To Walk in God's Ways

[David Koberstein]

The Bible regards human beings as distinctive because they alone are created, "in God's image."
A characteristic that endows human life with an inherent sanctity. Having being created "in God's
image," people are to try to imitate God's actions. Such behavior is commonly known by the Latin
term imitatio dei (imitating God), an idea derived from Deuteronomy 28:9: "The Lord will establish
you as his holy people, as he has sworn to you, if you shall keep the commandments of the Lord
your God, and walk in His ways."

The Rabbis point to several instances in the Torah of divine behavior that human beings are expected
to emulate. For example, because God is depicted as clothing the naked---"And the Lord God made
garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them" (Genesis 3:21)---Human beings should do
likewise and provide clothing for the poor.

Because God visited the sick---"The Lord appeared to [Abraham] by the terebinths of Mamre" (immediately
following Abraham's circumcision at the age of ninety-nine; Genesis 18:1)---we should visit and comfort the
sick. This important commandment acquired a special Hebrew name, bikur holim (visiting the sick) Within
Orthodox Jewish communities, one often finds Bikur Holim societies whose members make regular visits
to hospitals, where they often see patients who have no other visitors.

Because God buried the dead---"He buried [Moses] in the valley of Moab" (Deuteronomy 34:6)---one should
help bury the dead, particularly the poor, on whose behalf money must be collected to purchase a plot.

The Rabbis regard burial as the highest ethical act because it is done without any expectation that the
"recipient" will repay the good deed (in Hebrew, chesed shel emet, a true act of loving-kindness). Likewise
it is the highest form of imitation of God, since all of God's acts are done without expectation, or need of
repayment.

"To walk in His ways" means to ask oneself before performing a deed: "Is this what God would want me
to do? Is this the Godly way to act?

Shalom

 

[praise_yeshua]

The Bible regards human beings as distinctive because they alone are created, "in God's image."
A characteristic that endows human life with an inherent sanctity. Having being created "in God's
image," people are to try to imitate God's actions. Such behavior is commonly known by the Latin
term imitatio dei (imitating God), an idea derived from Deuteronomy 28:9: "The Lord will establish
you as his holy people, as he has sworn to you, if you shall keep the commandments of the Lord
your God, and walk in His ways."

The Rabbis point to several instances in the Torah of divine behavior that human beings are expected
to emulate. For example, because God is depicted as clothing the naked---"And the Lord God made
garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them" (Genesis 3:21)---Human beings should do
likewise and provide clothing for the poor.

Because God visited the sick---"The Lord appeared to [Abraham] by the terebinths of Mamre" (immediately
following Abraham's circumcision at the age of ninety-nine; Genesis 18:1)---we should visit and comfort the
sick. This important commandment acquired a special Hebrew name, bikur holim (visiting the sick) Within
Orthodox Jewish communities, one often finds Bikur Holim societies whose members make regular visits
to hospitals, where they often see patients who have no other visitors.

Because God buried the dead---"He buried [Moses] in the valley of Moab" (Deuteronomy 34:6)---one should
help bury the dead, particularly the poor, on whose behalf money must be collected to purchase a plot.

The Rabbis regard burial as the highest ethical act because it is done without any expectation that the
"recipient" will repay the good deed (in Hebrew, chesed shel emet, a true act of loving-kindness). Likewise
it is the highest form of imitation of God, since all of God's acts are done without expectation, or need of
repayment.

"To walk in His ways" means to ask oneself before performing a deed: "Is this what God would want me
to do? Is this the Godly way to act?

Shalom

Rabbis........ always want to distract from the real needs of others.

What buried Jesus Christ?

 

[David Koberstein]

Rabbis........ always want to distract from the real needs of others.

What buried Jesus Christ?

I know it wasn't your Budweiser or Coors lite buddies.

 

[David Koberstein]

Rabbis........ always want to distract from the real needs of others.

What buried Jesus Christ?

Rabbis and Jews are to be a blessing to others, even fake Christians like you. We are also called to be a light and a blessing to the nations.
Shalom

 

[praise_yeshua]

I know it wasn't your Budweiser or Coors lite buddies.

I said my father was an alcoholic. Since that time, you've refused to deal with your own history while claim your ethnically superior to mine.

Such is not true. All men are equal.

 

[praise_yeshua]

Rabbis and Jews are to be a blessing to others, even fake Christians like you. We are also called to be a light and a blessing to the nations.
Shalom

How am I a fake Christian? You're the one playing this "I'm better than you" nonsense.

 

[David Koberstein]

I said my father was an alcoholic. Since that time, you've refused to deal with your own history while claim your ethnically superior to mine.

Such is not true. All men are equal.

