hardness of heart

MY Scripture Today 2012.1.18 Wednesday



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The Text: Mark 3:1-6.
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Jesus entered the synagogue. There was a man there who had a withered hand.
They watched him closely to see if he would cure him on the sabbath so that they might accuse him.
He said to the man with the withered hand, "Come up here before us."
Then he said to them, "Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?" But they remained silent.
Looking around at them with anger and grieved at their hardness of heart, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out and his hand was restored.
The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him to put him to death.

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My Reading Notes
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This can explain many things. One is the law. The other is the heart. Due to the hardness of their heart, they had insisted the law.

Should one save life against the law?

It needs a higher level of viewpoints to see that.