"And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath."
In today's quote, Jesus made it vividly clear to the Pharisees that His judgment, having all power bestowed upon Him by God the Father, supercedes the rules of the old Law. He explained that the rules of the Sabbath were made to benefit mankind and that they were not instituted to lay a stumbling block in his/her path.
We should note that upon the completion of His sacrificial ordeal (His "baptism" as He described it) and His return to the Father, Jesus fulfilled every element of the old Law for those of us whom have placed our faith in Him and choose to live by His light. "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." (Romans 8:1-4)~
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