The Law of Charity and Common Sense

 Luke 6: 1-5

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

6 On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. ² But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?” ³ And Jesus answered them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: ⁴ how he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?” ⁵ And he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”

We've often heard that "the letter of the law kills, but the spirit of the law gives life.  Certainly, if we are hungry, we know we need to eat, and Jesus demonstrates that this basic need over-rides the law of not working on the sabbath. (Plucking grain would have been considered work).  When we obey the law of charity and common sense, we give precedence to a higher law, the law of charity. We need to free ourselves up from slavery to the letter of the law and be open to the needs of others and the "law" of love..  We might ask ourselves, "What would Jesus do?" and let him guide us.

Bro. Rene

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