Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pretense - Part 3\n Luke 14:2-4\n 09\/30\/2026\n\n\n 2 And behold, there was a man before him who had\n dropsy.\n 3 And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees,\n saying, ``Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or\n not?''\n 4 But they remained silent. Then he took him and\n healed him and sent him away. (ESV)\n\n This week we pray that God preserves us from the temptation\n to be prideful, arrogant, and hypocritical:\n Lord, we implore You, grant Your people grace to\n withstand the temptations of the devil and with pure\n hearts and minds to follow You, the only God.\n\n\n Jesus was invited to dine at the home of a chief among the\n Pharisees. Saint Luke recorded:\n And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy.\n And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees,\n saying, ``Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or\n not?'' But they remained silent. Then he took him and\n healed him and sent him away.\n\n\n This is the third time in Luke's Gospel that records Jesus\n healing on the Sabbath day, the day of rest. Other rulers of the\n Synagogue had already complained about Jesus doing this work on\n the day when all work was prohibited.\n\n By keeping silent, the Pharisees and lawyers present at the\n Sabbath banquet refused to admit that the traditions of the\n people did not permit such good to be done as releasing someone\n from the bondage of disease. The Sabbath traditions were in\n direct contradiction to God's Word, spoken through Moses, ``You\n shall love your neighbor as yourself.''[1] God's holy law never\n suggests that it is right to neglect those in need, be it the\n Sabbath or any other day. As Saint Paul reminds us, ``Love does\n no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the\n law.''[2]\n\n May our Lord grant us faith to reflect His love to our\n neighbor. Amen.\n\n\n ____________________\n\n 1. Leviticus 19:18b (ESV)\n\n 2. Romans 13:10 (ESV)\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"September 30, 2026 Broadcast Pretense – Part 3 Luke 14:2-4 09\/30\/2026 2 And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. 3 And Jesus responded to the lawyers … Continue reading “Pretense – Part 3”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5296,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5295\/revisions\/5296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}