Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Mark 2:23-3:6

  • Being Alive

    We know Sabbath as the day we’re supposed to take off from work. But the expectation is way more important than a day off.

  • The religious leaders struggled to see what Jesus was getting at with his teaching on the Sabbath. Well, honestly, so do we.

  • Our view of Jesus’s transgression of Sabbath law is often guided by our own view of laws. We must remember God’s vision for Sabbath.

  • The Pharisees confront Jesus because his disciples break Sabbath law. Jesus turns the story around to show how few of them are really keeping the Sabbath. We could easily say the same about us. In Breaking the Sabbath, Jesus seeks to keep it. Proper 4B  |  Mark 2:23-3:6 “One sabbath Jesus and his disciples were going…