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The Bible readings for Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 June are -- Lev 19:11-20:27; Ps 29:1-6; Pro 6:32-33; Mk 6:21-46.
posted by Ps John @ 8:47 AM
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Hi and welcome. Ashfield Baptist Church is a "caring community church sharing God's love". We are very diverse in our nationalities, backgrounds and ages, but united in our desire to grow spiritually and to reach out and help others. Our vision is "to be a body of Christ-like people living out the great commandment and the great commission in the Holy Spirit's power". This blog is mainly for people connected with Ashfield Baptist Church. It has been set up as an "info & chat space" as we start the "THRU IN 2" challenge. This is our program for reading the Bible right through during 2007 & 2008. Many are using the Every Day With Jesus Bible which also has daily devotions from Selwyn Hughes. As we read through the Bible together over these two years, we can use this blog to share insights, stories, reflections, questions etc. The goal is to grow spiritually together. So leave your comments. Together we can help each other grow. Blessings. Ps John. To leave a comment about the readings for a particular day, or to view the comments of others, just click on "comments" at the bottom of the post.
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The Leviticus reading was full of rules, most of which have a deep moral background. The Proverbs reading also criticised adultery, continuing the Leviticus theme. But the Leviticus "rules" are interspersed with "I am the Lord your God." and the Psalm reading was all about the power, splendour and glory of God.
The contrast then came with the indulgence of Herod's brithday feast and the killing of John the Baptist on a whim. The contrast between who God is and what He wants for and from His people, and what we humans can actually sink to.
But He still loves us and wants it for us...
Karen B
As Karen said, "The Leviticus reading was full of rules, most of which have a deep moral background." There are some wonderful instructions in this part of Leviticus that have obvious application and relevance to us today eg not giving preferential treatment to the rich (19:15); not hating a brother (19:17); loving your neighbour as yourself (19:18); loving the foreigners in your midst (19:34); not committing adultery (20:10 and Prov 6:32). But many of the instructions seem to have been for the Israelites back then rather than us eg not sacrificing children to Molech (20:2); not cutting your body for the dead (19:28). The point of them was to ensure that the Israelites remained distinct from the nations around them. God told them "You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be Mine" (20:26). Though the specifics may not relate to us, surely the principle does. Christians are to maintain a distinctiveness from the non-Christians around us. It's a principle we break by worldliness.
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