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Mark 2:27 · BSB
2:27 Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
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…and providing for ourselves. Or for any other labor that is not necessary or a work of mercy. And this is all for our benefit. As Jesus says inMark 2 verse 27. The Sabbath was made for man. and not man for the Sabbath. In other words, it is for our good and our benefit to lay aside our work, remembering…
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…his own. Therefore, let's make every effort to enter that rest, the word of the Lord. If you're able, please stand for the gospel reading found inMark chapter 2, verses 23 through 28. Jesus went through the wheat fields on the Sabbath. The Pharisees said to Jesus, Look, why are they breaking the Sabbath law? He said to them,…
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…blessing pronounced in Isaiah to God's people in the keeping of the Sabbath. And now we come to the New Testament. And so we have this account inMark 2:23-27. So who the Sabbath is for, Jesus makes this very clear. According to the Lord of the Sabbath, and we'll come to see who that is in a moment as we…
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…you're not. So he's saying, good or evil? It's always good to do good, isn't it? I would imagine. And then he tells him in Matthew, or excuse me,Mark chapter 2, verse 27, he says, listen, the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. In other words, you have control of the Sabbath. Paul tells us that, right…
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…trying to tell us something else. It's saying, you are what you produce. But the Sabbath says, You are who God loves. Listen to the words of Jesus,Mark chapter 2, verse 27. The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. The Sabbath is not a burden, it is a gift. Back when we used to live in Oklahoma in the…
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…on the Saturday and we're not bound to the Mosaic Sabbath as is written here in the rules that we see in the Old Testament. For Christ is our rest.Mark chapter 2, verse 27. You can go to Galatians chapter 4, verse 10. Even Paul speaks of this in in Romans 14. But the principle endures today. And what is the principle?…
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TRANSCRIPT Jesus Is Lord Even Over The Sabbath (Mark 2:23-28) A Sermon By Elise Beatrice - Sunday 4 January 2026 “Our Father who is in Heaven, hallowed be Your Name. Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on…
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…begun to believe that the Sabbath was the highest value and that you had to obey all the rules and regulations to honor the Sabbath. This is why inMark, chapter 2, verse 27, Jesus says the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. In other words, the Sabbath was meant to be a gift of life and joy for us, not a…
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…for soul health or physical health on the Sabbath day. And the Jews would say, You're breaking the Sabbath commandment. And Jesus said this inMark chapter 2, verse 27. He said, The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath. And what he was saying is, I gave the Sabbath as a blessing for renewal and…
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…ritual observance this comes out especially with what Mark reports in his gospel each one of them saw or took note of a different thing Jesus saidMark chapter 2 verse 27then Jesus said to them the Sabbath was made for man not man for the Sabbath God didn't make human beings because there was an important day that…
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…a space that we're shaped by his goodness so that we're able to give that out to the world. And so that's what we're doing. This particular text isMark 2, verses 23 through 28. And this is what Mark writes about Jesus. He says, One Sabbath, Jesus was going through the grain fields, and as his disciples walked along, they…
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…a new road. Now it's breaking the law in their mind. Mark's gospel gives us a little bit more detail of something else that Jesus said. It says inMark chapter 2, verses 27and 28. Jesus said to them, the Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath. So the Son of Man…
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…a new road. Now it's breaking the law in their mind. Mark's gospel gives us a little bit more detail of something else that Jesus said. It says inMark chapter 2, verses 27and 28. Jesus said to them, the Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath. So the Son of Man…
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…certainly deserves that. So, number third category let's talk about the interpretation. Let's get down to the guts of it now. The interpretation inMark, chapter 2, verse 27and 28,. Let's turn to that. Then he said to them Jesus did. The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. Let's talk about that. It's for…
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…And people go, oh, see, see, Jesus, he's violating the Sabbath. He's breaking the rules of the Sabbath, he's dishonoring God. And Jesus says inMark chapter 2, verse 27-28, he says, you guys don't know what this, you've totally lost track of what the Sabbath is about. He says, the Sabbath was made for man, not man for…
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…28. Mark chapter 4 verses 27 to 28. Maybe I have the wrong text which would just be very, very, very... Mark 2, sorry, I can't read my own writing.Mark chapter 2 verses 27 to 28. And it goes like this. And he said to them, they're having a debate about what Jesus' disciples were doing, and Jesus said to them, the Sabbath…
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…be served by human beings, but rather to be an aid and a help to human beings. That's why, when Mark records this same situation in his gospel, inMark chapter 2, verse 27, it says the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So if the Sabbath ends up being hard and creating hardship for human beings,…
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…Number two, religion turns blessings into burdens. Religion makes the blessings that God has given you burdens. We see a great example of that inMark chapter 2, verses 23 through 28. It says, one Sabbath day, as Jesus was walking through some grain fields, his disciples began breaking off the heads of grain to eat. So they're…
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…Number two, religion turns blessings into burdens. Religion makes the blessings that God has given you burdens. We see a great example of that inMark chapter 2, verses 23 through 28. It says, one Sabbath day, as Jesus was walking through some grain fields, his disciples began breaking off the heads of grain to eat. So they're…
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…than like 10 pounds? So to answer those questions, first, yes, I think we should keep the Sabbath. The Sabbath isn't just in the Old Testament. InMark chapter 2 verse 27, God tells us, or Jesus tells us, Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So it's a part of God's creation order. It's for our good that…
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