Today’s Hebrew Testament chronological reading is in Job 1 and 2.
Why are we interrupting Genesis to read Job? Because we are reading the Hebrew Testament chronologically, and Job lived in the generations following Babel, and before Abraham.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Psalm 7.
The Greek Testament reading is in Matthew 5.
Essential Studies.
Job 1 and 2, An introduction to Job (Additional studies: Job Index)
Psalm 7, The just Judge (Additional studies: Psalms Book One (1-41) Index)
Matthew 5, Obeying from the heart (Additional studies: Matthew Index)
Outward obedience to the Ten Commandments is not enough – it is not obedience, if the action does not proceed from the heart. It is not just a matter of doing or not doing the commanded thing. Not only is Jesus not teaching that the Law has been abolished, but He just raised the bar of what constitutes obedience to the Law to a very much higher standard. The final verse of chapter 5 summarizes His point: “Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.” A person cannot read Jesus’ actual words and believe that He taught that obedience to the Law is now a thing of the past — it is just the opposite. His standard is perfect obedience.
We have all fallen short of the glory of God and His standard, perfect obedience. BUT! He has extended grace and forgiveness toward us and our violations of Torah.
Three-year Bible.
The three-year plan is here.
Today’s reading is in 2 Samuel 2.
Suggested study: 2 Samuel 2, Bible for Beginners.
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