Love Wins Luke 13:10 - 17
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Love Wins
Luke 13:10-17 "Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your disability." And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God. But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, "There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day." Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?" As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him." ESV
1. Jesus was in church serving on the day set aside for worship
a. The Sabbath Day
b. The Lords Day
i. Where are you on the Lords Day?
2. There was hurting people present
a. One was a woman who was disabled
i. Bent over FOR 18 YEARS!
ii. Can you imagine?
iii. Could not stand straight
1. Persistent pain is one thing BUT THIS?
3. Jesus saw the hurt
a. Jesus called her to Himself
b. Through Word and Deed Jesus healed to hurting woman
i. She glorified God
1. When you are set free from pain and hurt from God you should be glorifying Him
4. The Temple Elite were LIVID
a. They became indignant because Jesus healed a broken person in church on Sunday
i. It brought them and their leaders MUCH GRIEF that this woman was healed
b. Why did He do this on the Sabbath? Why not Tuesday?
i. COME BACK ANOTHER DAY!
ii. I kinda doubt this poor woman would have found any help from these RELIGIOUS SNOBS on any day!
5. Jesus called out their hypocrisy
a. An actor under an assumed character
i. They were PRETENDING to be God's Servants
ii. They really only served themselves
b. He knew they themselves worked on the Sabbath
i. They worked their livestock, for example
c. If they cared for their donkeys on the Sabbath how much more should they care for God's children?
6. Great shame came upon the hypocritical Temple Elite
a. God shamed them
b. God shamed the haters
7. The people rejoiced
a. God HEALED the believers
b. Jesus did great miracles that day in Church
8. What does this mean for us today?
a. We can get to "CAUGHT UP" in the "program" of church or the "OPERATIONAL NEEDS" of presenting a service.
i. Is the grass cut, pews clean and the AC working?
ii. Do we LOOK and SMELL right?
iii. Have we completed enough RELIGIOUS RITUAL to make US HAPPY (not worried about TRUE WORSHIP and PLEASING GOD)
b. We get so CAUGHT UP in the PROCESS we FORGET THE PURPOSE!
9. We act more like we are on a CRUISE SHIP than in a SPIRITUAL HOSPITAL
a. We are HERE TO SERVE – NOT TO BE SERVED!
b. Church should be a place for healing and hope
c. Church should be a place that the broken are accepted, the lonely are hugged, the angry are soothed and ALL are brought to Jesus Christ
i. Not told to come back another day
10. Many times we need to GET OUT OF THE WAY and let Jesus do His healing, restorative work in our lives.
a. No questioning
b. No wondering why
c. No complaining because church is encroaching on the 12 Noon football game
11. LOVE WINS Even on Sunday!
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