Numbers 34
- God gave the people instructions about the land before they even won it.
- Southern Border = wilderness of Zin next to Edom from the Salt Sea to Kadesh-barnea.
- It shall go from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt to the sea.
- Western Border = Great Sea's coast
- Nornthern Border = a line from Great Sea to Mount Hor then a line to Lebo-hamath. It's limit shall be Hazar-enan.
- Eastern Border = Line from Hazar-enan to Sepham to Riblah reaching to Sea of Chinnereth down the Jordan stopping at the Salt Sea.
- 9 tribes and the half tribe (Manasseh)would get land there by lot.
- 2 tribes and the 1/2 tribe have received their inheritance to the east of the Jordan already.
- God gave Moses a list of men to divide the land.
- Eleazar and Joshua would take one chief from each tribe
- Caleb - tribe of Judah
- Shemuel - tribe of Simeon
- Elidad - tribe of Benjamin
- Bukki - tribe of Dan
- Hanniel - tribe of Joseph/Manasseh
- Kemuel - tribe of Ephraim
- Elizaphan - tribe of Zebulun
- Paltiel - tribe of Issachar
- Ahihud - tribe of Asher
- Pedahel - tribe of Naphtali
Isaiah 16
- He will send the lamb to the ruler of the land (still building off of Moab passage)
- Moab's daughters will scatter like birds
- Give counsel and grant justice and provide shade to the outcasts
- Why would God tell the Israelites to let the outcasts of the Moabites sojourn with them?
- After this destruction a ruler will come established in steadfast love.
- From family of David will come a faithful judge who will seek justice and righteousness.
- Moab is brought down because of its prideful boasting.
- The Lord has struck down their fields and vines all the way to Jazer
- "I" (Isaiah or God) weeps over the destruction at Jazer and of the desolation at Heshbon and Elealeh
- There is no joy, gladness, cheers or singing there anymore.
- He again talks about moaning over their loss.
- We the Moabites enter the sanctuary to pray they will not prevail.
- This is God's word spoken against Moab in the past
- This section ends with a prophecy that in 3 years those who remain will be few and feeble in spite of their great multitude now.
1 Corinthians 15
- Paul starts this chapter by reminding them of the gospel he preached to them and they received.
- He reminds them of what he preached - that Christ died for their sins, died and rose 3 days later as the Scriptures said He would.
- Jesus then appeared to Cephas and the 12
- Jesus also appeared to over 500, most of who are still living to bear witness.
- Then Jesus appeared to James and then all the apostles.
- Last of all Jesus appeared to Paul (Paul says this is because he is the least of the apostles).
- Paul reminds them how he persecuted the church but God's grace saved him, but not in vain.
- They preached and so did Paul and the Corinthians believed.
- If scripture says Christ was raised Paul questions why some say there was no resurrection.
- Paul says if their was no resurrection then his preaching is in vain.
- Saying Christ was not raised calls God a liar
- Paul says that if Christ was not raised then their faith is pointless and they are still in their sins.
- By a man (Adam) came death. Life came by a man (Jesus).
- Christ was made alive, then those who belong to Him, then comes the end when Christ will destroy all other rulers and powers.
- Christ will destroy all His enemies, ending with death.
- God put all things under Christ's feet, but Christ is subject to God
- If the dead are not raised, Paul says baptism and his preaching are pointless.
- Paul tells them not to be deceived by popular phrases at the time like, "Bad company ruins good morals" (from a comedy)
- Paul tell them to wake up and to not go on sinning.
- Paul says it's to their shame that some with them have no knowledge of God.
- Paul answers one of their questions about what kind of body they will get when they are raised.
- Even a seed must die to grow a plant.
- This body is a kernel and each kind of "seed" will receive its own type of body
- Paul points out the various body types of people and animals.
- He says there are heavenly bodies and earthly ones.
- There is different glory for the earth, the sun, the moon, and the stars.
- What is sown is perishable but what is raised is eternal.
- Dishonor is sown to reap glory
- Weakness is sown and power is reaped.
- A natural body is sown and a spiritual one is raised.
- Paul quotes Genesis 2:7 - the natural body comes first, then the spiritual
- Adam was from dust, Jesus was sent from heaven.
- We are in Adam's image here, but will be in Christ's image in heaven.
- At the last trumpet we shall be changed
- This mortal body will put on immortality.
- Paul quotes Isaiah 25:8 where death loses its sting
- Sin is death's sting and power of sin is the law.
- God gives us victory over death through Christ.
- Paul encourages them in light of these truths to be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in works of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord they aren't laboring in vain.
2 John 1
- The letter is written to the elect lady and her children
- All those in the truth love them.
- Grace, mercy, peace will be with us in truth and love.
- Some of her children are walking in the truth.
- John reminds her to love one another.
- Love = walking according to His commandments.
- Many deceivers are now in the world who do not believe that Christ is coming.
- John tells her to beware of the Antichrist so she doesn't lose the reward she has.
- Those who do not follow Christ's teachings do not have God
John tells her not to let anyone enter her house who doesn't believe the teaching of God and Son.
- Greeting them would be allowing his wicked words to enter her house.
- John says he doesn't want to write her, but will soon meet and talk with her.
- Who are her children?
- Who is the elect sister?
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Numbers 33 - Isaiah 15 – 1 Corinthians 14 – 1 John 5
Numbers 33
- Moses now recounts how the Israelites left Egypt (because most who are alive were too young to remember)
- God commanded Moses to write the starting places down place by place.
- Left Rameses - First Month (15th day) (This was the day after Passover)
- During their departure the Egyptians were still burying their first born sons.
- They went to Succoth, then Etham (edge of wilderness), turned back to PI-hahiroth, then to Migdol, then from Hahiroth through the sea, into the wilderness, paseed Etham, to Marah, then to Elim (place of 12 springs and 70 palms), then camped by the Red Sea, then to the Wilderness of Sin, to Dophkah, then to Alush, then to Rephidim (place with no water to drink), then to Sinai, Kibroth-hattaavah, then to Hazeroth, then to Rithmah, then to Rimmon -perez, then to Libnah, then to Rissah, then to Kethathath, then to Mount Shepher, then to Haradah, then to Makheloth, then to Tahath, then to Terah, thento Mithkah, then to Hashmonah, then to Moseroth, then to Bene-jaakan, then to Horhaggidgad, then to Jotbathah, then to Abronah, then to Ezion-geber, then to Zin (Kadesh), then to Mount Hor (edge of Edom)(Aaron died here at age 123 on the first day of the 15th month), then to Zalmonah, then to Punon, then to Oboth, then to Iye-abarium, then to Dibon-gad, then to Almondiblathaim, then to the mountains of Abraim, then to Nebo, then to the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, then to Beth-jeshimoth.
