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Podcast: The Bible as Literature
Episode: You Said It
Description: For the one who answers only to the will of God, written in Scripture, the words people speak and the judgments they make are immaterial. More than that, in Matthew, the one who hears the commandment with a pure heart carries it out like a Roman soldier, willing to say—or not say—or do whatever it takes to deliver the mission. God forbid your self-righteous, enlightened, ethical and moral judgment of his means interfere with an end willed by God himself. Like the man said:“Judge not, that you may...