Apr 2, 2024
DEUTERONOMY
2-3:
Yesterday we heard Moses preaching and
confronting the people of Israel about their bickering and their
incredible stubbornness in refusing to believe the Lord's commands,
and their refusal to believe God’s loving intent in his
commands.
PSALM 50:
Remember what Moses said yesterday in
Deuteronomy? This Psalm tells us what God wants most from his
people.
ACTS 8:
Yesterday we heard the conclusion of Stephen's
speech. He confronted the high council with the indisputable fact
that the people of Israel had always refused to follow what God
told them and killed the prophets. “They (our ancestors) even
killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One—the
Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.” Shortly after saying that,
Stephen died as Saul watched.
NLT Translation
notes:
Ps. 50:14
Make thankfulness your sacrifice to [Me, your]
God,
and keep the vows you made to
[Me,/0] the Most
High.
23 But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly
honors me.
If
you keep to my path,
I
will reveal to you the salvation [given by Me, your
God!//of your God].”
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Acts
8:12 But now the people believed Philip’s message of Good News
concerning the Kingdom of God and [about Jesus as
the Christ or Messiah//the name of Jesus
Christ]. As a result, many
men and women were baptized.
16 The Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of
them, [although/for] they had [0/only]
been baptized in the name of the
Lord Jesus.
28 and he was
now returning. Seated in his carriage, he was reading aloud from
the book of the prophet Isaiah [while a driver was
driving the carriage//0].
30
Philip ran over and heard the man reading
[aloud/0] from the
prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, “Do you understand what you are
reading?”
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