APRIL 01 THE JESUS QUESTIONS 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)

 

APRIL 01  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  

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 Prayer    

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

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?”