Jun 4, 2022
1SAMUEL 28-29:
Saul
came after David again with 3,000 men, and David showed his
integrity again and his daring. But even though Saul repented
again, David made the decision to get out of the country so that he
would not continually be in danger. He went to Achish the
Philistine king in Gath. The part about the raids upon three enemy
people groups is not one of the noble chapters of David's
life.
PSALM 106a:
Psalm 106 is a companion to 105, as it again is
a historical psalm. I see a very significant correspondence with
the section of Romans we are now reading. Can you see
it?
ROMANS 10a:
In
our second reading in Romans 9 we saw that the differing responses
of the Jews vs. the non-Jews to the Good News was already predicted
by God. The majority rejection of the Gospel by the Jews was no
surprise to God. People today continue to stumble over the ‘great
rock’ God has placed in their path.
NLT Translation notes:
Rom.
10:8 In fact, it says,
“The
message is very close at hand;
it
is on your lips and in your heart.”
And
that message is the very message about [fully believing//faith]
that we preach:
11 As the Scriptures tell
us, “Anyone who [believes//trusts] in him will never be
disgraced.”
[Here in
rapid succession, NLT used three English words for one word in
Greek. I continue to maintain that using one word will help us
understand what Paul is saying. I think either ‘trust’ or ‘believe’
could be used consistently. ‘Faith’ is too fuzzy and abstract in
English.]
17
So [people fully believe through//faith comes from] hearing, that
is, hearing the Good News about Christ.
19
But I ask, did the people of Israel really understand? Yes, they
did, for even in the time of Moses, God said,
“I
will rouse your jealousy through people who are not even a
nation.
I
will provoke your anger through the foolish
[non-Jews//Gentiles].”
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