Jan 9, 2022
Before we read GENESIS
17-18,
remember
that in chapter 15 we heard of God's covenant with Abram and
Abram's _fully believing_ God's promises. Then in chapter 16 we
read of Abram and Sarai trying to help God fulfill his
promises.
Chapter 15 verse 6 is a famous verse that is quoted three times in the NT:
GNT translates it this way: 6 Abram put his trust in the Lord, and because of this the Lord was pleased with him and accepted him.
[The NT translates this verse a bit differently because it is quoted from the Septuagint (the LXX, the ancient translation of the Old Testament into Greek, made in the third and second centuries BC). ]
JOB 9:
In
chapter 8 of Job, Bildad defended God as always acting with justice
and insisted that this meant that there had to be some sin on Job's
part or his children's.
MARK 6a:
Yesterday In the second half of Mark 5, we
heard how Jesus did two amazing miracles— the second one causing a
dead girl to live again.