Aug 24, 2022
1CHRONICLES 3:
So
far we have traced Jakob/Israel’s descendants into the time of
David, and today’s reading picks up with David himself.
PROVERBS 14b:
Here
is a quote from today’s group of proverbs:
Pro. 3:20 NLT The poor are
despised even by their neighbors,
while the rich have many “friends.”
EPHESIANS 4:
Paul’s letters are usually divided into two
parts, with the ethereal and theological part first, followed by
the practical part. Yesterday we concluded the ethereal and
theological part with Paul’s incredible prayer for his readers and
for us at the end of chapter 3. And now we enter the practical part
of his letter.
GNT Translation notes:
Eph. 4:13 And so we shall all
come together to that oneness in our [believing//faith] and in our
knowledge of the Son of God; we shall become mature people,
reaching to the very height of Christ's full
stature.
22
So[, like throwing away old clothes,] get rid of your old self,
which made you live as you used to—the old self that was being
destroyed by its deceitful desires.
24 and [like putting on new
clothes,] you must put on the new self, which is created in God's
likeness and reveals itself in the true life that is upright and
holy.