Feb 28, 2021
LEVITICUS 14:
After hearing about the serious skin diseases
yesterday, today we hear of the regulations if someone is healed
from one. Note that these regulations were probably almost never
done— until perhaps when Jesus caused a wave of men who had been
healed to come with offerings.
Note that our modern translations use either ‘serious skin disease’ or ‘contagious skin disease’ instead of calling these ‘leprosy’ as in older translations. Leprosy— also called Hanson’s Disease, is a very different disease from the ones described in Scripture.
PSALM 17:
This
is one of David’s poems. Olsen quotes Spurgeon commenting on this
psalm: “David would never have been [called] a man after God's own
heart if he had not been a man of prayer. He was a master in the
sacred art of supplication.”
LUKE 11b:
Yesterday in the first half of Luke 11, Jesus
taught about prayer, and persistence in prayer, and taught refuting
those who slandered him saying that he worked by the power of
Satan. Jesus also taught that demons can leave on their own, but
spiritual vacuum will result in more demons than before.
GNT Translation
notes:
Luk.
11:30 In the same way that the prophet Jonah was a sign for the
people of Nineveh, so [I,] the Son of Man[,] will be a sign for the
people of this day.
38
The Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus had not
washed [according to their customs] before
eating.
“How
terrible for you Pharisees! You give to God one tenth of the
seasoning herbs, such as mint and rue and all the other herbs, but
you neglect justice and love for God. These you should practice,
without neglecting the [other virtues//others].
NLT Translation
notes:
Luk.
11:2 Jesus said, “This is how you should
pray
“Father,
[PET: Our Father, may everyone honor You as the Holy
God.//may your name be
kept You always be regarded as holy.]
May your Kingdom come soon.
[As
in many other places, 'name' is a metonymy for all of God. It is
not just the name of God that Jesus wants us to hold as holy, but
the whole Person of God as well.]
21-22 [PET: “Satan can be
illustrated as a strong home owner who— fully armed, always guards
his house. He trusts in his weapons to keep all his possessions
safe, and to defeat the One who opposes him— which is Me. But I'm
stronger than he is! When I attack him, I will certainly defeat
him, take all of his weapons, carry away his possessions and
distribute them according to My will. //21 For when a strong man like Satan is fully
armed and guards his palace, his possessions are safe—22 until
someone even stronger attacks and overpowers him, strips him of his
weapons, and carries off his belongings. ]
44
Yes, what sorrow awaits you! For you are like hidden graves in a
field. People walk over them without knowing the corruption they
are stepping on.” [So also your defiling corruption
is hidden and contagious.//0]