Husband, daddy, pastor. Board of @abHomeMission and @FriendshipHseDE. Writer, @baptist_news, @christiancitzn. Weighting the weightier matters (Matt 23:23).
Oct 14, 2020 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
1/ In an exchange with some religious authorities of his day (Pharisees), Jesus was accused of breaking Jewish law about the Sabbath when he and his disciples were picking grain.
2/ His response included the assertion that "the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath" (Mk 2:27). In other words, God does not come up with laws and then create humans to keep them. God creates humans, then guards their well-being with things like Sabbath observance.
