Beware of those who speak evil of God's law, but not evil of sin

[InSpiritInTruth]

Why is this a lie?

It did happen. They had just been given the law.

It is a lie because the law of God did not kill the 3,000 as Moses was up in the mount when the transgression of making themselves their own god occurred. Again, the words of God confirm what happened....

Exodus 32:1-28 "And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.[SUP]2 [/SUP]And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
[SUP]8 [/SUP]They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
[SUP]10 [/SUP]Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
[SUP]12 [/SUP]Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
[SUP]14 [/SUP]And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
[SUP]15 [/SUP]And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
[SUP]16 [/SUP]And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
[SUP]19 [/SUP]And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
[SUP]20 [/SUP]And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
[SUP]21 [/SUP]And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
[SUP]22 [/SUP]And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
[SUP]23 [/SUP]For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
[SUP]24 [/SUP]And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
[SUP]25 [/SUP]And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies)
[SUP]26 [/SUP]Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
[SUP]27 [/SUP]And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

[SUP]28 [/SUP]And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men."

As you can see by scripture it was not the law of Moses that killed the 3 thousand, but their ongoing sin and rebellion. Do you suppose they were killed because they were on the Lords side? They were given a chance to repent and come over to the Lords side, but refused. Or do you suppose perhaps their constant rebellion and sinful acts of making themselves their own god had something to do with them being killed by the priesthood?

 

[PilgrimPassingThru]

Thats spoken of in 1 Cr 10:7 also correct?

 

[InSpiritInTruth]

The same GOD that spoke In the old testament/covenant Is the same GOD that spoke In the new testament/covenant and since GOD does not change

Do you believe that a person should keep the law and and be under grace also?

God's mercy and grace is given to those who love Him and keep His commandments. This principle is shown in both the Old and New Testaments. Jesus brought in the New Testament, as we are to believe in and follow all of Jesus' sayings and commands, which are founded in Love. Love God and love your neighbor as yourself, on these 2 hang all the law and prophets.

 

[InSpiritInTruth]

Thats spoken of in 1 Cr 10:7 also correct?

Yes, thankyou->>>>>

1 Corinthians 10:1-12 "Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;[SUP]2 [/SUP]And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
[SUP]3 [/SUP]And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
[SUP]4 [/SUP]And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."

 

[seed_time_harvest]

God's mercy and grace is given to those who love Him and keep His commandments. This principle is shown in both the Old and New Testaments. Jesus brought in the New Testament, as we are to believe in and follow all of Jesus' sayings and commands, which are founded in Love. Love God and love your neighbor as yourself, on these 2 hang all the law and prophets.

What about faith?
Were they able to keep the commandments In the old testament?

 

[ukok102nak]

:smoke: as it is written
:read:
Hebrews 10:12
but He having offered one sacrifice for sins, is for ever sat down at the right hand of God;
13*waiting for the future, till his enemies be put under his feet.
14*For by one offering He hath perfected for ever those that are sanctified.
15*And of this the holy Ghost also beareth witness with us:
16*for after He had said, "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and on their minds will I inscribe them;
17*He adds, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more."
18*Now where there is such a remission of these, there needs no more offering for sin.
19*Having therefore, brethren, free admission into the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
20*the new and living way which He hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say,
21*his flesh, and having a great high-priest over the house of God,
22*let us draw near with sincerity, in the full assurance of faith, having our hearts cleansed from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
23*Let us inflexibly retain the profession of our hope,
24*(for He is faithful who hath promised) and let us observe each other to the incitement of love and good works:

:8) let us continue to
:read:
Hebrews 8:7
For if the first covenant had been unexceptionable, there had been no room for a second:

:happy: as we
:read:
Hebrews 9:1
Therefore the first covenant had also rites of worship and a worldly sanctuary.
2*For there was a tabernacle prepared; the first part, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the loaves set on it, which is called the sanctuary.
3*And beyond the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of holies, having the golden censer,
4*and the ark of the covenant which was overlaid all round with gold, and in which was the golden pot with the manna in it, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
5*and over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat: of which it is not necessary now to speak particularly.
6*Now these things being thus disposed, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle to perform their daily services:
7*but into the second only the high-priest went once a year; and that not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the sins of the people committed through ignorance.
8*The Holy Ghost shewing by this, that the way into the Holy of holies was not yet manifested, the first tabernacle being yet standing.
9*Which figure remains to the present time, wherein gifts and sacrifices are offered, that cannot perfect the worshipper as to his conscience,

:ty:

godbless us all always

 

[redeemed2014]

The Law was given to show that mankind are sinners and need a savior.

