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Jevanðelje po Mateju 12

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1 U to vreme iđaše Isus u subotu kroz useve: a učenici Njegovi ogladneše, i počeše trgati klasje, i jesti.

2 A fariseji videvši to rekoše Mu: Gle, učenici tvoji čine šta ne valja činiti u subotu.

3 A On reče im: Niste li čitali šta učini David kad ogladne, on i koji behu s njim?

4 Kako uđe u kuću Božju, i hlebove postavljene pojede, kojih nije valjalo jesti njemu ni onima što su bili s njim, nego samim sveštenicima.

5 Ili niste čitali u zakonu kako u subotu sveštenici u crkvi subotu pogane, pa nisu krivi?

6 A ja vam kažem da je ovde onaj koji je veći od crkve.

7 Kad biste pak znali šta je to: Milosti hoću a ne priloga, nikad ne biste osuđivali prave;

8 Jer je Gospodar i od subote Sin čovečiji.

9 I otišavši odande dođe u zbornicu njihovu.

10 I gle, čovek beše tu s rukom suvom; i zapitaše Ga govoreći: Valja li u subotu lečiti? Da bi Ga okrivili.

11 A On reče im: Koji je među vama čovek koji ima ovcu jednu pa ako ona u subotu upadne u jamu neće je uzeti i izvaditi?

12 A koliko je čovek pretežniji od ovce? Dakle valja u subotu dobro činiti.

13 Tada reče čoveku: Pruži ruku svoju. I pruži. I postade zdrava kao i druga.

14 A fariseji izišavši načiniše veće o Njemu kako bi Ga pogubili. No Isus doznavši to ukloni se odande.

15 I za Njim idoše ljudi mnogi, i isceli ih sve.

16 I zapreti im da Ga ne razglašuju:

17 Da se zbude šta je kazao Isaija prorok govoreći:

18 Gle, sluga moj, koga sam izabrao, ljubazni moj, koji je po volji duše moje: metnuću duh svoj na Njega, i sud neznabošcima javiće.

19 Neće se svađati ni vikati, niti će čuti ko po rasputicama glas Njegov.

20 Trsku stučenu neće prelomiti i sveštilo zapaljeno neće ugasiti dok pravda ne održi pobedu.

21 I u ime Njegovo uzdaće se narodi.

22 Tada dovedoše k Njemu besnoga koji beše nem i slep; i isceli ga da nemi i slepi stade govoriti i gledati.

23 I divljahu se svi ljudi govoreći: Nije li ovo Hristos, sin Davidov?

24 A fariseji čuvši to rekoše: Ovaj drugačije ne izgoni đavola do pomoću Veelzevula kneza đavolskog.

25 A Isus znajući misli njihove reče im: Svako carstvo koje se razdeli samo po sebi, opusteće; i svaki grad ili dom koji se razdeli sam po sebi, propašće.

26 I ako sotona sotonu izgoni, sam po sebi razdelio se; kako će dakle ostati carstvo njegovo?

27 I ako ja pomoću Veelzevula izgonim đavole, sinovi vaši čijom pomoću izgone? Zato će vam oni biti sudije.

28 A ako li ja Duhom Božijim izgonim đavole, dakle je došlo k vama carstvo nebesko.

29 Ili kako može ko ući u kuću jakoga i pokućstvo njegovo oteti, ako najpre ne sveže jakoga? I onda će kuću njegovu opleniti.

30 Koji nije sa mnom, protiv mene je; i koji ne sabira sa mnom, prosipa.

31 Zato vam kažem: svaki greh i hula oprostiće se ljudima; a na Duha Svetog hula neće se oprostiti ljudima.

32 I ako ko reče reč na Sina čovečijeg, oprostiće mu se; a koji reče reč na Duha Svetog, neće mu se oprostiti ni na ovom svetu ni na onom.

33 Ili usadite drvo dobro, i rod njegov biće dobar; ili usadite drvo zlo, i rod njegov zao biće; jer se po rodu drvo poznaje.

34 Porodi aspidini! Kako možete dobro govoriti, kad ste zli? Jer usta govore od suviška srca.

35 Dobar čovek iz dobre kleti iznosi dobro; a zao čovek iz zle kleti iznosi zlo.

36 A ja vam kažem da će za svaku praznu reč koju kažu ljudi dati odgovor u dan strašnog suda.

37 Jer ćeš se svojim rečima opravdati, i svojim ćeš se rečima osuditi.

38 Tada odgovoriše neki od književnika i fariseja govoreći: Učitelju! Mi bi radi od tebe znak videti.

39 A On odgovarajući reče im: Rod zli i preljubotvorni traži znak; i neće mu se dati znak osim znaka Jone proroka.

40 Jer kao što je Jona bio u trbuhu kitovom tri dana i tri noći: tako će biti i Sin čovečiji u srcu zemlje tri dana i tri noći.

41 Ninevljani izići će na sud s rodom ovim, i osudiće ga; jer se pokajaše Joninim poučenjem: a gle, ovde je veći od Jone.

42 Carica južna izići će na sud s rodom ovim, i osudiće ga; jer ona dođe s kraja zemlje da sluša premudrost Solomunovu: a gle, ovde je veći od Solomuna.

43 A kad nečisti duh iziđe iz čoveka, ide kroz bezvodna mesta tražeći pokoja, i ne nađe ga.

44 Onda reče: Da se vratim u dom svoj otkuda sam izišao; i došavši nađe prazan, pometen i ukrašen.

45 Tada otide i uzme sedam drugih duhova gorih od sebe, i ušavši žive onde; i bude potonje gore čoveku onom od prvog. Tako će biti i ovome rodu zlome.

46 Dok On još govoraše s ljudima, gle, mati Njegova i braća Njegova stajahu napolju i čekahu da govore s Njime.

47 I neko Mu reče: Evo mati Tvoja i braća Tvoja stoje na polju, radi su da govore s Tobom.

48 A On odgovori i reče onome što Mu kaza: Ko je mati moja, i ko su braća moja?

49 I pruživši ruku svoju na učenike svoje reče: Eto mati moja i braća moja. Jer ko izvršuje volju Oca mog koji je na nebesima, onaj je brat moj i sestra i mati.

   

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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).