"Jesus! Don't do this and don't do that, for goodness sake! Why can't you obey all our laws?"
Well, Jesus has an answer for them: "Your laws are cold and harsh and dead. People are more important than your stupid laws." (OK, Jesus didn't use the word "stupid," but I'm sure He thought it).
His disciples eating grain right from the fields? They weren't stealing; they were hungry. The man with the shriveled hand? It's a good deed that didn't hurt anyone except the lawyers who were self-appointed morality police. The demon possessed man? Shouldn't he get release, no matter what special day it was, huh?
The Law Giver is trying to straighten out the lawyers and He has to take them back to the classroom for a refresher course on what the law is and how it's to be applied. He says you get "brownie points" for loving people more than loving the law. (OK, He didn't use the words "brownie points" because that came 20 centuries later, but you get what I mean, don't you?)
The Jesus Pages is my journey through the New Testament in one year. I invite you to come along, read the Bible passage and leave comments. (If it's nasty or unrelated, I reserve the right to delete it.)
Scripture links are from The Bible Gateway, New International Version.
©2021 Debby Kratovil (kratovil@his.com)
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