Bible Reading: Exodus 21-23, John 18
Reel Thoughts:
Isn't it interesting that for a man who had committed no crime, the religious leaders of Jesus's day were willing to have him killed? Juxtapose this with the Israelites in Exodus, who just seemed to fall over themselves breaking commandment after commandment, all in a self-destructive attempt to flagrantly disobey God. It's like, God goes through all this effort to show us the right way to live, but we keep choosing our own way. Probably much to His chagrin.
But, as I read through the laws in Exodus, I wasn't thinking about how comical some of them sound now (though, perhaps they haven't lost all relevance), but rather I was trying to figure out the spirit of each of the rules. What was the purpose of the laws? That's what got the men of Jesus's day in trouble. They were defending a way of life that they felt Jesus threatened, meanwhile, they didn't understand what they were defending. They totally missed the spirit of the matter, and thus missed out on all the privileges that come with it. Don't let that happen to you.
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