May 19, 2022
1SAMUEL 3-4:
Yesterday we heard Hannah's poetic and
prophetic prayer of praise. R Then we heard of the contrast between
the boy Samuel serving the Lord, while Eli's sons were scoundrels.
Finally a “man of God” (a prophet or perhaps even an angel) gave a
long prophetic warning to Eli. Today we will see that prophecy come
true.
PSALM 92:
This
is another favorite psalm of praise!
ROMANS 2:
Yesterday we heard the first part of some bad
news which makes the Good News ‘good’. This reminds me of the movie
Second Hand Lions. In the movie a main character has a lecture on
‘how to be a man’ that he frequently has given in his career. It
starts out, “Understand this: All people are basically good.”
However in the movie, all we see in that character's past life and
in the current way he lives is that mankind can't be trusted and
you gotta’ build high fences around your property, and have your
gun and fists ready. According to Scripture and what we will read
in Romans, mankind hasn't been ‘basically good’ since the Garden of
Eden.
NLT Translation notes:
Rom.
2:9 There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on
doing what is evil—[especially for the Jews, but also for the
non-Jews//for the Jew first and also for the
Gentile].
10
But there will be glory and honor and peace from God for all who do
good—[especially for the Jews, but also for the non-Jews//for the
Jew first and also for the Gentile].
12
When the [non-Jews//Gentiles] sin, they will be destroyed, even
though they never had God’s written law. And the Jews, who do have
God’s law, will be judged by that law when they fail to obey
it.
14 Even [non-Jews//Gentiles], who do not have
God’s written law, show that they know his law when they
instinctively obey it, even without having heard it.
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