Matthew 23:23 (The Weightier Provisions of the Law 2: Faithfulness)
What is the importance of faithfulness that makes it a weighty provision of the law? See Deut 32:20, 1Sa 26:23, Hos 2:20, Hab 2:4 and consider again the New Testament relationship of mercy to the Old Testament concept of chesed that is the foremost responsibility of a covenant relationship, a key responsibility for which we…