APRIL 01 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#12-04 >>> Lessons, Lifestyle, and Parables of Jesus <<< JQ#12 *Who decides what is legal, God or man?* “What man is there among you who has one sheep and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out? Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep?” (Matthew 12:11-12a)

LIVING FOR JESUS --- Daily Devotional

APRIL 01  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#12-04 >>> Lessons, Lifestyle, and Parables of Jesus <<< JQ#12 *Who decides what is legal, God or man?*  “What man is there among you who has one sheep and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out? Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep?” (Matthew 12:11-12a)

Daily Prayer to JESUS    

Jesus, Precious is the Name above all names — Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.  Lord just the simple fact that we have the Name Jesus to call upon should make everyone stop and ponder why we even have the Name Jesus and what it has meant to generation after generation. We call on You “in season and out of season”,  we call on You with both Praise and Prayer, we moan the Name in utter desperation, and we shout from our hearts the Name Jesus in adoration for Your Unconditional Love that You have showered so Graciously on a lost and dying world —  with the Name Jesus there is Eternal Hope!  Praise God from whom ALL blessings flow.     AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

APRIL 01  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  JQ#12-04 >>> Lessons, Lifestyle, and Parables of Jesus <<< JQ#12 *Who decides what is legal, God or man?*  “What man is there among you who has one sheep and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out? Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep?” (Matthew 12:11-12a) Jesus is accused of a very, very serious issue — especially when you consider that Jesus has been performing miracle after miracle that could only be accomplished by the anointing of God and that Jesus referred to God as “MY Father in heaven”, and to then be told by the Pharisees that He was guilty of doing that which was not “legal” on the Sabbath!?!?  This JESUS Question is very serious because it pits the “authority of man” against the “Authority of God” and as such, this JESUS Question should be treated soberly and given the “Divine weight” it is due! In JQ#12-03 the “circumstantial evidence” and “direct testimonial evidence” were compared and according to the U. S. Supreme Court they are “intrinsically no different” and for the record it was also established that “much Scientific Evidence is circumstantial”.  Since the accusation occurred over 2000 years ago we must make our “judgement” from circumstantial evidence for obvious reasons. The issue of “legality” always has been and always will be the greatest issue that every society must face! It is through the legal system of any society that the society either prospers or is stifled altogether! Indeed, when the question “Who decides what is legal?” is asked it must be answered proportionally to the gravity of the question, as a society can destroy itself with a corrupt legal system that is like a vicious cancer and corruption always will bring death upon the body, “man’s legalism is always corrupt” and always will bring death to the organism it is allowed to grow in! Let us start with establishing the “scene of the crime”, and “examine the evidence”, and then each individual must be their own “judge and jury” and in full honesty every individual must come to the “verdict” that their conscience, after considering the “evidence”, allows them to come to within their own intellect. Before any trial starts in the United States or any witness is called to testify, the “court” is brought to “order” and witnesses are required to take an “oath” on The Holy Bible. Because the “Oath” itself is going to be part of the “evidence” for answering the question “Who decides what is legal?”, the traditional “Oath” used by U. S. presidents and U. S. military personnel will be quoted at this time: “I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God!” Please note that the “Law” is very clear that the “Oath” is taken with one’s left hand on “The Holy Bible” and the right hand raised to God asking that God Himself be a “witness" that the following “testimony” is “true”!  The obvious intended symbolism is that the “left hand” is closest to the heart and is placed firmly on the Word of God and the right hand which is his strength he raises toward God openly exhibiting that there is nothing of man’s desire or of man’s strength that will be used in this decision and only the Truth of God, Witnessed by God who is TRUTH and only God knows the intent of every man’s heart! Yes, the “OATH to GOD” is part of every testimony yet we have defiled the “Oath” and it has allowed “CORRUPTION” to overtake our court (legal) system!!! We will begin our trial of “legality” by establishing the accusation brought against the “Accused” and the circumstances that caused the accusation to be made. I submit the previous eyewitness account from the Gospel of Matthew Chapter 12 beginning with verse 1 and concluding with the accusation itself in verse 2: “At that time Jesus [the Accused] went through the grain fields on the Sabbath. And His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat [the alleged crime]. And when the Pharisees [the accusers] saw it, they said to Him, ‘Look, Your disciples are doing what is not LAWFUL to do on the Sabbath!’[the accusation]”(Matthew 12:1-2)  Therefore we can establish the “scene of the alleged crime” to be in “the grain fields” and at the scene of the crime we can establish from the eyewitness account written C. A.D. 50 (which could have been less than 20 years after the original charges were brought against the accused) that in “the grain fields” were at least two disciples of Jesus and Jesus Himself plus at least two observers from the Pharisees for a minimum of at least 5 persons being “eye witnesses” at the scene of the “crime”. The charge itself was from the Pharisees that had seen the disciples consuming “heads of grain” in the “grain fields”. To establish the “TRUE Law of the Sabbath” do we accept man’s “interpretation” of the existing laws ruling the Sabbath, or should we refer back to the “original” Law as given to Moses from God Himself? Do you now see how this “minor” incident and “accusation against Jesus” in a grain field becomes the “major” implied question: JQ#12 — “Who decides what is legal, God or man?”