John 5:10

John 5:10 says, The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.   By this time, the Jews had severe restrictions on what could and could not be done on the Sabbath day. The Scribes and Pharisees were very religious, but they were not necessarily Godly.  We today can be very religious, but not be very Godly.  When we begin to worry more about being in the church building instead of reaching those outside the walls of the church, then we are more religious than Godly.  The Jews were more interested in religious laws being broken than they were in a man being miraculously healed.  How many of us, if we are on our way to church and see someone having problems willing would stop to help them while giving God the glory?  We might not want to be late or get our clothes dirty and hurry on the way.  If so, we are being more religious than Godly.  Verse eleven continues, He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.  The Jews asked the man, not how he was able to walk, but who told him to take up his bed on the Sabbath.  The man told them that the Man that made him whole told him to take up his bed and walk.  If we are questioned why we are doing something that seems to be against religious custom, we need to be able to answer because the One Who made me whole told me to do it.  We might have people question us today if we do something that they feel violates religious laws or customs, but we need to always put the need to reach the lost above any religious custom.  Anytime a religious custom gets in the way of witnessing to and helping meet the needs of others, it stands between us and the will of God.