- The Lord spoke to them by the Jordan at Jericho and told them to drive out the people in the land of Canaan destroying all their carved gods.
- They shall then possess the land for themselves.
- The inheritance shall be divided by lot by clan.
- Large tribe + large inheritance etc...
- God warns that if they don't drive out ALL the inhabitants, they shall be thorns in the Israelites' sides.
- He ends by saying he will do to the Israelites what He was going to do to the Canaanites.
Isaiah 15
- Oracle about Moab
- Ar and Kir of Moab will be laid to waste.
- Moab will weep over Nebo and Medeba
- Every head shaved and beard cut off (in mourning)
- Heshbon and Elealeh cry out too and their souls tremble.
- His heart cries out for Moab.
- The waters of Nimrim are desolated.
- There is no more greenery.
- The abundance that the people of Moab stored up is carried away over the Brook of Willows
- The water of Dibon are full of blood.
- God will send a lion to kill the Moabites who escape.
1 Corinthians 14
- Pursue love and seek spiritual gifts
- Speak in tongues to God, not men for man cannot understand tongues but God can
- The one who prophecies should speak to people to builds the church up and encourages them.
- Paul says he wants them all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy.
- Prophecy is greater than tongues unless there is an interpreter.
- Tongues, like an instrument, must be understood and clear
- If a trumpet isn't heard, the people will not know to get ready for battle.
- Tongues = no one knowing what you said. You are a "foreigner" to your hearers.
- Their goal with gifts should be building up the church.
- We should pray with spirit and mind.
- People cannot agree with what is said in a tongue and is useless.
- Paul says he speaks in tongues more than any of them, but he'd rather say 5 clear words that build others up than 10,000 words in tongues.
- Be infants in evil but mature in thinking.
- Paul quotes a verse from Isaiah 28:11-12 about speaking in tongues to prove his point.
- Tongues are a sign to unbelievers and prophecy a sign for believers.
- Outsiders will think tongue speaking believers are crazy.
- But prophecy will convict an unbelieving hearer.
- This conviction will lead the unbeliever to worship God and be added to them.
- Hymns, Lessons, Revelations, Tongues or Interpretation should all be done to build others up.
- Paul tell them to limit those speaking in tongues to 2 or 3 and to take turns sharing.
- If there is no interpreter tongues shouldn't be spoken.
- Prophecies should be shared in turn because God is a God of peace not a God of Confusion
- Women should keep silent in church, they should be submissive and are not permitted to speak as the Law says.
- What does this section mean exactly?
- Women should ask their husbands later if they have a question.
- Paul reminds them that his instructions are from the Lord.
- Paul ends by repeating that they should greatly desire to prophecy and tongues may be spoken but it should all be done orderly.
1 John 5
- Believers believe Jesus was born of God.
- We know we are saved because we know God and keep His commandments.
- His commandments should not be burdensome.
- Our faith is victory over the world.
- Only those who trust in Jesus have overcome the world.
- Jesus came of water and blood and the Spirit is of truth.
- The Spirit, the water, and the blood all testify
- God's testimony is greater than that of men.
- Not believing God = calling God a liar.
- The testimony = God gave us eternal life through His Son.
- John write them to remind them that they have eternal life.
- Our confidence is believing that He hears us when we ask Him.
- What are defined as "sins that do not lead to death"?
- All wrongdoing is sin but there is sin that does not lead to death.
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- God protects those born of Him and the evil one will not touch him.
- The whole world is under the evil one.
- The Son of God came to give us understanding and to know what is true, that we have eternal life in Him.
- John ends with a random though to keep oneself from idols.
- Moses now recounts how the Israelites left Egypt (because most who are alive were too young to remember)
- God commanded Moses to write the starting places down place by place.
- Left Rameses - First Month (15th day) (This was the day after Passover)
- During their departure the Egyptians were still burying their first born sons.
- They went to Succoth, then Etham (edge of wilderness), turned back to PI-hahiroth, then to Migdol, then from Hahiroth through the sea, into the wilderness, paseed Etham, to Marah, then to Elim (place of 12 springs and 70 palms), then camped by the Red Sea, then to the Wilderness of Sin, to Dophkah, then to Alush, then to Rephidim (place with no water to drink), then to Sinai, Kibroth-hattaavah, then to Hazeroth, then to Rithmah, then to Rimmon -perez, then to Libnah, then to Rissah, then to Kethathath, then to Mount Shepher, then to Haradah, then to Makheloth, then to Tahath, then to Terah, thento Mithkah, then to Hashmonah, then to Moseroth, then to Bene-jaakan, then to Horhaggidgad, then to Jotbathah, then to Abronah, then to Ezion-geber, then to Zin (Kadesh), then to Mount Hor (edge of Edom)(Aaron died here at age 123 on the first day of the 15th month), then to Zalmonah, then to Punon, then to Oboth, then to Iye-abarium, then to Dibon-gad, then to Almondiblathaim, then to the mountains of Abraim, then to Nebo, then to the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, then to Beth-jeshimoth.
- The Lord spoke to them by the Jordan at Jericho and told them to drive out the people in the land of Canaan destroying all their carved gods.
- They shall then possess the land for themselves.
- The inheritance shall be divided by lot by clan.
- Large tribe + large inheritance etc...
- God warns that if they don't drive out ALL the inhabitants, they shall be thorns in the Israelites' sides.
- He ends by saying he will do to the Israelites what He was going to do to the Canaanites.
Isaiah 15
- Oracle about Moab
- Ar and Kir of Moab will be laid to waste.
- Moab will weep over Nebo and Medeba
- Every head shaved and beard cut off (in mourning)
- Heshbon and Elealeh cry out too and their souls tremble.
- His heart cries out for Moab.
- The waters of Nimrim are desolated.
- There is no more greenery.
- The abundance that the people of Moab stored up is carried away over the Brook of Willows
- The water of Dibon are full of blood.
- God will send a lion to kill the Moabites who escape.
1 Corinthians 14
- Pursue love and seek spiritual gifts
- Speak in tongues to God, not men for man cannot understand tongues but God can
- The one who prophecies should speak to people to builds the church up and encourages them.
- Paul says he wants them all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy.
- Prophecy is greater than tongues unless there is an interpreter.
- Tongues, like an instrument, must be understood and clear
- If a trumpet isn't heard, the people will not know to get ready for battle.
- Tongues = no one knowing what you said. You are a "foreigner" to your hearers.
- Their goal with gifts should be building up the church.
- We should pray with spirit and mind.
