Message Notes

August 9th, 2026
At the Movies: wk 5
Now You See Me

Side Screens: Now You See Me
[Video: AttheMovies- NowYouSeeMe]

Does the End justify the Means?

Does the End justify the Means?

Providence:
the protective care of God

But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: Be holy, because I am holy.
1 Peter 1:15-16

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
2 Corinthians 5:17

Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. Leviticus 24:17

Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8

But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!
Amos 5:24

Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.

And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 22:36-39

All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.
Matthew 22:40

Hierarchy of Good.

Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin.
Matthew 23:23

But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
Matthew 23:23

Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.

And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 22:36-39

The midwives answered Pharaoh, Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.
Exodus 1:19

So God was kind to the midwives
Exodus 1:20

But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
Hebrews 5:14

But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: Be holy, because I am holy.
1 Peter 1:15-16

Does the End justify the Means?

Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.

And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 22:36-39