Jun 25, 2024
1KINGS 4-5:
Yesterday we heard David's final instructions
to Solomon. They contained a few messy details, and Solomon managed
to finish all of those issues. David noted Solomon's wisdom as he
gave him those instructions, and later Solomon (at his finest hour)
asked God for wisdom to rule the nation of Israel well, and God
gave it to him.
PSALM 119:65-80:
God
is telling us how important His Word is! I highlight this verse
(62) from yesterday’s portion, “In the middle of the night I wake
up to praise you for your righteous judgments.”
JOHN 5b:
Yesterday we heard of Jesus healing a man who
had been sick for 38 years. Persecution ramped up because this
healing was done on the Sabbath. Jesus replied to his critics, “My
Father is always working, and so am I.”
NLT Translation notes:
1Kings 4:9 Ben-deker, in Makaz, [including]
Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-bethhanan.
12
Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, [including] all of
Beth-shan near Zarethan below Jezreel, and all the territory from
Beth-shan to Abel-meholah and over to
Jokmeam.
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John
5:19 So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, [I, as the Son//the
Son] can do nothing by [myself//himself]. [I only do what I see//He
does only what he sees] the Father doing. Whatever [my//the] Father
does, [I also do//the Son also does].
[It
is very unnatural in almost every language to have someone talking
about himself using ‘he/him’ instead of ‘I/me/my’. In some
languages this is flat out ungrammatical. This is why a Bible
translator is justified in changing the pronouns and footnoting the
fact that he has made these changes. We should observe that there
were special reasons why Jesus was both concealing and revealing
his identity when talking of himself as the Son of Man. It is,
however, impossible to duplicate this in the minds of the modern
translation’s readers. ]
20
For [my//the] Father loves [Me//the Son] and shows [Me//him]
everything he is doing. In fact, the Father will [involve Me in
doing//show him how to do] even greater works than healing this
man. Then you will truly be astonished.
21
For just as [my//the] Father gives life to those he raises from the
dead, so [I, his Son give//the Son gives] life to anyone [I
want//he wants].
22 In addition, [my//the] Father
judges no one. Instead, he has given [Me//the Son] absolute
authority to judge,
23 so that everyone will
honor [Me as his//the] Son, just as they honor [my/the] Father.
Anyone who does not honor [Me as his//the] Son is certainly not
honoring the Father who sent [Me/him].
25
“And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it’s here now,
when the dead will hear my voice—the voice of the Son of God. And
those who listen will live.
26
The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same
life-giving power to [Me,] his Son.
27
And he has given [Me/him] authority to judge everyone because [I
am//he is] the Son of Man.
28
Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead
in their graves will hear [my voice,] the voice of God’s
Son,
29 and they will rise again. Those
who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those
who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment.
30 I can do nothing on my own. I judge as God
tells me. Therefore, my judgment is just, because I carry out the
will of the one who sent me, not my own will.
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