Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their fellow Jews...
...When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry.
I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials. I told them, "You are charging your own people interest!"
Nehemiah 5:1, 6-7 NIV
They're charging interest!
So what? Isn't that the way our world works?
But God had already given them clear instructions on how to deal with all that was going on here in Deut 15 & 23.
When the pressure came on Nehe from within his own team he did 2 things:
1. He had a good think.
2. He went back to what God had to say about how they should live.
And that's what we need to do...slow down, have a think, look at what the law of love has to say...
#think
#love
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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