..How They Misinterpreted It
The Sabbath day is a day of rest and it is important that Christians understand this. Pastor W.F Kumuyi, the General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry spoke about “Living With Passion And Compassion Despite The Dispassionate” during a recent service.
He said that Jesus showed compassion and manifested His power in healing those who needed healing, as we also need healing today. Our bodies, spirits, souls, and lives in general need healing just as the vision which has dropped and died needs renewal.
An aching and diseased body needs rest, a traumatized soul needs rest, and Sabbath means rest and if there is any day we should have rest, in our bodies, restoration in our souls, and renewal in our spirits, it is on the day of rest.
He said that the Pharisees did not understand, they associated Sabbath with Saturday whereas, the word actually means rest and Jesus wanted them to understand the meaning.
“There remaineth therefore a rest at Sabbath for the people of God”. So, anywhere you are, note that God gives rest, restoration and recovery to His people.
Actually, the whole expanse of His life and ministry was about these three aspects. But they didn’t understand, and He did not bother about their ignorance, because He focused on His mission.
He said that the Pharisees and Sadducees limited the Sabbath day to their rituals and religious ceremonies which did not bring rest or recovery to anyone but Christ came to show us the meaning of the Sabbath which is rest. He made it very clear that a man is more valuable than a sheep.
He made it known to them that the essence of the Sabbath is rest. When your body is weary tired and worn out in the night, and you sleep and rest, in the morning, your body is restored. Your brain will be restored and able to think and reason well.
Finally, he said that Jesus lived with passion, and compassion and disregarded those who were at variance with Him, and did not understand His ministry. We should also be like Jesus, and live with passion and compassion despite the dispassionate people around us.
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