1At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat.

 2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

 3But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;

 4How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

 5Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

 6But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.

 7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

 8For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

 9And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:

 10And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

 11And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

 12How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

 13Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

 14Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

There are some Christians who will argue that we are still under the law.  I don’t believe so.  Christ fulfilled the law on the cross.  Christ right here in these verses points right one of the biggest flaw in following the law.  The Pharisees were more interested in legalism than worship.  Even though they tried to follow the law their hearts were not in the right place.  They didn’t have a personal relationship with God.  A personal relationship with God comes only from having a personal relationship with his Son.  Because no one can know the Father without knowing the Son.  Christ is our perfect high priest.  Our mediator between us and the Father.  No man can ever fulfill that role.  You can only get to God through Christ.  The law won’t get you there or any other religion.  Only through the blood of Christ do we have access to God.

Bookmark: