by Matt | Jan 7, 2013 | Blog
- Why do you trouble the woman? Matthew 26:10
- Could you not watch with me one hour? Matthew 26:40
- Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and He will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? Matthew 26:53
- Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Matthew 26:55
- My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Matthew 27:46
- Why do you question these things in your hearts? Mark 2:8
- Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? Mark 4:21
- Who touched my garments? Mark 5:30
- Why are you making a commotion and weeping? Mark 5:39
- Are you also without understanding? Mark 7:18
These are all questions Jesus asked. What are your answers?
by Matt | Jan 4, 2013 | Blog
- Who do you say that I am? Matthew 16:15
- What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? What shall a man give in return for his soul? Matthew 16:26
- O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? Matthew 17:17
- Why do you ask me about what is good? Matthew 19:17
- Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink? Matthew 20:22
- What do you want me to do for you? Matthew 20:32
- Did you never read the Scriptures? Matthew 21:42
- Why are you testing me? Matthew 22:18
- Which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? … the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
- How are you to escape being sentenced to hell? Matthew 23:33
These are His questions. What are your answers?
by Matt | Jan 3, 2013 | Blog
- To what shall I compare this generation? Matthew 11:16
- If any of you has a sheep and it falls out on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? Matthew 12:11
- How can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Matthew 12:29
- You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? Matthew 12:34
- Who is my mother, and who are my brothers? Matthew 12: 48
- Why did you doubt? Matthew 12:31
- Why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? Matthew 15:3
- How many loaves do you have? Matthew 15:34
- Do you still not understand? Matthew 16:9
- Who do people say the Son of Man is? Matthew 16:13
These are His questions. What are your answers?
by Matt | Jan 2, 2013 | Blog
- And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? Matthew 5:47
- Can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? Matthew 6:27
- Why do you worry about your clothes? Matthew 6:28
- Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? Matthew 7:3
- Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Matthew 7:16
- Why are you afraid? Matthew 8:26
- Why do you think evil in your hearts? Matthew 9:4
- Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? Matthew 9:15
- Do you believe I am able to do this? Matthew 9:28
- What did you go out into the wilderness to see? Matthew 11:8
These are His questions. What are your answers?
by Matt | May 24, 2012 | Blog
Image from the Book of Kells, a 1200 year old book. Category:Illuminated manuscript images (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Why do I (try to) obey the Bible’s command not to lie, yet feel comfortable ignoring commands instructing me to sacrifice certain animals or to not cut my hair or trim my beard? This seeming contradiction leads some to write off all of the Bible’s teachings as irrelevant and many Christians as out of touch.
The Old Testament contains at least three types of laws: Ceremonial, civil and moral.
Ceremonial laws dictated how God’s people, Israel, were to worship Him. Leviticus prescribes many sacrifices that were to be brought to the Lord. The New Testament shows that Jesus’ death on the cross was the sacrifice that all the Old Testament sacrifices pointed to. Since Jesus died once and for all I no longer look to the Old Testament law to instruct me in worship. I worship God by the new and living Way – Jesus Christ.
Civil laws dictated how God’s people were to live in community together. Civil law includes commands about how to harvest fields, how to build houses and how to cook dinner. These laws express God’s desire for purity and justice among His people. However, since these laws applied to the government of a specific nation at a specific time in history, they do not apply to us today.
The Moral law, revealed in the Ten Commandments, show God’s holiness and reveal His moral standard. Neither His holiness nor His moral standard ever change so this law does apply to us today. God is holy and He is cultivating a people who delight to be like Him.
