1. A Sabbath Day Lesson Luke 13:10-17; 14:1-6

2. Sabbath Day Lessons Luke 13:10-17; 14:1-6

3. There is No Bad Time for Compassion When another suffers, grieves, or hurts When one sins against us When time presses us

4. Hebrews 12:12-13 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.

5. There is No Bad Time for Compassion When another suffers, grieves, or hurts When one sins against us When time presses us Should Not Christians Be Known for… Good deeds Encouragement And healing?

6. Men’s Rules Hinder God’s Plans EVERYTHING is from God or Man 1.Entertainment and enticements dilute the truth

7. Men’s Rules Hinder God’s Plans EVERYTHING is from God or Man 1.Entertainment and enticements dilute the truth 2.Denominational organizations vs. simple autonomy Elders Deacon Saints Vatican Parrishs Synods Assemblies Councils Headquarters Vs.

8. Men’s Rules Hinder God’s Plans EVERYTHING is from God or Man 1.Entertainment and enticements dilute the truth 2.Denominational organizations vs. simple autonomy 3.Missionary Society vs. church/preacher relationships Missionary Society church $ VS.

9. Men’s Rules Hinder God’s Plans EVERYTHING is from God or Man 1.Entertainment and enticements dilute the truth 2.Denominational organizations vs. simple autonomy 3.Missionary Society vs. church/preacher relationships 4.Sponsoring church arr. vs. cong. responsibility Sponsoring church $ VS.

10. Men’s Rules Hinder God’s Plans EVERYTHING is from God or Man 1.Entertainment and enticements dilute the truth 2.Denominational organizations vs. simple autonomy 3.Missionary Society vs. church/preacher relationships 4.Sponsoring church arr. vs. cong. responsibility 5.Institutional org. vs. individual responsibility

11. Matthew 21:23-25 … the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” 24 Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?” …

12. Men’s Rules Hinder God’s Plans EVERYTHING is from God or Man Everything is derived from two sources… We need to keep asking, is it from God or man?

13. Give Care Not To Get Priorities Upside Down We can follow this pattern of animals tended but not men… Do we… Tend physical selves but not spiritual? Tend education but not spiritual growth? Tend family but not our spiritual family? Tend work but not our “service of worship”?

14. Acts 17:30-31 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”

15. 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

16. 3 Sabbath Day Lessons 1.There is no bad time for compassion 2.Is what we do from God or man? 3.Getting our priorities in order Would this be a good time for YOU to ask God for compassion?