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Ματθαίος 12

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1 Εν εκεινω τω καιρω επορευετο ο Ιησους δια των σπαρτων εν σαββατω· οι δε μαθηται αυτου επεινασαν και ηρχισαν να ανασπωσιν ασταχυα και να τρωγωσιν.

2 Οι δε Φαρισαιοι ιδοντες ειπον προς αυτον· Ιδου, οι μαθηται σου πραττουσιν ο, τι δεν συγχωρειται να πραττηται το σαββατον.

3 Ο δε ειπε προς αυτους· Δεν ανεγνωσατε τι επραξεν ο Δαβιδ οτε επεινασεν αυτος και οι μετ' αυτου;

4 πως εισηλθεν εις τον οικον του Θεου και εφαγε τους αρτους της προθεσεως, τους οποιους δεν ητο συγκεχωρημενον εις αυτον να φαγη, ουτε εις τους μετ' αυτου, ειμη εις τους ιερεις μονους;

5 Η δεν ανεγνωσατε εν τω νομω οτι εν τοις σαββασιν οι ιερεις βεβηλονουσι το σαββατον εν τω ιερω και ειναι αθωοι;

6 Σας λεγω δε οτι εδω ειναι μεγαλητερος του ιερου.

7 Εαν ομως εγνωριζετε τι ειναι Ελεον θελω και ουχι θυσιαν, δεν ηθελετε καταδικασει τους αθωους.

8 Διοτι ο Υιος του ανθρωπου ειναι κυριος και του σαββατου.

9 Και μεταβας εκειθεν ηλθεν εις την συναγωγην αυτων.

10 Και ιδου, ητο ανθρωπος εχων την χειρα ξηραν· και ηρωτησαν αυτον λεγοντες· Συγχωρειται ταχα να θεραπευη τις εν τω σαββατω; δια να κατηγορησωσιν αυτον.

11 Ο δε ειπε προς αυτους· Τις ανθρωπος απο σας θελει εισθαι, οστις εχων προβατον εν, εαν τουτο πεση εν τω σαββατω εις λακκον, δεν θελει πιασει και σηκωσει αυτο;

12 ποσον λοιπον διαφερει ανθρωπος προβατου; ωστε συγχωρειται εν τω σαββατω να αγαθοποιη τις.

13 Τοτε λεγει προς τον ανθρωπον· Εκτεινον την χειρα σου· και εξετεινε, και αποκατεσταθη υγιης ως η αλλη.

14 Οι δε Φαρισαιοι εξελθοντες συνεβουλευθησαν κατ' αυτου, δια να απολεσωσιν αυτον.

15 Αλλ' ο Ιησους νοησας ανεχωρησεν εκειθεν· και ηκολουθησαν αυτον οχλοι πολλοι, και εθεραπευσεν αυτους παντας.

16 Και παρηγγειλεν εις αυτους αυστηρως δια να μη φανερωσωσιν αυτον,

17 δια να πληρωθη το ρηθεν δια Ησαιου του προφητου, λεγοντος·

18 Ιδου, ο δουλος μου, τον οποιον εξελεξα, ο αγαπητος μου, εις τον οποιον η ψυχη μου ευηρεστηθη· θελω θεσει το Πνευμα μου επ' αυτον, και θελει εξαγγειλει κρισιν εις τα εθνη·

19 δεν θελει αντιλογησει ουδε κραυγασει, ουδε θελει ακουσει τις την φωνην αυτου εν ταις πλατειαις.

20 Καλαμον συντετριμμενον δεν θελει θλασει και λιναριον καπνιζον δεν θελει σβεσει, εωσου εκφερη εις νικην την κρισιν·

21 Και εν τω ονοματι αυτου θελουσιν ελπισει τα εθνη.

22 Τοτε εφερθη προς αυτον δαιμονιζομενος τυφλος και κωφος, και εθεραπευσεν αυτον, ωστε ο τυφλος και κωφος και ελαλει και εβλεπε.

23 Και εξεπληττοντο παντες οι οχλοι και ελεγον· Μηπως ειναι ουτος ο υιος του Δαβιδ;

24 Οι δε Φαρισαιοι ακουσαντες ειπον· Ουτος δεν εκβαλλει τα δαιμονια ειμη δια του Βεελζεβουλ, του αρχοντος των δαιμονιων.

25 Νοησας δε ο Ιησους τους διαλογισμους αυτων, ειπε προς αυτους· Πασα βασιλεια διαιρεθεισα καθ' εαυτης ερημουται, και πασα πολις η οικια διαιρεθεισα καθ' εαυτης δεν θελει σταθη.

26 Και αν ο Σατανας τον Σαταναν εκβαλλη, διηρεθη καθ' εαυτου· πως λοιπον θελει σταθη η βασιλεια αυτου;

27 Και αν εγω δια του Βεελζεβουλ εκβαλλω τα δαιμονια, οι υιοι σας δια τινος εκβαλλουσι; δια τουτο αυτοι θελουσιν εισθαι κριται σας.

28 Αλλ' εαν εγω δια Πνευματος Θεου εκβαλλω τα δαιμονια, αρα εφθασεν εις εσας η βασιλεια του Θεου.

