Pharisees, who for the most part were out to get Him. It also says that He was "being watched carefully". Jesus knew how to live under pressure. How did He do this? It was because He knew His Father. We need to adopt the same approach. We so often think that what we need is for various "stress causing factors" to be removed from our life. Now this is not to say that we should not seek a less stressful life, but there will always be something to cause us stress. The solution lies in knowing the Father better.
A man was there with an abnormal swelling. Jesus took the battle to the Pharisees. He challenged them on whether or not it was lawful to heal on the Sabbath. They refused to answer. Jesus then challenged them further. They still remained silent.
Jesus then turned up the heat of the attack. They failed to do good, and instead indulged in hypocrisy, seeking honour for themselves. When we act like this we are forgetting that God is God, and that it is God we are ultimately responsible to. We need to live knowing that we are answerable to God. This the best protection there is in life against evil, and the greatest motivator for good, and a source of strength that enables us to overcome the world.
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