What do you know about grace? Is it an undeserved gift we receive, or something that requires action? Or is it something that empowers us to take action? These are among the questions Barry Phillips and David Jones ask in their conversation about one of those foundational elements of our faith walk that we probably don't understand very well.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2292194/15505349
For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing.
1 Corinthians 5:3
Some things are so obviously wrong, we don't need to hear any details to judge, but we still need to make sure we have all the facts and we're convicting the right person.
And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.
Matthew 10:1
#yeshua gave the twelve disciples authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out and heal the afflictions they cause. He had more than twelve disciples, though. Why not the 70 or 200?
Here's a list of #newtestament passages to study alongside #torah Parsha #masei ("Journeys", #numbers 33:1-36:13), plus links to related commentary and video: https://www.americantorah.com/....2021/05/12/parsha-ma
The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria...because they did not obey the voice of YHWH their God but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of YHWH commanded. They neither listened nor obeyed.
2 Kings 18:11-12
Sennacherib thought that he and his gods conquered the northern kingdom of Israel, but YHWH did. Nobody can defeat Israel unless they first undermine their relationship with YHWH, and then God will hand Israel over to her enemies.