FOCUS VERSE
6 “Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.” 1 John 2:6 (NIV)

THE ACCUSATION:

1 “At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, ‘Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.’” Matthew 12:1-2 (ESV)

• THE ACCUSATION WAS

24 “If you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but do not put any in your basket. 25 If you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pick kernels with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to their standing grain.” Deuteronomy 23:24 (NIV)

• THE ACCUSERS WERE

THE ARGUMENTS:

3 He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?” Matthew 12:3-4 (ESV)

5 “You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf…. 8 Every Sabbath day Aaron shall arrange it before the Lord…9 And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place…” Leviticus 24:5, 8-9 (ESV)

1 “Then David came…to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David… and said to him, ‘Why are you alone…?’ 2 And David said to Ahimelech… ‘The king has charged me with a matter and said to me, “Let no one know anything of the matter about which I send you….” 3 Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever is here.” 4 And the priest answered David, ‘I have no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread—if the young men have kept themselves from women.’ 5 And David answered the priest, ‘Truly women have been kept from us as always when I go on an expedition….6 So the priest gave him the holy bread, for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence, which is removed from before the Lord, to be replaced by hot bread…” 1 Samuel 21:1-6 (ESV)

• ARGUMENT #1: GOD’S LAWS WERE NOT GIVEN TO

o PRINCIPLE: THE SABBATH DOES NOT

5 Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? Matthew 12:5 (ESV)

9 “On the Sabbath day, two male lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, and its drink offering: 10 this is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.” Numbers 28:9-10 (ESV)

• ARGUMENT #2: THE

o THE SABBATH IS NOT A

6 “I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. 7 And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.” Matthew 12:6-8 (ESV)

• ARGUMENT #3: THE ONE WHO

o THE SABBATH DOESN’T GIVE US THE

5 “One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord.” Romans 14:5-6 (ESV)

NEXT STEPS
• 1st Friday Event
o Friday April 4th, our first 1st Friday Event. Come as we share food, a family worship time, and tips and tricks on how to better make Jesus the King of your Home.
• BUTLER SPRINGS CAMP SIGNUPS
o See information desk in the atrium.
• FAMILY WORSHIP (READ/PRAY) RESOURCES
o Available at the Old Welcome Center today.
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