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The Bible readings for Sunday 5 and Monday 6 August are -- Num 32:1-42; Ps 38:1-8; Pro 9:10-12; Lk 3:1-20.
Labels: suffering, temptation
posted by Ps John @ 12:18 PM
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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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Here are a couple of questions we touched on when we looked at Ps 38 in the evening service on 12/8/07.
QUESTION -- Is David experiencing actual physical bodily sickness or just using symbolic, exaggerated language to express inner turmoil? (v3,5,7)
I reckon he was, but not everyone agreed. We agreed though that he was suffering "soul sickness"/guilt and that this can have physical manifestations.
QUESTION -- Does God punish? (v1)
General agreement that Derek Kidner (Tyndale Commentary) was right in saying: "It would be as wrong to think this is never so as that it is always so."
You've got to feel for John. "Along with many other exhortations, he proclaimed good news to the people." (lk 3:18) Nevertheless, Herod locks him up in prison (3:20). Clearly an example of something bad happening which is not caused by God as punishment.
I like the Indian proverb Selwyn Hughes quotes in his devotion on Pro 9:10 (though I can't really see how it relates to the verse.) " 'The best place to kill a cobra', runs an old Indian proverb, 'is in its egg.' Most sin follows on from a failure to kill it at the place of desire -- the 'eye.' "
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