TagObedience

Jesus and government

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We have some difficult questions to answer. But, ultimately, we have to stand for the right to meet in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to be free to worship, to pray, to teach the Word of God, and to propagate the Gospel, and we should pray that we can continue to have that freedom for as long as possible. Two levels of government Let’s just think about about Jesus a little and the...

Masters and servants – Daniel Bishop

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The last section: masters and the servants. 22 Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God. 23 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ. 25 But he who does wrong...

Israel Desk – November 2021

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The Virus and the Vaccine Israel is being touted as the world’s real-life COVID-19 lab, with researchers around the world monitoring its progress and seeing it as “a working experimental lab for us to learn from.”  Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said: “Without us, the world wouldn’t know the exact efficacy levels of the booster shots, wouldn’t know the dates, how much they affect infections...

Seeing God – The Realms God created

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Today we’re going to continue looking at passage in Exodus 24 which I read two or three weeks ago. When I finished the talk on Exodus 24, I referred to a verse which speaks about how the elders of Israel who went up on the mountain with Moses and how they saw God. Some people said to me: ‘Well, isn’t there a contradiction? It says they saw the God of Israel but there are also...

Exodus 24 – Israel responds to the Torah / Law

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The talk starts at minute 32 of the recording. ·      Jewish responses to Jesus – is Jesus the Messiah or not? ·      Verse 1-2. Moses the Mediator, Jesus the Mediator ·      Verse 4. The Written Word versus the Oral Torah ·      Verses 3 and 7, Israel’s response ‘All that Lord...

Nurturing family in the faith

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Now, within the family, the idea is not just to give life to children but also to care for them and also to teach them about God. When the new testament repeats the fifth commandment Paul adds to it in Ephesians chapter 6: Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: 3 “that...