Jun 3, 2022
1SAMUEL 26-27:
Yesterday we heard the story of the cur Nabal
and his intelligent and beautiful wife, Abigail. After Nabal was
struck down by the Lord, Abigail became one of David's
wives.
PSALM 105b:
Today’s psalm is for teaching and reminding
each generation of the children of Israel about the great things
God has done for the Jewish people.
ROMANS 9b:
Note
that we have entered a difficult section of Romans. Romans 12
starts with, “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view
of God’s mercies, …” But if you look back at what goes right before
that in chapter 11, that doesn’t seem to be what Paul is going back
to with the word ‘Therefore’. Can you find what Paul was going back
to and how the sections we will read for the next few days fit
together?
GNT Translation notes:
Rom. 9: 30 So we say that the Gentiles, who were not trying to put themselves right with God, were put right with him through [believing//faith];
32 And why not? Because they did not depend on [believing//faith] but on what they did. And so they stumbled over the “stumbling stone”
33 that the scripture speaks of:
“Look, I place in [Jerusalem//Zion] a stone that will make people
stumble, a rock that will make them fall. But whoever believes in
him will not be disappointed.”