And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” And after looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored. But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.(Luke 6:9-11 ESV)
Jesus is now ready to respond to the criticism of the Pharisees for how He conducts business. But before He does anything, He asks one of those piercing questions to jerk our nerves: Is the Sabbath for doing nothing, or for doing good? Which shows more appreciation to our Savior and Creator? The Pharisees were content with doing nothing, rather than take a chance on doing the wrogn thing - which in the end is doing evil, because it shows no appreciation to God or compassion for the man. Jesus has now shown His character is good, and much better than theirs, and none of us can stand that. We want to look good, by doing nothing. It just doesn't work that way.
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