- People cannot agree with what is said in a tongue and is useless.
- Paul says he speaks in tongues more than any of them, but he'd rather say 5 clear words that build others up than 10,000 words in tongues.
- Be infants in evil but mature in thinking.
- Paul quotes a verse from Isaiah 28:11-12 about speaking in tongues to prove his point.
- Tongues are a sign to unbelievers and prophecy a sign for believers.
- Outsiders will think tongue speaking believers are crazy.
- But prophecy will convict an unbelieving hearer.
- This conviction will lead the unbeliever to worship God and be added to them.
- Hymns, Lessons, Revelations, Tongues or Interpretation should all be done to build others up.
- Paul tell them to limit those speaking in tongues to 2 or 3 and to take turns sharing.
- If there is no interpreter tongues shouldn't be spoken.
- Prophecies should be shared in turn because God is a God of peace not a God of Confusion
- Women should keep silent in church, they should be submissive and are not permitted to speak as the Law says.
- What does this section mean exactly?
- Women should ask their husbands later if they have a question.
- Paul reminds them that his instructions are from the Lord.
- Paul ends by repeating that they should greatly desire to prophecy and tongues may be spoken but it should all be done orderly.
1 John 5
- Believers believe Jesus was born of God.
- We know we are saved because we know God and keep His commandments.
- His commandments should not be burdensome.
- Our faith is victory over the world.
- Only those who trust in Jesus have overcome the world.
- Jesus came of water and blood and the Spirit is of truth.
- The Spirit, the water, and the blood all testify
- God's testimony is greater than that of men.
- Not believing God = calling God a liar.
- The testimony = God gave us eternal life through His Son.
- John write them to remind them that they have eternal life.
- Our confidence is believing that He hears us when we ask Him.
- What are defined as "sins that do not lead to death"?
- All wrongdoing is sin but there is sin that does not lead to death.
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- God protects those born of Him and the evil one will not touch him.
- The whole world is under the evil one.
- The Son of God came to give us understanding and to know what is true, that we have eternal life in Him.
- John ends with a random though to keep oneself from idols.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Numbers 32 - Isaiah 14 – 1 Corinthians 13 – 1 John 4
Numbers 32
- People of Reuben and Gad had a lot of livestock.
- They went to Moses, Eleazar, and the chiefs (Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon) and said if they found favor with them, could they possess the land of Gilead and NOT cross the Jordan with them.
- Moses asked how they could stay there while their brothers went to war.
- Moses said this would discourage the people like the incident of Valley of Eshcol
- That incident is when God became angry and said no one over 20 (except Caleb and Joshua) would see the promised land.
- That incident was also the reason God kept the Israelites in the wilderness for 40 years.
- Moses accuses them of taken their fathers' sinful place and trying to bring God's anger on them again.
- The people of Reuben and Gad said they'd keep their livestock and children there, but that they would go fight with their brothers until they too had their inheritance.
- They said they wouldn't return home until the fighting was over.
- They said their inheritance was on the east side of the Jordan.
- Moses said that if they fought, then that land would be theirs and they would be free of their obligation to the Lord.
- If they don't do what they say they will be punished because they have sinned against the Lord.
- How long did it take them to build pens for their livestock and fortified cities for their kids? Wouldn't that take a long time and prolong the battle Israel was facing?
- They repeated the agreement and the armed men would go and fight.
- Moses talked to Eleazar and Joshua about the agreement.
- If they break the agreement, they lose the land on the east of the Jordan and get an inheritance in Canaan.
- The land east of the Jordan had belonged to Sihon the Amorite and Og of Bashan.
- The people of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran.
- The people of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, Nebo, and Baal-meon (their names were changed), and Sibmah.
- After they had claimed the land, THEN they went and won the land from the Amorites.
- Nobah captured Kenath and named it Nobah.
Isaiah 14
- God will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel.
- They will get their land back and sojourners will join them.
- Their captors will then be their captives, slaves.
- God will give them rest for their pain and turmoil under the King of Babylon.
- The Lord will break the rule of the wicked.
- He will strike down the nations who ruled in anger and persecution.
- The whole earth will be at rest and quiet.
- Sheol will come to meet the wicked the kings and rulers.
- Their pomp, arrogance, has brought them down to Sheol (death)
- Their fall will be great.
- It refers to the Babylonians as the Day Star.
- The Babylonians said their throne will be higher than heaven.
- That is why God has brought them low.
- Others will question the fall of the mighty Babylon.
- They won't even be buried but scattered when they are slain.
- They have destroyed their land and their people.
- Their sons will be destroyed so they can not repeat the work of their fathers and rise up again.
- The Lord will cut off their name, remnant, descendants, and posterity and give their land to the hedgehog (porcupine/owl)
- God will sweep them away with "the broom of destruction"
- God also promises to break the Assyrians in His land.
- God will remove the yoke from His people there.
- He asked who can turn back His hand. (The answer is no one)
- In the year King Ahaz died Isaiah received the oracle concerning Philistia
- It tells them not to rejoice when the rod that struck them is broken (Babylon or Assyria?)
- There will be another serpent to take the place of the first.
- The poor and needy will be safe (Who is this referring to?)
- God will kill their root with famine.
- Philistia should be afraid of the "smoke from the north"
- The afflicted of Israel will find refuge in Zion.
1 Corinthians 13
- This is known as the love chapter and most often used in weddings
- This is the "more excellent way" Paul ended Chapter 12 on spiritual gifts.
- Paul says if he speaks in tongues of angels but doesn't have love he is a loud sound.
- Having all knowledge and faith that can move mountains without love is nothing.
- Giving away everything and being burned for your faith without love gains you nothing.
- Love is:
1) Patient
2) Kind
3) Doesn't envy or boast
4) Not arrogant
5) Not rude
6) Doesn't insist on its own way
7) Not irritable
8) Not resentful
9) Doesn't rejoice at doing wrong
10) Rejoices in truth
11) Bears all things
12) Believes all things
13) Hopes all things
14) Endures all things
15) Never ends
(Paul shows that gifts without love are nothing) (also shows what true love looks like)
- prophecies, tongues, and knowledge (the things the Corinthians found most important) will pass away.
- We know and prophesy in part
- When the perfect (Christ) comes the partial will pass away.
- Paul says he acted like a child when he was a child, but as a man he has given up "childish ways"
- What we see now is a dim view of what is to come.
- Faith, hope, and love are important, but the greatest thing is love.
1 John 4
- John tells the to test the spirits to see if they are from God.
- There are many false prophets.
- Every spirit that confesses God is from God.
- Those that do not confess God are from the antichrist.
- God is greater than the antichrist who is in the world.
