Jul 28, 2024
JEREMIAH 17-18:
One
catches so clearly how trapped Jeremiah was in the time of God’s
judgment, and how hot God’s anger was against Judah. Jeremiah’s
audience would not have appreciated him telling them where the Lord
said they could ‘go’! No wonder he so often weeps and cries out in
despair. God’s verdict in 15:2, which shows his sovereign choices,
is repeated in Revelation:
Jer. 15:1 Then the Lord said to me, “Even if
Moses and Samuel were standing here pleading with me, I would not
show these people any mercy. Make them go away; make them get out
of my sight. 2 When they ask you where they should go, tell them
that I have said:
Some
are doomed to die by disease—
that's where they will go!
Others are doomed to die in
war—
that's where they will go!
Some
are doomed to die of starvation—
that's where they will go!
Others are doomed to be taken away as
prisoners—
that's where they will go!
PSALM 146:
This is the first of five Hallelujah psalms. In
the GNT, ‘hallelujah’ is translated, “Praise the Lord.”
1CORINTHIANS
3:
The
topic of this chapter is still related to that verse from Jeremiah
that Paul quoted about boasting, but only boasting about knowing
the Lord. And this chapter builds on what Paul has just said about
wisdom, as he moves into discussing how to think about different
Christian leaders.
NLT Translation notes:
1Cor. 3:17 God will destroy anyone who destroys
[his/this] temple. For God’s temple is holy, and
you [(as a
group)] are that
temple.
22 [(Implicit info) because of
your unity with Christ, that includes/whether] Paul
[and/or] Apollos or
Peter, or the world, or life
and death, or the present and the future. [Yes, in
unity with Christ,] Everything belongs to you,
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