29 Η πως δυναται τις να εισελθη εις την οικιαν του δυνατου και να διαρπαση τα σκευη αυτου, εαν πρωτον δεν δεση τον δυνατον; και τοτε θελει διαρπασει την οικιαν αυτου.

30 Οστις δεν ειναι μετ' εμου ειναι κατ' εμου, και οστις δεν συναγει μετ' εμου σκορπιζει.

31 Δια τουτο σας λεγω, Πασα αμαρτια και βλασφημια θελει συγχωρηθη εις τους ανθρωπους, η κατα του Πνευματος ομως βλασφημια δεν θελει συγχωρηθη εις τους ανθρωπους·

32 και οστις ειπη λογον κατα του Υιου του ανθρωπου, θελει συγχωρηθη εις αυτον· οστις ομως ειπη κατα του Πνευματος του Αγιου, δεν θελει συγχωρηθη εις αυτον ουτε εν τουτω τω αιωνι ουτε εν τω μελλοντι.

33 Η καμετε το δενδρον καλον, και τον καρπον αυτου καλον, η καμετε το δενδρον σαπρον, και τον καρπον αυτου σαπρον· διοτι εκ του καρπου γνωριζεται το δενδρον.

34 Γεννηματα εχιδνων, πως δυνασθε να λαλητε καλα οντες πονηροι; διοτι εκ του περισσευματος της καρδιας λαλει το στομα.

35 Ο καλος ανθρωπος εκ του καλου θησαυρου της καρδιας εκβαλλει τα καλα, και ο πονηρος ανθρωπος εκ του πονηρου θησαυρου εκβαλλει πονηρα.

36 Σας λεγω δε οτι δια παντα λογον αργον, τον οποιον ηθελον λαλησει οι ανθρωποι, θελουσιν αποδωσει λογον δι' αυτον εν ημερα κρισεως.

37 Διοτι εκ των λογων σου θελεις δικαιωθη, και εκ των λογων σου θελεις καταδικασθη.

38 Τοτε απεκριθησαν τινες των γραμματεων και Φαρισαιων, λεγοντες· Διδασκαλε, θελομεν να ιδωμεν σημειον απο σου.

39 Εκεινος δε αποκριθεις ειπε προς αυτους· Γενεα πονηρα και μοιχαλις σημειον ζητει, και σημειον δεν θελει δοθη εις αυτην ειμη το σημειον Ιωνα του προφητου.

40 Διοτι ως ο Ιωνας ητο εν τη κοιλια του κητους τρεις ημερας και τρεις νυκτας, ουτω θελει εισθαι ο Υιος του ανθρωπου εν τη καρδια της γης τρεις ημερας και τρεις νυκτας.

41 Ανδρες Νινευιται θελουσιν αναστηθη εν τη κρισει μετα της γενεας ταυτης και θελουσι κατακρινει αυτην, διοτι μετενοησαν εις το κηρυγμα του Ιωνα, και ιδου, πλειοτερον του Ιωνα ειναι εδω.

42 Η βασιλισσα του νοτου θελει σηκωθη εν τη κρισει μετα της γενεας ταυτης και θελει κατακρινει αυτην, διοτι ηλθεν εκ των περατων της γης δια να ακουση την σοφιαν του Σολομωντος, και ιδου, πλειοτερον του Σολομωντος ειναι εδω.

43 Οταν δε το ακαθαρτον πνευμα εξελθη απο του ανθρωπου, διερχεται δι' ανυδρων τοπων και ζητει αναπαυσιν και δεν ευρισκει.

44 Τοτε λεγει· Ας επιστρεψω εις τον οικον μου, οθεν εξηλθον· και ελθον ευρισκει αυτον κενον, σεσαρωμενον και εστολισμενον.

45 Τοτε υπαγει και παραλαμβανει μεθ' εαυτου επτα αλλα πνευματα πονηροτερα εαυτου, και εισελθοντα κατοικουσιν εκει, και γινονται τα εσχατα του ανθρωπου εκεινου χειροτερα των πρωτων. Ουτω θελει εισθαι και εις την γενεαν ταυτην την πονηραν.

46 Ενω δε αυτος ελαλει ετι προς τους οχλους, ιδου, η μητηρ και οι αδελφοι αυτου ισταντο εξω, ζητουντες να λαλησωσι προς αυτον.

47 Ειπε δε τις προς αυτον· Ιδου, η μητηρ σου και οι αδελφοι σου ιστανται εξω, ζητουντες να λαλησωσι προς σε.

48 Ο δε αποκριθεις προς τον ειποντα τουτο προς αυτον ειπε· Τις ειναι η μητηρ μου και τινες ειναι οι αδελφοι μου;

49 Και εκτεινας την χειρα αυτου προς τους μαθητας αυτου ειπεν· Ιδου η μητηρ μου και οι αδελφοι μου.

50 Διοτι οστις καμη το θελημα του Πατρος μου του εν ουρανοις, αυτος μου ειναι αδελφος και αδελφη και μητηρ.

