Apr 3, 2022
DEUTERONOMY
2-3:
Yesterday we heard Moses preaching and
confronting the people of Israel about their bickering and their
incredible stubbornness in refusing to believe the Lord's commands,
and their refusal to believe God’s loving intent in his
commands.
PSALM 50:
Remember what Moses said yesterday in
Deuteronomy? This Psalm tells us what God wants most from his
people.
ACTS 8:
Yesterday we heard the conclusion of Stephen's
speech. He confronted the high council with the indisputable fact
that the people of Israel had always refused to follow what God
told them and killed the prophets. “They (our ancestors) even
killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One—the
Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.” Shortly after saying that,
Stephen died as Saul watched.
GNT Translation notes:
Deut. 1:46 “So then, after we had stayed at Kadesh for a long time,
2:1 we finally turned and went into the desert, on the road to the Gulf of Aqaba, as the Lord had commanded, and we spent a long time wandering about in the hill country of Edom.
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Ps. 50:7 [And He speaks,] “Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God.
14 [No! But] Let the giving of thanks be your sacrifice to [Me, your Almighty] God, and give [Me//the Almighty] all that you promised.
16 But [I, your God say//God says] to the wicked, “Why should you recite my commandments? Why should you talk about my covenant?
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Acts
8:5 Philip went to the principal city in Samaria and preached
[about believing in] the Messiah to the people there.
28 and he was now returning. Seated in his carriage, he was reading aloud from the book of the prophet Isaiah [while a driver was driving the carriage//0].
[See v. 38! Even back in that day, it was not a good thing to be a distracted driver.]