This morning, I feel like God wanted me to share that we don’t practice honest anything enough… yet, many nations have built their systems loosely on verses like these since they were written many, many, many years ago (c. 1450 B.C.) — I have a book called Barefoot Tribe, but I still haven’t read it yet (I’m still on the Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee, but I’m only a chapter into it and I need to work A LOT to pay my rent so I don’t have much time or even the energy to read and journal it) — we’ve lived our lives in too much luxury while many people around the world don’t even get the basic care they need, including someone like me in the U.S., for the Church hates the just people here. But this passage is found in page 69 of my NKJV Bible, page 89 of my NASB Bible, page 146 of my VOICE copy, and page 144 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
And when I read the NASB for this, I noticed verse 11 is similar to Exodus 20:15 and Deuteronomy 5:19, but the crux of the whole thing is that we love God and others, for love doesn’t practice falsehood (contrast Revelation 22:15). I’ll get into that in the next note, but I don’t want to spend too much time on this one, for I don’t think laws of any kind should be worshiped. Besides, everyone who talks about it a lot hates forgiveness, like the Judaizers in Acts 15:1-35 (Paul also rebukes them in every way throughout his letter to the Galatians), the Catholic Church who relies on salvation by works, and more recently, the enormous amount of Calvinists (those who think Romans 9:1-23 should be worshiped) and the Trump supporters. There’s a reason Jesus said the things He said in Matthew 18:21-35. Indeed, one of my friends messaged me several weeks ago about the laws of Moses and how he thinks they should be practiced (I never knew this about him) — needless to say, I don’t think it’s worth it for me to say anything when he’s around (but I’d still share godly information in my Instagram stories; you can follow me on @ronnie.out1926 there). If he’s seeking to be justified by it, he’s fallen from grace (Galatians 5:4).
The good news is, though, Jesus always practices truth and love every time, and so should all of us. I don’t think I can say anything to those who don’t know Jesus, but I believe it’s not right the evil one’s trying to discount them from knowing Him… but shouting at a deaf human being or putting an obstacle before the blind (verse 14) warrants God cursing the one who does it… forever (Deuteronomy 27:18). So I can’t promise anything, because I sometimes don’t know if anyone’s got impaired vision or hearing. I ask for God’s help on these things, actually… but soon, I’ll be back on verses 17-18, probably the best part of this book. Later!
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