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Striving for Balance

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This reflection explores the biblical concept of balance, emphasizing the importance of not neglecting weightier matters of the law while fulfilling lesser obligations. It draws from various scriptures to highlight the harmony within the Word, encouraging believers to maintain equilibrium in judgment, mercy, faith, and daily living. The message stresses the necessity of keeping all biblical truths in perspective, correcting imbalances, and prioritizing the essential commandments of love and righteousness. Through striving for this balance, we can better align with the teachings of Christ.

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Striving for Balance

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  1. Striving for Balance

  2. Striving for Balance “23: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone” (Matt. 23). Balance is a little hard to always pin down.

  3. Striving for Balance Balance involved the whole counsel: “20: And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house…. 26: Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27: For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God” (Acts 20).

  4. Striving for Balance Total harmony of scripture: “We are not to expect, in every place, the whole circle of Christian truth to be fully stated, and that no conclusion may be drawn from the absence of a doctrine from one passage which is clearly stated in others” (R. C. Trench, 17f.).

  5. Striving for Balance Harmony of scripture: Galatians 1: 10 – I Corinthians 9: 22. Jude 3, Phili. 1: 17 – 2 Timothy 2: 24, 25. Ephesians 2: 8, 9 – James 2: 14-19. Titus 2: 4, 5 – Proverbs 31: 10-31.

  6. Striving for Balance Prioritizing: Matthew 6: 33. Matthew 22: 37-40. Galatians 5: 6.

  7. Striving for Balance Providing for a living: I Timothy 5: 8 – Ephesians 4: 28. 1. I Corinthians 6: 10.

  8. Striving for Balance Childrearing: Ephesians 6: 4

  9. Striving for Balance Knowledge and zeal: Romans 10: 1-3.

  10. Striving for Balance Conclusion: “23: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone” (Matt. 22).

  11. Striving for Balance Balance is not elimination: Sadness/happiness. Sin/cleansed. Grief/good days.

  12. Striving for Balance The goal: Have a view to the “whole counsel of God” and keep everything in its place. Never forget the foundational truths and impetus. When the scales become imbalanced, correct them.

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