A Time for Mercy

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A Time for Mercy

Matthew 12:1-14 NIV

1. The Charge: The disciples’ actions were  .

Matthew 12:1–2 (NIV) At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. 2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

2. The Defense:  are not condemned by God’s law.

Matthew 12:3–5 (NIV) He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. 5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent?

3. The Countercharge: The   show the pharisees to be in error.

Matthew 12:7 (NIV) If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.   

4. The Verdict: Jesus and his disciples are  .

5. The Application: