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FEBRUARY 5
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mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the
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power of God. For in the resurrection they
neither marry nor are given in marriage, but 22:45 David then calls Him ‘Lord.’ David
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are like angels of God in heaven. But con- would not have addressed a merely human
descendant as “Lord.” Here Jesus was not dis-
cerning the resurrection of the dead, have you puting whether “Son of David” was an appro-
not read what was spoken to you by God, say- priate title for the Messiah; after all, the title is
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ing, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of based on what is revealed about the Messiah
Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the in the Old Testament (Is.11:1;Jer.23:5) and it is
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God of the dead, but of the living.” And when used as a messianic title in 1:1. But Jesus was
the multitudes heard this, they were aston- pointing out that the title “son of David” did
ished at His teaching. not begin to sum up all that is true about the
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But when the Pharisees heard that He had Messiah who is also “Son of God”(Luke 22:70).
silenced the Sadducees, they gathered togeth- The inescapable implication is that Jesus was
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er. Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a declaring His deity.
question, testing Him, and saying, “Teacher,
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which is the great commandment in the law?”
37 43 He said to them, “How then does David in
Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the
LORD your God with all your heart, with all the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:
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your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the 44 ‘ The LORD said to my Lord,
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first and great commandment. And the sec- “Sit at My right hand,
ond is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as Till I make Your enemies
yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments Your footstool” ’ ?
hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
While the Pharisees were gathered togeth- If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his
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er, Jesus asked them, saying, “What do you Son?” And no one was able to answer Him a
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think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” word, nor from that day on did anyone dare
They said to Him, “The Son of David.” question Him anymore.
DAY 4: Are the Ten Commandments outmoded expectations or divine demands?
People make a serious error when they speak about “breaking the Ten Commandments.”
History amply displays the fact that people persist in breaking themselves on the Ten Command-
ments.They represent God’s absolute and unchanging standard despite any arguments over their
interpretation and application.
The title “Ten Commandments” comes from Moses (Ex. 34:28). The emphasis on God Himself
speaking and writing these words makes unacceptable any theories of Israel’s borrowing legal pat-
terns or concepts from surrounding nations.
The Ten Commandments may be grouped into two broad categories:the vertical—humanity’s
relationship to God (Ex. 20:2–11); and the horizontal—humanity’s relationship to the community
(Ex. 20:12–17). By these Ten Commandments, true theology and true worship, the name of God,
family honor, life, marriage, property, truth, and virtue are well protected.

February 5 or daughters, the wife and her children shall
be her master’s, and he shall go out by him-
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self. But if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my
master, my wife, and my children; I will not go
Exodus 21:1–22:31
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out free,’ then his master shall bring him to
“Now these are the judgments which you the judges. He shall also bring him to the
21 shall set before them: If you buy a He- door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall
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brew servant, he shall serve six years; and in pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve
the seventh he shall go out free and pay noth- him forever.
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ing. If he comes in by himself, he shall go out 7 “And if a man sells his daughter to be a
by himself; if he comes in married, then his female slave, she shall not go out as the male
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wife shall go out with him. If his master has slaves do. If she does not please her master,
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given him a wife, and she has borne him sons who has betrothed her to himself, then he
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