"Blessed are they that keep judgement, and do righteousness at all times."

Ps 106

Hi guys, sorry I've been quiet. I lost my phone in a top secret military base... well, you know how that goes ?. I made a band (with me and Josiah Hickman so far in it) called Vices and Virtues, here is the album cover. I am getting a new phone soon, so I haven't worried about losing it much. Glad to finally find my way back here on the laptop, I had such a hard time wondering how to do that

A few random thoughts on Jacob's relationship with his family in parsha #vayechi (#genesis 47:28-50:26)...

https://soilfromstone.blogspot.....com/2007/12/jacob-h

There's no gap in the Hebrew text between parashot #vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27) and #vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26) as between other parashot. Is it to say "This isn't the end. Keep reading." Or is the break missing to emphasize the connection between "Israel settled" in 47:27 and "Jacob lived" in 47:28?

Enjoy the introduction to a new series called: Why Christians Should Keep the Law.

You'll want to share this series with your family and friends. It will address many of the questions they have.

So how does everyone deal with the well meaning oblivious "Merry Christmas" greeting?

Going back to the Sin topic for this one. I thought of something else I wanted to cover.

One of the things I see a lot, especially recently as of this writing, is the redefinition of sin. I've spoken of the ways of saying sin has changed and no longer applicable. What I am referring to here is more like expanding what sin is.

A mainstream example would be alcohol. Growing up it was taught in many churches and from many church goers that even having a drink was a sin. There is no reason to drink alcohol at all.

This isn't in Scripture though. The Bible says to not be a drunkard, but never says to never drink. In fact in 1 Timothy 5:23 Paul states to not just drink water, but have a little wine.

The recent examples I see are when someone is pointing out origins of worship practices. When stating that a tradition really came from a pagan religion to worship their gods and it isn't something we should be doing for the God of the Bible, the retort usually states something along the line of "well then you can't use cellphones, cars, electricity, etc..."

The problem with this argument is it is comparing apples to broccoli. They aren't even in the same food group that's how different these concepts are. Doing things that the pagans were doing to worship their gods is not at all in the same league as what the world does commonly.

Cars were invented as a form of transportation that took over horses and chariots. We have the later in the Bible. There is no command to not use forms of transportation. This is an example of something common.

There is also the other side of the coin though where people that are trying to keep the commands cast a wider net that what Scripture gives. The most common is looking at the animals it says to not eat and looking at what those animals have in common with each other. Then look at characteristics of other animals and associate them with the animals that aren't supposed to be eaten. An example often used is pigs, as they will eat just about anything, and chickens, which will also eat just about anything.

However, the Bible doesn't say do not eat the pig because it will eat just about anything. It says to not eat it because it is an abomination to eat it. We can't make our own definitions to define sin. We need to let the Father, through His Word, do that defining for us.

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What is the signficance of Syria in Matt 4:24?

It reads: "So the news about Him spread throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all who were sick, those suffering with various diseases and pains, those under the power of demons, and epileptics, paralytics; and He healed them."

Syria was not part of Israel and Yeshua made it a point to say that He only came for the lost sheep of Israel, so why is this stated in Matt 4?