And, HE is a HUMAN - just like you.
What WAS 'taught' here' is there is a higher princle than slavishly 'following the LAW'.
"Don't you pull an ox out of a ditch on the Sabbath?" The issue wasn't about whether or not to honor the sabbath of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The issue here was that the Pharisees were criticizing Jesus for healing a man on the sabbath. Yet on the sabbath it was acceptable and right for the Jews to pull an ox or a donkey out of a ditch to prevent it from drowning or otherwise being hurt. Jesus was showing how their hyprocrisy for criticizing him for healing a man on the sabbath. If any law was at fault it was the manmade laws of the Pharisees.
But there's no question that both Jesus Christ and the Pharisee's recognized the Lord's sabbath as holy.
But there's no question that both Jesus Christ and the Pharisee's recognized the Lord's sabbath as holy. It appears that you still ain't gettin' it...
Acts 15:19-35
19"It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 21For Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath."
22Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, two men who were leaders among the brothers. 23With them they sent the following letter:
The apostles and elders, your brothers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings. 24We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said. 25So we all agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul? 26men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing.
28It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: 29You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
30The men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter. 31The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message. 32Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers. 33After spending some time there, they were sent off by the brothers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them. 35But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, where they and many others taught and preached the word of the Lord.