Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
April 25, 2023: SOAP #4891: 1Samuel 30,31; 1Chronicles 10; Matthew 12

SCRIPTURE:  Matthew (NIV) 12:9 Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, 10 and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
11 He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? 12 How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” 13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So, he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other.

OBSERVATION:  Here we have Jesus comparing saving an animal (which was acceptable in Jewish law) to healing a person (which was unlawful on the Sabbath.) 

How illogical to save an animal, yet not heal a person!!!  Somehow the value of the human life had been lost in their thinking.  Jesus came to restore sanity. 

APPLICATION:  The application is easy to see.  Today we have people who are for saving whales, wild horses, eagles, lions, etc.  Yet for that created in God’s image, termination of a pregnancy is acceptable, if the life is inconvenient! 

Over ten years ago, I asked the Lord what He would be doing about this problem in the USA.  Allowing that created in His image to be destroyed did not seem like something He would overlook, especially in a nation built on Biblical principles.  He spoke to me that He would be bringing one illegal alien into our country for every child that should have been born!  I wondered how that could be.  Then our borders began to open up during Obama’s presidency.  During the Trump years, there was an attempt to limit crossing the borders.  But the first day of Biden presidency, the boarders were opened and now thousands come across every day.   God is true to His character and His word!                                                                                                                    

PRAYER:   Lord, you are always faithful to your character and your word.  We have not been faithful.  Forgive us, we pray.  In judgment remember mercy and teach us your principles.  Amen.

Pastor Leon
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