I don't have to deal with my history. Jewish people are a highly gifted and talented group of people, and it is well documented.
Shalom

 

[praise_yeshua]

I don't have to deal with my history. Jewish people are a highly gifted and talented group of people, and it is well documented.
Shalom

Just more "superior" crap from you. Why are you a "Jew" Supremacist?

Your history is clearly documented in the Scriptures.....

I've been posting that documentation for some time now and you're ignoring it.....

Act 7:43 You took up the tent of Moloch and the star of your god Rephan, the images that you made to worship; and I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’

Is this good enough documentation for you?

Did you read from the article at the chabad.org website of human sacrifices in your ancestry?

 

[David Koberstein]

Again I am not a Jew Supremacist. Antisemitism does not look good on you, but it goes hand in hand with your Budweiser lineage. The chosen Jewish people are a unique gifted and talented people more so than any other ethnicity. Probably because of their covenantal relationship with God which brings great blessings
Shalom

 

[praise_yeshua]

Again I am not a Jew Supremacist. Antisemitism does not look good on you, but it goes hand in hand with your Budweiser lineage. The chosen Jewish people are a unique gifted and talented people more so than any other ethnicity. Probably because of their covenantal relationship with God which brings great blessings
Shalom

Funny how you claim you're not a Jew Supremist yet go on to prove that you're a Jew Supremist......

You're just so blessed.... right?

White Supremists use the same arguments. You haven't seen me make those argument. All men are equal in their failures. Whites and Jews included.

 

[Soyeong]

The Bible regards human beings as distinctive because they alone are created, "in God's image."
A characteristic that endows human life with an inherent sanctity. Having being created "in God's
image," people are to try to imitate God's actions. Such behavior is commonly known by the Latin
term imitatio dei (imitating God), an idea derived from Deuteronomy 28:9: "The Lord will establish
you as his holy people, as he has sworn to you, if you shall keep the commandments of the Lord
your God, and walk in His ways."

The Rabbis point to several instances in the Torah of divine behavior that human beings are expected
to emulate. For example, because God is depicted as clothing the naked---"And the Lord God made
garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them" (Genesis 3:21)---Human beings should do
likewise and provide clothing for the poor.

Because God visited the sick---"The Lord appeared to [Abraham] by the terebinths of Mamre" (immediately
following Abraham's circumcision at the age of ninety-nine; Genesis 18:1)---we should visit and comfort the
sick. This important commandment acquired a special Hebrew name, bikur holim (visiting the sick) Within
Orthodox Jewish communities, one often finds Bikur Holim societies whose members make regular visits
to hospitals, where they often see patients who have no other visitors.

Because God buried the dead---"He buried [Moses] in the valley of Moab" (Deuteronomy 34:6)---one should
help bury the dead, particularly the poor, on whose behalf money must be collected to purchase a plot.

The Rabbis regard burial as the highest ethical act because it is done without any expectation that the
"recipient" will repay the good deed (in Hebrew, chesed shel emet, a true act of loving-kindness). Likewise
it is the highest form of imitation of God, since all of God's acts are done without expectation, or need of
repayment.

"To walk in His ways" means to ask oneself before performing a deed: "Is this what God would want me
to do? Is this the Godly way to act?

Shalom

The Hebrew word "yada" refers to an intimate relationship or knowledge gained through experience, such as in Genesis 4:1, Adam knew (yada) Eve, she conceived, and gave brith to Cain. God's way is the way to know Him and Jesus by being in His likeness through delighting in being a doer of His character traits, which is the way to eternal life (John 17:3).

For example, in Genesis 18:19, God knew (yada) Abraham that he would teach his children and those of His household to walk in His by being a doer of righteousness and justice that the Lord might bring to him all that He has promised. In Exodus 33:13, Moses wanted God to be gracious to him by teaching him to walk in His way that he and Israel might know (yada) Him. There are many verses where God taught how to walk in His way through His law, such as Deuteronomy 10:12-13, Isaiah 2:2-3, Joshua 22:5, 1 Kings 2:1-3, Psalms 103:7, Psalms 119:1-3, and many others. In Jeremiah 9:3 and 9:6, they did not know (yada) God and refused to know Him because in 9:13, they had forsaken God's law, while in 9:24, those who know God know that He delights in being a doer of steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in all of the earth, so the way to know God is by delighting in being a doer of His character traits.

Furthermore, that is also the way to know the Son, who is the radiance of God's glory and the exact likeness of Gpd's character (Hebrews 1:3). In 1 John 2:4, those who say that they know Jesus, but don't obey his commands are liars, in 1 John 3:4-6, those who continue to practice sin in transgression of God's law have neither seen nor know him, and in Matthew 7:23, Jesus said that he would tell those who are workers of lawlessness to depart from him because he never knew them.