{"id":180,"date":"2020-09-07T11:39:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T08:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusalemseminary.org\/blogs\/?p=180"},"modified":"2020-09-07T12:05:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T09:05:25","slug":"are-gods-instructions-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerusalemseminary.org\/blogs\/2020\/09\/07\/are-gods-instructions-necessary\/","title":{"rendered":"Are God&#8217;s Instructions Necessary?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"180\" class=\"elementor elementor-180\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c1bb6e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c1bb6e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-476596e\" data-id=\"476596e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7990f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7990f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Are God's Instructions Necessary?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbb692c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bbb692c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a2284c\" data-id=\"9a2284c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6be6ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6be6ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a kid I remember building many plastic models ranging from Apollo rockets, planes to racing cars. One of the first things that came out of a package when opening a kit were the instructions.<br><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br>In the excitement of getting down to the business of laying out the pieces in preparation to build the model, the order of which seemed pretty intuitive, the instructions were usually tossed to one side and ignored.<br><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br>I wasn&#8217;t too far down the road of glueing pieces together that a mistake was made, like forgetting to place the pilot in the already assembled and glued cockpit. There was no going back to remedy the situation. This was the price paid for not following the instructions.<br><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br>It is easy to think that we don&#8217;t have any need for God&#8217;s instructions in our lives but it will never be too far down life&#8217;s road to find out that we have messed things up to our own detriment!<br><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br>It is for this very reason that God gave the Israelites the Torah to direct every little detail of life as instruction for everyday living.<br><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br>Yeshua also taught his disciples and followers instructions for a successful life. In <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips9'>Matthew 7:24-29<\/span> He taught that those that heeded his words (instructions) and acts upon them would be likened to a wise man (vs 24) but those that heard His words and did not act upon them would be likened as foolish (vs 27).<br><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><br>These words of Yeshua came at the end of a teaching that contained some of the most unintuitive life lessons like loving one&#8217;s enemies, turning the other cheek or giving to the poor.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> toolTips('.classtoolTips9','<h6><span class=\"text Matt-7-24\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">24\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cTherefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NASB-23342\" class=\"text Matt-7-25\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">25\u00a0<\/sup>And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and\u00a0<i>yet<\/i>\u00a0it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NASB-23343\" class=\"text Matt-7-26\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">26\u00a0<\/sup>Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NASB-23344\" class=\"text Matt-7-27\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">27\u00a0<\/sup>The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell\u2014and great was its fall.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h6><br\/><h6><span id=\"en-NASB-23345\" class=\"text Matt-7-28\"><sup class=\"versenum\">28 <\/sup>When Jesus had finished these words,\u00a0the crowds were amazed at His teaching;<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NASB-23346\" class=\"text Matt-7-29\"><sup class=\"versenum\">29\u00a0<\/sup>for He was teaching them as\u00a0<i>one<\/i>\u00a0having authority, and not as their scribes.<\/span><\/h6><br\/><h6><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">- NASB<\/span><\/h6>'); <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are God&#8217;s Instructions Necessary? 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