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The Bible readings for Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 July are -- Num 17:1-19:8; Ps 35:22-28; Pro 8:22-24; Mk 15:1-21.
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posted by Ps John @ 9:28 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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In this part of Psalm 35 David calls for the LORD to rise to his defense (v23) and to vindicate him (v24). This is what God does (again, in another way) for Moses and Aaron in Numbers 17. Aaron's staff budded and was kept as a "sign for the rebels" (v10). Jesus remains silent before his accusers (Mk 15:5), knowing that God will raise him to life again in the greatest act of vindication ever.
I'm challenged by David, Moses and Aaron , and especially Jeus. Too often I rush in to vindicate myself. How much better to leave it to God. He does a much better job of it. Self-vindication is often accompanied by a lust for revenge. The rightful desire to receive justice mutates into an obsessive desire for the punishment and suffering of the "enemy" out of all proportion to the wrong. But rarely with Moses and Aaron and David, and never with Jesus. With Jesus we see the opposite -- forgiveness.
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