11. How did the Jewish leaders in the days of Christ, for the sake of gain, make void the fifth
commandment?
Answer
"But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be
profited by me; and honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the
commandment of God of none effect by your tradition." Matt. 15:5,6.
NOTE - The word translated gift in this text means a thing dedicated to God, and therefore not to
be used for any other purpose. In this way the Jewish teachers, by their traditional law, taught children that
by saying that their property was thus dedicated to the temple or to religious purposes, they were free from
the obligation to honor and support their parents, thus making void one of the commandments of God. This
Christ condemned.
What is Christ to one renewed after God's image?
What assurance has the believer of his union with God?
What was to be the nature of the next kingdom after Babylon?
What final call to come out of Babylon is to go forth?
12. Because of Christ's healing a woman of an infirmity on the Sabbath, what did the ruler of a certain synagogue say?
What is the character of this new power?
If an answer does not come at once, what should we do?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle