This Week's Bible Study

Greetings! Okay..I have a few announcements. We have a game going on called HVZ. Just for the record, I don't really understand it, but you might..so..have at it. We have some great stories in the Storyteller's Nook. Orphan Boy and Orphan boy II, Longing & Lustfulness (Pt. 1 & 2) and then My Path Through Her (PT 1) Also, Countless Thoughts Of A Hopeless Mind.

That's about it for announcements. The Bible study this week is the third part of Who Christ Was and Is..so, last week I had a few statements that summarized some of the Bible study for those who didn't read it..

God is love. Jesus was God in flesh. Therefore, Jesus is love. We know that love is the fulfillment of the law.
Romans 13:10 says: Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law.

Matthew 5:18 – Heaven and earth may disappear. But I promise you that not even a period or comma will ever disappear from the Law. Everything written in it must happen. (CEV)

Regular laws just change constantly. We realize from this Bible Study that the Law of Moses never changed..as Bayomir stated, "Go back and read Matthew 5:18 and then take a look at many laws and rules that we have today. The laws and rules that we have in society today are CONSTANTLY changing and being ratified and revamped, but the Law of Moses has NEVER changed, why is that? The Law of Moses, even by atheists, is and was considered to be the principle of morality and ethics, atheists just have difference of opinion on God and Jesus. So, if the Law of Moses, unwavering and unchanging, was and still is regarded as the principle of morality and ethics, even by atheists, then it stands to reason that it’s pretty important to adhere to and follow right?" I couldn't say it any better myself, so..I chose to just quote him. The word of God is a huge part of the law, and if Jesus is the live word of God, then He came to fulfill the law fully with no sin. Sometime we cannot do as imperfect humans. He had to fulfill the law only by NOT sinning, though He was tempted, just as we humans are. Yet he never sinned, hence, fulfilling the law. We realize that Jesus was the ONLY one sent to fulfill the law, and as humans it is impossible for us to do so.

For those of you who are sitting there wondering, "Well, if being angry is murdering in the Law of Moses, then wasn't Jesus a murderer? He got angry at the temple of God! That means He sinned and did not completely fulfill the law" Wrong.

Matthew 21:12-13 – Then Jesus went into the temple of God and He cast out all those buying and selling in the temple, and He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. And He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of thieves.'" (EMTV)

People assume and say, "Well, Jesus got angry. It's good to be angry!" Where does it say that Jesus got angry? No where. Jesus never necessarily got angry with anyone or anything.

Mark 11:15-18 – After Jesus and his disciples reached Jerusalem, he went into the temple and began chasing out everyone who was selling and buying. He turned over the tables of the moneychangers and the benches of those who were selling doves. Jesus would not let anyone carry things through the temple. Then he taught the people and said, "The Scriptures say, 'My house should be called a place of worship for all nations.' But you have made it a place where robbers hide!" The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses heard what Jesus said, and they started looking for a way to kill him. They were afraid of him, because the crowds were completely amazed at his teaching. (CEV)

By the way..part of teaching is to correct.

cor·rect Audio Help /kəˈrɛkt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuh-rekt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–verb (used with object)
1. to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.

2. to point out or mark the errors in: The teacher corrected the examination papers.

3. to scold, rebuke, or punish in order to improve: Should parents correct their children in public?

4. to counteract the operation or effect of (something hurtful or undesirable): The medication will correct stomach acidity.

5. Mathematics, Physics. to alter or adjust so as to bring into accordance with a standard or with a required condition.

–verb (used without object)
6. to make a correction or corrections.

7. (of stock prices) to reverse a trend, esp. temporarily, as after a sharp advance or decline in previous trading sessions.

–adjective
8. conforming to fact or truth; free from error; accurate: a correct answer.

9. in accordance with an acknowledged or accepted standard; proper: correct behavior.

Don't get me wrong, correction and rebuking is different in a way, but if correct means to rebuke..

re·buke Audio Help /rɪˈbyuk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ri-byook] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -buked, -buk·ing, noun

–verb (used with object)
1. to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.

–noun
2. sharp, stern disapproval; reproof; reprimand.

HENCE....
The verse.. They were afraid of him, because the crowds were completely amazed at his teaching..in Matthew 11:15-18 means that He was simply teaching them, which means to correct them, which means to rebuke them. He was REBUKING THEM. He wasn't angry at them and sinning, He was rebuking them from sin.


The last part of the Bible Study I'm just going to copy from the original Bible Study:

"What Mark does here is give us the more full picture of what really happened in the Temple courtyard. Jesus didn’t get angry with them, He simply forced them to stop their selling in the Temple, then TAUGHT (I want this engrained into you head, after He did this He taught them and spoke to them. He didn’t get irate or angry, He simply taught them and asked them, “…doesn’t the Scriptures say, ‘My house should be called a house of prayer’…”) So, that right there is proof that the incident with the vendors in the Temple has no bearing on Jesus NOT fulfilling the Law of Moses.

"With that said, I would like to say, really reflect on who Jesus was and is as we have covered over the past three weeks because starting next week, we will get into part 2 of the series where we will be learning and looking at how who He was and is relates to us today. I will leave you with one of my favorite verses, which I personally believe should be EVERY single person’s (who calls themselves a Christian) prayers.

Psalm 119:18 – Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your Law. (NIV)

Dear Father,
I thank you for coming here to earth to be all God and all Man, that you may understand the things we do. Thank you for coming and dieing on the cross for us after having completed and fulfilled the Law of Moses, as it was designed for. Thank you so much for fulfilling the Law so that we an be saved and enter into the Heaven and stand by you and worship you for eternity. In all things we pray. Amen

and back to me..I ask you guys to also change this verse into a prayer for yourselves:


Therefore, rid yourselves of everything impure and every expression of wickedness, and with a gentle spirit welcome the word planted in you that can save your souls. - James 1:21

Changed version: "Therefore, God, rid me of everything impure and every expression of wickedness, with a gentle spirit, allow me to welcome the Word planted in me which can save my soul."

His Love Endures Forever,
Hayley