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안식일에 제자들이 밀 이삭을 잘라 먹은 사건을 해석하시면서 예수님은 자신이 안식일의 주인이라고 선포하십니다. 

[ 마태복음 12:1 - 12:8 ] (찬송32장)

1그 때에 예수께서 안식일에 밀밭 사이로 가실새 제자들이 시장하여 이삭을 잘라 먹으니 2바리새인들이 보고 예수께 말하되 보시오 당신의 제자들이 안식일에 하지 못할 일을 하나이다

 3예수께서 이르시되 다윗이 자기와 그 함께 한 자들이 시장할 때에 한 일을 읽지 못하였느냐 4그가 하나님의 전에 들어가서 제사장 외에는 자기나 그 함께 한 자들이 먹어서는 안 되는 진설병을 먹지 아니하였느냐 5또 안식일에 제사장들이 성전 안에서 안식을 범하여도 죄가 없음을 너희가 율법에서 읽지 못하였느냐 6내가 너희에게 이르노니 성전보다 더 큰 이가 여기 있느니라

 7나는 자비를 원하고 제사를 원하지 아니하노라 하신 뜻을 너희가 알았더라면 무죄한 자를 정죄하지 아니하였으리라 8인자는 안식일의 주인이니라 하시니라

[ Matthew 12:1 - 12:8 ]

1At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”3 He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:4 how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?5 Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.7 And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

Who is God like?

Thinking & Understanding

The Pharisees saw Jesus and his disciples plucking heads of grain to eat on the Sabbath and rebuked them. They argued that the disciples had violated the regulations of the Sabbath. By referring to the example of David, who ate the bread of the Presence in the house of God, and the priests who worked in the temple even on the Sabbath, Jesus pointed out the unreasonableness of their argument (vv. 1-5). Jesus, who had established the Sabbath, restored the true spirit of the Sabbath, the spirit of mercy, which had been twisted by the Pharisees (vv. 6-8). 

What lesson is God teaching me?

V. 7 The essence of the Law was mercy. All the laws that God had given to the people were channels for God’s mercy to flow through. The Sabbath was not a day for keeping the people confined but a day for giving rest and restoration to those who were weary. The commandments of the Bible and the regulations of the church must also be followed in keeping with the spirit of mercy. Do you sometimes forget mercy and hold on only to rules and regulations? 

Vv. 10-13 People are more important than material possessions. If we regard money as more important than the life and dignity of human beings, like the Pharisees who disregarded people while regarding their sheep as precious, we violate God’s will. Are you prioritising the dignity of your neighbours whose lives are at risk and the work of saving those who are dying over your own profit? 

Prayer

Lord, make me a Christian who practices the spirit of your commandments more than just the procedures.