Thoughts for a Saturday Evening...

From Matthew Henry's Commentary on Matt. 12:9

Christ having thus silenced the Pharisees, and got clear of them (Mat. 12:9), departed, and went into their synagogue, the synagogue of these Pharisees, in which they presided, and toward which he was going, when they picked this quarrel with him. Note, First, We must take heed lest any thing that occurs in our way to holy ordinances unfit us for, or divert us from our due attendance on them. Let us proceed in the way of our duty, notwithstanding the artifices of Satan, who endeavours, by the perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and many other ways, to ruffle and discompose us. Secondly, We must not, for the sake of private feuds and personal piques, draw back from public worship. Though the Pharisees had thus maliciously cavilled at Christ, yet he went into their synagogue. Satan gains this point, if, by sowing discord among brethren, he prevail to drive them, or any of them, from the synagogue, and the communion of the faithful.

There's nothing in particular driving this--just struck by how alien that kind of thinking is today.

That, and I figure at some point in time, I'll want to dig up that line, and it's easier to search my blog than my hard drive or bookshelves :)