Mark 3: what kind of God do we preach?

 Matthew 3: hard-nosed religion

We read (MSG):

1-3 Then he went back in the meeting place where he found a man with a crippled hand. The Pharisees had their eyes on Jesus to see if he would heal him, hoping to catch him in a Sabbath violation. He said to the man with the crippled hand, “Stand here where we can see you.”

4 Then he spoke to the people: “What kind of action suits the Sabbath best? Doing good or doing evil? Helping people or leaving them helpless?” No one said a word.

5-6 He looked them in the eye, one after another, angry now, furious at their hard-nosed religion. He said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” He held it out—it was as good as new! The Pharisees got out as fast as they could, sputtering about how they would join forces with Herod’s followers and ruin him.

Jesus went to the synagogue where there was a crippled man. People knew that Jesus had the power to cure him due to former miracles, but the Pharisees considered that to cure on Sabbath is to violate the rule to keep the Sabbath. Would Jesus refrain to cure him in order to please the Pharisees?
Jesus became furious because they didn't have compassion of the crippled man.
Jesus expected that the people answered his questions saying that it is good to help people even on Sabbath.
I am not so sure that I am much better the Pharisees. I have a lot of excuses to not help anyone, but I think that the worst excuses are religious excuses because they change the character of the Lord. They preach a hard/evil God when in fact he is good.