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NIV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture
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12Be strong, and let us be courageous for the sake of our people, and for the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what seems good to him.”
C. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
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Owen Strachan • Jonathan Edwards on True Christianity (The Essential Edwards Collection Book 4)
If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you shall not deal with them as a creditor; you shall not exact interest from them. 26If you take your neighbor’s cloak in pawn, you shall restore it before the sun goes down; 27for it may be your neighbor’s only clothing to use as cover; in what else shall that person sleep? And if your
... See moreC. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
However, “the law” they had in mind and that they rubbed up against every day was not the law of God. It was a contemporary version of religious respectability, very harsh and oppressive in application, that Jesus referred to as “the goodness of scribes and Pharisees” (5:20).
Dallas Willard • The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God
18And King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was priest of God Most High.[39] 19He blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High,[39] maker of heaven and earth; 20 and blessed be God Most High,[39] who has delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him one-tenth of everything. 21Then the king of Sodom said
... See moreC. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
Righteous means “meeting the standards of what is right and just.” God does more than meet certain standards; God is the standard.