Fantastic! This is so encouraging to hear. God bless you and your children.

Hi, I'm the person in the clip. The trouble with these shorts is that they sometimes lose the context; it probably makes more sense if you listen to the whole thing. But broadly, the point is that sometimes human beings do tip over into being 'animalistic' in the negative sense (using the metaphor of the story) - e.g. in anger, cruelty, violence, oppression, etc.; we become predators. That's not (we believe) what God wants, and it's not the pattern of life Christ models. Sorry if that wasn't clear!

@@biblesociety nope, the Bible is a pretty fascistic text att the macro level, hidden behind cherry picking the nice stories when you're indoctrinating the little lambs. So much theft from previous cultures too before you came up with the idea of mono theism. But you do you. Maybe become more humane and give up this bronze age barbarism

If w loved by the teachings of what is truly in the Bible, we'd be in prison, think on that truly and repent (to yourself because you can't say in a court of law God made me do it)

That’s a good question! (Apologies for the long answer incoming ...) A great place to go in the Bible to explore this is in Romans chapters 3, 5 and 6. Chapter 3 talks about the problem we have - we’ve all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (verse 23). And you’re right! That being the case, we do deserve to suffer the consequences of our sin. HOWEVER, this is where the beauty of the gospel comes in. Instead of leaving us in a hopeless state of being condemned because of what we’ve done, powerless to make things right in our own strength, God loves us and shows us incredible mercy to redeem and restore us instead. John 3.16 says, ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.’ Romans 5.6-8 expands on this further by saying that Jesus Christ has died in our place, meaning God’s justice has been satisfied by Jesus and we no longer face the death penalty for our sin. Perhaps the idea that Jesus took our place doesn’t sit well with you either? Isn’t that unfair for him? But the Gospel accounts make it clear that Jesus came for this purpose, out of love for us, and willingly took our place. It’s a gift of grace we don’t deserve and yet he did it. That feeling that we shouldn’t be complacent about God’s mercy and forgiveness is absolutely spot on though. The beginning of Romans chapter 6 looks at this and reminds us of the cost to Jesus Christ of dying in our place and reminds us that if we have a new life in him, how can we go on living as though we’re dead in our sins?

As Jesus lived fully as a human, he would have also experienced life as any Jewish person of his time, which included reading, studying and memorising Scripture. Additionally, by engaging with the Scriptures, Jesus modelled for others how important it is to study and live according to God's word. While he was 'the word made flesh,' his actions often served as a perfect example of how to live faithfully.

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