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Is this the same as wondering why we should pray at all?

Ah you've just reminded me, I found that the fishers of men idea comes from Jeremiah 16 - right??! This was a new discovery for me. It's one of the things that made me more aware of the concept that Jesus' mind must have been full of this prophecy. It's just my idea and I'm here to learn from...

It seems uncontroversial to me that he was becoming an offering that the sailors could offer. (By the way, this raises a storm of questions, but I think we're meant to ponder the implications of this (staying true to the rest of scripture of course) so that feeling it gives us is not a threat...

And much cattle!

Paul wrote "I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man, for I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but through a revelation of Jesus Christ." This is in Galatians 1.11-12. He goes on to elaborate. So I think to...

I'm glad you did it anyway, I didn't want to make you feel stupid, thank you for sharing these precious words! It reminds me that Jesus resisted temptation, in the wilderness and in the garden. And we are declared righteous in him, covered by him. We have the resistance of temptation which...

Thank you, dear. Do you have any favourite section or theme, or any special memory from your life relating to this book in some way?

This took me to Matthew 11.28, a well-known verse. Looking at it in context I found that immediately after that prayer is one of the stories of Jesus and the Sabbath. Have you ever meditated on this in Matthew 11-12? I would be glad to hear what you have to say, dear.

Thank you for your kind question. It's causing me a lot of thought. I'm not sure people are in separate groups

This reminds and inspires me to be zealous for doing good works. [Brainstorming ideas about that:....] to be generous and sacrificial with those weaker than me (in any sense - physical, social, ..), counting others as more worthy than myself. to be zealous, wow, that's a big word, not just to...

Some people got quite sidetracked there, so let's reset and welcome any more ideas arising from the book of Jeremiah.

John 13 Stay on topic if you can I desire your holy wisdom

Whether "we are free to do everything that the torah reveals as sin" can be left as a hypothetical, because why would we, freed by Jesus for life in the Spirit, grieve him who gave the torah? He didn't come to abolish it but to fulfill it, and love is the fulfillment of the torah. The same...

I can feel your zeal in these words, it reminds me of the Lord.

Thank you, this was good to read. It's also interesting that I've just been thinking about Jesus the Shepherd in the thread I started about Jeremiah (although that may have been a mistaken connection to draw).

Thank you Fos, this reminds me that there is a recurring theme of God's people going away from God and continuing on and on to destruction. In all of these stories (or nearly all? I haven't thought thoroughly) there is a remnant saved through grace, like an ember snatched from the fire (though...

Hello Stan, thank you for this but I don't quite understand. I can only think that you're suggesting I'm at risk of going down the wrong path and not knowing until it's too late (or ever) - based on the common story about the frog in the pan of water - but I had a re-read of my post and I'm not...

I think that, it makes sense that we are free from the torah, as this is a clear New Testament teaching, and it also makes sense that we are to fulfil the torah by loving God and each other, as this is also a clear New Testament teaching. I suppose that being free from the torah doesn't mean...

Hello dear, thank you but I don't think it's relevant to this thread, looks like an accidental post.

Yes! Thank you for bringing this out. I noticed things about this near the end of the book today.