Mockers respond to wisdom with mockery. The wicked respond to righteousness with wickedness. "Garbage in, garbage out" isn't always true. With people, the machinery in the middle is much more significant than what goes into it.

Consider Mark 15:11. Whatever you might accidentally ingest by eating with unwashed hands won't harm you spiritually, but no matter what goes into you, no matter how good or bad, if your heart is defiled, it will only produce more defilement.
#proverbs 9:7

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What was the purpose of the crucifixion and resurrection? Did it make the world a better place?

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What Purpose the Crucifixion? - American Torah

Someone on Twitter recently told me that he is still not sure why the Messiah needed to die. My reply (brief due to the limitations of Twitter) was something like this: Something has to cover (atone) our sins before we can approach God. A precise und

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The obedience of one man means more to God than the disapproval of ten thousand. In every age, God's chosen men have defied their culture's expectations, preferring to be called eccentric, insane, even monstrous, rather than betray their faith in God.
#patriarchy #leadership #ministry

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Patriarchy and Devotion - American Torah

You've heard that you can know the rightness of something by its fruit. Well, here are some stories of real life patriarchy in action.

When Abraham brought Isaac to the mountain to sacrifice him, he told Isaac that "God will provide a lamb for himself". Abraham obeyed God in every respect, trusting that somehow he would preserve Isaac through death so that his promise of many descendants would still be kept. Isaac was bound and ready to die when the Angel told Abraham to stop. God did provide an animal in place of Isaac, but it was a ram and not a lamb.

The implication is that God would one day provide another lamb who would die as a substitute for all those whom God counts as children of Abraham, if we have enough faith to trust God no matter what happens.
#yeshua #jesus