God gives Noah detailed instructions on how to load out the ark. Noah does it. The flood comes and drowns everything and everyone except for those in the ark.
- Were Noah and his family really the only people left on the entire Earth?
The rest of the Sermon on the Mount.
Judge not, lest ye be judged.
Seek and ye shall find.
Do unto others as you will have them do unto you.
You will know false prophets by their fruits.
Jesus will deny people who talk the talk without walking the walk.
Basing your actions on his words is a solid foundation, unshakeable.
People were amazed when he spoke because he spoke not as a messenger or scribe, but as an authority.
- The analogy of the mote and the plank is my favorite in the Bible, I think. We judge others for their little faults even as we carry huge faults of our own. By working on our own first, we then see more clearly.
Ezra 7
Ezra, a descendant of Aaron and a scribe, came from Babylonia during Artaxerxes's reign to study the law and teach. The king sent him apparently to make sure that the completion of the temple and resumption of offerings was in accordance with the law of God, as well as setting up the appropriate judicial framework.
- I'm still really surprised that the kings of Persia honor the God of Israel.
Stephen is being questioned by the council. He proceeds to give an Old Testament lesson from Abraham to Joseph to Moses to David. He calls them out for resisting the Holy Spirit as did those who persecuted or did not heed the prophets before him. They stone him and he dies a martyr for Jesus.
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