Our paragraph topic is: (Their distorted religion) Part 11.
They had taken the essentials of faith and distorted it to their own beliefs. Little did they understand the true meanings of religion. Little did they know the truth of faith. Little did they believe in the spirit of the living God who brought them out of Egypt into the land of milk and honey. The Scribes and the Pharisees were only concerned in maintaining the status quo over the people so that they could keep their positions of power.
They did not understand the oneness of God the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Without that understanding how could they understand the oneness of the altar. They believed that swearing by the altar was nothing but swearing by the gifts that were placed upon the altar meant that they were bound by the gift. Christ had to explain to them: "Therefore he
who swears by the altar swears by it, and by all things that are on it."
This is the distinction that had to be made, the oneness of the altar. Everything that is placed upon the altar becomes one with the altar and is sanctified by the altar. They are not separate from it but are one with it. The altar is the sacred table of God upon which Christ made his covenant with the church at the last supper. He blessed the bread and the cup of wine that he gave to his disciples as a symbol of the new covenant that he made for the sacrifice which he was about the make for the sins of mankind. And it was upon that sacred table upon which he made that covenant.
Today, all over the world, we have the sacred altars which are blessed by the church before they are used in services. Our gifts are no longer gifts of food, or animals, or incense, but today we give tithes that are placed before the altar to show our thanks to God for the many gifts that he gives us on a daily basis. We show our gratitude through what we give back to the church to help spread God's word to his people.
We are blessed to know our God. We are blessed to walk in the light and not in darkness and despair. We are blessed to be able to call out to our God and have our voices heard. For truly he will respond. And truly we must be patient. For he is loving and caring and protective and providing and vengeful of those that would do us harm. Thank you Lord Jesus for loving us.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
They had taken the essentials of faith and distorted it to their own beliefs. Little did they understand the true meanings of religion. Little did they know the truth of faith. Little did they believe in the spirit of the living God who brought them out of Egypt into the land of milk and honey. The Scribes and the Pharisees were only concerned in maintaining the status quo over the people so that they could keep their positions of power.
They did not understand the oneness of God the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Without that understanding how could they understand the oneness of the altar. They believed that swearing by the altar was nothing but swearing by the gifts that were placed upon the altar meant that they were bound by the gift. Christ had to explain to them: "Therefore he
who swears by the altar swears by it, and by all things that are on it."
This is the distinction that had to be made, the oneness of the altar. Everything that is placed upon the altar becomes one with the altar and is sanctified by the altar. They are not separate from it but are one with it. The altar is the sacred table of God upon which Christ made his covenant with the church at the last supper. He blessed the bread and the cup of wine that he gave to his disciples as a symbol of the new covenant that he made for the sacrifice which he was about the make for the sins of mankind. And it was upon that sacred table upon which he made that covenant.
Today, all over the world, we have the sacred altars which are blessed by the church before they are used in services. Our gifts are no longer gifts of food, or animals, or incense, but today we give tithes that are placed before the altar to show our thanks to God for the many gifts that he gives us on a daily basis. We show our gratitude through what we give back to the church to help spread God's word to his people.
We are blessed to know our God. We are blessed to walk in the light and not in darkness and despair. We are blessed to be able to call out to our God and have our voices heard. For truly he will respond. And truly we must be patient. For he is loving and caring and protective and providing and vengeful of those that would do us harm. Thank you Lord Jesus for loving us.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
