18 Luke 6:1-11 (Morals over mandates)

I. Background
II. Narrative
1. Sabbath laws
Genesis 2.1-2
Exodus 20.8-11
Exodus 35.1-2
2. Distortion of the sabbath laws
3. The occasion: grain fields (6.1)
Deuteronomy 23.24-25
4. The third complaint: picking grain on the Sabbath (6.2)
5. Jesus’ response (6.3-5)
Leviticus 24.5-9
1 Samuel 21.3-6
Mark 2.27
6. The second occasion: Teaching in the synagogue (6.6)
7. Jesus’ second response (6.8-10)
Luke 6.9
III. What now?
1. He is Lord of morals, not mandates.
2. Our morals should overrule mandates.
A. Wisely rebel against rules that contradict scripture
Acts 5.27-29
B. Check ourselves lest we becomes Pharisees
C. People first, regulations second