For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Matthew 5:18
Why do we continue to study the scriptures? Surely by now we have read all of the Bible at least once. Is that not good enough? One reason to study comes from the creep. No, not that guy who hangs around in Walmart. The creep that comes over time to a project or a life. You may have been there before. The company needs more storage and a metal building is approved for construction about half a mile from the headquarters building. It begins simply as a warehouse with no services but electricity for lighting. Then the facilities director tours the site and has to go. You know, she feels the urge that comes from too much coffee in a long meeting. Half a mile suddenly seems way too far to be away from a certain facility. The project just crept a bit. Then another department needs a space for an important function and since this project is already approved, a little change won't mean all that much added cost. You have been there and seen the simple warehouse that grew into a 3-story addition to the corporate headquarters site. In a similar fashion, we can see how the Pharisees did not sit down one day in 982 B.C. and hash out 600 traditions to add to the Law of Moses. The creep set in with just a few or even one tradition, and then it got out of hand somewhere. When Jesus arrived in Jerusalem some years down the way, He found a bunch of rule-spewing dragons who had lost their way and could not recognize the Messiah standing before them. They did not fulfill the law, Jesus did!
So, after you groan over the length of that paragraph, study the Word with the Lord! And avoid the creep.
Bucky
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