Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Luke chapter 6 verses 6 through 11:
6 On another sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. 7The scribes and the Pharisees watched him to see whether he would cure on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him. 8Even though he knew what they were thinking, he said to the man who had the withered hand, ‘Come and stand here.’ He got up and stood there. 9Then Jesus said to them, ‘I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to destroy it?’ 10After looking around at all of them, he said to him, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ He did so, and his hand was restored. 11But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
I was in a diner for breakfast a while back and there was a guy to my right talking about his tenants. I couldn’t help hearing because his voice was loud and tone obnoxious. He was talking about his renters. Apparently he couldn’t stand them. According to him they were stupid and lazy and very, very selfish. They were also Muslim, or Sikhs, or Armenians, or something. As he was telling his story he kept calling them Muslims, or Mohameds, but he would say the words loud like in all caps — MUSLIMS and MOHAMEDS. Whatever they were, apparently they weren’t Christians. The landlord was; he was Catholic and apparently very serious about that. So serious in fact that he was absolutely incensed these people would call on a Sunday morning asking to get something fixed at the house. “It’s Sunday morning for God’s sake,” he said. “Don’t you know some people go to church?” It was a question; but really it was an accusation and the word church was said in all caps too. “Don’t you know some people go to CHURCH?”
Some people do. Some people go to church, while others go to CHURCH. Some keep the sabbath; and some keep the sabbath and also the spirit of the sabbath.
They’re not exactly the same.
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