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(James 1, 19–27; Mark 10, 17–27) Someone turned to the Lord with the question: “Good Teacher! What must I do to inherit eternal life?” (Mark 10:17) What prompted this question? Were there no scriptures? Didn’t they read the law every Sabbath for everyone? There was everything - both Scripture and its interpreters; but in society there was controversy and confusion. The Pharisees said one thing, the Sadducees said another, the Essenes said theirs, the Samaritans said theirs; in Galilee, perhaps, pagan teachings were also heard, and everyone expressed theirs in a tone of conviction. Anyone who is zealous for salvation naturally comes to the question: what to do, what to follow, so as not to destroy your soul? Our situation is very similar to what it was then. What kind of teachings we have in schools, in society, and in literature! The indifferentist doesn’t care about this; and for those who are not all the same, no matter what teaching they follow, they cannot help but look for a solution: what to do? So what is the solution to this? The same as the Savior gave: believe and live as God commanded, and do not listen to people’s talk; let them talk. And the talk of scientists is similar to rumor and fashion: today one thing, tomorrow another, but you listen to one thing, “the word of God, which abides forever” (1 Pet. 1:23, 25). What the Lord has commanded, no amount of wisdom can cancel. Everything is urgent and everything must be done. The judgment will be according to the word of the Lord, and not according to our speculations. You might be interested in: