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WORD FOR TODAY “do your traditions supersede GOD’S word? ”: Mat 15:3 And He answered and said to them, "Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
WISDOM FOR TODAY: Pro 17:9 He who conceals a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.
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"And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory."
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Question 300: What Did Our Saviour Mean By Saying To Peter “When Thou Art Converted Strengthen Thy Brethren”?
Answer:
The revised version renders the passage (Luke 22:32): "When thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.'' We cannot suppose that after Peter's fall, he needed conversion in the sense in which we use the word. He needed repentance and restoration. His words, his actions and the intense devotion he had previously shown to Moshiach, all indicated a man already converted. He fell under temptation as Moshiach had foreseen, but it was a backsliding which Moshiach forgave. At Shavuot their experience was not conversion, but an enduement of power for service, notably the power of speaking foreign tongues.
Question 299: Who Is Represented By The “Elder Brother” In The Prodigal Brother?
Answer:
Primarily, the Pharisees and chief priests, who were scandalized by seeing Moshiach associate with the lower classes and notorious sinners. It was a rebuke to selfishness and formalism - to those who believe they have the spiritual right of way and that less worthy persons, who had been basking in the divine goodness, should be envious or critical of the cordial welcome that is extended to a redeemed sinner. The lesson applies to people in our own day who have no sympathy with the work going on at rescue missions and are sceptical about the conversion of evildoers. The parable was a reproof to such persons, but it also conveyed a weighty lesson as to the evil of sin. Although the father forgave his younger son and gave him joyful welcome, he said to the elder, "All that I have is thine," thereby intimating that the younger son's lost patrimony could not be restored. The sinner is urged to repent and is promised pardon, but the time he has wasted and the health he has injured and the mischief his example has done, are irreparable evils.
Question 298: What Were The “Husks That The Swine Did Eat?”
Answer:
The husks (see Luke 15:16), were the fruit of the carob tree, which is common in Palestine and is used by the poor as food and for the fattening of swine or cattle. When ripe, it is like a cooked bean pod, brown, glossy and filled with seeds. Children eat it readily and seem to thrive on it. The carob is of the same family as the American locust tree. Its fruit is sometimes called "St. John's bread," as John the Baptist is thought to have lived upon it in the wilderness.
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