Mar 30, 2025
DEUTERONOMY 5-6:
Yesterday we heard Moses expound on the most
important command to never worship any idol or any god other
than the Lord. He based this on the Israelite's experience of
hearing God's voice and not seeing his form. Moses was realistic
and knew that Israel would eventually leave God, and that God would
judge them. He gave them this amazing promise: “from there (where
you have been exiled by your enemies) you will search again for the
LORD your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and
soul, you will find him.”
PSALM 52:
This is another psalm from David's experiences.
He was betrayed by a man called Doeg, and then that man killed
priests who had done nothing wrong. This psalm stands as testimony
that God notices such things and will eventually bring just
punishment for all injustice.
ACTS 9a:
In
chapter 8, we heard the fantastic way the Lord led Philip. The Lord
wanted a certain Ethiopian high official to be saved. The
traditional church in Ethiopia still traces its history to that
official. And Philip had the privilege of being miraculously
teleported to a new location. He continued from there in preaching
the Gospel, all the way to Caesarea, which is where we find him
later.
NLT Translation notes:
Ps.
52:9 I will praise you forever, O God, for what you have done. I
will trust in your good [reputation//name] in the presence of your
faithful people.
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Acts
9:14 And he is authorized by the leading priests to arrest everyone
who calls upon your name
[here//0].”
21
All who heard him were amazed [and
asked//0]. “Isn’t this the
same man who caused such devastation among Jesus’ followers in
Jerusalem?” [0//they asked]. “And didn’t he come here to arrest them and
take them in chains to the leading priests?”
25
So during the night, some of [his fellow/the
other] believers lowered
him in a large basket through an opening in the city
wall.
34 Peter said to him, “Aeneas,
[Christ Jesus//Jesus Christ] heals you! Get up, and roll up your sleeping
mat!” And he was healed instantly.
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