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Introduction
Unwritten Rules
We are going to look at an unwritten rule that was broken on a Sabbath day.
Let’s take a look at some unwritten rules in the church: Gregoryville Christian Church
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John 5:1-17
Let’s Pray
John gives us three different pieces in this story - he gives us background information on the Pool in verses 1-4, then a dialogue between Jesus and the lame man, and then the confrontation with religious leaders.
John 5:1-4
John 5:5-9
38 years this man suffered from being lame.
Jesus asks him, “Do you wish to get well?”
For 38 years being brought to the pool to be healed, only to have someone else go into the pool before him and be healed.
Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.”
What Jesus told him to do was to brake an unwritten law of the Jews - working on a Sabbath.
Jeremiah 17:19-27
Jeremiah 17:19-27
So here we go - according to the religious leaders - picking up your sleeping mat and walking was putting a load on your shoulders and working.
John 5:9-13
John 5:9-17
Quick to pass blame.
I didn’t pick up my pallet and walk - that guy told me to do it.
The penalty for working on the sabbath was being cut off from their people.
Exodus 31:14
Exodus 34:14
It’s not a surprise that he said, “it was another man that told me to do it.”
John 5:14-17
The Bible doesn’t tell us that the man was thankful - but he was a tattle tale
He went to the Jews - and told the Jews it was Jesus who had made him well, and on a Sabbath!
My Father is working, and I Myself am working
Jesus claims to be on the same level of God - doing the work on the Sabbath
The Jews came up with a lot of rules
When I was in Israel we saw these rules
You can’t use a toilet that self flushes on a Sabbath because that is work.
I got yelled at by an Orthodox Jew for taking a picture on Sabbath and making my camera do work
We have rules to:
Wear your Sunday best to church
Don’t cuss or chew, or go with girls that do
Don’t run in church
Don’t play tag in church
Be quiet during the Sunday School hour
Here are three rules I found on Pleasant Grove Baptist Church’s website
https://www.pgbcyadkinville.org/f/docs/ChurchEtiquette.html
Honoring Each Other:
• Rule 1: Treat One Another With Kindness: God wants us to be good to one another so, whatever bad mood you had in the car on your way to church, you should greet each other kindly, in God’s name, when you meet in church.
• Rule 2: Row Two Is Not Your Pew: If you like a particular seat in the sanctuary, then be sure to get there early enough to claim it.
It is unreasonable to ask someone to give up a seat that they are in because you normally sit there.
(If the seat is very important to you, then you might consider attending often enough that others know that it is your typical seat!)
• Rule 3: Don’t Say Bad Things About God’s People: God warns against gossip and backbiting.
Our grandmothers recalled this lesson and tried to teach it to us by saying, “If you can’t say something good about someone, don’t say anything at all.”
We should try to remember this in all aspects of our lives, but especially in God’s house.
Sometimes they are not even unwritten laws - this church actually put them on their website!
Unwritten rules are dangerous.
Because not everyone is playing by the same rules - because you don’t know what you don’t know
The Jews fought about this for years.
The question comes down to work - if you are not supposed to work on Sabbath - what about things that you don’t have control of?
Having a baby on Sunday - isn’t that work?
Mother’s isn’t that work to have a baby?
The Jews argued - well, God rested from creating creation on the Sabbath - but He continued to work - so that allowed for some work to be done - like circumcising babies.
The issue is we can become very legalistic when it comes to church rules and church etiquette
Jesus was more concerned about loving people -
Are you known for your love?
If I asked someone to describe you - how long would it take them to say, they are loving?
God loved us so much that He sent His Son to die on the cross for our sins.
If I asked you to describe God - how long would it take you to say that, God is loving?
Do you love one another?
Do you love these kids?
Do you love these adults?
Do you love one another?
John 13:35
Let’s Pray
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