July 19, 2026 - The Gospel of Luke - Week 12 - Lord Over it All

All right, some of us think Sabbath means just chill, relax.

It's actually not a positive word.

It's actually a negative word, stop.

That's what Sabbath means, stop it.

Like, I know we're like Sabbath.

I just need a Sabbath rest.

I need a spa.

It sounds like spa.

And so somehow I think we think Sabbath and spa go together.

No, it just means stop it.

And for Israel, Sabbath keeping or to cease or to stop from creating was the day God gifted humanity with in the creation account.

So this is not just going back to Exodus 20 and the 10 commandments.

This is actually a command written in the fabric of creation.

Like you need it for your health because God is like, you got to stop.

Okay.

And so it's written there.

It's a unique sign to their relationship with God.

It was not something that all the nations around them did.

So this was unique to Israel.

And it was a sign that they were a part of the covenant.

And so what Jesus is doing is he's doing something.

He's giving food, they're eating, they're actually living out what the Sabbath was meant to be done with as their feet being fed and they're being nourished and all of the things.

And the Pharisees have an issue with this.

After God created and separated everything in Genesis, he gives unique boundaries and distinctions and he names everything and he says it's very good on day six.

Genesis chapter two says this.