Tag: chesed – mercy/lovingkindness – Strong’s H2617

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Luke 14: Whose honor do we seek?

Jeff

Yeshua’s schooling of a Pharisee member of Israel’s ruling council on allowable actions on Shabbat seems disconnected from the parables that follow in Luke 14. Yet they all are threaded together with learning God’s view on justice, compassion and mercy then honoring God through lifelong commitment to those principles of the kingdom of Heaven.

Not honoring God by seeking that change of “glasses” for seeing the world — and seeing the One through Whom the change would come — doomed much of Israel to be scattered and regathered repeatedly.

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Luke 9:1-6; 10:1-24: Shaking Off the Dust: A Call to True Worship

Two teenage boys dressed in simple 1st-century Judean clothing shake the dust off their sandals in front of a stone wall. Overlaid text reads, “SHAKING OFF THE DUST: A CALL TO TRUE WORSHIP,” with a Scripture reference, “LUKE 9:1-6; 10:1-24.” The bottom left corner features a logo with the text “hallel.info.”

Yeshua (Jesus) sent the 12 and 70 other close followers to various cities as witnesses of His message about the coming of the Kingdom of God. Key to this commission was a quotation from the prophet Micah at a time when Israel was about to be taken apart because of rebellion against God. The same was about to happen to Israel in the first century.

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Deuteronomy 5: Moses elaborates on the 10 commandments

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Yeshua told the devil, “We are to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” The words of God are not limited to the “New Testament,” as a number of Christians assume. Yeshua said, “If you love me keep my commandments.”

We believe with all our hearts that Yeshua and the Father are “one.” We understand that the words of the Torah are Yeshua’s words, just like the Sermon on the Mount/Plain are Yeshua’s words.

Deuteronomy is not just repeating the prior books like a parrot but adding and elaborating on prior teachings. It shows us not just the words of God but the heart of God. When you love someone you want to know what is in their heart.