{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Christ Covenant Church","title":"Journaling: Deuteronomy 16-19","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4202,"description":"Acceptable worship requires more than good intentions (i.e. it also requires careful observance of God’s instructions)(16:1-17, 12).\nThe Lord’s Table (NC Passover) is to be observed only in the place where God’s Name dwells (i.e. the covenant community w/her anointed priests) (16:5-6).\nThough the “works of the law” (which included the three Sabbath holidays) have been superseded through faith in Christ (Gal 4:10), the principles which remain intact would include: 1) we must remove the sin or “leaven” from our life (i.e. we must seek and serve justice/repent) if we want God to remove His wrath for our sins (Passover) (16:1-8; 1Co 5:6-8), 2) we must acknowledge God’s yearly provision and blessings through freewill offerings and rejoicing w/the covenant community if we want His provisional blessings to continue (Feast of Weeks and Booths)(16:9-17, 10-11, 14, 16b-17).\nEvery covenant community is to “appoint [its own] judges and officers” for the purpose of “judg(ing) the people w/righteous judgment” (16:18; 1Co 6:1-3; NC = ordained teaching elders are the “judges”, ruling elders are the “officers”; e.g. Act 14:23).\nRighteous judgment requires that there be no perversion of justice which includes any and all forms of partiality. IOW: justice is on God’s terms and not ours (16:19).\nTo follow God and receive His blessings means following the path of “justice and only justice” (or “blind righteousness”) in all things (16:20).\nGod hates even subtle forms of idolatry (16:21-17:1; e.g. men w/long hair /women w/short hair– see 1Co 11:13-16 = Paul associates hair w/proper worship of God [short hair: verse 6 – “shorn” = hair cut short on top, sides and back – or “above the collar & above the ears”; “shave” = hair shaved on top, sides and back]; shorn/shaved has been the honorable standard for men for thousands of years – 2Co 8:21; See also Lev 10:6, 13:45, 21:10 – “hang loose” = let grow long and become unclean; General rule: if a man’s hair can hang, then it is too long).\nAll...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UXGjftzm8Yw--IISwUKe6A6-CX1YtARptisfLmFJFoI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81Zjc4/MmNmNTMxZjNmOTgw/YjA1NWRhYmMxMTNl/YmE1Zi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}