The FaithOfJesus2 Daily Devotional
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kjv@Revelation:14:12
( FaithOfJesus thread begun by rRandyP )
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kjv@Luke:13:10 kjv@Luke:13:11 kjv@Luke:13:12 kjv@Luke:13:13 kjv@Luke:13:14 kjv@Luke:13:15 kjv@Luke:13:16 kjv@Luke:13:17 G1135 woman/wife G769 infirmity/malady G4794 bowed together G352 lift up G752 ruler/director A spirit of infirmity is what this is diagnosed as. Eighteen years of being bound by Satan. It is presented physically as being tightly bent or folded over and unable to straighten or look up. Luke, a physician himself, does not identify skeletal deformity nor muscular constriction, there is no mention of severe injury. Personal/parental sin is not being accused nor forgiven; the cure was to be loosed from the spirit binding her. Not all (read very few) infirmities are described in such a pronounced way. This perhaps more than any other Sabbath healing is a case clearly defined as a matter of loosening of bounds so that the afflicted can enjoy her day of rest as well. It is an act of compassion in it's truest sense. There should be found no legal prohibition in scripture against this unless by the strict and sole adherence to the oral traditions; which brings us to the dividing line Jesus is seeking purposely to draw. It is as if saying "if you are going to judge me, judge me by the upright Holy Scripture not by the bent over unable to straighten oral traditions of men". Literally, what is the difference between what the physical infirmity of the woman caused by that spirit and the spiritual infirmity of the ruler caused by that interpretation of the law? The indignation the ruler expresses is that there are six other days that the woman could have come to be healed. Who would have healed her? He and his religious elite have had eighteen years to heal her if they could and they have not. Besides, it doesn't say that the woman came to Jesus, it says that Jesus saw her and called her to Himself. With a few confident words and with one touch of His hand she is delivered. Really now! Is that work on the Sabbath? And for whom was the Sabbath made for? If the first infirmity is caused by a spirit from Satan, what is the second infirmity caused by? If the result is to tie men and woman down, fold them over so they cannot look up, have them to live their years in pain and shame and fear and bondage, to destroy and devour them, make a spectacle out of them in order to intimidate others and make them fear, to rule over them, to gather as many others as possible against the works of the Lord, where would you say that that spirit comes from? Regardless of the ruler's intention the result is nearly identical and could be said to come from the same source. And this is the spirit that now wants to dictate the Lord's weekly appointment schedule. All the Lord's adversaries were then ashamed, not ashamed enough apparently to not accuse Him of the same thing again. These Sabbath healings were one of key evidences used against Him at His trial. Makes me to wonder what then they were ashamed of; ashamed that all the people had rejoiced? Ashamed so not to loosen their own beasts of burden to the watering hole on Sabbath days? Declaring Certainty Further Resources: Comment Board:Luke:13:10-17
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kjv@Deuteronomy:5:15
kjv@Proverbs:11:9
kjv@Nehemiah:13:18
kjv@2Corinthians:4:4
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