- The antichrist is from the world and speaks to the world and the world listens.
- Those from God listen to them.
- Through testing they will know the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error (first "spirit" is capitalized)
- John again tells the to love one another because God IS love.
- God's love was made manifest when he sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him (The Gospel)
- Love isn't that we love God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to die for our sins as a propitiation.
- If God loved us this much, shouldn't we love others?
- God's love is perfected through us when we love others.
- God has given us the Spirit to love others.
- John says they have seen and testify the God the Father sent His Son as Savior of the world.
- Those who confess Jesus as the Son of God abide in God.
- Those who abide in love abide in God and He in them.
- Because of this fact we have confidence for the day of judgment.
- Perfect love casts out fear.
- Fear comes from punishment, but God has perfected us in love and knowledge of Him through the Gospel.
- We love because He first loved us.
- You can't say you love God and hate your brother.
- You can't love God whom you can't see and hate your brother whom you have seen.
- "We" (John and whoever is writing the letter with him) have given a commandment that "whoever loves God must also love his brother".
- People of Reuben and Gad had a lot of livestock.
- They went to Moses, Eleazar, and the chiefs (Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon) and said if they found favor with them, could they possess the land of Gilead and NOT cross the Jordan with them.
- Moses asked how they could stay there while their brothers went to war.
- Moses said this would discourage the people like the incident of Valley of Eshcol
- That incident is when God became angry and said no one over 20 (except Caleb and Joshua) would see the promised land.
- That incident was also the reason God kept the Israelites in the wilderness for 40 years.
- Moses accuses them of taken their fathers' sinful place and trying to bring God's anger on them again.
- The people of Reuben and Gad said they'd keep their livestock and children there, but that they would go fight with their brothers until they too had their inheritance.
- They said they wouldn't return home until the fighting was over.
- They said their inheritance was on the east side of the Jordan.
- Moses said that if they fought, then that land would be theirs and they would be free of their obligation to the Lord.
- If they don't do what they say they will be punished because they have sinned against the Lord.
- How long did it take them to build pens for their livestock and fortified cities for their kids? Wouldn't that take a long time and prolong the battle Israel was facing?
- They repeated the agreement and the armed men would go and fight.
- Moses talked to Eleazar and Joshua about the agreement.
- If they break the agreement, they lose the land on the east of the Jordan and get an inheritance in Canaan.
- The land east of the Jordan had belonged to Sihon the Amorite and Og of Bashan.
- The people of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran.
- The people of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, Nebo, and Baal-meon (their names were changed), and Sibmah.
- After they had claimed the land, THEN they went and won the land from the Amorites.
- Nobah captured Kenath and named it Nobah.
Isaiah 14
- God will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel.
- They will get their land back and sojourners will join them.
- Their captors will then be their captives, slaves.
- God will give them rest for their pain and turmoil under the King of Babylon.
- The Lord will break the rule of the wicked.
- He will strike down the nations who ruled in anger and persecution.
- The whole earth will be at rest and quiet.
- Sheol will come to meet the wicked the kings and rulers.
- Their pomp, arrogance, has brought them down to Sheol (death)
- Their fall will be great.
- It refers to the Babylonians as the Day Star.
- The Babylonians said their throne will be higher than heaven.
- That is why God has brought them low.
- Others will question the fall of the mighty Babylon.
- They won't even be buried but scattered when they are slain.
- They have destroyed their land and their people.
- Their sons will be destroyed so they can not repeat the work of their fathers and rise up again.
- The Lord will cut off their name, remnant, descendants, and posterity and give their land to the hedgehog (porcupine/owl)
- God will sweep them away with "the broom of destruction"
- God also promises to break the Assyrians in His land.
- God will remove the yoke from His people there.
- He asked who can turn back His hand. (The answer is no one)
- In the year King Ahaz died Isaiah received the oracle concerning Philistia
- It tells them not to rejoice when the rod that struck them is broken (Babylon or Assyria?)
- There will be another serpent to take the place of the first.
- The poor and needy will be safe (Who is this referring to?)
- God will kill their root with famine.
- Philistia should be afraid of the "smoke from the north"
- The afflicted of Israel will find refuge in Zion.
1 Corinthians 13
- This is known as the love chapter and most often used in weddings
- This is the "more excellent way" Paul ended Chapter 12 on spiritual gifts.
- Paul says if he speaks in tongues of angels but doesn't have love he is a loud sound.
- Having all knowledge and faith that can move mountains without love is nothing.
- Giving away everything and being burned for your faith without love gains you nothing.
- Love is:
1) Patient
2) Kind
3) Doesn't envy or boast
4) Not arrogant
5) Not rude
6) Doesn't insist on its own way
7) Not irritable
8) Not resentful
9) Doesn't rejoice at doing wrong
10) Rejoices in truth
11) Bears all things
12) Believes all things
13) Hopes all things
14) Endures all things
15) Never ends
(Paul shows that gifts without love are nothing) (also shows what true love looks like)
- prophecies, tongues, and knowledge (the things the Corinthians found most important) will pass away.
- We know and prophesy in part
- When the perfect (Christ) comes the partial will pass away.
- Paul says he acted like a child when he was a child, but as a man he has given up "childish ways"
- What we see now is a dim view of what is to come.
- Faith, hope, and love are important, but the greatest thing is love.
1 John 4
- John tells the to test the spirits to see if they are from God.
- There are many false prophets.
- Every spirit that confesses God is from God.
- Those that do not confess God are from the antichrist.
- God is greater than the antichrist who is in the world.
- The antichrist is from the world and speaks to the world and the world listens.
- Those from God listen to them.
- Through testing they will know the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error (first "spirit" is capitalized)
- John again tells the to love one another because God IS love.
- God's love was made manifest when he sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him (The Gospel)
- Love isn't that we love God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to die for our sins as a propitiation.
- If God loved us this much, shouldn't we love others?
- God's love is perfected through us when we love others.
- God has given us the Spirit to love others.
- John says they have seen and testify the God the Father sent His Son as Savior of the world.
- Those who confess Jesus as the Son of God abide in God.
- Those who abide in love abide in God and He in them.
- Because of this fact we have confidence for the day of judgment.
- Perfect love casts out fear.
- Fear comes from punishment, but God has perfected us in love and knowledge of Him through the Gospel.
- We love because He first loved us.
- You can't say you love God and hate your brother.
- You can't love God whom you can't see and hate your brother whom you have seen.
- "We" (John and whoever is writing the letter with him) have given a commandment that "whoever loves God must also love his brother".
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Numbers 31 - Isaiah 13 – 1 Corinthians 12 – 1 John 3
Numbers 31
- God told Moses to avenge his people against the Midianites.
