Article September 18, 1978 Issue

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Healing on the sabbath

WILLIAM E. MOODY

They hoped to destroy him; some wanted to kill him. Why? A blind man could see, a man's withered hand was restored, a crippled woman stood straight, and he had healed them—on the sabbath.

The Pharisees thought Christ Jesus had gone too far. Steeped in ritualism and interpreting the sabbath's requirements from the standpoint of a scholastic and materialistic theology, the indignant Pharisees pointed to Jesus' healing activities as "proof" of his disregard of Mosaic law and Hebrew tradition. Feeling their power and influence threatened by the spiritual emancipation the Saviour was offering, the Pharisees challenged Jesus' ministry and denounced him as a heretic.

However, Jesus knew that there was no greater way to show our love for God, to worship Him, than by demonstrating man's God-given freedom from sickness and sin. And there could be no better day for this proof than the sabbath.

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