LUKE 13: 10-17
10.AND HE WAS TEACHING IN ONE OF THE SYNAGOGUES ON THE SABBATH
11.AND BEHOLD ,THERE WAS A WOMAN WHICH HAD A SPIRIT OF IMFIRMITY
EIGHTEEN YEARS ,AND WAS BOWED TOGETHER ,AND COULD IN NO WISE LIFT UP
HERSELF
12.AND WHEN JESUS SAW HER ,HE CALLED HER TO HIM, AND SAID UNTO HER
,WOMAN THOU ART LOOSED ,FROM THINE IMFIRMITY
13. AND HE LAID HIS HAND ON HER ;AND IMMEDIATELY SHE WAS MADE
STRAIGHT , AND GLORIFIED GOD
14.AND THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE ANSWERED WITH INDIGNATION ,
BECAUSE THAT JESUS HAD HEALED ON THE SABBATH DAY,AND SAID UNTO THE
PEOPLE,THERE ARE SIX DAYS IN WHICH MEN OUGHT TO WORK ; IN THEM COME
THEREFORE AND BE HEALED ,AND NOT ON THE SABBATH DAY.
15.THE LORD THEN ANSWERED HIM,AND SAID THOU HYPOCRITE,DOTH NOT
EACH ONE OF YOU ON THE SABBATH LOOSE HIS OX OR HIS ASS FROM THE
STALL,AND LEAD IT TO WATERING
16.AND OUGHT NOT THIS WOMAN,BEING A DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM WHOM
SATAN HATH BOUND,LO THESE EIGHTEEN YEARS ,BE LOOSED FROM THIS BOND
ON THE SABBATH DAY
17.AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE THINGS ALL ADVERSARIES WE`RE ASHAMED;
AND ALL THE PEOPLE REJOICED FOR ALL THE GLORIOUS THINGS THAT WE`RE
DONE BY HIM
THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD
VERY BRIEFLY I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT
THE LORD`S HOUSE IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
EVERYWHERE THAT JESUS WENT IN HIS 3 AND A HALF YEARS OF
PUBLIC MINISTRY
HE ALWAYS SEEMS TO DRAW ATTENTION
FOR PEOPLE WE`RE CONSTANLY SCRUTINIZING HIS TEACHING
EVALUATING HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AS WELL AMAZED AT HIS MIRACLES
AND YOU DO KNOW THAT JESUS IS A MIRACLE WORKER AND HE STILL WORKING MIRACLES TODAY
NOW THIS INCIDENT IN THE TEXT TOOK PLACE AS JESUS WAS TEACHING IN THE SYNAGOGUE
AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE BODY OF ELDERS MOVED WITH INDIGNATION BECAUSE JESUS HAD HEALED ON THE
SABBATH DAY
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
IT`S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOSAIC LAW DID NOT FORBID HEALING ON THE SABBATH DAY
BUT IT WAS THE TRADTION OF THE BODY OF ELDERS THAT DID
BUT IF YOU KNOW THE LORD –I SAY IF YOU KNOW THE LORD
YOU KNOW THE LORD WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO ABOLISH THE SABBATH DAY
FOR WHEN YOU GO TO THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF EXODUS 20:8
REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY
NOW IT`S A LOT OF THINGS WE NOW ADAYS THAT WE USED NOT DO ON THE LORDS DAY
I REMEMBER AS A LITTLE BOY HOW THE OLD SAINTS WHO`S GONE ON TO GLORY
HOW THEY USE TO COOK ON SATURDAY BECAUSE THEY DID`NT BELIEVE IN COOKING ON SUNDAY
I REMEMBER GRANDMA WHITE USE TO WASH AND CLEAN HOUSE ON SATURDAY BECAUSE SHE DID`NT BELIEVE IN
WASHING AND CLEANING HOUSE ON SUNDAY
I REMEMBER THAT BOLES AND SAFEWAY USED TO BE CLOSE ON THE LORD`S DAY
BUT WE ARE LIVING IN A DAY AND TIME WHERE EVERYTHING IS OPEN ON THE LORD`S DAY
BUT IF YOU KNOW THE LORD –I SAY IF YOU REALLY KNOW THE LORD
YOU KNOW THE LORD WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO TAKE AWAY FORM HIS SCAREDNESS OF DIVINE OBLIGATION
WELL THE 1ST THING WE WILL NOTICE ABOUT THIS WOMAN IN THE TEXT IS THAT
SHE DID`NT LET HER CONDITION KEEP HER FROM COMING TO THE SYNAGOGUE ON THE SABBATH DAY
EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS BENT OVER AND HAD BEEN THIS WAY FOR 18 YEARS -SHE COULD STILL BE FOUND IN THE
SYNAGOGUE ON THE SABBATH DAY
AND WE ARE LIVING IN A DAY AND TIME WHERE PEOPLE ARE MAKING ALL KINDS OF EXCUSES TO KEEP FROM
COMING TO THE LORD`S HOUSE
HEADACHE
HOUSE IS DIRTY
BUT THE LORD`S HOUSE IS A GOOD PLACE TO BE
FOR THERE IS NO OTHER INSTITUTION IN THE WORLD THAT CAN BE COMPARED TO THE CHURCH
FOR NOTHING ELSE HAS GONE THROUGH
INVESTAGATION –EVALUATION –OBSERVATION AND TRIBULATION AND STILL EXIST
YOU SEE OTTIS SHELTON HAS COME AND GONE –BUT THE CHURCH STILL LIVES ON
GENEVA DRIVE IN HAS COME AND GONE BUT THE CHURCH STILL LIVES ON
FOR THE CHURCH IS A BODY OF BAPTIZE BELIEVERS THAT GOD HAS CALL OUT OF THE DARKNESS INTO THE
MARVELOUS LIGHT
AND GOD HAS A MESSAGE THAT HE WANTS A DYING WORLD TO HEAR
A MESSAGE OF LOVE
A MESSAGE OF HOPE
A MESSAGE OF FORGIVENESS
A MESSAGE OF JUDGEMENT
THAT HE WANT A DYING WORLD TO HEAR AND IT`S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHURCH TO PROCLAIM THAT
MESSAGE.
SHE RECEIVE HER BLESSING
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JESUS WAS TEACHING IN THE SYNAGOGUE AND HE SAW
THIS WOMAN AND HER CONDITION
NOTICE –NOTICE –NOTICE
SHE DID`NT RECEIVE HER BLESSING BECAUSE OF THER CLOTHE SHE HAD ON
SHE DID`NT RECEIVE HER BLESSING BECAUSE SHE WE`RE A MEMBER OF THE
DEACONESS OR MEMBER OF THE USHER BOARD
BUT SHE RECEIVE HER BLESSING BECAUSE JESUS WAS IN THE HOUSE
AND YOU DO KNOW THAT WHEN JESUS IS IN THE HOUSE
SUGAR DIBEATIES HAVE TO RUN AND HIDE
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HITS THE DOOR
AND THE REASON WHY IS THAT WHEN JESUS SHOWS UP HE ALWAYS SHOWS OUT
BUT THE TEXT REVEALS THAT THERE WE`RE SOME HATERS IN THE HOUSE
THE TEXT REVEALS THAT WHEN JESUS HEAL THIS WOMAN THAT RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE MOVED WITH
IGDIGNATION
IN OTHER WORDS
HE GOT ANGRY ---HE GOT FRUSTARTED –HE GOT UPSET
BECAUSE JESUS HEALED THIS WOMAN ON THE SABBATH DAY
WELL THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS ABOUT THIS RULER THAT I NOTICE IN THE TEXT
WELL THE 1ST THING I NOTICE IS THAT HE WAS A WATCHER INSTEAD OF A WORSHIPER
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WATCHERS IN THE CHURCH
BUT GOD IS LOOKING FOR SOME WORSHIPERS WHO WILL WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH
WELL NOT ONLY WAS HE A WATCHER
BUT THE TEXT REVEAL THAT HE WAS FAULT FINDER INSTEAD OF A FAITH BUILDER
AND GOD IS NOT LOOKING FOR FAULT BUT HE IS LOOKING FOR SOME FAITH BUILDERS
WELL THE 3RD THING I NOTICE ABOUT THIS HATER IS THAT HE HAD MORE COMPASSION FOR HIS OX AND ASS
THAN HE HAD FOR THIS WOMAN ON THE SABBATH DAY
AND I NEED TO TELL YOU AS I PREPARE TO TAKE MY SEAT THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME HATERS IN THE CHURCH
TODAY
AND IT`S EASY TO DETECT A HATER WHEN YOU SEE ONE
BECAUSE HATERS THINKS THE CHURCH IS A SOCIAL CLUB WHERE THEY GATHER TOGETHER TO GOSSIP AND
GRUMBLE ABOUT EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING
THEY THINK THE CHURCH IS STORM SHELTER WHERE THEY ONLY COME
WHEN ADVERSITY IS IN THERE LIFE
THEN YOU THOSE WHO THINK THE CHURCH IS A CME CLUB –WHERE
THEY ONLY COME ON CHRISTMAS ,MOTHER DAY AND EASTER
NURSING HOME – WHERE THEY JOIN AND SEAT AROUND AND WAIT TO DIE
FUNERAL PARLOR –WHERE THEY WALK IN AND OUT DEAD IN THE TRESPASSES OF THERE SIN
