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The man went and reported to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.  Therefore, the Jews began persecuting Jesus because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
John 5:15-16 CSB
It was OK to heal someone apparently.
It was OK to change someone's life, their present and their future, it was OK to tell someone to pack their gear and not look back, but don't do it on a day when you're not supposed to.
The Sabbath was for our thriving and flourishing as people, but these guys had turned it into something to control others and exercise power in.
Their power. 
Power over others.
They'd taken something good and corrupted it.
And I do the same thing. Create my little kingdom, where my will is done.
Jesus came to explode all that, he didn't come to erase the law but live it how it was intended.
In Matthew 22 he summed it up:
Love God
Love people
In that order.
There's no room for my kingdom there.
Jesus kingdom is founded on the law of love, love that pursues us, love that made a way. 
He is for us.
For our thriving.
You want the rules? 
Here they are:
Love God
Love people
#sunday
#worship
#thisisourGod

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