The Spirit of the Sabbath Law … who it’s for

Morning: Psalm 55; Genesis 41:1-13; I Corinthians 4:1-7

Evening: Psalms 138, 139:1-17; Mark 2:23-3:6

Because laws cannot govern every eventuality, Jesus stresses the Spirit of the Law. In Dickens’s Oliver Twist, Bumble’s wife is accused of theft; the law says he is responsible for her behaviour. ‘"If the law supposes that," (says) Mr. Bumble … "the law is a ass — a idiot.”’ Not to permit healing on the Sabbath makes the Law appear foolish.  Our Sabbath laws came to be about compulsory observance of Sunday, forgetting that Sabbath is any time that restores body and spirit … it’s for us, not God.  Today, the practice of Sabbath has mostly disappeared; it is our loss.Graham