From Sunday: July 17th

In the morning, we looked at 1 John 3:10-18, where John exhorts his readers to love one another, even as Christ Jesus loved us. Christ loved us such that when we were still enemies he came and died for us. This shows us that Jesus is the means by which alone we can come to understand what true love is, as well as the measure we are to use to examine our own love. We are to love as he loved. Especially important is the question of "who are we to love?" Jesus answers that very question, both in the Gospel of Luke (Luke 10:25-37) and in his actions on the cross.

In the evening, we looked at Deuteronomy 18:9-22 (no audio yet). Here Moses teaches the Israelites regarding the final office of authority: that of the prophet. Moses shows that God appoints prophets to speak forth His word to His people, and thus they arrive with the full authority of God. However, there will be pagan prophets (those who claim to speak in the name of other gods) and false prophets (those who claim to speak in the name of the Lord, but do not). Therefore, Moses teaches how to tell them from the true prophet and that they are not to listen to them.