A Sabbath Day Lesson
Luke 13:10-17; 14:1-6
Sabbath Day Lessons
Luke 13:10-17; 14:1-6
There is No Bad Time for Compassion
• When another suffers, grieves, or hurts• When one sins against us• When time presses us
Hebrews 12:12-13
Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but
rather be healed.
There is No Bad Time for Compassion
• When another suffers, grieves, or hurts• When one sins against us• When time presses us
Should Not Christians Be Known for…
• Good deeds• Encouragement
• And healing?
Men’s Rules Hinder God’s PlansEVERYTHING is from God or Man
1. Entertainment and enticements dilute the truth
Men’s Rules Hinder God’s PlansEVERYTHING is from God or Man
1. Entertainment and enticements dilute the truth
2. Denominational organizations vs. simple
autonomy
Elders
Deacon
Saints
Vatican
Parrishs
Synods
Assemblies
Councils
Headquarters
Vs.
Men’s Rules Hinder God’s PlansEVERYTHING is from God or Man
1. Entertainment and enticements dilute the truth
2. Denominational organizations vs. simple
autonomy
3. Missionary Society vs. church/preacher
relationships
Missionary
Society
church
church
church
church
$
VS.
Men’s Rules Hinder God’s PlansEVERYTHING is from God or Man
1. Entertainment and enticements dilute the truth
2. Denominational organizations vs. simple autonomy
3. Missionary Society vs. church/preacher relationships
4. Sponsoring church arr. vs. cong. responsibility
Sponsoring
church
church
church
church
church
$VS.
Men’s Rules Hinder God’s PlansEVERYTHING is from God or Man
1. Entertainment and enticements dilute the truth
2. Denominational organizations vs. simple autonomy
3. Missionary Society vs. church/preacher relationships
4. Sponsoring church arr. vs. cong. responsibility
5. Institutional org. vs. individual responsibility
Matthew 21:23-25
… the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was
teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who
gave you this authority?” 24 Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer,
then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, from where did it
come? From heaven or from man?” …
Men’s Rules Hinder God’s PlansEVERYTHING is from God or Man
Everything is derived from
two sources…
We need to keep asking, is
it from God or man?
Give Care Not To Get Priorities Upside Down
We can follow this pattern of animals tended but not men… Do we…
• Tend physical selves but not spiritual?• Tend education but not spiritual growth?• Tend family but not our spiritual family?• Tend work but not our “service of worship”?
Acts 17:30-31
The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he
commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has
fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a
man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to
all by raising him from the dead.”
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that
each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the
body, whether good or evil.
3 Sabbath Day Lessons
1. There is no bad time for compassion
2. Is what we do from God or man?
3. Getting our priorities in order
Would this be a good time for YOU to ask
God for compassion?
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