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The Bible readings for Friday 9 and Saturday 10 November are -- 1 Samuel 1:1-2:36; Ps 61:1-8; Pro 13:21-22; Jn 2:1-25.
Labels: judgment, justice, kingdom, money, overview, worship
posted by Ps John @ 12:07 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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Some worry that John records Jesus cleansing the temple at the beginning of his ministry while Matthew, Mark and Luke record it towards the end. Tasker in his Tyndale commentary on John (p61) addresses this when he writes: "The reader of the earlier Gospels is well aware that at the beginning of the last week of His earthly life Jesus as Messiah presented a final challenge to the Jewish authorities in the incident commonly known as 'the cleansing of the temple', and that this led directly to the passion. By recording an account of a similar event on the occasion of the first visit of Jesus to Jerusalem after His Messianic began, John is not correcting a supposed chronological blunder on the part of the earlier evangelists, nor deliberately altering their history in the interests of theological exposition, but, we may reasonly suppose, relating an additional 'cleansing' which the Synoptic writers had no occasion to relate, for it did not form part of the Petrine, Galilean tradition which they were embodying."
Assuming this is correct, it shows what Jesus was up against. His initial cleansing and warning was disregarded and the temple traders blatantly re-established their practices despite Jesus' actions.
Here are some points from my pm sermon on 25.11.07 giving an overview of 1&2 Samuel.
INTRO
1&2 Sam originally one book.
1 Sam covers the history of Israel from the period of the judges to the death of Saul (1st King of Israel).
2 Sam covers the reign of David as King. (He dies iin 1 Kings 2.)
Author unknown. Sam dies 1 Sam 25:1.
CONTENT QUIZ
1. Hannah was in the Temple praying for a son and the priest saw her and thought she was drunk.
TRUE (1 Sam 1)
2. The philistines captured the Ark of the Covenant and refused to give it back so Samuel raised a small group of soldiers who went and recaptured it and brought it back to Israel.
FALSE (1 Sam 5)
3. Who chose Saul as the first King of Israel - the people, Samuel, God?
GOD (1 Sam 9,10)
4. David killed Goliath with a spear, sword, stone?
STONE & SWORD (1 Sam 17:50,51)
5. Saul repeatedly tried to kill David. Name the children of Saul who sided with David and helped him.
JONATHAN & MICHAL (David's wife)
6. David passed up 2 opportunities to kill Saul, but did on the 3rd time.
FALSE (1 Sam 24,26,31)
7. David committed adultery with Bathsheba. Her husband was...?
URIAH THE HITTITE (2 Sam 11)
8. Who was the prophet who confronted David?
NATHAN (2 Sam 11)
9. David went to war against his son Absalom who was killed by David's soldiers.
TRUE (2 Sam 18)
10. What did David do with the drink of water from the well of Bethlehem?
POURED IT OUT (2 Sam 23)
3 key chapters mark the significant changes in Israel's history especially Kingship.
* 1 Sam 7:3-17
Samuel calls people to Mizpah and Philistines defeated. Samuel acts as a Prophet but also Judge (7:15-17).
* 1 Sam 12:13-25
God told Samuel to anoint Saul as King (1 Sam 9-11). New role for Samuel as prophet only, with potential for conflict with King.
* 2 Sam 7:1-17
David wanted to build a house for God but God says he will establish David's house (ie his line). God promises him his throne will be established for ever. But Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and Temple in 597BC and deported people into exile. 7:12-16 points to the coming of the King of Kings and his eternal Kingdom.
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