Luke 13:10-17
(NIV)
10 On a Sabbath Jesus was
teaching in one of the synagogues,
11 and a woman was there who had been
crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at
all.
12 When Jesus saw her, he called her
forward and said to her, "Woman, you are set free from your infirmity."
13 Then he put his hands on her, and
immediately she straightened up and praised God.
14 Indignant because Jesus had healed on
the Sabbath, the synagogue ruler said to the people, "There are six days for work. So
come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath."
15 The Lord answered him, "You
hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and
lead it out to give it water?
16 Then should not this woman, a daughter
of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath
day from what bound her?"
17 When he said this, all his opponents
were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.Psalm
3:3 (NIV)
But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my
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DOWNWARD COUNTENANCE
She was a BELIEVER
"In one of the synagogues...a woman was there...a daughter of Abraham..."
She was BOUND
"A woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years."
She was BENT
"She was bent over and could not straighten up at all."
DEVILISH CRITICS
See their HARDENED HEARTS
"There are six days for work...come and be healed on those days, not on the
Sabbath."
See their HYPOCRISY
"Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey...to give it
water?"
DIVINE COMPASSION
Jesus DISCERNED her RUIN
"When Jesus saw her, he called her forward..."
Jesus DEFENDED her RIGHTS
"Should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham...be set free...from what bound
her?"
Jesus DEMANDED her RELEASE
"Jesus...said to her, 'Woman, you are set free from your infirmity."
DELIGHTFUL CURE
POWER FLOWED from JESUS
"He put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up..."
PRAISE FLOWED to JESUS
"She...praised God...people were delighted with all the wonderful things he
was doing."
DOWNCAST CHRISTIANS
Jesus CARES deeply!
Jesus CAN deliver!
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