New Bible Study Forum
As requested, I have created a forum section devoted to Bible study. You may post announcements and information regarding our Bible studies and continue discussions there.
I also want to take this opportunity to encourage people to sign up for the forums and join in the discussion. There are quite a few engaging topics being bounced back and forth right now. But it is the same handful of members posting. If everyone participated, it would make it that much richer.
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1. Luke 6:3-4 says, “Jesus said to them in reply, “have you not read what David did when he and those [who were] with him were hungry? [How] he went into the house of God, took the bread of offering, which only the priests could lawfully eat, ate of it, and shared it with his companions.
-A question was brought up that none of us were able to answer, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? Why doesn’t this mean that we could steal from the rich and give to the poor? Or even steal from a grocery store and eat it? Is this not still morally wrong?
-It was said that the church teaches the ends does not justify the means, but this seems contrary to that teaching. I know that Jesus’s point was that not eating was of more significance than not working on the Sabbath, but…
2. Also this notion of keeping the Sabbath day holy; how much are we to follow this?
-Some from St. Steven’s believe that NOTHING is to be done on Sundays, while others interpreted this as taking a break from your normal routine, yet others suggested it was a day to build relationship, so as long as what you are doing is building or deepening your relationship with God your in the good
-This makes me think of priests, they are working hard on Sundays (maybe as many as 3 or more masses in a day), but they are building relationship with God and his people.
3. Our next and final point of discussion surrounds chapter 6, verse 9 when he was being challenged not to heal the crippled hand on the Sabbath. “Then Jesus said to them, ‘I ask you, is it lawful to do good rather than to do evil, to save life rather than destroy it?”
-The question was, “What was the evil? What exactly is he talking about?”
-Our solution was he was referring to the sin of omission. The evil would have not been doing the good deed.
KristineO: What are the verses for next week? How far into Luke 6 will we go? I am so excited to get back into the scripture talks now that I am back.
Oh sorry, I keep forgetting to add that part :-s. If you want to keep at the pace we have been going we will be covering luke 6:12-19. If you guys want to kick it up a notch, let me know and we could go a little further. If I do not hear from anyone, let’s assume the decision was to stick to 12-19. Thanks John for this reminder. Take care and I will see you all on Tuesday. Have a great weekend.