Studeclunker
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I was listening to the Daily Audio Bible on my way in to work today, and the Old Testament reading was from Numbers 7, the dedication of the tabernacle. I had read it before, of course, but hearing the list of gifts over and over again was rather hypnotic (all twelve tribes give the same thing, each on a successive day, so by the end there were 12 bowls and 12 bulls and 12 plates and 12... well, you get the idea).
I found myself starting to say "And a partridge in a pear tree" by the time we got to Gamaliel on the eighth day.
You know... I look at things like this in the Old Testament and it depressess the HELL out of me. What was a poor fella like me supposed to do? I'm so glad that the richest sacrafice of all is mine! It's so wonderful that a poor beggar like me can say that my debit is paid without all the rich treasures that are beyond my reach. PRAISE GOD!
We had a Muslim convert speak at Mt. Calvary last Friday. There was another fella (Jewish) explaining why he and other Jewish people won't spell God out (they use G-d instead). Oi, vay! What a lot of silly rules to be enslaved to! One is constantly enslaved to make sure that this I is dotted and that T is crossed! The Budists and Hindus are no different, all works righteousness. There is truely freedom in Christ!
Praise God in his simple and magnificent mercy!
Praise Christ in his humble and obedient spirit to the Father.
Praise the Lord, my spirit!
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