In Luke Chapter 15 when the Lord Jesus Christ was speaking the parable about lost sheep, and how the man would rejoice more for finding one lost sheep then the 99 that were not lost. Likewise Heaven will rejoice over one sinner that repenteth more than 99 just persons.

Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

The Lord Jesus Christ was saying he was sent for the Jew that was lost (all scripture is profitable for our learning, so as a Gentile we can learn from this). Not the Jew that had self righteousness because he thought he was following the Law completely. The Jew that knew he was lost knew it because of the Law, also knowing that he was lost he knew that he needed a savior.

The Law brings to light that we are sinners and need a savior. We cannot be saved unless we know that we are sinners. So the law brings us to that knowledge, and then our savior the Lord Jesus Christ enters in and imputes his righteousness to us who believe.

Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Romans 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Romans 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Romans 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Romans 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.




Yes the Law is perfect, it came from God, but our flesh cannot uphold the Law nor can the Law save us. If you go down a road at 45 miles per hour, you do not know you are speeding until you see a posted sign telling you that the speed limit is 35 miles per hour. That speed limit cannot change that you broke the law, only show you that you broke the law. I would like to add, just because we are justified by the grace of God through the death, burial, and Resurrection of our dear Lord does not give us license to continue in sin. Once you have salvation you are sealed with the Holy Ghost until the day of redemption which guides us and will never guide us towards sin. Although we will all fail at one point or another because the flesh is weak, we know we have an advocate with the Father the Lord Jesus Christ who has paid for all of our sins past, present, and future.

God Bless

 

[ukok102nak]

:scarf: indeed :8)
:star: the law is been given as those law existing within the realm of man govern by the diffirent states such those states we have today
for every nation always believe what is good for their countrymen
as we believe in god who is good and doesnt lie
:read:
Hebrews 9:11
But Christ being come an high-priest of the good things to come, hath entered once for all into the holy places, through a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this building,
12*nor by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
13*For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purification of the flesh;
14*how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works, that ye may serve the living God?
15*And on this account He is the mediator of a new covenant, that undergoing death for the redemption of transgressions against the first covenant, they that are called might receive the promise of an eternal inheritance.

:ty:

godbless us all always

 

[InSpiritInTruth]

What about faith?
Were they able to keep the commandments In the old testament?

This thread is not about if anyone was able to keep the whole law in the OT, it is about people who speak evil of the law and commandments of God, but yet they do not speak evil of ongoing sin. But salvation has always been based on God's mercy and faith, Abraham was the father of the faith. But notice here what Paul says about God's grace to Israel by election, and also those of Israel who were cut off because of their lack of faith, or unbelief.

Romans 11:1-22 "I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.[SUP]2 [/SUP]God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying,
[SUP]3 [/SUP]Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
[SUP]8 [/SUP](According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear) unto this day.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
[SUP]10 [/SUP]Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
[SUP]13 [/SUP]For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
[SUP]14 [/SUP]If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
[SUP]15 [/SUP]For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
[SUP]16 [/SUP]For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
[SUP]18 [/SUP]Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.
[SUP]20 [/SUP]Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
[SUP]21 [/SUP]For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
[SUP]22 [/SUP]Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

 

[UnderGrace]

As you can see by scripture it was not the law of Moses that killed the 3 thousand, but their ongoing sin and rebellion. Do you suppose they were killed because they were on the Lords side? They were given a chance to repent and come over to the Lords side, but refused. Or do you suppose perhaps their constant rebellion and sinful acts of making themselves their own god had something to do with them being killed by the priesthood?

Sometimes preachers are expounding on the law and so they are teaching that the law does not save, so does Paul often in the his letters.

It is not that sin is not to blame for what happened at Sinai but in order to understand what Jesus has accomplished it is important to understand the law within the perspective of the Good News (Mount Zion). It is a direct comparison showing how much superior the good news of Pentecost is compared to the giving of the law.

Paul himself makes the same analogy. He even call the law the ministration of death, sounds pretty harsh to me, and tells us that its glory was done away, much like the glory that faded which had surrounded Moses.
[h=3] 2 Corinthians 3:7 [/h][SUP]4[/SUP]And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: [SUP]5[/SUP]Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; [SUP]6[/SUP]Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. [SUP]7[/SUP]But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: [SUP]8[/SUP]How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? [SUP]9[/SUP]For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. [SUP]10[/SUP]For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth."


I say praise God he has given us a more excellent way to conquer sin in our lives and it is not by the law but by the new life of Jesus abiding in us!

