Defiant Healing Leads to Conviction

~~~ Hebrews 7:1-3, 15-17 ~~~ Psalm 110 ~~~ Mark 3:1-6 ~~~

 

'...king of peace...'

 

'...by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed...'

 

The power with which Jesus heals is the power of life.

It is the power of the Lord.

It is a princely power of holy splendor bestowed upon him from his birth.

It is a power that cannot be halted by the restraints of a few laws.

It is a power that will not back down in the face of judgment

rendered by the local elders.

It does not give way to criticism.

 

Rather with every road block thrown up before Jesus he responds

with a stronger conviction for his purpose.

 

Jesus entered the synagogue.
There was a man there who had a withered hand.
They watched Jesus closely
to see if he would cure him on the sabbath
so that they might accuse him.
He said to the man with the withered hand,
“Come up here before us.”

 

 

Jesus will not be intimidated by the Pharisees.

They cannot succeed in deterring him from doing good.

 

If you are about doing good does it really matter what day it is,

where you are, or who is the recipient?

Jesus was defying the authority of the Pharisees and they were none to pleased.

Who did this Jesus think he was?

How dare he question their authority;

publicly in front of those who were in the temple.

 

The Pharisees were acting as any human would in a position of authority.

Jesus was acting as a compassionate God.

There is no comparison.

 

 

Then he said to the Pharisees,
“Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil,
to save life rather than to destroy it?”
But they remained silent.

 

They remained silent to his question about preserving life.

Inside their hearts were dead;

they could not bring themselves to value life above all else.

 

...Looking around at them with anger
and grieved at their hardness of heart...

 

Jesus cured the man's withered hand right before their eyes.

They were insulted and outraged with this healing on the Sabbath.

They left vowing to do whatever it took to have him put to death.

 

Jesus will always support us in standing up for what is good.

There are so many examples from the lives of the saints

 in support of this fact. 

All around the world even today people are sacrificing their life

for believing in the truth, for acting for what is good.

 

Place your heart in the right place; this is where you begin.

 

Walk closer with Jesus this year and be blessed.