Jul 28, 2017
JEREMIAH 15-16:
Yesterday the dialog between the Lord and
Jeremiah continued. We heard of the drought. And the Lord forbid
Jeremiah to pray for the people of Judah.
PSALM 145:
This is an acrostic psalm in Hebrew, and it
gives us a great place to start when praising God.
1CORINTHIANS
1:18—2:
Let’s not allow the chapter division here to
interrupt what Paul teaches us about God’s wisdom! So let’s start
reading in chapter 1 verse 18.
GNT Translation
note:
Jer. 15:10 What an unhappy man I am! Why did my
mother [ever] bring me into the world? I have to quarrel and argue
with everyone in the land. I have not lent any money or borrowed
any; yet everyone curses me.
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Ps.
145:21 I will always praise the Lord; let all [your//his] creatures
praise [You//his holy name (metonymy)] forever.
[Again in this psalm in the podcast I will
rephrase some verses so that all of this psalm becomes a prayer to
God. Third person to first person changes occur in verses 3, 13-14,
and 17-21.]
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1Cor. 1:19 [God says in scripture//The
scripture says], “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and set
aside the understanding of the scholars.”
2:5
Your [believing//faith], then, does not rest on human wisdom but on
God's power.
NLT Translation
note:
Jer. 15:2And if they say to you, ‘But where can
we go?’ tell them, ‘This is what the LORD says:
“‘Those who are destined for death, will
die;
those who are destined for war, [will die
in//to] war;
those who are destined for famine, [will die
in//to] famine;
those who are destined for captivity, [will die
in//to] captivity.’
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1Cor. 2:2 For I decided that while I was with
you I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, [and the fact
that He//he one who] was crucified.
6
Yet when I am among mature believers, I do speak with words of
wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world or to
the rulers of this world, who [will quickly pass away//are soon
forgotten].