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The Bible readings for Sunday 27 and Monday 28 May are -- Lev 6:1-7:21; Ps 25:8-15; Pro 6:6-8; Mk 2:1-22.
posted by Ps John @ 9:49 AM
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Hi and welcome. Ashfield Baptist Church is a "caring community church sharing God's love". We are very diverse in our nationalities, backgrounds and ages, but united in our desire to grow spiritually and to reach out and help others. Our vision is "to be a body of Christ-like people living out the great commandment and the great commission in the Holy Spirit's power". This blog is mainly for people connected with Ashfield Baptist Church. It has been set up as an "info & chat space" as we start the "THRU IN 2" challenge. This is our program for reading the Bible right through during 2007 & 2008. Many are using the Every Day With Jesus Bible which also has daily devotions from Selwyn Hughes. As we read through the Bible together over these two years, we can use this blog to share insights, stories, reflections, questions etc. The goal is to grow spiritually together. So leave your comments. Together we can help each other grow. Blessings. Ps John. To leave a comment about the readings for a particular day, or to view the comments of others, just click on "comments" at the bottom of the post.
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More blood and detailed ritual. Do you get the message that sin is serious? They certainly would have. Because the processes for dealing with it were so involved. The religious leaders had very prescriptive directions to follow. Directions given by God as to how to obtain His forgiveness.
The Psalmist points to this: "He shows sinners the way -- All the LORD's ways show faithful love and truth, to those who keep His covenant and decrees... forgive my sin, for it is great" (Ps 25:8-11).
No wonder then the Jewish religious leaders in Jesus' day were so incensed when Jesus said to the paralytic "Son, your sins are forgiven" (Mk 2:5). All they had ever learnt and believed and taught was that only God could forgive sins, and only after the God-given provisions of the Law had been followed. No wonder they called Jesus' words blasphemy.
But they weren't. Forgiveness was available without the ritual. Not that Jesus was minimising the seriousness of sin. After all, he gave himself as a sacrifice so we could have forgiveness.
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