A Book Dedicated to God
The point: Admonish your children to exercise caution before making commitments in matters of sacred dedication to God.
Martin uses the example of dedicating a book to God to illustrate the concept of making something 'holy' by setting it apart for His service, clarifying that this does not imply a spiritual permeation of the object itself.
verse 25 it is a snare to a man rashly to say it is holy and after vows to make inquiry what's he saying here well someone is going to take a common object and give it to god set it apart to the service of god and that made it holy here's a book i dedicated to god and his special service it is now a holy book now that doesn't mean that the spirit of god percolates through the pages and purges out any influence from sinful people who've held it no the primary concept of holy in the old testament is something set apart for the service of god in the new testament it's people set apart for the ser...
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