Mar 30, 2022
UMBERS 33:
Yesterday we heard how the tribes of Gad,
Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh promised to go ahead of
their fellow Israelites into battle on the west side of the Jordan,
because they were receiving land on the east side of the Jordan. In
hindsight, I must say this was not a great idea. Because of how
often all the men were required to go to Jerusalem for the holy
assemblies, it must have been very easy to not attend those events
and grow increasingly far from the Lord.
PSALM 46:
This
was the inspiration for the hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God. The
word translated by the GNT as ‘shelter’ in v.1 can also mean
‘refuge’. And the word translated as ‘refuge’ in verses 7 and 11
can also mean ‘secure height’.
ACTS 5b:
Yesterday we heard the sobering story of
Ananias and Sapphira. Then, just when God was using the apostles to
perform many miracles, they were arrested.
GNT Translation notes:
Acts 5:28 “We gave you strict
orders not to teach [by the authority//in the name] of this man,”
he said; “but see what you have done! You have spread your teaching
all over Jerusalem, and you want to make us responsible for his
death!”