By his teaching and example, the Lord Jesus altered the distinctively Jewish understanding of the Sabbath. But Jesus reinforced the underlying basis for the Sabbath by explaining that God's Sabbath rest from his work of Creation is not idleness but rather his continual work of Providence, doing acts of kindness for those in need. As the eternal Son of God, the Lord Jesus follows his Father's example by doing an act of healing on the Sabbath. But in making this claim, Jesus is also claiming equality with God, as his angry hearers so clearly understood. The confession that Jesus is Lord is ultimately why people are still persecuted.
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After serving Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, Bob was honorably retired on Sunday, September 27, 2015, and given the title "Pastor Emeritus." This was forty years to the day after he became their pastor.
He now works for the Presbytery of the Gulf South as...