- After that Moses would die.
- Moses told the people to prepare for battle
- Army of 12,000 (1,000 from each tribe)
- Moses sent Phinehas (son of Eleazar, grandson or Aaron)
- Phinehas went with vessels from sanctuary and a trumpet
- The killed the men of Israel and the kings: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba
- They also killed Balaam with the sword.
- They took the women and children captive and kept their cattle, flocks, and goods
- The army brought the captives and spoil to Moses and Eleazar at Jericho.
- Moses and Eleazar met them outside the camp and Moses was angry.
- He reminded them of how Balaam’ s advice had brought a plague on Israel
- Moses told them to kill all the women who had been married and all the boys.
- Why did he let the virgin girls live?
- They had to stay outside the camp for 7 days (because they had been by dead bodies)
- Moses reminded them to purify themselves, their clothes, and every wooden thing on the 3rd and 7th day
- Eleazar told them to cleanse the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead in the fire then in water.
- He reminded them to wash their clothes on the 7th day.
- God told Moses to tell the people to divide everything in half, half for those in battle and half for the congregation.
- Then Levy a tribute to the Lord of: 1 out of 500 of people, oxen, and donkeys from the soldiers
- The people would give one out of 50 of the people, oxen, donkeys, sheep, and cattle to give to the Levites
- The total spoils were: 675,000 sheep, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, 32,000 people (virgin women)
- The army got:
- 337,500 sheep (gave God 675)
- 36,000 cattle (God got 72)
- 30,500 donkeys (God got 61)
- 16,000 women (God got 32)
- Each soldier (assuming no one died) would get about 2,500 sheep, 3 cattle, 2-3 donkeys, and 1-2 women
- The congregation got the same but gave 2% to the Levites
- It says that they counted those who were missing and everyone was still alive.
- The commanders brought in gold articles to make atonement for themselves.
- Their offering of gold articles was 16,750 shekels
- Moses and Eleazar brought the gold as a memorial to the people.
Isaiah 13
- Isaiah received an oracle about Babylon
- They would wave their hand to enter
- God has summoned “might men” to execute His anger.
- There is a loud noise coming from the mountains as God gathers men.
- They are coming to destroy everything
- Destruction from The Almighty will come
- The result is feeble hands and melting hearts
- They will be shocked as God makes the land desolate and destroys sinners.
- Even the stars won’t give them light and the sun will be dark
- God will punish the world for its evil and iniquity and end the arrogance
- Man will become rare.
- The earth will be shaken out of its place and each people will flee to his own land.
- There infants will be dashed to pieces and wives ravished.
- The Medes will come against them.
- The Medes don’t care about gold or silver but they destroy everything.
- Babylon will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
- It will never be inhabited again
- It will be full of wild creatures, like ostriches, owls, hyenas, and jackals
- Their time is coming to an end
1 Corinthians 12
- Paul answers their questions about spiritual gifts.
- Paul reminds them how they were led astray by mute idols.
- No one speaking in the Spirit can curse God.
- There are many gifts through one Spirit.
- There are varieties of service and activities but God empowers them.
- The gifts = utterance of wisdom, utterance of knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, ability to distinguish between spirits, tongues, and interpretation of tongues.
- The Spirit gives gift as he wills
- The body of Christ has many parts like the body has many parts
- The ear or arm can't say they don't want to be part of the body
- Just an "eye" would lack hearing, smell, etc.
- God arranged all members of the body as He chose.
- One Christian is nothing without the body.
- The "weaker" body parts are indispensable, unrepresentable parts are treated with modesty.
- God gives the "weaker" parts equal honor so that there is no division.
- If one member suffers all suffer or all rejoice.
- God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
- Paul says to seek higher gifts and foreshadows showing them a greater way.
1 John 3
- The love God has given us is to be called His children.
- The world doesn't know us because it doesn't know God.
- We will be like Him when He appears.
- Those who hope in Him are purified through Him.
- Sin = lawlessness
- Christ came to take away sin and He had no sin in Him.
- No one who has seen Christ keeps sinning.
- John cautions them not to be deceived.
- Those practicing sin are of the devil.
- The devil has been sinning from the beginning.
- Jesus appeared to destroy the works of the devil.
- John again says that those of God cannot keep on sinning.
- Those who do not practice righteousness or love his brother are not from God.
- John tells them they must love one another.
- We shouldn't be like Cain who murdered his brother.
- He killed his brother because his deeds were evil and his brother's were righteous.
- We have passed from death to life by loving our brothers.
- Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer and doesn't have eternal life.
- We know love because Christ laid down His life for us and we should do the same for our brothers.
- If anyone has much according to the world but closes his heart to a brother in need does not have God's love in him.
- Love shouldn't be word or talk but in deeds and truth.
- Whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our hearts.
- If we have confidence in God we will receive whatever we ask.
- We should keep His commandments and seek to please Him.
- God's command is to believe in Christ and love one another.
- John repeats loving brother, keeping commandment thought 2 more times to close this portion
- God told Moses to avenge his people against the Midianites.
- After that Moses would die.
- Moses told the people to prepare for battle
- Army of 12,000 (1,000 from each tribe)
- Moses sent Phinehas (son of Eleazar, grandson or Aaron)
- Phinehas went with vessels from sanctuary and a trumpet
- The killed the men of Israel and the kings: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba
- They also killed Balaam with the sword.
- They took the women and children captive and kept their cattle, flocks, and goods
- The army brought the captives and spoil to Moses and Eleazar at Jericho.
- Moses and Eleazar met them outside the camp and Moses was angry.
- He reminded them of how Balaam’ s advice had brought a plague on Israel
- Moses told them to kill all the women who had been married and all the boys.
- Why did he let the virgin girls live?
- They had to stay outside the camp for 7 days (because they had been by dead bodies)
- Moses reminded them to purify themselves, their clothes, and every wooden thing on the 3rd and 7th day
- Eleazar told them to cleanse the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead in the fire then in water.
- He reminded them to wash their clothes on the 7th day.
- God told Moses to tell the people to divide everything in half, half for those in battle and half for the congregation.
- Then Levy a tribute to the Lord of: 1 out of 500 of people, oxen, and donkeys from the soldiers
- The people would give one out of 50 of the people, oxen, donkeys, sheep, and cattle to give to the Levites
- The total spoils were: 675,000 sheep, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, 32,000 people (virgin women)
- The army got:
- 337,500 sheep (gave God 675)
- 36,000 cattle (God got 72)
- 30,500 donkeys (God got 61)
- 16,000 women (God got 32)
- Each soldier (assuming no one died) would get about 2,500 sheep, 3 cattle, 2-3 donkeys, and 1-2 women
- The congregation got the same but gave 2% to the Levites
- It says that they counted those who were missing and everyone was still alive.
