Jun 14, 2022
2SAMUEL 14:
There is more than one way in which David did
not obey God’s instructions for kings. The big one of course is the
Bathsheba affair, but God had already said that kings should not
have lots of wives. David’s daughter Tamar was raped by her half
brother Amnon. And after two years, Absolom (Tamar’s brother)
murdered Amnon.
PSALM 113:
This
is a song praising our incomparable God.
ROMANS 15:
Paul
continues what he was ‘on about’ in yesterday’s reading. We must
accept other believers even though we don’t agree on prohibitions,
practices, or rituals. Disputes over these things often come from
our differing backgrounds.
NLT Translation
notes:
Rom. 15:6
Then all of you can join together with one voice, giving praise and
glory to God, the Father of our Lord [Christ Jesus//Jesus
Christ].
9 He
also came so that the [non-Jews//Gentiles] might give glory to God
for his mercies to them. That is what the psalmist meant when he
wrote:
“For this, I will
praise you among the [non-Jews//Gentiles];
I will sing praises to [you/your
name].”
[The psalmist
uses ‘your name’ as a metonymy for God himself. To us in English,
it sounds like idolatry to praise a name rather than the Person
Himself.]
10 And in
another place it is written,
“Rejoice with his people,
you
[non-Jews//Gentiles].”
11
And yet again,
“Praise
the LORD, all you [non-Jews//Gentiles].
Praise him, all you people of the
earth.”
12
And in another place Isaiah said,
“The heir to David’s throne will
come,
and he will rule
over the [non-Jews//Gentiles].
They will place their hope on
him.”
13 I pray that God, the source of hope, will
fill you completely with joy and peace because you [fully
believe//trust] in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
16 I
am a special messenger from Christ Jesus to you
[non-Jews//Gentiles]. I bring you the Good News so that I might
present you as an acceptable offering to God, made holy by the Holy
Spirit.
18 Yet I dare not boast about
anything except what Christ has done through me, bringing the
[non-Jews//Gentiles] to God by my message and by the way I worked
among them.
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.