MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6/10/2026
9:56 AM
My Worship
Time Focus: PT-2 “In a Synagogue”
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Luke 6:6-11
Bible Reading & Meditation “6 On another
Sabbath He entered the synagogue and taught; and a man was
there whose right hand was withered. 7 Now the
scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him [closely to
see if He healed on the Sabbath, so that they might find a
reason to accuse Him. 8 But
He knew what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the
withered hand, “Get up and come forward!” And he got up
and came forward. 9 And Jesus said to them, “I
ask you whether it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do harm, to save a
life or to destroy it?” 10 And
after looking around at them all, He said to him, “Stretch out your
hand!” And he did so; and his hand was restored. 11 But
they themselves were filled with senseless rage, and began discussing
together what they might do to Jesus.”
I want to pick up from where I left off in last
night's Spiritual Diary, and as I mentioned in it this section is a fairly long
section so perhaps I will be able to finish it this evening. Now remember we are writing about a second
conflict in the life of our Savior, a conflict should not have taken place because
if the Jews of Jesus’ day would only have look at the pages of the Bible
instead of their traditions that they were going by then they would have
realized who the Lord Jesus Christ was for there are many Old Testament
prophecies that speak of Jesus coming the first time, and then many more of
when He will come again, which is in two phases, as He will come to the clouds
above the earth to call His Church home to be with Him, and then at the end of
the Tribulation period He will come back to planet earth in order to end the
tribulation period and then set things up for the Millenium, the last 1000
years of history on planet Earth. I
certainly look forward to what is called the rapture of the Church to go to
heaven and be forever with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I also look forward to working in the
Millenium for the cause of Christ in that long period of human history, but
perhaps most look forward to the eternal state which happens after the earth
and all the other planets are destroyed.
God has a wonderful plan for His people, and I am so thankful that I and
all those who believe in Him are a part of that plan.
MacArthur writes “Needless to say,
ministering to a sick person was by no means a violation of the Old Testament
regulations concerning the Sabbath (cf. Matt. 12:7).”
(cf. Matt. 12:7)
“7 And if you had known what this means, ‘I
desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.”
“The
rabbis, however, had decreed that no one, whether a physician, friend, or
family member, could treat a sick person on the Sabbath. To do so, they taught, would be work and
hence a violation of the Sabbath. The
only two exceptions they allowed were cases when a person might otherwise die
before the Sabbath ended, or a pregnant woman who gave birth on the
Sabbath. Other than those two
situations, showing compassion and mercy to a suffering person made on a
blaspheming lawbreaker.” The more I read
and study about how these so called leaders of Israel were doing the more angry
it makes me. I can surely see that Satan
had a very large part in what these people were doing. God wrote in His Law something that was
completely different than what these leaders were doing and yet they missed it
and the reason they missed it was because they though that their plans were
better than God’s plan, and it seems to me that the same thing is going on in
our world and country today.
Back to MacArthur’s commentary “As
He had earlier done (5:22) and would later do (11:17), Jesus in His omniscience
knew what they were thinking.”
(5:22)
“22 When Jesus perceived their thoughts, he
answered them, "Why do you question in your hearts?”
(11:17)
“17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them,
"Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided
household falls.”
“The Lord
was fully aware of their vicious hateful thoughts toward Him; that they were
waiting for Him to heal so they could accuse Him of breaking the Sabbath. Ignoring their legalistic, merciless
regulations and intentions, Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, ‘Get
up and come forward!’ He was the
perfect candidate to help the Lord stage His assault on their twisted view of
the Sabbath. His condition was clearly
not life threatening, so there was no possible justification under the death
exception for helping him.
The crippled man got up and came
forward and stood before the synagogue audience. It was a dramatic movement, as the people
waited to see what Jesus was going to do. Addressing the scribes and Pharisees,
who no doubt had front-row seats (11:43; 20:46; Matt. 23:6; Mark 12:39), Jesus
asked the self-proclaimed experts on the law a pointed question.”
(11:43; 20:46; Matt. 23:6; Mark 12:39)
“43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best
seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.”
“46 "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk
around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats
in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,”
“6 and they love the place of honor at feasts
and the best seats in the synagogues”
“39 and have the best seats in the synagogues and
the places of honor at feasts,”
“I ask
you, “He demanded,
“is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to
destroy it?” As was often the case,
the Lord’s question impaled His opponents on the horns of a dilemma. On the one hand, answering that it was lawful
to do good on the Sabbath would officially authorize Jesus to heal the man. They could not then indict Him for breaking
the Sabbath. On the other hand,
answering that it was not lawful to do good would reveal their wicked,
merciless hearts. That would tear down
their veneer of self-righteousness and piosity and expose them as the
hypocrites they were.” I think it best
that I stop here for after this section there will be a very long quote which
will include many, many verses, and so not to make this SD too long I will stop
here. By the way the quotation of
Scripture comes from the prophet Isaiah.
Spiritual
meaning for my life today:
Now as I write these Spiritual Diaries, it is very important for me to write
the truth as I study the different books of the Bible. I have great respect to the commentaries that
John MacArthur wrote while he was on planet earth, and also respect for others
like the late Warren Wiersbe, and also a few others, and I trust them to write
and speak the truth. One has to be
careful when studying the Word of God and not put things into it that are not
there as the scribes and Pharisees did in the time of Christ, while He was on
planet earth.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: Trusting the Lord as my life and
especially my wife’s life is on a rollercoaster at this time with different
emotions as she continues to battle cancer.
I know that the Lord is in control of her life and also my life and so I
desire to trust the Lord for He knows all things and is full of grace and
mercy.
6/10/2026
10:39 AM
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