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For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it out of reach. Deuteronomy 30:11 NASB Out of reach – Are the commandments “out of reach”? If you grew up under Augustine, Aquinas, and Luther, you would be compelled to say, “Yes. No one can really keep them.” …
The Daughters of Zelophehad
So Moses brought their case before the Lord. Numbers 27:5 NASB Their case – At the beginning of chapter 27 in the book of Numbers, certain daughters of in the line of Manasseh, son of Joseph, make a legal claim before Moses and Eleazar. Their argument is that their father died in the wilderness along with…
Who Wrote It?
Now this is the law which Moses set before the sons of Israel; Deuteronomy 4:44 NASB Set before – You want your life to conform to God’s standard, right? You want to know what God wants you to do, and what displeases Him. So, you read your Bible. You think that what it says is…
Absolute Relativity
You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. Deuteronomy 4:2 NASB Not add/ nor take away – How flexible are your ethics? Do you hold hard and fast to your own moral commandments? Are…
One More Gust of Wind
The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, Romans 8:16 NASB Spirit Himself – I thought we’d resolved this. When we examined verse 12, we came to the conclusion that the Greek pneúma should be read as “vital force.” The apparent conflict about who does what to whom was over. It is…
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