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Verse: Luke 5:33-39
According to Aaron Beck, a psychiatrist from America, Cognitive distortions are one cause of stress. One type of cognitive distortions is Should statements, namely the pattern of thought "should". People who have such a mindset will hold a rigid rule, without considering the circumstances and conditions.
It seems that the Pharisees including such a person. They were uncompromising toward what they perceive as violations of religious rules. So no wonder when they questioned the unusual things done by Jesus and his disciples. One of them is a matter of fasting, which they say is a sign of repentance or piety. To answer, Jesus gives some illustrations that express his difference of doctrine and teachings of Jewish leaders. Judaism, taught by the Jewish leaders, is a doctrine that has long enjoyed by the Pharisees. By prioritizing compliance seriously to each of rituals and rules that the demands of these teachings, the Pharisees thought that the best teaching. Rituals and rules must be rigidly executed, regardless of the circumstances and conditions. For example, when the Sabbath day nobody is allowed to do something, even if it helps the sick.
And not like that the teachings of Jesus. Jesus brought a new covenant, which could not adapt or adopt the old teachings. When you take the example of the Sabbath, for Jesus' Sabbath is a day when the grace of God should be declared as well. So what's the harm if a healer to heal the sick on the Sabbath?
If we are sensitive, even now many who infiltrated the teachings of Christianity. For example it is said that prayers delivered at twelve o'clock will be heard of God. Is not this kind of adoption that is not done by the teaching of Jesus? Let's explore each of the teaching we hear, let us not be misled.
God Bless ^^