Not everything is black or white!  Have you faced a situation where you don’t know what is the right thing to do?  As a Christian you search the Bible for answers, but the verses you find seem to give answers that are conflicting.

 

Jesus stirred up quite a controversy when he healed on the Sabbath day.  The Law of Moses said to keep the Sabbath day holy.  Why was Jesus healing on the Sabbath?  They declared that this was work!

 

However Jesus points out that they also worked on the Sabbath.  A boy was circumcised when he was eight days old, and if that day fell on the Sabbath, they would still do the circumcision.  Here is one of those situations where it appears there are two conflicting laws.

 

“He was in the right place at the right time.”  Have you heard that expression?  Some would say it is a co-incidence, but as believers we recognize God is at work.

 

Although Jesus has healed many who were sick, and done so much good, he is facing increasing opposition.  Some are offended with his teaching, while others hate him because he exposes their hypocrisy.

 

It is now time to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles and everyone is making their way to Jerusalem, including Jesus’ brothers.  They urge him to go, saying he should promote himself there.  Most people do things when they want to, or feel like it.  However there is a right time, and only God knows when that time is, as he sees the end from the beginning. Jesus understood that.  He replies to his brothers, “for you anytime is right, but for me the right time has not come.”

 

Questions?  Children ask them all the time.  Most adults have them too.  Some things we read in our Bibles don’t make sense, and there are things that happen in our lives we don’t understand.  Why did that happen, we ask, or what does this mean?

 

Jesus is teaching in Capernaum.  No doubt most of those listening had eaten the bread and fish that had been multiplied. When Jesus said he is the Bread of Life though, they didn’t understand.  What did he mean?  They are offended with his teaching.