Jul 25, 2022
JEREMIAH 9-10:
Being a prophet is not exactly an easy job. In
7:27 God told him,
“Tell them all this, but do not expect them to listen. Shout out your warnings, but do not expect them to respond.”
We’ll find that God told the same thing to more than one prophet around this same time.
PSALM 142:
When you are discouraged, here is a psalm to
pray!
JOHN 20:
There are so many fulfillments of Scripture
that happen in the crucifixion chapters in the Gospels that many
times the authors didn’t take the time to highlight each one of
them. The Jewish readers would have picked up on them without the
need for an explanation. In verse 36, John highlighted one
fulfillment, saying, “This was done to make the scripture come
true: ‘Not one of his bones will be broken.’” I hope you remember
what that was about! See Ps. 34:20, Ex. 12:46, Num. 9:12. If you
don’t know, I hope this teaser will encourage you, because this is
a golden gem. And Jesus’ death did not mean that he stopped
fulfilling Scriptures.
NLT Translation note:
Jer.
9:10 But [YOU/the] LORD [are/is] the only true
God.
[You are//He is] the living God and the
everlasting King!
The
whole earth trembles at [your/his] anger.
The
nations cannot stand up to [your/his] wrath.
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Ps.
142:1 I cry out to [You, O/the] LORD;
I
plead for [your/the LORD’s] mercy.
2 I
pour out my complaints before [You/him]
and
tell [You/him] all my troubles.
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John
20:1 Early on Sunday morning,a while it was still dark, Mary [— the
woman from the village of Magdalene//Magdalene] came to the tomb
and found that the stone had been rolled away from the
entrance.
3 Peter and [I, John,//the
other disciple] started out for the tomb.
[This is so strange in many languages that it
is translated in the first person. It is clear that John wanted
that people know that this is an eye-witness account. This change I
am making goes through this paragraph.]
27
Then he said to Thomas, “[Thomas,] Put your finger here, and look
at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don’t be
faithless any longer. [Instead] Believe!”
31
But these are written so that you may continue to believe that
Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in
[Jesus/him] you will have life [through His power//by the power of
his name].
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