http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_2GAEzJL6I&feature=related
This video compares people in the U.S. with people in Africa. The people in Africa are poor and don't have an education and they don't have enough food. They are being oppressed by disease such as AIDS which is killing many people and making many children into orphans. Some people say that the problem is too big or that we can't change anything, but is this true? If not what can we do to solve this problem?
Saturday, February 28, 2009
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Monday, February 16, 2009
John.5:1-15
One day, Jesus went to Jerusalem, to the pool of Bethesda, which was flooded with the blind, deaf, and crippled. Jesus approached one man who could not stand, and after asking him if he wished to be well, ordered him to pick up his mat and walk. The man was instantly healed and walked for the first time in his life. The Jews were enraged by this because it was the sabbath, and Hebrew law held that carrying a mat should not occur on such days of worship. When asked who had told him to do so, the healed man could not recall Jesus' name. He soon found Jesus, who told him to go forth and sin no more. The man then remembered the name and told the Jews it had been Jesus who had healed him and ordered him to carry his mat.
In reflecting on this passage, it is clear that the issue of controversy at hand is that of supremacy between the Law of Moses and Jesus' teachings. The Law of Moses forbade anyone to carry a mat or walk more than a small handful of steps on the sabbath day. But Jesus had ordered the man He healed to take his mat and walk home. As Christians, we are taught that when it comes to the Bible, Jesus' New Testament teachings overrule any conflicting teachings from the Old Testament. We are taught that on an issue like this, when doing the Lord's will is made impossible by a law of religion, the obligation to do God's will supercedes the religious practice. In the three verses that follow, rounding out the story, it is revealed that when persecuted by Jews for His actions, Jesus reveals that He must work on the sabbath, because His father does so (this would lead to further attempts by the Jews to kill Jesus because by referring to God as His father, Jesus puts Himself at an equal level to God). This is the ultimate support for the above mentioned ideas, specifically that Jesus overrules the Law of Moses when in conflict and that when trying to do God's will, one is justified in not observing religious traditions.
In reflecting on this passage, it is clear that the issue of controversy at hand is that of supremacy between the Law of Moses and Jesus' teachings. The Law of Moses forbade anyone to carry a mat or walk more than a small handful of steps on the sabbath day. But Jesus had ordered the man He healed to take his mat and walk home. As Christians, we are taught that when it comes to the Bible, Jesus' New Testament teachings overrule any conflicting teachings from the Old Testament. We are taught that on an issue like this, when doing the Lord's will is made impossible by a law of religion, the obligation to do God's will supercedes the religious practice. In the three verses that follow, rounding out the story, it is revealed that when persecuted by Jews for His actions, Jesus reveals that He must work on the sabbath, because His father does so (this would lead to further attempts by the Jews to kill Jesus because by referring to God as His father, Jesus puts Himself at an equal level to God). This is the ultimate support for the above mentioned ideas, specifically that Jesus overrules the Law of Moses when in conflict and that when trying to do God's will, one is justified in not observing religious traditions.
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