Sunday, March 31, 2024

A Woman with a Disabling Spirit Luke 13:10-17 --- Rules are for the Benefits of Men

We are to be careful not to misinterpret rules and use them against people. Rules are for outside behavior and may not reflect inner intentions. Confucius said, "If a person is not benevolent, then their observance of ritual and music is nothing more than empty formalism.". That is exactly why Jesus called the synagogue ruler a hypocrite for stopping healing on the Sabbath.


Lessons:

  • #1 Sickness can be caused by evil spirits.

  • #2 To pray for healing for such a case, command the evil spirit to go and the person be freed from the particular sickness.

  • #3 All rules are to be made for the benefit of the lives of people. Human lives are more important than man-made rules

  • #4 Hypocrisy is outward behavior without corresponding inward goodness.


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