   

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Keeping the Sabbath

Napsal(a) Rev. Kurt Horigan Asplundh

Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work....(Exodus 20:8-10)

Unlike the other commandments against murder, adultery and theft, which are sustained by the civil laws of society, Sabbath observance is not compulsory for us as it originally was for the Jews. Traditionally, Sunday has been set apart in the Christian world as a day of worship rather than a working day. However, civil statutes and regulations, often called "blue laws," instituted to protect the sanctity of the Sabbath, have been abolished for the most part. Public worship of the Lord is now, perhaps more than ever, in competition with a great variety of other activities, both occupational and recreational. The plain fact is, many people regard Sunday as just another day off, feeling little or no obligation to attend church services or to reflect on spiritual things.

The Heavenly Doctrine for the New Church teaches that the worship of the Lord should be by free choice rather than by compulsion (see Heaven and Hell 603). "Worship from freedom is pleasing to the Lord," we are told, "but not worship from compulsion..." (Arcana Coelestia 9588). We believe this refers to adults who are capable of making a free and rational choice, not to children. Yet all, adults as well as children, should heed the Lord's commandment. We cannot be compelled to worship against our will, but we can compel ourselves. True freedom is born of self-compulsion (see Arcana Coelestia 1947). And the Lord has said: "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy."

Yet, as with all the commandments of the Decalogue, there is so much more for us to learn about what is meant by keeping the Sabbath than its formal observance in public worship. What are the deeper implications of the third commandment?

We know that strict observance of the Sabbath had been carried to extremes in the Lord's time on earth. Interpreters of the Law had added a proliferation of customs to its original intent. The legitimate forms of observance had been surrounded by man-made additions - to the extent that the mercy and purpose of the Lord's laws were obscured. The Lord came to open their meaning. His acts on the Sabbath, seemingly contrary to Scripture, actually were in accord with its spiritual intent and revealed His eternal laws.

The meaning of the law of the Sabbath is simply this: that the Lord alone can save us by His teaching and His healing. This is the "work" of the Sabbath and He alone can do it. That is why we are taught that on this day we should do no work.

When the Lord came as the Son of Man into the world, He said He was "Lord also of the Sabbath" (Luke 6:5).

He could work the works of God on that day, teaching and healing. And what more appropriate day could there be for His Divine work of saving souls? So He said, "it is lawful to do good on the sabbath days" (Matthew 12:12).

We are taught that when the Lord came into the world, "that day became a day of instruction in Divine things...and of meditation on such things as relate to salvation and eternal life, as also a day of love toward the neighbor" (True Christian Religion 301).

The particular rituals of the Jewish law were annulled, but the Lord in no way abolished the commandment that the Sabbath was to be remembered and kept holy (see Arcana Coelestia 9394).

Our need for this now is just as great as it was for the Children of Israel. And now we can know why. We keep the Sabbath holy when, at any time, in any situation, we act from the Lord's will instead of from our own. In essence, what is taught about the Sabbath has no relation to a day or to any time, but to a state of mind. To remember the Sabbath day is to acknowledge the goodness of the Lord, to recognize that the Lord alone is the source of all that is good and to trust that He is the way, the truth, and the life.

You see, the origin of all evil was to confirm in ourselves the appearance of self-life, the false appearance that life is our own. The remedy for evil must be the opposite: to acknowledge that life is not our own but the Lord's gift to us. This is the inner message of the Sabbath day and the reason to keep it holy.

The true Sabbath is a spiritual state of peace. It is found in those fleeting but comforting moments when our confidence in the Lord is affirmed. For "peace has in it confidence in the Lord," we are told, "that He directs all things, and provides all things, and that He leads to a good end." And, wonderful to say, "When a person is in this faith, he is in peace, for he then fears nothing, and no anxiety about things to come disquiets him" (Arcana Coelestia 8455). It is noteworthy that self-confidence is what takes away this state of peace. Although there is an inner meaning to the commandment to keep the Sabbath holy, it is important, while in this world, to remember the Sabbath in external as well as internal worship. The reasons for this are first, "by external worship internal things are excited," second, "by means of external worship external things are kept in holiness, so that internal things can flow in," third, "a person is thus imbued with knowledges and is prepared for receiving celestial things," and fourth, the person "is also gifted with states of holiness, although he is unaware of this, which...are preserved...by the Lord for the use of eternal life" (Arcana Coelestia 1618).

The Heavenly Doctrine for the New Church teaches that there are certain external "signs of charity" that express our internal charity. These include attending services of worship, partaking of the Holy Supper, praying privately as well as joining in public prayer, holding conversation about spiritual things with others, and reading the Word along with other books of instruction and piety. Further signs include thought and meditation concerning spiritual things, self-examination, aversion of the mind from impious and obscene language, and the discipline of our natural affections (see Charity 174-175). All of these external signs support internal worship.

The worship of the Lord and the external observance of the Sabbath day should be a regular part of our life. We should respond in the spirit of the psalmist when invited to participate in the worship of the Lord: Can we say, as he did, "I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord'"? (Psalm 122:1

"I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy..." (Psalm 5:7).

"Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness" (Psalm 29:2).

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