Amen.

Aloha and welcome to Amen Podcast where we preach the good news of Jesus Christ and how it applies to everyday life.

I'm Lokelana, your host, and the title of today's episode is Fences.

Jesus tears down religious man-made fences designed to keep us from God.

The best spiritual offense is a good scriptural defense. The burden of

religion can only be lifted with the mercy of God. On the other hand, works-based salvation is an unattainable standard

and a deep theological lie. In today's episode, Alex will preach about how Jesus tears down religious fences while also

becoming our defense and righteousness. We're continuing our series in

Matthew. We made it to chapter 12. We're looking at verses 1 through 8 in Matthew 12 let's read at the

time Jesus went through the grain fields on the Sabbath his disciples were hungry and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.

But when the Pharisees saw it they said to him, look your disciples are doing what is not

lawful to do on the Sabbath.

He said to them, have you not read what David did when he was hungry

and those who were with him?

How he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the presence, which is not lawful for

him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? Or have you not read in the law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the

Sabbath and are guiltless. I tell you something greater than the temple is here and if you

had known what this means I desire mercy and not

sacrificed you would not have condemned the guiltless for the son of man is Lord of

the Sabbath.

Amen. Why do we build fences?

It's to give privacy for those on the inside

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