Deuteronomy 13:3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

We have been talking about teachers and students so it is only natural to consider how it feels to take important tests. School is one thing, spiritual testing is another.

I’ve considered what it means to live with only having the Pentateuch as books for learning.

BlueLetterBible Biblical Outline for Sadducees = “the righteous”

  A religious party at the time of Christ among the Jews, who denied that the oral law was a revelation of God to the Israelites, and who deemed the written law alone to be obligatory on the nation, as the divine authority. They denied the following doctrines:

  resurrection of the body

  immortality of the soul

  existence of spirits and angels

  divine predestination, affirmed free will

Some of these men were found in the Sanhedrin  which means simply “court of justice,” in most cases it is used to designate the supreme Jewish Court of Justice in Jerusalem. Source International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Imagine being tested for studying and believing only the Pentateuch.

Matthew 23:23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

Taking a weighted test scores correct answers for important questions higher than incorrect answers for less significant questions. I would offer up this opinion, that the law of love is more important than Mosaic Law.

But I am neither a teacher nor an examiner. I am one tested.

Might I also add, I have not been stoned to death. (YET)

Leviticus 24:16 Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

I won’t bother to ask how many of my readers use the active X link to pull up this quote. It may be that they found it on a platform that does not allow links or they may not have recognized that it was an active link.

Then there will be a small group that already knows what Leviicus 24:16 says. Those may be serious students of the bible or perhaps even teachers.

Everyone is welcome to ask why I did not include the text along with the link. I welcome questions. Please ask, please!!!

Questions lead to conversations that allow teachers to comprehend the level of understanding a subject matter for their students have on the subject. It is also a fair gauge of intellect.

We live in the church age and believe in our Lord Jesus Christ. At least I hope we all do but this article, like all my articles go out through multiple media platforms, emails only being one of them.

I do not expect everyone to understand my reasoning, but I do not want anyone to take what I say for granted. Validate anything or everything I say. Questions are welcome.

I ask my teacher of teachers questions all the time.

Here is one and I think it is important. If a sojourner blasphemes “the Name” wouldn’t it be fair to that stranger to discover what “that Name” is and why it is such a protected name? Did they actually know why they were being put to death? That doesn’t sound like justice.

Then again, we live in a system that says we have the right to hear the charges against us and face our accuser in court. Those rights are only applicable to U.S. Bill of Rights. Other countries will have their own laws.

We live in a time of grace that is available to us through our faith in Jesus Christ.

Who among us do not believe and what is their understanding? What is offensive to them that is considered worthy of death?

Our teachers cannot cover every aspect of biblical implications. They cannot help us with those things that bother us if we do not ask. The classroom is the place to ask before we are tested by God. Deuteronomy 13:3