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Sunday, August 16, 2026
Sunday School @ 9:30 am | Worship Service @ 10:30 am | Prayer @ 5:30 pm
Announcements/Reminders
- NOW - September 5 - Spaghetti and meat sauce drive for the Manna House
- August 19 - Wednesday Evening - Embracing Exile book / Intro & Ch. 1
- August 22 - Clothes Closet
- August 23 - NDI Meeting at 2:30 pm
Sermon Notes for 08/16/2026
SCRIPTURE: Mark 2:23-3:6
Jesus challenges His critics' legalism, prompting them to reevaluate their interpretation of the Law's purpose and intent.
The Sabbath
- Was instituted by God in Genesis 2:2-3
- 39 Jewish categories for Sabbath Law
- Christ-followers renamed it "The Lord's Day" and observed it on Sunday or resurrection day
Picking and Eating Grain on the Sabbath
- God's Law has been skewed...
- Jesus is Lord of All
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
- Jesus sees a crippled man worshipping in the synagogue
- His critics are watching His every move
- Jesus was "angry and deeply saddened by their hard hearts..."
The Pharisees and other Jewish leaders took God’s Law and made it something it was never intended to be. And so they became so rigid about rules that they were cruel to others, while at the same time being too lenient about real wrongdoing.
Where love, grace, mercy, and decent humanity should have prevailed, cruel, harsh, and judgmental thoughts reigned.
When we hold so tightly to rules and regulations that people suffer and perish, we might be in the wrong… We might be setting ourselves up for defeat…
The Sabbath is a blessing, not a curse!