Oct 6, 2022
2CHRONICLES 32:
Following that special Passover, the people
went home and destroyed all the pagan shrines. And a good summary
of chapter 31 is the last verse:
2Chr. 31:21 He was successful, because everything he did for the Temple or in observance of the Law, he did in a spirit of complete loyalty and devotion to his God.
ECCLESIASTES 8:
Yesterday’s chapter of Ecclesiastes included
quite a variety of Solomon’s proverbs, including:
Ecc. 7:5 GNT It is better to
have wise people reprimand you than to have stupid people sing your
praises.
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There is no one on earth who does what is right all the time and
never makes a mistake.
MATTHEW 21a:
The
first will be last, the last first. I think we will be amazed at
the justice of God’s rewards. And in some sense, we all will
receive “a fair day’s pay.” The meaning of that parable was matched
and furthered by the story of the mother of James and John and what
Jesus said to them.
GNT Translation
note:
Mat. 21:1 As Jesus and his disciples approached
Jerusalem, they came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives. There
Jesus sent two of [us//the] disciples on ahead
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So they asked Jesus, “Do you hear what they are saying?” “Indeed I
do,” answered Jesus. “Haven't you ever read this scripture [when
the writer said to God]? ‘You have trained children and babies to
offer perfect praise.’”