(Mark 3:1-6)

And He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand. So they watched Him closely, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him. And He said to the man who had the

withered hand, "Step forward." Then He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they kept silent. And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness

of their hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored

as whole as the other. Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the Herodians against Him, how

they might destroy Him. (NKJV)

“Is it lawful to do good?”(Mat. 12:9-14; Mk. 3:1-6; Lk. 6:6-11)

I. It is perfectly acceptable to ask religious leadership questions regarding their teachings.

I. It is perfectly acceptable to ask religious leadership questions regarding their teachings.

II. Legalism alone doth not a child of God make.

(Matthew 5:28) "But I say to you that whoever

looks at a woman to lust for her has already

committed adultery with her in his heart. (NKJV)

(James 4:4) Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not

know that friendship with the world is enmity

with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a

friend of the world makes himself an enemy

of God. (NKJV)

(Proverbs 20:1) Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is

not wise. (NKJV)

(Proverbs 23:20) Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with

gluttonous eaters of meat; (NKJV)

(Galatians 5:19) Now the works of the flesh are evident, which

are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, (NKJV)

(Galatians 5:21) envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the

like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those

who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

(NKJV)

(Mark 2:27) And He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and

not man for the Sabbath. (NKJV)

I. It is perfectly acceptable to ask religious leadership questions regarding their teachings.

II. Legalism alone doth not a child of God make.

III. You cannot please everybody, nor should you try.

(2 Timothy 3:5) having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such

people turn away! (NKJV)

(1 Corinthians 3:6) I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. (NKJV)

(1 Thessalonians 2:4) But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with

the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing

men, but God who tests our hearts. (NKJV)

I. It is perfectly acceptable to ask religious leadership questions regarding their teachings.

II. Legalism alone doth not a child of God make.

III. You cannot please everybody, nor should you try.

IV. Some do not have pure motives and that must be recognized.

Mark 3:4 “‘Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?’ But they

kept silent.”

I. It is perfectly acceptable to ask religious leadership questions regarding their teachings.

II. Legalism alone doth not a child of God make.

III. You cannot please everybody, nor should you try.

IV. Some do not have pure motives and that must be recognized.

V. Some do not want to believe

“…being grieved by the hardness of

their hearts, He said to the man, ‘Stretch

out your hand.’” (Mk. 3:5)

(Matthew 12:1-8) At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the

Sabbath. And His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. And when the Pharisees saw it,

they said to Him, "Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!" But He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: "how he entered the house of God and ate the showbread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the

priests? "Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and

are blameless? "Yet I say to you that in this place there is One greater than the temple. "But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' you would

not have condemned the guiltless. "For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." (NKJV)

(Acts 22:3) "I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this

city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of our

fathers' law, and was zealous toward God as you all are today. (NKJV)

(1 John 4:20) If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother,

he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he

has not seen? (NKJV)

I. It is perfectly acceptable to ask religious leadership questions regarding their teachings.

II. Legalism alone doth not a child of God make.

III. You cannot please everybody, nor should you try.

IV. Some do not have pure motives and that must be recognized.

V. Some do not want to believeVI. The righteous will be persecuted

(1 Corinthians 11:19) For there must also be factions among you, that those who are approved may

be recognized among you. (NKJV)

(1 Corinthians 11:22) What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do

you despise the church of God and shame those who

have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise

you in this? I do not praise you. (NKJV)

(Matthew 22:15-16) Then the Pharisees went

and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk. And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we

know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do

You care about anyone, for You do not regard the person of men.

(NKJV)

(Matthew 7:16-20) "You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? "Even so, every good

tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. "A good tree cannot

bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. "Every tree that does not

bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. "Therefore by their fruits

you will know them. (NKJV)

(Romans 12:1) I beseech you therefore,

brethren, by the mercies of God, that

you present your bodies a living sacrifice,

holy, acceptable to God, which is your

reasonable service. (NKJV)