Luke 13:10 says, And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. Jesus was often found teaching in a synagogue, or place to worship, on the Sabbath, and I believe we need to be gathered in the church on Sundays today to learn more about God and to fellowship with other Christians. Verse eleven adds, And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. There was woman there who had an infirmity for eighteen years that caused her to be unable to stand up straight, but she was there to hear Jesus. We shouldn't allow physical conditions to come between Jesus and us. Verse twelve continues, And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. When Jesus saw the woman, He called her to Him and told her that she was healed of her infirmity. Jesus calls us to Him when we are still sinners and tells us if we put our faith in Him that we will be healed spiritually, which is so much greater than any physical healing can ever be. Verse thirteen concludes, And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. When the woman came to Jesus, He laid His hands on her and she was immediately healed, just as we will be immediately healed of our sinful condition once we come to Jesus by faith. Like the woman, we need to give God the glory for all the good things He does for us. Verse fourteen states, 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 therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. The ruler of the synagogue was angry because Jesus healed the woman on the Sabbath and didn't wait until another day to do so, because in his legalistic thinking this was work. We need to be careful that we don't get just as legalistic today, where we are more concerned with rules and regulations than we are with actually doing good things for others under God'sauthority. Verse fifteen adds, 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 him away to watering? Jesus called the leader of the synagogue a hypocrite, asking if each of those there did not loose his ox or ass from the stall on the Sabbath so it could get water. This would also constitute work. We may at times criticize others for doing something that is no worse than what we do, or something that is maybe even better than what we do. Verse sixteen continues, 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? Jesus asked the synagogue ruler if the woman, a descendant of Abraham, should not likewise be loosened, or freed, from her infirmity after eighteen years of being bound by it. We should always rejoice and never complain when something good happens in church today. Verse seventeen says, And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. After Jesus said this, all His adversaries were ashamed and the people rejoiced. If we begin to question the work of God in the world today, and He points out our error, we should be ashamed. Verse eighteen asks, Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? Jesus then asked those there what the kingdom of God was like. We sometimes spend time as followers of Christ wondering about what Heaven, God's everlasting kingdom, will be like. Verse nineteen adds, It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. Jesus said that the kingdom of God was like a mustard seed, which was small when planted but grew very large. God's kingdom starts with the seed of the gospel, and when we accept it, it should grow into something very big. Verse twenty asks, And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? Jesus again asked them what the kingdom of God was like. Verse twenty-one adds, It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. Jesus then compared the kingdom of heaven to a little leaven which can have an effect on a whole lot of meal. The gospel should affect many people when it is shared by faith. Verse twenty-two concludes, And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Jesus continued to move around the country, teaching as He was headed for Jerusalem, His ultimate destination. As long as we are here on this earth, we need to continue as followers of Christ to teach the world about Him as we head toward our heavenly home.
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