Fri.’s Devo - The Law of Love

Read: Nehemiah 11:1-12:26; 1 Corinthians 10:14-33; Psalm 34:11-22; Proverbs 21:14-16 They chose lots to see which families would move to live in Jerusalem. A tenth were chosen and the rest of the people went back to live in their homes outside of Jerusalem. Volunteers were also asked to come and resettle in Jerusalem. The list was given of the people who were to live in Jerusalem. *** A list of priests and the high priest, Jeshua returned with Zerrubabel. Six Levites returned with him. A record was kept of all the priests, high priests and Levites that served in Jerusalem. The book was The Book of History. It is probably in the Vatican along with all the archives of books we will hopefully one day soon have access to. *** Paul in Corinthians begged the people to run from worshiping idols. He reminded them that when they take the Lord’s communion the blood represents his blood and the bread represents his body. They all share in Christ and are united when they eat the Lord’s Communion. *** The people were taking of the Lord’s supper then going and partaking in the idol ceremonies and eating their food. This was wrong. Paul explained that it wasn’t the food that was bad, it was their worship that was wrong. *** Some of the merchants would sell the food offered to their idols and Paul explained that this wasn’t bad because the food was not altered. They could buy this food - it was just food. But, it was not OK to worship the idols. He also told them that if someone who did worship idols asked you to their house to eat, they didn’t have to worry about the meat if it was offered to idols. Eating it would not hurt them. *** Then Paul goes on to say that if someone brings up the fact that you are eating food offered to idols and this offends them, then out of love for them shouldn’t eat it in front of them. We are to honor others consciences as much as we can. *** Lord, help us to be sensitive of others but I pray most of all that we would be free of religious laws that aren’t offensive to you. May the law of love cover all!