- The commanders brought in gold articles to make atonement for themselves.
- Their offering of gold articles was 16,750 shekels
- Moses and Eleazar brought the gold as a memorial to the people.
Isaiah 13
- Isaiah received an oracle about Babylon
- They would wave their hand to enter
- God has summoned “might men” to execute His anger.
- There is a loud noise coming from the mountains as God gathers men.
- They are coming to destroy everything
- Destruction from The Almighty will come
- The result is feeble hands and melting hearts
- They will be shocked as God makes the land desolate and destroys sinners.
- Even the stars won’t give them light and the sun will be dark
- God will punish the world for its evil and iniquity and end the arrogance
- Man will become rare.
- The earth will be shaken out of its place and each people will flee to his own land.
- There infants will be dashed to pieces and wives ravished.
- The Medes will come against them.
- The Medes don’t care about gold or silver but they destroy everything.
- Babylon will be like Sodom and Gomorrah
- It will never be inhabited again
- It will be full of wild creatures, like ostriches, owls, hyenas, and jackals
- Their time is coming to an end
1 Corinthians 12
- Paul answers their questions about spiritual gifts.
- Paul reminds them how they were led astray by mute idols.
- No one speaking in the Spirit can curse God.
- There are many gifts through one Spirit.
- There are varieties of service and activities but God empowers them.
- The gifts = utterance of wisdom, utterance of knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, ability to distinguish between spirits, tongues, and interpretation of tongues.
- The Spirit gives gift as he wills
- The body of Christ has many parts like the body has many parts
- The ear or arm can't say they don't want to be part of the body
- Just an "eye" would lack hearing, smell, etc.
- God arranged all members of the body as He chose.
- One Christian is nothing without the body.
- The "weaker" body parts are indispensable, unrepresentable parts are treated with modesty.
- God gives the "weaker" parts equal honor so that there is no division.
- If one member suffers all suffer or all rejoice.
- God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
- Paul says to seek higher gifts and foreshadows showing them a greater way.
1 John 3
- The love God has given us is to be called His children.
- The world doesn't know us because it doesn't know God.
- We will be like Him when He appears.
- Those who hope in Him are purified through Him.
- Sin = lawlessness
- Christ came to take away sin and He had no sin in Him.
- No one who has seen Christ keeps sinning.
- John cautions them not to be deceived.
- Those practicing sin are of the devil.
- The devil has been sinning from the beginning.
- Jesus appeared to destroy the works of the devil.
- John again says that those of God cannot keep on sinning.
- Those who do not practice righteousness or love his brother are not from God.
- John tells them they must love one another.
- We shouldn't be like Cain who murdered his brother.
- He killed his brother because his deeds were evil and his brother's were righteous.
- We have passed from death to life by loving our brothers.
- Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer and doesn't have eternal life.
- We know love because Christ laid down His life for us and we should do the same for our brothers.
- If anyone has much according to the world but closes his heart to a brother in need does not have God's love in him.
- Love shouldn't be word or talk but in deeds and truth.
- Whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our hearts.
- If we have confidence in God we will receive whatever we ask.
- We should keep His commandments and seek to please Him.
- God's command is to believe in Christ and love one another.
- John repeats loving brother, keeping commandment thought 2 more times to close this portion
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Numbers 30 - Isaiah 12 – 1 Corinthians 11 – 1 John 2
Numbers 30
- Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes
- If a man makes an oath (promise) he shall not break it.
- He shall do all he says.
- If a young woman under her father makes a vow and the father says nothing, she must keep her vow.
- If her father opposes her when he hears her vow, the vow shall not stand
- The Lord will forgive her when her father oppsoes her.
- If a married man hears his wife's vow or "thoughtless utterances" and says nothing her vows shall stand.
- But if the husband hears the vow and opposes her then her vow will not stand and the Lord will forgive her.
- Does God need to forgive a vow that has been opposed if it's not an opposition due to sin?
- A divorced or widow's vow shall stand once spoken.
- Who are verses 9 - 15 speaking to?
- If the husband hears a vow and does not oppose it, then the husband shall bear the iniquity.
Isaiah 12
- You will give thanks (the "you" is porbably Nubia)
- They will give thanks because God was angry but now will comfort.
- God is our salvation so we can trust and not be afraid.
- God is our strength, song, and salvation
- You (or wind) will draw salvation with joy.
- Zion will give thanks and make God known among the people. They will exalt His name.
- Their response should be to sing praises to God
- The inhabitant of Zion should shout for joy and sing because the Holy One is great in their midsts.
1 Corinthains 11
- Paul commends them for remembering him and they remember the traditions he showed them.
- Christ is head of every man --> head of wife is her husband --> head of Christ is God
- Every prophesying man who covers his head dishonors his head.
- Every wife who prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head (same as shaving it).
- If a wife won't cover her head she should just cut her hair short, but that is deemed shameful to do, so she should cover it.
- Man shouldn't cover his head because it is the image of glory of God while the woman is the glory of man.
- Man wasn't created for woman, but woman was created for man.
- The woman should be a symbol because of the angels (messengers sent to report)
- Man and woman or dependent on each other; woman was made from man and woman gave birth to man.
- Nature shows that long hair for a man is a disgrace and long hair for woman is her glory.
- What does Paul mean that "we" and the "churches of God" have no such practice?
- Paul starts the next section by rebuking them and saying he cannot commend them.
- Paul says this because there are divisions in the church when they meet.
- They are NOT taking the Lord's supper properly because some are leaving hungry and others drunk.
- Paul tells them to eat and drink at home!
- Paul says this is despising the church of God and humiliating those with nothing.
- Paul says he delivered the Lord's supper tradition to them, breaking bread to remember Christ's body and drinking from the cup of the new covenant.
- This ceremony is to proclaim the Lord's death and return.
- Eating and drinking wrongly is profaning the body and blood of the Lord.
- Those who are misusing this, puts judgement on himself.
- When God judged us He disciplines us so we aren't condemned with the world.
- Paul tells them that when they partake they should wait for each other so not to be judged.
- Paul ends by saying he'll discuss this with them further when he returns to them.
1 John 2
- John write to "my little children" so they won't sin.
- He reminds them that when they do sin they have an advocate.
- He is our propitiation and the world's of our sins.
- If someone claims to know Him but doesn't keep His commandments, that person is a liar, and the truth is NOt in him.
- By keeping the word, the love of God is perfected.
- We know we are in Him if we walk in the same way as He did.
