Pretty day out today, Carla pulled some Begonia corms out of the basement – they were eager to get going, already sending shoots out – and transplanted them.

Her green houses are doing fine, she has a small heater she places in them and then ‘kinda’ monitors them before going to bed and after getting up and around to make sure the temperatures are okay.  Sends the electric bill up a bit, but not as much as one might think.

John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Acts 17:10-12 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

¹¹ These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

¹² Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

“Explain the Scriptures by the Scriptures.” – Clement of Alexandria

God is not going to tell us to do something that His Word condemns. 

However, many of manipulated the truth to appear that God approves their actions.

Too many people think that “God mellowed out” when He sent Jesus to walk and teach among us.  Providing Words of wisdom that some would say contradict the Bible.

Yet, when we delve into what Jesus said, we find that He enlarges on the Word, not takes away from.  While certain traditions were changed, as the sacrifices the Jews had to perform in order to get sins lifted – they were changed only by actions, in this case, of course, by Jesus’ sacrifice and resurrection – BUT the reasoning of the Old Testament still stands.

By reading the Old Testament, we get a better understanding of Who God the Father is – Jesus confirms that in His messages and reinforces His messages by miracles and healings.

God is still God, He changes not.

Jesus is still God, He is the same yesterday, today and forever.

To understand the relationship between the two of them we can see how often Jesus deferred to the Father, prayed to Him and OBEYED Him even to the point where He accepted His torture, humiliation and death of the cross.

It behooves us to delve deeper into the scriptures when we are told that Jesus changed God’s Word and then examples are given.

I have seen photos of placards trying to show that Christ didn’t speak on a given sin, therefore it is not a sin.  -  But Jesus made it clear that sin was still sin, and that we still must abide by God’s Word.

Mathew 5:17  Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

We cannot discard the Old Testament and understand who God is and who Jesus is and the roles they play in our lives.

Jesus grew up as a Jewish man.  He taught from the Scriptures and He confirmed that in searching and knowing them, we would find understanding.

We have the benefit of both Testaments where the people who listened first hand to Jesus did not.  We have the honor of reading and learning from those that walked with Him.

From those that knew the Old Testament and found that what He taught was truth.

We can learn a lot from the Old Testament, we can see how God wants us to be and Jesus confirmed that as He taught.

In both Testaments we see both the fallacy of man and the great love that God has for all of us.

When we hear something about the Bible and an interpretation of the scriptures that is different from what we have been told before, we need to examine the scriptures in prayer and supplication, asking God for the guidance necessary that we do not perpetuate false doctrines. 

Nor jeopardize our own spiritual well-being.

Later, Art :-)