Lighthouse

 The bible is a loaded book with 66 different books containing so many stories, commandments, instructions, doctrines, prophecies, etc. As a Christian, we try to live by obeying the injunctions of the bible. But the bible is so comprehensive that sometimes it seems to contradict itself. At one point it is telling you "thou shall not kill", but somewhere else, we read where God is instructing His people to completely wipe out another nation by killing them. And then in another place, the same Bible tells you "love your enemies as you love yourself". All these can sometimes seem confusing. But there is a way out of the confusion. The answer can be seen in Jesus' words in Matthew 23:23 " Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone." Jesus was saying that some thi...