tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post8908137808139873133..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: Lent One and The Temptation of Scriptural LiteralismSUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-47404776567533011372013-02-19T08:05:16.003-08:002013-02-19T08:05:16.003-08:00First ... Because Jesus was using Scripture to exp...First ... Because Jesus was using Scripture to explain what the Kingdom of God is supposed to look like.<br /><br />Second -- following God's commands -- love God and love your neighbor as yourself are the ones upon they all hang -- is not the same as confusing the Living Word of God with the literal words of God.SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-40660723722508044542013-02-19T06:57:57.182-08:002013-02-19T06:57:57.182-08:00First - how does your logic not invalidate Jesus&#...First - how does your logic not invalidate Jesus's renunciation of the Devil by citing Scripture the first two times?<br /><br />Second - I looked up the actual citation that Jesus was referring to. It's most of Deuteronomy 6:16 - "Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Masseh." The "test" at Masseh (Exodus 17:1-7) was when Israel doubted the Lord andRonFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346484258194484053noreply@blogger.com