Terry, Even a blind man reading the 3rd commandment would not think that you cannot feed hungry animals and children, or change a soiled diaper on a baby, or minister to the sick.
Why do you follow the traditional Catholic numbering of the Ten Commandments rather than the Jewish numbering? According to Jewish writing, we are talking about the fourth commandment, are we not?
Izzy wrote:
Or you can't eat a handful of grain as you are walking through a field. That's the kind of thing legalists read into the "law".
The problem was not "eating" on Shabbat as one is walking through a field. In the Hebrew Scriptures, the Israelites were allowed to eat. They simply were not allowed to pick the manna from off the ground on Shabbat. They were to collect enough on the previous day to eat on Shabbat.
Can you explain the difference between picking grain from the field and eating it versus picking up manna from the ground and eating it? Are you sure that only a legalist would see the similarity?
Izzy wrote:
The Spirit says love is the overarching rule. You rest in Him, you think on Him, you love everyone and everything as you do this.
Surely you know that you and Terry agree on this point. :-)
Peace be with you.
David Miller.
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