Jun 10, 2022
2 SAMUEL 7-8:
At
last, David became the king of all Israel, then the Lord gave him
two great military victories over the Philistines. Then, after a
botched attempt, David moved the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem.
He danced with all his might before the Lord.
Psalm 109b:
When
you feel that you are surrounded by people who gang up against you
and slander you, then this is the psalm for you. Note that Jesus
would have had every right to pray like this from the cross, but He
didn’t!
ROMANS 13:
Remember my challenge to you about Romans 12:1?
Did you discover where the opening ‘Therefore’ goes back
to?
Romans 12 is one of the most beautiful of all of Paul’s practical teaching chapters. He deals with the basics, ending with the most basic of all: “Do not let evil defeat you; instead, conquer evil with good.” Chapter 12 teaches us about how to evaluate ourselves and how to use our spiritual gifts, and how to respond to people who do wrong to us. Key to all of this is the first two verses. Let’s remind ourselves of those verses before reading chapter 13.
Romans 12:1-2
PET
[The PET (Plain English Translation) is how our
Plain Indonesian Translation (TSI) sounds if translated into
English.]
1 Based
on all I have said before now about the various ways God has been
so kind to us, it's only proper that we return His kindness! We
should all think like this, “Lord, I give my body to you as a
sacrifice”— even though we actually continue to live. A decision
like that amounts to a holy sacrifice which pleases the
Lord.
2 This means that we can no longer follow a bad lifestyle like what has become the habit of worldly people. But let's surrender our bodies as sacrificial offerings to God, and He will renew our minds— so that we can know what His will is for us, and what is best in every situation. By that I mean we can understand and choose what is good and what is most proper for us, along with what pleases the Lord.
GNT Translation notes:
2Sam. 8:18 Benaiah son of
Jehoiada was in charge of David's bodyguards, and David's sons were
[royal advisers//priests].