Jul 1, 2022
1KINGS 13-14:
Solomon was the wisest of men. So how could he
make such stupid choices?! Part of the answer is the corruption
caused when one has too much power. And there is something truly
sticky about sexual sin. The Lord’s judgment is evident in what
happened with the division of the country, and what happened in the
northern kingdom. Note also how the people Judah followed all the
bad parts of Solomon’s example, which again will lead to
judgment.
PSALM 119:145-160:
I
like the last three verses of yesterday’s reading:
Ps.
119:142 Your righteousness will last
forever,
and your law is
always true.
143 I am
filled with trouble and anxiety,
but your commandments bring me
joy.
144 Your
instructions are always just;
give me understanding, and I shall
live.
JOHN 8a:
The
temple guards were ordered to arrest Jesus, but when they came back
empty handed they simply said, “We have never heard anyone speak
like this.”
NLT Translation notes:
1Kings 13:15 Then [the old prophet//he] said to
the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some
food.”
29
So the [old] prophet laid the body of the man of God on the donkey
and took it back to the town to mourn over him and bury him.
31 Afterward the [old] prophet said to his
sons, “When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is
buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.
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John
8:9 When the accusers heard this, they
slipped away one by one, beginning
with the oldest, until only Jesus was left [[0//in the middle of
the crowd] with the woman.
[This was new to me today! This is the first
time I have noticed that perhaps not everyone left (as I have seen
in the movies), but just the accusers. This makes good sense,
actually. According to the grammar of Greek, I believe that the
previous speakers (the Pharisees) would be the logical subject of
‘hearing this’.]
28
So Jesus said, “[I am the Son of Man, and] When you have lifted
[Me] up [0//the Son of Man] on the cross, then you will understand
that I AM he. I do nothing on my own but say only what the Father
taught me.
43
Why can’t you understand what I am saying? It’s because you can’t
even [listen to//hear me!
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