Tonight at our Wednesday evening study we will be looking at Mark 2:23-28.

And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain. The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” And He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry; how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the High Priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?” Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

Part of the reason I am posting this here is to generate some online discussion for those of you who may read the website, but do not attend church on Wed nights. Here are some of the questions we will be asking tonight that we can discuss here.

1) Were the disciples actually breaking the law of God?

2) Why does Jesus quote this passage about Abiathar - what is the point of contact, or the connection between that story and this one?

3) What does this mean for the law today, how do we apply it to our lives?

Feel free to chime in about any of these questions, and I will respond below.