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Today's Early Church Wisdom
'If one should wish to prepare an aromatic oil, one should, according to the law, take an equal weight of stacte, onycha, sweet galbanum and transparent frankincense (Exodus 30:34). These are the four virtues [self-mastery, courage, wisdom, righteousness]. When they all exist in the soul in equal force and full perfection, the mind will not be betrayed (by some inner traitor).'
Abba Nilus of Sinai
D. 450 A.D.
This week's Psalm is Psalm 30 'Joy Comes With The Morning'

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Trusting or Tempting?

As the Cambridge commentary observes, an act such as Jesus throwing Himself from the temple pinnacle would have been one where He sought “to glorify Himself…by a conspicuous miracle” rather than to glorify God through obedience. John Gill similarly notes that to neglect ordinary means and expect divine rescue is “not…trusting God… but a tempting of God”. Theologically, this distinction between faith and presumption has been echoed throughout Christian tradition: Augustine warned that “it is one thing to trust, another to tempt,” and Thomas Aquinas argued that tempting God involves demanding signs when sufficient revelation has already been given (Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, II–II, q.97). As we diligently listen to Yeshua today, fresh trust will surely arise in our heart!

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