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A Discussion about the Sabbath 1 One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grainfields, his disciples broke off heads of grain, rubbed off the husks in their hands, and ate the grain. 2 But some Pharisees said, “Why are you breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?”
3 Jesus replied, “Haven’t you read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4 He went into the house of God and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests can eat. He also gave some to his companions.” 5 And Jesus added, “The Son of Man[a] is Lord, even over the Sabbath.”
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath 6 On another Sabbath day, a man with a deformed right hand was in the synagogue while Jesus was teaching. 7 The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely. If he healed the man’s hand, they planned to accuse him of working on the Sabbath.
8 But Jesus knew their thoughts. He said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and stand in front of everyone.” So the man came forward. 9 Then Jesus said to his critics, “I have a question for you. Does the law permit good deeds on the Sabbath, or is it a day for doing evil? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?”
10 He looked around at them one by one and then said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” So the man held out his hand, and it was restored! 11 At this, the enemies of Jesus were wild with rage and began to discuss what to do with him.
Jesus Chooses the Twelve Apostles 12 One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night. 13 At daybreak he called together all of his disciples and chose twelve of them to be apostles. Here are their names:
14 Simon (whom he named Peter), Andrew (Peter’s brother), James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, 15 Matthew, Thomas, James (son of Alphaeus), Simon (who was called the zealot), 16 Judas (son of James), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).
Crowds Follow Jesus 17 When they came down from the mountain, the disciples stood with Jesus on a large, level area, surrounded by many of his followers and by the crowds. There were people from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and from as far north as the seacoasts of Tyre and Sidon. 18 They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those troubled by evil[b] spirits were healed. 19 Everyone tried to touch him, because healing power went out from him, and he healed everyone.
The Beatitudes 20 Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said,
“God blesses you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours. 21 God blesses you who are hungry now, for you will be satisfied. God blesses you who weep now, for in due time you will laugh.
22 What blessings await you when people hate you and exclude you and mock you and curse you as evil because you follow the Son of Man. 23 When that happens, be happy! Yes, leap for joy! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, their ancestors treated the ancient prophets that same way.
Sorrows Foretold 24 “What sorrow awaits you who are rich, for you have your only happiness now. 25 What sorrow awaits you who are fat and prosperous now, for a time of awful hunger awaits you. What sorrow awaits you who laugh now, for your laughing will turn to mourning and sorrow. 26 What sorrow awaits you who are praised by the crowds, for their ancestors also praised false prophets.
Love for Enemies 27 “But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. 28 Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek also. If someone demands your coat, offer your shirt also. 30 Give to anyone who asks; and when things are taken away from you, don’t try to get them back. 31 Do to others as you would like them to do to you.
32 “If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them! 33 And if you do good only to those who do good to you, why should you get credit? Even sinners do that much! 34 And if you lend money only to those who can repay you, why should you get credit? Even sinners will lend to other sinners for a full return.
35 “Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked. 36 You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.
Do Not Judge Others 37 “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.[c]”
39 Then Jesus gave the following illustration: “Can one blind person lead another? Won’t they both fall into a ditch? 40 Students[d] are not greater than their teacher. But the student who is fully trained will become like the teacher.
41 “And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye[e] when you have a log in your own? 42 How can you think of saying, ‘Friend,[f] let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.
The Tree and Its Fruit 43 “A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. 44 A tree is identified by its fruit. Figs are never gathered from thornbushes, and grapes are not picked from bramble bushes. 45 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.
Building on a Solid Foundation 46 “So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say? 47 I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it. 48 It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built. 49 But anyone who hears and doesn’t obey is like a person who builds a house without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins.”




good word, good word. I love it when Jesus speaks to me. I'm jsut so thankful that he hasn't left me in the desert with no map, and no compass.

When the pharisees stop Jesus and critisize him for harvesting on the sabath, and reminds me of how the world will do everything to point out a Christ follower's problem. Whe in reality, they aren't looking at what is really happening. expessially when they don't know what they are talking about.
It reminds me of the wineskins that i talked about yesterday. that same older lady was judging me for being loud, and just way out there. And you could tell that she thought that since i wasn't the "cookie cutter christiian" i should proclaim who my Jesus is. But in reality she is like an old wineskin.
That is the same thing that the parisees were telling Jesus. The just couldn't understand that he didn't have to comform to their traditions. The creator is allways greater then the creation.

Very similar with the time that Jesus healed the man on the Sabath. But this time he is telling us that we can always to good deeds, no matter what the world thinks. No matter where we are, no matter when it is, there is never a place or a time where we should do evil. We should always be working for and with Jesus. In everything that we do!

When Jesus gives the beattitudes, there are tons of ways to look at them. "God blesses you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours." In that time, rich people were looked to as having great favor from God. So Jesus goes out and says, God loves you especially when you are poor and when you hunger for righeousness. When Jesus tells us, "God blesses you who are hungry now, for you will be satified." I look at that as those who hunger for him. He is saying that if you want to be just like Jesus, one day you will.
"What blessings await you when people hate you and exclude you and mock you and curse you as evil because you folow the Son of Man." That is awesome. If you are following Jesus and people don't look at you different, or everyone just thinks you are the coolest person, then you are doing something wrong. I hang out with what most people would call the bad kids. And i was hanging out with them when they were drinking and stuff like that, and they just couldn't that i wasn't drinking, or hooking up with girls, or doing any thing except for playing guitar hero. And when they asked me and i told them that it was because of my love for Jesus, the entire atmasfeir of the party changed. I was getting weird looks, and they were calling me a buzz kill and all of that stuff, and i thought of this verse and i was so stoked. When they started treating different, it made my day. Although i'm never going back to another party with my friends, i know that i am going to be blessed.

If you are only trying to find what makes you complete through material things, your screwed. That is all that i can say about what Jesus says in the next little sectioin. Because ritcheousness dosn't come from the material things of this world, they only come from Jesus Christ.

Jesus then goes on to tell us to love our enimies. Jesus challenges us all the time, but this is one of the hardest ones. Last night this women came over to my house, because her husband beat her. Let me tell you somthing, i don't love that man. I drame about me standing over his motionless body. And that is not a good place to be when you are trying to love Jesus. I would love to tell you that i am at the point that i love that guy, but i can't tell you that yet.

Don't judge others. I used to be the most judgemental person you have ever met. When i first started claiming the name of Jesus, i was a punk. If you did somthing that i didn't like, i would rape my Jesus to make you feel like a jerk, just so i can look like the man. When really all i was doing was digging a whole. Thank God that i am now over that phase, because i lost about 99% of my friends when i was going throught that little phase.
So don't judge people. I can't tell you how many kids i have talked to who said they don't want to be Christians because Christians are mean and judgemental. When we look down on other people, we are destroying our relationship with God, and theirs.
Plus we know that no one is better than anyone else. Never act like your the best, because then you will be broken down. And we can't help people when we need help our selves with the same thing, it just dosen't work.

When we have the love of Christ in our hearts, we will show love to others. If we don't have it, we're jerks.

When we obey God it is like we have a good, solid foundation. When we live like our flesh wants us to live, we just built on sand. When good times are coming, we don't notice our foundations. But when that storm or crises hits, it hits hard, and if you built on sand, your going to get blown away. But when that foundation is strong you will holdfast, and you will be safe.

This is the first time that i have looked at this scripture, as more than just words. I would read this, and pass over it thinking that it isn't that big of a deal. But in actuallity, every single bit of the word of God, is the WORD OF GOD, and we can always get somthing from it.

If you have been reading my blog, i hope you have been geting somting from it. And thank you so much for reading in the first place. I hape that you are keeping your foundation strong.


In Christ,
Stewart Ryall