​Beloved, once again we see the Pharisees out against Jesus. Here, they accuse Jesus of breaking the Sabbath
by healing a man on the Sabbath. Apparently, according to them, it was unlawful to heal on the Sabbath. Was
it?

Jesus responded by asking them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” They remained silent. Note that with His question is it lawful, Jesus is directing these legalists back to the
Mosaic Law, the Word of God! Jesus asks them a question not because they did not know, but because they did know the answer. They knew His question had to be answered “to do good and to save life.”

The phrasing of the question implies that failure to do good was to do harm! They knew that on a Sabbath one
who is able to do good or to save a life and yet refuses to do so is guilty of evil. His logic is that healing this man
would be doing good and not to heal him would be evil.
 
In His Strong Name-
Pastor Joe

Beloved, it was Pastor Chuck Smith who when describing the new work of Calvary Chapel used Mark 2:22 saying, “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.” Pastor Chuck said that Calvary Chapel was a new work of the Spirit led by the Lord.
 
In like manner the Lord wants to do a new work in our hearts. There may be areas of our heart or lives that have gone from rote to rut to rot. The Lord wants to dig out those areas and help us to start afresh in His power and Spirit. May we allow Him to take us further down the road spiritually always looking to grow in grace!
 
Blessings-
Pastor Joe ​

Beloved, it was Pastor Chuck Smith who when describing the new work of Calvary Chapel used Mark 2:22 saying, “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.” Pastor Chuck said that Calvary Chapel was a new work of the Spirit led by the Lord.
 
In like manner the Lord wants to do a new work in our hearts. There may be areas of our heart or lives that have gone from rote to rut to rot. The Lord wants to dig out those areas and help us to start afresh in His power and Spirit. May we allow Him to take us further down the road spiritually always looking to grow in grace!
 
Blessings-
Pastor Joe ​