Feb 26 - God Lays Down The Law

God says to Moses, "Give the following instructions to the entire community of Israel. You must be holy because I the Lord your God, am holy." He then goes on to give specifics as to what to do like not putting your trust in idols, respect your mother and father....etc. There are a lot of different rules and what the punishment is if specific rules are broken. "If a man commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, both the man and the woman who have committed adultery must be put to death." Look at the penalty for adultery. Seems to me like God puts a lot of stock in wanting His people to stay faithful.

In the new testament the Pharisees heard Jesus had arrived and they came to argue with him. Continually testing him demanding miraculous signs from heaven to prove his authority. Jesus said "Why do these people keep demanding a miraculous sign? I tell you the truth, I will not give this generation any such sign." So he got back in the boat and left. The left in such a hurry his disciples forgot to bring any food they just and one loaf of bread so they all started to argue. Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, "Why are you arguing about having no bread? don't you know of understand even yet? Are your hearts too hard to take it in? you have eyes-can't you see? You have ears-can't you hear? Don't you remember anything at all? When I fed the 5,000 how many baskets of leftovers did you pick up afterward?"
"Twelve" they said.
"And when I fed the 4,000 with seven loaves, how many large baskets of leftovers did you pick up?"
"Seven" the said.
"Don't you understand yet?" he asked them.

Jesus and the disciples left Galilee as they were walking Jesus asked them, "Who do people say I am?"
"Well, some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the other prophets."
Then he asked them, "But who do you say I am?"
Peter replies "You are the Messiah." But Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.

He goes on to tell his disciples today that the Son of Man must suffer many terrible things and be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but three days later he would rise form the dead. As he talked about this openly with his disciples, Peter took him aside and began to reprimand him for saying such things.
Jesus turned around and looked at his disciples, then reprimanded Peter. "Get away from me, Satan!" he said. "You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God's."

Jesus had amazing patience through everything that continues to go on. He has to continually remind his disciples of his greatness and that there is a path that must be walked for the salvation of mankind.

I thought Proverbs was a good one today. 10:17 - People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life, but those who ignore correction will go astray.
Pnuts not exactly accpeting discipline at this point but as an over energized 2 year old with limitless curiosity and the ability to look you right in the eyes right before she does she knows she's not suppose to do......is receiveing some discipline now and again and we see learning improvements from it:)