Thoughts drifting back and forth

Piper 13-14 chapter 13 deals with the idea of circumcision being a ritual in the Catholic Church that is not mandatory because Jesus’ suffering and death is enough to resolve our sins. This is something I though of was well because I think most rituals are done out of repetition rather than reflection and so forth. What was not clear in these reading was that whether or not Jews still circumcise out of ritual of sacrifice or the Law of Moses. Chapter 14 dealt with the God’s new and old covenant. The new covenant deals with Jesus’ death and how it is the new covenant because it was his blood of the covenant that “poured for many”. Jesus died so our sins cold be forgiven. What I have little knowledge over is the Law of Moses. This was introduced in the last chapter but I have little knowledge of it. Hopefully I read about it in the future reading of the bible.

Genesis 37-41 I wonder how much twenty shekels would be in dollars today. Any amount would not be enough to sell a family member into slavery. Was Reuben toring of cloths symbolic or just a sign of true anger/emotion? The two stories written here are excellent stories but I’m not sure exactly what the meanings are. Judah impregnating his late son’s wife, I believe is a cultural thing of the past. But why is it important that the father impregnate her? Was it because he promised her a child? I’m not sure. The truths probably lie in the journey and not the end. I mean with Er and Onan being wicked and not fulfilling his duties, god was angry. But again, I’m just speculating. Joseph’s story is also amazing and complex. Joseph being sold into slavery and then becoming the favorite of the phoero quite a journey. Was slavery and imprisonment foreseen by God and only done to save these people from famine? This ties into Gods great plan and shows sometimes we can not see what his plans lye for us in the future.

Lewis 94-103 www.m-w.com defines chastity as

Doing something on purpose to excite lust for oneself or others is offending against chastity. Lewis’s metaphor of food and sex is perfect because it does show how much attention people really give sex and the sex industry. Guys have videos, mags, posters, and go to strip shows just to fulfill this urge. The same urge is there with food, but no one hangs a big Mac poster on his wall with the same content that sprouts the same urges because that would be just weird. I also like the idea that sexual propaganda pushes us to think sexually more the usual. This is the same as how Fast Food companies are making the US fat by pushing ads saying that they’re healthy and cheap. People see how cheap they are and all the good campaigns around them, and decide to partake even though they know it’s not healthy. It’s also nice to hear that point at the end about malicious content is far greater than physical sins.