Lord of the Sabbath

Have you ever taken something really simple, but made it really complicated and difficult? Sports are a perfect example of this phenomenon. Take golf for example. The goal is to hit a little white ball into a hole in the ground with a stick. Simple, right? Not even close. Golf has 34 categories of rules, with multiple rules under each category. There’s a rule for if a fly lands on your ball. There’s a rule for playing a ball that lands next to a cactus. There’s even a rule about hitting your ball after it gets lodged in an orange! The Pharisees were good at this, making something simple into something difficult. Our passage in Matthew 12 deals with how the Pharisees had turned the Sabbath, a day of rest for God’s people, into something terribly complicated. Thankfully, Jesus comes along and helps us understand God’s original intention and restores the beauty and simplicity of God’s plan. Come hear more about why the Kingdom of Heaven is Good News for those who know and love Jesus.