I’m sorry for the delay. I try not to let it be this long between posts. I promise I’ll try to do better.
This week, we will read Chapter 12 of Matthew’s Gospel.
The chapter starts out with the Pharisees trying to trip Jesus up again. Once again, they try to trap Him, asking Him about the thousands of laws that they lived by and hoping he would slip up so they could throw Him in jail.
His response, though, was always to talk about God’s Word. When God’s Word is put up against man’s word, guess which one is trump?
They asked Him about his thoughts about the Fourth Commandment (found in Exodus 20:8-11) which sets aside one day of the week to honor God. The Pharisees had built a bunch of sub-laws into that commandment, decreeing how far one could walk on that day, how much weight one could pick up, etc.
They were plotting against Him, and He left, with huge crowds following Him.
Please read this chapter, and we can discuss any part of it that interests you or that you have questions about.
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