Honey, I need you to go to the temple and drink a special drink from the priest :) Numbers 4:1-5:31
Rule Number One: Mark 12:18-37
For this God is our God for ever and ever: Psalm 48:1-14
Lazy folks are like vinegar to the teeth: Proverbs 10:26
In Mark one of the teachers of the law asked Jesus what the greatest commandment is. Jesus gave him both the number 1 commandment & the number 2 commandment. We talked about this a month ago back when we were reading Matthew (Feb 3 Post).
Matthew wrote the Book of Matthew mainly for the Israelites to know about Jesus. Of course, Matthew couldn’t possible write everything there is to know about Jesus in one little book. So Matthew had to trim it down & stick to what the Holy Spirit thought was important.
The same goes for Mark writing the Book of Mark to the Romans. Apparently, this teaching is important for both Israelites and us Gentiles. Also, when the teacher agreed with Jesus by saying that to love God and love your neighbor is more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices (many of the worship laws we’ve been reading in the Old Testament), Jesus replied to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God”.
I believe it applies to us Christians today. Living it like we mean it both in our hearts & in the way we treat others is more important than the various methods of worship we do on Sunday morning.
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