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Thank you. So we're Luke chapter 6 verses 1 through 11. If you've got a

Bible, feel free to go there as we deal with Jesus, the Sabbath Lord. Let me begin by saying that what we're talking about today is very important for

your life individually, your family, if you have a family, married, children and the like, that I've been really blessed traveling. My big travel

season is over. Recently got back from Africa, but it is really amazing to see what God is doing globally raising up church planting leaders, young

pastors in and around urban centers who are like-minded and friends and

partners and what could ruin all of this from your life to your family to your community

group to your campus to our network to our movement something called legalism

it's a pernicious continual ever-present danger.

And as we get into Luke 6 today, the battlefield is the Sabbath,

but the issue is legalism.

So let me address both before we jump into the story in Luke 6 1 through 11.

Legalism is the enemy of Jesus Christ. Legalism is religion. Those words I will use frequently

synonymously. James says that pure religion is to look after widows, orphans,

and those in need. What we're talking about is like the band

name bad religion. Bad religion is rule-making. It is legalism. It is living by

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