What I find more evil are preachers that minimize the complete victory of Jesus, so as to diminish His amazing work, and keep bringing the law into the New Covenant. Believe in His complete victory and that victory will be formed in you and yes you will then then love God and your neighbour.

Angela Lina

 

[InSpiritInTruth]

What I find more evil are preachers that minimize the complete victory of Jesus, so as to diminish His amazing work, and keep bringing the law into the New Covenant. Believe in His complete victory and that victory will be formed in you and yes you will then then love God and your neighbour.

Angela Lina

Yes, it is the Lord that sets us free from the bondage and power of sin and death, as He is also our righteousness. But a lot of false preachers preach a lawless doctrine because their own works are evil, and thus they also speak evil of the law which exposes their sins. But yet you do not hear them speak out against sin, why is that? Loving God includes doing His will, and keeping His commandments, and also following the sayings and teachings of Jesus Christ. Even in the New Covenant which Jesus Christ taught, there are laws and commandments written on our hearts by the Holy Spirit, as was also prophesied....

Jeremiah 31:31-33 "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:[SUP]32 [/SUP]Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:
[SUP]33 [/SUP]But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people."

The Old was just a shadow of the New.....

Hebrews 8:1-10 "Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
[SUP]2 [/SUP]A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
[SUP]5 [/SUP]Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
[SUP]9 [/SUP]Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:"

So the New Covenant is not a lawless Covenant as many try to claim. You will not hear the wage of keeping God's commandments leads to death by a minister of Christ, but you will hear the wage of sin is death. Those who are born of God walk in righteousness, not in lawlessness. And those who are of God's Holy Spirit will reprove the world of sin, but will not speak evil of God's laws and commandments.

 

[Grandpa]

So the New Covenant is not a lawless Covenant as many try to claim. You will not hear the wage of keeping God's commandments leads to death by a minister of Christ, but you will hear the wage of sin is death. Those who are born of God walk in righteousness, not in lawlessness. And those who are of God's Holy Spirit will reprove the world of sin, but will not speak evil of God's laws and commandments.

The New Covenant isn't a lawless covenant.

But it isn't one of working at commandments, either.

The New Covenant is a Covenant of Rest in the Work that has already been done.


Which of the commandments are not kept by the fruit of the Spirit? And then which of the fruit of the Spirit are produced by your work at the law?


When people talk about sin and talk about keeping commandments they seem to forget how we overcome. And then become hypocrites.

 

[seed_time_harvest]

This thread is not about if anyone was able to keep the whole law in the OT, it is about people who speak evil of the law and commandments of God, but yet they do not speak evil of ongoing sin.

I apologize InSpiritInTruth,for not reading the OP and answering to the OP.

 

[InSpiritInTruth]

The New Covenant isn't a lawless covenant.

But it isn't one of working at commandments, either.

The New Covenant is a Covenant of Rest in the Work that has already been done.

When people talk about sin and talk about keeping commandments they seem to forget how we overcome.

There is more of that "maintenance free" salvation mentality with a do nothing on your part kind of faith. Jesus said if you love me you will keep my commandments. And He also asked why people called Him Lord but yet did not the things which he said for them to do. We are told by Jesus and the apostles what we are expected to do as his disciples, he did not say just kick back and enjoy the ride.

Hebrews 4:11
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

 

[redeemed2014]

There is more of that "maintenance free" salvation mentality with a do nothing on your part kind of faith. Jesus said if you love me you will keep my commandments. And He also asked why people called Him Lord but yet did not the things which he said for them to do. We are told by Jesus and the apostles what we are expected to do as his disciples, he did not say just kick back and enjoy the ride.

Hebrews 4:11
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

If you have a true salvation there is no "maintenance free". Being saved by grace seals you with the Holy Ghost until the day of redemption. The Holy Ghost does not lead you into sinning or laziness, but will lead you to bring forth fruits/good works. When a person claims that there salvation is "maintenance free" and they act like they live on skid row it is a good indicator that there was not a true salvation, though only the Lord can look on the hearts of men. That being said it still will not change the fact that the only way to salvation is through the Lord Jesus Christ and HIS death, burial, and Resurrection which was the perfect sacrifice accepted by God for all of our sins past, present, and future.

 

[Grandpa]

There is more of that "maintenance free" salvation mentality with a do nothing on your part kind of faith. Jesus said if you love me you will keep my commandments. And He also asked why people called Him Lord but yet did not the things which he said for them to do. We are told by Jesus and the apostles what we are expected to do as his disciples, he did not say just kick back and enjoy the ride.

Hebrews 4:11
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

Martha was upset with Mary over this same thing.

What did the Lord say?

One thing is needful...