Luke 13:10-17

JESUS HEALS ON THE SABBATH

Keywords 13:16

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?"

1. Jesus heals a woman (10-13)

Jesus was teaching in a synagogue one Sabbath. There he saw a woman who had been crippled for eighteen years. She spent years unable to stand up straight. Jesus called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” She immediately straightened up and praised God. She was set free. She was given new life. Jesus has the power to set us free from all our sickness and infirmities.


2. Jesus frees what Satan binds (14-17)

The synagogue ruler became indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. Rather than confronting Jesus he snarled at the sick and lame and told them there were six days to work and to come back on one of those days to be healed. He didn’t deny Jesus’ miraculous healing. Jesus reminded him that if he would untie his donkey on the Sabbath, then certainly it was good for him to unbind what Satan had kept bound for 18 years. In God’s sight, this woman was more valuable than a donkey.

Prayer Lord, thank you that Jesus heals us and sets us free from all that binds us.

One Word Jesus unbinds us