May 25, 2022
1SAMUEL 14:
Hostilities with the Philistines heated up to
full war, and Israel was badly outnumbered. The Israelites had been
kept down so much that they were basically unarmed for war. Saul
and his son's army dwindled down from 3,000 men to only 600, and
Samuel doesn't show up for the important before-war
sacrifice.
PSALM 98:
Another favorite psalm! I love psalms where
things like oceans, rivers, or trees clap their hands. I recommend
this psalm for anyone who feels that we can only worship God with
the good old hymns.
ROMANS 5:
Every little detail in the story of Abraham is
important. Note in yesterday's reading that Abraham “figured his
body was as good as _dead_,” and “Abraham believed in the God who
_brings the dead back to life_.” Then we read that we must “believe
in [God]— the one who _raised Jesus our Lord from the dead_.” And
we will find a new concept related to this theme about death and
resurrection later.
GNT Translation
notes:
Rom.
5:1 Now that we have been put right with God through
[believing//faith], we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ.
2 He has brought us by
[believing//faith] into this experience of God's grace, in which we
now live. And so we boast of the hope we have of sharing God's
glory!