23 One Saturday, on the day of rest, Jesus and his disciples were walking through a field of wheat. The disciples were hungry, so they plucked off some heads of grain to eat. 24 But when some of the Pharisees saw what was happening, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples shouldn’t be harvesting grain on the Sabbath!”
25 Jesus responded, “Haven’t you ever read what King David and his men did when they were hungry? 26 They entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread of God’s presence. They violated the law by eating bread that only the priests were allowed to eat. But there is one here who is even greater than the temple.”
27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for the sake of people, and not people for the Sabbath. 28 For this reason the Son of Man exercises his lordship over the Sabbath.”
Tori's Comments:
The new covenant has changed everything! We follow the Spirit now :)
Terrie's Comments:
Romans 8:4
So now every righteous requirement of the law can be fulfilled through the Anointed One living his life in us. And we are free to live, not according to our flesh, but by the dynamic power of the Holy Spirit!
Romans 8:14-15
14 The mature children of God are those who are moved by the impulses of the Holy Spirit. 15 And you did not receive the “spirit of religious duty,” leading you back into the fear of never being good enough. But you have received the “Spirit of full acceptance,” enfolding you into the family of God. And you will never feel orphaned, for as he rises up within us, our spirits join him in saying the words of tender affection, “Beloved Father!”
The requirements of the Sabbath always point out what we are doing or not doing that contradicts what we are "supposed" to do. Man was not made to follow the rule of the Sabbath. We are made to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus and live through the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. When we are Law focused it leads us to sin more...
Romans 7:5-6 confirms this ... 5 When we were merely living natural lives, the law, through defining sin, actually awakened sinful desires within us, which resulted in bearing the fruit of death. 6 But now that we have been fully released from the power of the law, we are dead to what once controlled us. And our lives are no longer motivated by the obsolete way of following the written code, so that now we may serve God by living in the freshness of a new life in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Day 12
- Read Luke 1:39-45
- Make an Advent calendar; instead of candy, insert papers with ways you can serve someone else that day.
- volunteer at a shelter
- Take photos in the snow
- make a gift for kids' teachers
- Try an ounce of nuts each day for some healthy oils.
We have a praise music list that we add to on a regular basis. You can find the link to it in the right hand column of this blog or by scrolling to the bottom of this page. We also have a Christmas list which you will find in the right hand column as well :-)
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