Mar 28, 2021
NUMBERS 31:
Yesterday the listing of sacrifices continued
with those for the Festival of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and
the 8 day Festival of Shelters. Then in Numbers 30 we heard laws
concerning the annulment of rash vows. These laws show how
seriously God takes any vows made to Him!
PSALM 44:
This
is a psalm with extreme contrast between part one and part two.
Part one has a tone of praise— reciting the wonderful way God
helped Israel. But part two accuses God of abandoning Israel. This
psalm can be a pattern for us in how to plead with God to fulfill
his promises or to again act as He has in the past.
ACTS 4b:
Yesterday we heard the start of the dramatic
trial that happened after Peter and John were arrested following
the healing of the lame man in chapter 3. Their arrest was due to
Peter and John's teaching about the resurrection of Jesus. The
council recognized that the two apostles had been with
Jesus.
GNT Translation
note:
Ps. 44:20 If we had stopped worshiping [You,]
our God[,] and prayed to a foreign god,
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Acts
4:30 Reach out your hand to heal, and grant that wonders and
miracles may be performed through the [authority//name] of your
holy Servant Jesus.”
NLT Translation
notes:
Ps.
44:11 You have [stood by and watched as they] butchered us like
sheep
and scattered us among the
nations.
21
[You, O Lord] God would surely have known
it,
for [you know//he
knows] the secrets of every heart.
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Acts
4:30 Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs
and wonders be done [by the authority//through the name] of your
holy servant Jesus.”
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