Returning to Galilee From Jerusalem

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?Returning to Galilee? From Jerusalem

• A few months into His public life
• Was in Jerusalem for A Feast where He healed on
  the Sabbath day
• Severely criticized by the Jews for working
• Note Old Law Ex 3114 14 'You shall keep the
  Sabbath, therefore, for it is holy to you.
  Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to
  death for whoever does any work on it, that
  person shall be cut off from among his people. 15
  'Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh
  is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever
  does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely
  be put to death.
• cf. Jer. 1719-27 Neh. 1315-19
• Disciples plucked (husked) grain on the Sabbath
• (Mat. 121-8 Mk. 223-28 Luke 61-5)

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Luke 61-5 Disciples Plucking Grain 1 Now it
happened on the second Sabbath after the first
that He went through the grain fields. And His
disciples plucked the heads of grain and ate
them, rubbing them in their hands. 2 And some of
the Pharisees said to them, "Why are you doing
what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath? 3 But
Jesus answering them said, "Have you not even
read this, what David did when he was hungry, he
and those who were with him 4 "how he went into
the house of God, took and ate the showbread, and
also gave some to those with him, which is not
lawful for any but the priests to eat? 5 And He
said to them, "The Son of Man is also Lord of the
Sabbath.
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Jews Work Problems on the Sabbath

• Law
• No Work
• No travel more than 2,000 cubits (.6 of a mile
  or 1k) (Inferred Ex. 1629 Manna, Num. 355
  Josh. 34)
• Opinion of the Jews
• Jesus healed and the Jews considered it work
• Disciples picked grain and husked it work
• Jewish Tradition Says Jews could not
• Pick lint off clothes
• Carry a needle in ones clothes
• Wear, carry a crutch or wooden leg
• Wear a broach

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Jesus Recorded Healings on the Sabbath

• Healing Demoniac in Synagogue (Mk. 121-28 Luke
  431-37)
• Cripple man at the Pool of Bethesda (John 51-47)
• Man w/Withered Hand in Synagogue (Mat.
  129-14 Mk. 31-6 Luke 66-11)
• Man Born Blind, Spittle, Pool of Siloam (Jn.
  91-38)
• Infirmed Woman in Parea, (Luke 1310-13
• Man w/dropsy, house of a Pharisee (Luke 141-14)

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Sabbath Day Problems for the Jews

• John 722-23 22 "Moses therefore gave you
  circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from
  the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the
  Sabbath. 23 "If a man receives circumcision on
  the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not
  be broken, are you angry with Me because I made a
  man completely well on the Sabbath?
• Lu 1315 The Lord then answered him and said,
  "Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the
  Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall,
  and lead it away to water it?
• Lu 145 5 Then He answered them, saying, "Which
  of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen
  into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on
  the Sabbath day?"

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Disciples and Grain in the Fields

• It was lawful to Pick/Eat Grain (Deut. 2325)
• Sabbath harvesting was prohibited (Ex. 421)
• What did the revered David do? (1 Sam. 211-6)
  Ate replaced Tabernacle bread, (Note Jesus did
  not say it was okay)
• Within the intent of the Law to do Good (Isa.
  586-7 Lk. 66-11, 1310-17, 141-6)
• Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath (Mk. 228, et
  al) (the expression used 81 times by Jesus)

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Lessons From Grain Event

• Be careful, Traditions can
• Disallow and be right or wrong
• Allow and be right or wrong right
• Let the word of God rule, using logic and common
  sense
• Traditions can be born of scripture or of men
• 2 Thess. 215 Therefore, brethren, stand fast,
  and hold the traditions which ye have been
  taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
• Col. 28 Beware lest any man spoil you through
  philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition
  of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not
  after Christ.
• Mark 79 And he said unto them, Full well ye
  reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep
  your own tradition.

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• Judgment or Scriptural Issues?
• Function of the Bible in 1st century? Today?
• Bible Hermeneutic? DC, AE, N I
• Embracing denominations as faithful churches
• Distinctive nature of the church
• Distinctive nature of the gospel
• Accepting Websters definition of baptism
• Instruments of music in worship
• Praise teams to aid in the singing
• Hand clapping and hand waving in worship
• Separate childrens church or teen church
• Role of Women in leadership or public worship

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• Judgment or Scriptural Issues?
• Drama or using puppets in corporate worship
• A contemporary and a traditional worship
• Observing special religious holidays
• Worship and Lords Supper on Saturday
• House churches on Sun. or Wed. P.M.
• Church discipline, e.g., withdrawing fellowship
• Baptism forgives past unscriptural divorces
• Bible miracles/direct operation of the H.S. today
• Social drinking vs. getting drunk
• Authority of elders
• Worship more Aman centered (entertaining)

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Following Jesus

• Will lead to heaven was not will not be
  popular
• He did not have the expected background
• Followed the Scriptures
• Forgave sins
• Disciples Not wash hands, plucked grain on S.
• Associated with wrong people (S. woman at well,
  Levi, house of Simon)
• Forgave a woman taken in adultery
• Disappointed the Sign Seekers
• Gave faith credit to the un-popular (Gentiles)
• Made Himself equal with God

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Healing the Man with the Withered Hand

• Mat. 1210-14 Mark 31-6 Luke 66-11
• Pharisees looking to trap Him, asked is it
  lawful
• Jesus knew their thoughts
• Jesus can we do good or evil save life or
  destroy it? Which should be done on the Sabbath?
  If the sheep falls in the pit can you get it
  out?
• Could/would not answer - Jesus became angry
• Jesus healed the man in their midst
• Pharisees were furious, plotted His death

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Mark 31-6 Healing the Man with Withered Hand 1
And He entered the synagogue again, and a man was
there who had a withered hand. 2 So they watched
Him closely, whether He would heal him on the
Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him. 3 And
He said to the man who had the withered hand,
"Step forward. 4 Then He said to them, "Is it
lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil,
to save life or to kill?" But they kept silent.
5 And when He had looked around at them with
anger, being grieved by the hardness of their
hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your
hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was
restored as whole as the other. 6 Then the
Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with
the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy
Him.
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Jesus Became Angry Mark 35

• Because their hearts were hardened, Jesus became
  angry
• We are taught not to become angry
• Titus 17 Be not soon angry (elders)
• Eph. 426 Be angry sin not let not the sun
• Eph. 431 Let all anger be put away
• Col. 38 put off all anger
• Yet Jesus was angry and did not sin
• Same Greek word

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• Popularity Increases
• Matt. 424 Syria
• Matt. 425 Galilee
• Mk. 37 Judea
• Decapolis
• Perea
• Idumea
• Cities Tyre
• Sidon
• John 3 Samaria

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Choosing the Apostles

• John 135ff Two disciples of John the baptizer
  Andrew, and possibly John
• Next Day Peter (led by his brother Andrew)
• Next Day Philip who finds Nathanael
• Mark 129 Peter, Andrew, James, John
• (Healed Peters M-I-L)
• ?Several days/weeks intervened before all 12

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• Mat. 102-4
• Peter
• Andrew
• James
• John
• Philip
• Bartholomew
• Thomas
• Matthew
• James
• Thaddeus
• Simon
• Judas

• Acts 113
• Peter
• James
• John
• Andrew
• Philip
• Thomas
• Bartholomew
• Matthew
• James
• Simon
• Thaddeus

Mark 316-18 Peter James John Andrew Philip Bartho
lomew Matthew Thomas James Thaddeus Simon Judas
Luke 614-18 Peter Andrew James John Philip Bartho
lomew Matthew Thomas James Thaddeus Simon Judas