Jesus and The Day of Rest
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Introduction
The *Pharisees were against Jesus. And they wanted to hurt him. They thought that he was doing something bad. They thought that Jesus was not obeying one of God's rules. That rule said that people must not work on the 7th day of the week. (Deuteronomy 5:12-15)
Jesus knew that God had given the rules for a purpose. He wanted people to do good things. Jesus made the man's hand well. That was a good thing to do. That was what God wanted. Jesus tried to explain this to everyone. But the Pharisees did not understand. They thought that they were right. And they thought that Jesus was wrong. So they wanted to kill Jesus.
Questions to ask
(v2) Why were the Pharisees watching Jesus carefully?
(v3) Why did people need to rest on the 7th day?
v3) Why did Jesus want everyone to see the man?
(v4) What do you think are the correct answers to Jesus' questions?
(v5) Why was Jesus angry? And why was he sad?
(v5) What did Jesus do that made the man's hand better? What did the man do?
(v6) Why did these people want to kill Jesus?
Something to do
Read the 10 rules that God gave. (Deuteronomy 5:6-21)
Talk about rule 4.
Think about how God wants us to obey this rule today.