Tag: moral living
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Tobit- Why People Believed Blindness Was the Result of Sin
Tobit 4:1-21 In this part of the story, Tobit realizes that there is pertinent information that his son, Tobias, needs to have before he dies. Since he has asked God to put him out of his misery (3:6), he calls for his son. Tobias comes to his father and Tobit gives him instructions concerning family,…
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Tobit- Moral Living in an Immoral or Amoral Society
Chapter 1 v. 10-22 Tobit continues to describe his own piety. According to the author’s quotation, here, Tobit kept the Jewish dietary laws and even buried his countrymen who were slain under Sennacherib. Here, we must remind ourselves that Tobit’s character is doing something that is dishonoring to God and something that Jesus exposed as…