- John isn't writing a new commandment, but an old one that has been made new because we have a light in the darkness.
- Hating your brother shows you're still in darkness.
- Loving your brother= no stumbling blocks.
- Hating your brother = blinded by darkness and not knowing where you're going.
- Our sins are forgiven for His namesake.
- John addresses multiple groups of people:
- little children = sin's forgiven
- father's = known Him from beginning
- young men = overcomed the evil one
- children = know the Father
- fathers = known Him from beginning (repeated)
- young men = strong, God's word abides in them, and have overcome evil one.
- John tells them not to love the world because that shows the Father is not in them.
- Desires of flesh, the eyes, and pride in possessions is from the world not from God.
- The world and its desires are passing away but God abides forever.
- John tells them the antichrist is coming and many have already come.
- They went out from the group so the people know they are NOT from God.
- John writes to them BECAUSE they know the truth not to teach it to them.
- Antichrist = one who denies Father and Son.
- John reminds them to remember what they have known from the beginning.
- Eternal life is the promise of abiding in God and Son.
- They should abide in what they have been taught and abide in him (lowercase so it is the one who taught them)
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- Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes
- If a man makes an oath (promise) he shall not break it.
- He shall do all he says.
- If a young woman under her father makes a vow and the father says nothing, she must keep her vow.
- If her father opposes her when he hears her vow, the vow shall not stand
- The Lord will forgive her when her father oppsoes her.
- If a married man hears his wife's vow or "thoughtless utterances" and says nothing her vows shall stand.
- But if the husband hears the vow and opposes her then her vow will not stand and the Lord will forgive her.
- Does God need to forgive a vow that has been opposed if it's not an opposition due to sin?
- A divorced or widow's vow shall stand once spoken.
- Who are verses 9 - 15 speaking to?
- If the husband hears a vow and does not oppose it, then the husband shall bear the iniquity.
Isaiah 12
- You will give thanks (the "you" is porbably Nubia)
- They will give thanks because God was angry but now will comfort.
- God is our salvation so we can trust and not be afraid.
- God is our strength, song, and salvation
- You (or wind) will draw salvation with joy.
- Zion will give thanks and make God known among the people. They will exalt His name.
- Their response should be to sing praises to God
- The inhabitant of Zion should shout for joy and sing because the Holy One is great in their midsts.
1 Corinthains 11
- Paul commends them for remembering him and they remember the traditions he showed them.
- Christ is head of every man --> head of wife is her husband --> head of Christ is God
- Every prophesying man who covers his head dishonors his head.
- Every wife who prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head (same as shaving it).
- If a wife won't cover her head she should just cut her hair short, but that is deemed shameful to do, so she should cover it.
- Man shouldn't cover his head because it is the image of glory of God while the woman is the glory of man.
- Man wasn't created for woman, but woman was created for man.
- The woman should be a symbol because of the angels (messengers sent to report)
- Man and woman or dependent on each other; woman was made from man and woman gave birth to man.
- Nature shows that long hair for a man is a disgrace and long hair for woman is her glory.
- What does Paul mean that "we" and the "churches of God" have no such practice?
- Paul starts the next section by rebuking them and saying he cannot commend them.
- Paul says this because there are divisions in the church when they meet.
- They are NOT taking the Lord's supper properly because some are leaving hungry and others drunk.
- Paul tells them to eat and drink at home!
- Paul says this is despising the church of God and humiliating those with nothing.
- Paul says he delivered the Lord's supper tradition to them, breaking bread to remember Christ's body and drinking from the cup of the new covenant.
- This ceremony is to proclaim the Lord's death and return.
- Eating and drinking wrongly is profaning the body and blood of the Lord.
- Those who are misusing this, puts judgement on himself.
- When God judged us He disciplines us so we aren't condemned with the world.
- Paul tells them that when they partake they should wait for each other so not to be judged.
- Paul ends by saying he'll discuss this with them further when he returns to them.
1 John 2
- John write to "my little children" so they won't sin.
- He reminds them that when they do sin they have an advocate.
- He is our propitiation and the world's of our sins.
- If someone claims to know Him but doesn't keep His commandments, that person is a liar, and the truth is NOt in him.
- By keeping the word, the love of God is perfected.
- We know we are in Him if we walk in the same way as He did.
- John isn't writing a new commandment, but an old one that has been made new because we have a light in the darkness.
- Hating your brother shows you're still in darkness.
- Loving your brother= no stumbling blocks.
- Hating your brother = blinded by darkness and not knowing where you're going.
- Our sins are forgiven for His namesake.
- John addresses multiple groups of people:
- little children = sin's forgiven
- father's = known Him from beginning
- young men = overcomed the evil one
- children = know the Father
- fathers = known Him from beginning (repeated)
- young men = strong, God's word abides in them, and have overcome evil one.
- John tells them not to love the world because that shows the Father is not in them.
- Desires of flesh, the eyes, and pride in possessions is from the world not from God.
- The world and its desires are passing away but God abides forever.
- John tells them the antichrist is coming and many have already come.
- They went out from the group so the people know they are NOT from God.
- John writes to them BECAUSE they know the truth not to teach it to them.
- Antichrist = one who denies Father and Son.
- John reminds them to remember what they have known from the beginning.
- Eternal life is the promise of abiding in God and Son.
- They should abide in what they have been taught and abide in him (lowercase so it is the one who taught them)
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Numbers 29 - Isaiah 11 – 1 Corinthians 10 – 1 John 1
Numbers 29
- Offering for the Feast of Trumpets
- 1st day of 7th month = no work, only blow trumpets
- Same offerings needed as previous sacrifices including the goat as a sin offering.
- This is in addition to the new moon's grain offering, regular offering's grain offering, drink offerings according to their own rules.
- Day of Atonement Offerings = 10th day of 7th month
- Here again; one bull, one ram, 7 sheep, and a goat are offered, as well as the sin offering and regular burnt offerings.
- Is the sin offering here still the one goat or something different?
- Feast of Tabernacles Offerings = 15th day of the 7th month
- No work and keep a feast for 7 days.
- Day 1 = 13 bulls, 2 rams, 14 male lambs (grain offerings for each), and a goat as a sin offering
- Day 2 = 12 bulls, (the rest is the same)
- Day 3 = 11 bulls, (the rest is the same)
- Day 4 = 10 bulls, (the rest is the same)
- Day 5 = 9 bulls, (the rest is the same)
- Day 6 = 8 bulls, (the rest is the same)
- Day 7 = 7 bulls, (the rest is the same)
- Day 8 = have a solemn assembly and do no work. on this day the offering is the same as the usual "feasts" sacrifices.
- These things are in addition to vow offerings and freewill offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings, and peace offerings.
