Mar 2:23-28

And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath,
and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain.

The Pharisees were saying to Him,
“Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

And He said to them,“Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry;

how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?”

Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

“So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

Jesus’ response?
“Have you never read…”

Jesus speaks from the Scripture…in this case He recounts an event from 1 Samuel 21.

This would have been a “grenade of truth” to the worldview of the Pharisees.
In their eyes Jesus was justifying sin.
But, He was not.

Jesus continued.
He clarified the “confusion” over the Sabbath.

The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

The Lord gave the Sabbath to man.
It was for his benefit.

Jesus then declares an earth-shattering truth.
The Son of Man - Him - is Lord even of the Sabbath.

Do Believers keep the Sabbath today?
No, not in the traditional sense.
Yes, in a far greater way.

As to the keeping of a day…

Rom 14:5

One person regards one day above another, another regards every day alike.
Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind.

We as Believers are not required to keep the day of the Sabbath under the Law.

But!

We do keep the Sabbath!
Jesus is our Sabbath rest.
If you are in Him, you are resting in the Sabbath…

Heb 4:9-10

So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works,
as God did from His.

Rest in the Lord.

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