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What Was Lawful on the Sabbath? (Luke 14:1-4)

November 14, 2021

In Luke 14:3 Jesus asked lawyers what was lawful on the Sabbath. They were experts in the law. This is their language! They were always deciding what is and isn’t lawful. If anyone should’ve been able to answer this question it was them. But they couldn’t answer, because they created a complex system of rules that made the Sabbath a burden instead of a blessing. Learn why doing good was appropriate and lawful on the Sabbath.

Table of Contents* Family Worship Guide for What Was Lawful on the Sabbath?* Sermon Notes for What Was Lawful on the Sabbath?* Lesson One: It is easy to add rules to God’s commands.* Lesson Two: The Mishnah was a commentary on God’s law, the Gemara was a commentary on the Mishnah, and the Talmud combined the Mishnah and Gemara.* Lesson Three: The rules added to the Sabbath made it a burden.* Lesson Four: The Sabbath was about doing good.* Lesson Five: Jesus fulfilled the Sabbath and the Pharisees violated it.

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In Luke 14:3 Jesus asked what was lawful on the Sabbath. Learn why doing good was appropriate and lawful on the Sabbath.

Family Worship Guide for What Was Lawful on the Sabbath?

Directions: Read the verses and then answer the questions:

* Day 1: Luke 14:1-4, Exodus 20:8-11—Why did the Pharisees invite Jesus over for a meal? Why do you think they invited the man with dropsy? Why were the Pharisees watching Jesus so intently? Why did the Pharisees have so much trouble answering the first question Jesus asked?* Day 2: Mark 2:27, Matthew 22:35-39, Romans 13:8-10, Galatians 5:14—Why do you think it is so easy to add rules to God’s law? Can you think of any rules you have added to God’s law? Are all of them good or should some of them be removed? How did the rules that the religious leaders added to the Sabbath make it a burden? How does the New Testament simplify the Old Testament law?* Day 3: Matthew 12:12, Psalm 121:3-4, John 5:16-17, Luke 14:5-6—What was the purpose of the Sabbath? What was acceptable on the Sabbath? What was unacceptable? What does it mean that the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath? How did Jesus fulfill the Sabbath and how did the religious leaders violate it?

Sermon Notes for What Was Lawful on the Sabbath?

The title of this morning’s sermon is, “What Was Lawful on the Sabbath?”

On Sunday mornings we’re working our way through Luke’s gospel verse by verse and we find ourselves at chapter 14, verses 1-6.

Please stand with me for the reading of God’s Word. We will start at verse 22 for context…

Luke 14:1 One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. 2 And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. 3 And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” 4 But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away. 5 And he said to them, “Which of you,