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Day 56, or February 25. The law is all for our benefit.

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Our thoughts today are rooted in Deuteronomy chapter 17 verse 10. Be careful to do everything

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they instruct you to do.

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Now the big picture surrounding this verse. The regulations of Deuteronomy are very extensive

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and dominate the book. Throughout the centuries, rabbis and other Jewish spiritual leaders

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have debated these laws and decrees and have produced a substantial amount of comment and

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explanation called the Talmud. This ancient writing complements the Jewish Torah, which

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is what Christians call the Pentateuch, or Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

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The Talmud is highly respected amongst Jews and is second only to the Torah.

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A lovely thought to bear in mind is that Jesus came to fulfill the law, and we read in Luke

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24 verse 27 what happened on the road to Emmaus after Jesus was raised from the dead. It reads,

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Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining

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from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. Not just the first five books of

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Moses, but all the prophets as well. What a wonderful Bible study to have experienced!

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Now our action step for today. Jesus was very familiar with all these laws. When he was

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confronted by a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery in John chapter 8,

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he bases his response on Deuteronomy chapter 17 verse 7. The witness must throw the first

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stones and then all the people may join in. Jesus adds, Let the one who has never sinned

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throw the first stone. Did you ever notice that whenever Jesus courts the Old Testament

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law it's only to urge repentance, never just to condemn? There's a great principle here.

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The Bible was never meant to condemn anyone to hell, but to warn them and plead with them

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to repent and avoid condemnation. Our God does not want us to perish. He pleads with

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us to repent. In truth, the God of the Old Testament is really the same forgiving loving

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God we see in the person of Jesus in the New Testament.