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The Bible readings for Friday 12 and Saturday 13 October are -- Judges 1:1-2:23; Ps 54:1-7; Pro 12:19-22; Lk 20:1-19.
Labels: obedience/disobedience, overview, suffering, trust
posted by Ps John @ 12:41 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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Here are Gordon's comments on Psalm 54:1-4 from the bulletin of 14 October 2007.
Once again, as we continue our readings in Psalms as part of our "Thru' in 2" program, we encounter here the Psalmist at a point of crisis. He declares himself to be opposed by people who have no regard for the things of God, but at the same time, he finds assurance and comfort in the sure knowledge that God is, indeed, his help, the one he can turn to be his rescuer, his helper, his salvation. In short, he turns to God in prayer, as we have so often seen during these recent readings and in the accompanying messages and services. Times may have changed since then but the dilemma that the writer faces is much the same as we deal with today. It is not popular to be a Christian! To proclaim a love of the Lord Jeus Christ on a public platform is to invite ridicule from sections of the media as some have experienced only recently. How easy it would be to turn away from God and side with the world, to submerge ouselves in worldly values and ignore the claims of God. But God is also our helper. He will vindicate us by his might. He is the sustainer of our lives! Selwyn Hughes says this in his commentary:
"If the Psalmist were writing today, he might have worded his prayer like this: 'Save me, O Lord, from the lies of those who think they know the answer to life, but don't.' We must discover that before we can say 'yes' to God, we must first say 'no' to the world."
How will you respond?
On Sunday 14.10.07am I preached on a "Panoramic View of Judges". One of the things I talked about was "The Judges Cycle" (or the "ABCD Cycle") which repeats throughout Judges. The cycle begins with Apostacy (see 2:11-13), then Battles/Beaten (see 2:14-15), then Confession (see 2:18b), then Deliverance (see 2:16, 18a), then round to Apostacy again (see 2:19).
So here is a brief outline of Judges.
Apostacy 1. Beaten by Mesopotamia.
Judge #1 Othniel.
Apostacy 2. Moabites.
#2 Ehud & #3 Shamgar
Apostacy 3. Canaanites.
#4 Deborah.
Apostacy 4. Midianites.
#5 Gideon.
Apostacy 5. Abimelek.
#6 Tola & #7 Jair
Apostacy 6. Ammonites.
#8 Jephthah, #9 Ibzan,
#10 Elon, #11 Abdon.
Apostacy 7. Philistines.
#11 Samson
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