This Friday we will continue our survey of the laws given to Moses by looking at what the New International Version of the Bible calls "Laws of Justice and Mercy".
Interestingly, some of these are about individual attitudes. They are not all things that can be legislated, but instead they are sometimes issues of conscience:
"Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong."
We all know how hard that can be!
Sometimes it is suggested that in the Sermon on The Mount Jesus refers to the letter of the law and challenges his hearers about what is in their hearts. But there are hints of that here in the Old Testament.
What do you prefer. A clear law that says in black and white "this is wrong", or a commandment that speaks to your heart?
Comments please!
1 comment:
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