Sep 29, 2022
2CHRONICLES 22-23:
Yesterday we heard of Jehoshaphat’s famous
victory, accomplished only by prayer, worship, and the power of the
Lord. Then his son Jehoram might possibly be Judah’s worst king,
except for several at the very end of that kingdom.
ECCLESIASTES 2a:
Yesterday the theme of Ecclesiastes was given
in these words:
Ecc. 2:2 NLT “Everything is
meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely
meaningless!”
15
What is wrong cannot be made right.
What
is missing cannot be recovered.
18
The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief.
To
increase knowledge only increases sorrow.
MATTHEW 15b:
In
yesterday’s reading, the confrontation with the Jewish religious
leaders about traditions of hand washing before eating led to
Jesus’ revolutionary teaching about what defiles a person. It is
what comes out of the heart that defiles people.
GNT Translation
note:
Mat. 15:37 They all ate and had enough. Then
[we//the] disciples took up seven [large] baskets full of pieces
left over.