The proper observance of...
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The proper observance of the Lord's Day isn't the pressing problem today that it was in the past. Some of us can remember that our grandmothers did not cook that day; milking cows and gathering the eggs was the only work done. And the trip to church was the only family outing.
Today, in modern Israel, the Orthodox are making it a problem again for the more modern and liberal Reformed Jews and the nonreligious Jews. They have forced El Al not to fly on the Sabbath, motion picture houses to close, and almost all but Christian and Muslim traffic to cease in Jerusalem.
The enemies of Jesus were constantly spying on him in his breach of the Jewish Law. Some of the things he did caused his enemies to ask him to leave town, nearly got him thrown over a cliff in Nazareth, and often laughed at. But he continued to insist that God and man come before ritual Law. (Why didn't they catch his mistakenly identifying the priest Abimilek for Abiathar?) After all, baby boys were circumcised on the Sabbath. Ninety--four words tell us about Sabbath observance; only four tell us not to murder. Priority?
-- Smith
