Aug 1, 2022
JEREMIAH 23:
In
yesterday's reading, we heard how king Zedekiah sent two men to
Jeremiah to ask him for help to pray for a miracle. And God made it
ever so clear that no miracle of deliverance would be given.
Jeremiah repeatedly tells the king what he needs to do, but
Zedekiah just couldn’t bring himself to do it. The area of giving
justice was especially prominent in yesterday's
readings.
PSALM 149:
We
old saints should not despise all of the new songs of the young
saints. Yet I totally understand the desire to avoid change.
Here we see that Scripture commands that we sing new songs.
And this whole psalm can be taken as a prelude to what we will see
in the book of Revelation.
1CORINTHIANS 6:
A
few days ago I challenged you to find out what was special about
the quote in John 19 about none of Jesus’ bones being broken. In
yesterday’s reading in 1Corinthians 5, we heard several metaphors
relating to that based on Jesus being our Passover Lamb. And now as
we start chapter 6, we have a chapter break at the right place, as
Paul starts a new topic.
GNT Translation
notes:
Jer.
23:18 [Jeremiah speaks//I said], “None of these prophets has ever
known the Lord's secret thoughts. None of them has ever heard or
understood his message, or ever listened or paid attention to what
he said.
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1Cor. 6:3 Do you not know that we shall judge
the angels? How much more, then, [should we be able to judge] the
things of this life!
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Surely you know that the wicked will not possess God's Kingdom. Do
not fool yourselves; people who are immoral or who worship idols or
are adulterers or [both kinds of male homosexuals//homosexual
perverts]