I had never connected the parable of the mustard seed and yeast with the healing of a crippled woman on the Sabbath (13:10-19). Luke records a “therefore” as Jesus compared the Kingdom of God to a mustard seed. Maybe I’m misunderstanding what Luke was being led to say, but they seem to be connected. I wonder if the idea is that our faith cannot remain stagnated. When we learn one lesson God is preparing to teach us another lesson. We can’t become comfortable with our faith because the Holy Spirit will continually lead us into new and challenging encounters with the truth of God’s nature and how he wants to reveal his work in our lives. Our Christian walk will start by obeying the commandments but we can’t sit still proclaiming how faithful we are to God. He wants us to reach out with grace not commandments. A servant’s attitude is a greater tool in God’s hand than a judge. Maybe I’m wrong but that does make sense to me.
It took me about 14 minutes to read this passage.
Stuart
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