{"id":15913,"date":"2019-12-06T05:51:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T13:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=15913"},"modified":"2019-12-06T05:51:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T13:51:23","slug":"your-life-may-be-the-only-bible-that-some-people-are-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/06\/your-life-may-be-the-only-bible-that-some-people-are-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Your life may be the only Bible that some people are reading!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Who-me-2074270.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Who-me-2074270.jpg 720w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Who-me-2074270-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Who-me-2074270-350x300.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Who me?<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mark 3<\/strong>:<strong>2\u20135, Healing on the Sabbath. <\/strong>The Pharisees\u2019 attitude toward Sabbath observance versus their lack of concern for the man with the withered hand demonstrates that those who have a legalistic and punctilious view of the Torah usually possess hard hearts toward those in need, and have difficulty showing love and compassion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While emphasizing the letter-of-the-law obedience, Torah legalists miss the heart and spirit of the law.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yeshua teaches that mercy is an aspect of the greater Torah (Matt 23:23), as does Paul (1 Cor 13). James tersely states the same concept: \u201cMercy triumphs over judgment\u201d (NKJV, NAS). In many places, the Scriptures teach that judgment must be balanced, even tempered, by mercy (e.g. Pss 85:10; 89:14; Jer 9:24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While adhering to the wonderful principles of YHVH\u2019s Torah and loving Yeshua by keeping is commandments, don\u2019t forget to do so&nbsp; in mercy and love\u2014especially with regard to those around you, who are watching your example. After all, the example of your life may be the only Bible that they\u2019re reading!<\/p>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'Your life may be the only Bible that some people are reading!',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/06\/your-life-may-be-the-only-bible-that-some-people-are-reading\/',contentID: 'post-15913',suggestTags: 'Legalism',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark 3:2\u20135, Healing on the Sabbath. The Pharisees\u2019 attitude toward Sabbath observance versus their lack of concern for the man with the withered hand demonstrates that those who have a legalistic and punctilious view of the Torah usually possess hard &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/06\/your-life-may-be-the-only-bible-that-some-people-are-reading\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[310],"class_list":["post-15913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scripture","tag-legalism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Your life may be the only Bible that some people are reading! | Hoshana Rabbah Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/06\/your-life-may-be-the-only-bible-that-some-people-are-reading\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Your life may be the only Bible that some people are reading! | Hoshana Rabbah Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mark 3:2\u20135, Healing on the Sabbath. 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