Law – The Jordan Valley

The Hypocrisy of the Pharisees – Matthew 23

After stumping the Pharisees with His question, Jesus proceeded to call them out on all their wrongdoings.

The Intervention – Nehemiah 13

Real change can only be brought upon by the transformation of the heart and as we saw throughout the accounts of the post-exile writings, the Israelites only ever changed their words but never their ways. Like Nehemiah, let us not waste time in forcefully correcting the actions of our fellow beings but rather connect them to God who is the only one who can intervene and make real change in their lives.

New Residents of Old Jerusalem – Nehemiah 10-12

Unlike the returning exiles, we must renew our faith in Christ everyday and not wait for such moments to make us realise the need for God in our lives.

Eat, Sin, Confess, Repeat – Nehemiah 8-9

After rebuilding the wall, the exiles realized that they needed structural changes in their lives also.

Fulfillment of The Law in Christ

…the people who lived during the time of Jesus had the law as their deterrent without understanding its importance of implying it in their life. The law acted as a parameter to levy punishment rather than people adhering to it. By the same law Jesus was convicted for blasphemy.