Can you reject the Christian religion and still believe in Jesus? That's just one of the

questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. Well, hi, I'm Bill

Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about the

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First up today, let's go to one of our listeners named Dakota.

Recently in our Bible study, we've been talking about how Jesus had fulfilled the law,

but we were wondering about how in the Psalms, David says, we meditate on the law day and night,

what maybe the difference between those two words, law was, thanks.

Hey, Dakota, thank you for that question. The law of God, yes, frequently throughout the book of

Psalms, you have this language of meditating on the law, right at the very beginning of the Psalms. Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of thems, you have this language of meditating on the law right at the very beginning of the

Psalms. Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of

sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers, but his delight is in the law of the Lord. And on his

law, he meditates day and night. Psalms one and two, the first two Psalms of the Salter are really sort of setting the stage for the entire thing,

this focus on Torah, on God's law, and how meditation on it makes us wise, wise for salvation.

Now, when you see that word law throughout the Psalms, oftentimes I think we just assume that means, well,

the Ten Commandments, the law of God. Probably it's better to understand that as referring to the

Torah. You think of the first five books of the Old Testament. And in fact, the Psalms themselves

are a reflection of Torah. The Torah is the first five books of the Old Testament, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. And you may not know this, but the Psalms are actually broken up into five books, just like Torah, if you will. And so this is this reflection on Torah. And David, the Psalmist, frequently speaks of meditating on Torah, on God's

law. Now, do we do that today as Christians? Are we called to do that since Jesus fulfilled the

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