- Moses relayed these things as God commanded him to.
Isaiah 11
- A "shoot" shall come from the "stump" of Jesse.
- The Spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge, fear of God shall rest on this person.
- He shall delight in the fear of God.
- He will judge the poor with righteousness, not eyes or ears
- He will strike the earth and will the wicked with his lips (mouth)
- Righteousness and faithfulness shall be his belt.
- The wolf/lamb, leopard/young goat, calf/lion shall lie together
- A "little child" shall lead them.
- The cow/bear, lion/straw, nursing child/cobra, weaned child/adder shall be together
- These opposites show that on God's holy mountain nothing will destroy.
- The earth shall be covered by knowledge of God like waters cover the sea.
- The root of Jesse will be a signal for the PEOPLES (not just Israelites)
- His resting place shall be glorious
- In that day God will again recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, Cush, Egypt, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coastlines by the sea.
- What does it mean to swoop down on Philistines' shoulders (Will they work together?)
- The Ammonites, Edomites, and Moabites will obey them
- The Lord will dry up the River (Nile?) and turn it into 7 crossable channels
- There will be a highway from Assyria for the remnant to use to return.
1 Corinthians 10
- Paul reminds them that their "fathers" stood under cloud of God and crossed the sea and were "baptized" into Moses.
- They ate spiritual food and drank spiritual drink
- The Rock the drank from was the Rock of Christ.
- God wasn't pleased with most of them and they died in the wilderness.
- They were examples for us, showing us not to desire evil.
- Do not be idolaters (Exodus 32:6 - "The people sat to eat and drink and rose up to play")
- We must avoid sexual immorality - They didn't and 23,000 died in one day.
- When they tested God they were destroyed by serpents.
- When they grumbled the Destroyer killed them.
- They happened as examples for us and were written to teach us.
- Anyone who thinks he stands need to take heed or he will fall (Do not be proud)
- No temptation has overtaken us that is not common to man.
- God is faithful and won't let us be tempted beyond what we can bear.
- He ALWAYS provides a way of escape.
- Paul tells us to flee idolatry because we are in the blood of Christ.
- Paul points back to Jesus' body being the one bread they all partake from (communion)
- Paul's point is that what pagans eat they sacrifice to demons, not God.
- He warns them they can't be with God and with demons.
- He says we shouldn't provoke the Lord to jealousy.
- All things are lawful but not all things are helpful or build up.
- Don't seek our own good, but the good of others.
- Eat whatever is sold in the market.
- If an unbeliever invites you to dinner eat whatever is served without question.
- But if they tell you it was an idol sacrifice refrain from eating it for the server's benefit not your own.
- If you thank God for it, it shouldn't be judged as bad.
- Whatever you eat or drink do it all to the glory of God.
- Our goal should be saving others, and that should be why we please others.
- Paul tells them to imitate him as he is imitating Christ.
THIS PASSAGE HAS MANY WELL KNOWN AND AWESOME TRUTHS!
1 John 1
- John starts off by acknowledging the truth that they believe that was from the beginning.
- They have seen and touched it.
- John proclaims the eternal life which God made manifest to us
- He proclaims to them so that they might have fellowship with us (believers)
- Our ultimate fellowship is with God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ
- Their joy is complete is writing to this group
- There are several people writing this letter with John.
- The message is this: God is light and in Him there is no darkness.
- If we claim to walk with Him and are darkness we lie.
- Walking in the light = fellowship with believers and Jesus' blood cleanses us from our sins.
- Those who say they have "no sin" deceive themselves.
- If we confess our sins He is faithful to forgive us.
- If we say we have NOT sinned we are calling Him a liar and His words aren't in us.
- Offering for the Feast of Trumpets
- 1st day of 7th month = no work, only blow trumpets
- Same offerings needed as previous sacrifices including the goat as a sin offering.
- This is in addition to the new moon's grain offering, regular offering's grain offering, drink offerings according to their own rules.
- Day of Atonement Offerings = 10th day of 7th month
- Here again; one bull, one ram, 7 sheep, and a goat are offered, as well as the sin offering and regular burnt offerings.
- Is the sin offering here still the one goat or something different?
- Feast of Tabernacles Offerings = 15th day of the 7th month
- No work and keep a feast for 7 days.
- Day 1 = 13 bulls, 2 rams, 14 male lambs (grain offerings for each), and a goat as a sin offering
- Day 2 = 12 bulls, (the rest is the same)
- Day 3 = 11 bulls, (the rest is the same)
- Day 4 = 10 bulls, (the rest is the same)
- Day 5 = 9 bulls, (the rest is the same)
- Day 6 = 8 bulls, (the rest is the same)
- Day 7 = 7 bulls, (the rest is the same)
- Day 8 = have a solemn assembly and do no work. on this day the offering is the same as the usual "feasts" sacrifices.
- These things are in addition to vow offerings and freewill offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings, and peace offerings.
- Moses relayed these things as God commanded him to.
Isaiah 11
- A "shoot" shall come from the "stump" of Jesse.
- The Spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge, fear of God shall rest on this person.
- He shall delight in the fear of God.
- He will judge the poor with righteousness, not eyes or ears
- He will strike the earth and will the wicked with his lips (mouth)
- Righteousness and faithfulness shall be his belt.
- The wolf/lamb, leopard/young goat, calf/lion shall lie together
- A "little child" shall lead them.
- The cow/bear, lion/straw, nursing child/cobra, weaned child/adder shall be together
- These opposites show that on God's holy mountain nothing will destroy.
- The earth shall be covered by knowledge of God like waters cover the sea.
- The root of Jesse will be a signal for the PEOPLES (not just Israelites)
- His resting place shall be glorious
- In that day God will again recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, Cush, Egypt, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coastlines by the sea.
- What does it mean to swoop down on Philistines' shoulders (Will they work together?)
- The Ammonites, Edomites, and Moabites will obey them
- The Lord will dry up the River (Nile?) and turn it into 7 crossable channels
- There will be a highway from Assyria for the remnant to use to return.
1 Corinthians 10
- Paul reminds them that their "fathers" stood under cloud of God and crossed the sea and were "baptized" into Moses.
- They ate spiritual food and drank spiritual drink
- The Rock the drank from was the Rock of Christ.
- God wasn't pleased with most of them and they died in the wilderness.
- They were examples for us, showing us not to desire evil.
- Do not be idolaters (Exodus 32:6 - "The people sat to eat and drink and rose up to play")
- We must avoid sexual immorality - They didn't and 23,000 died in one day.
- When they tested God they were destroyed by serpents.
- When they grumbled the Destroyer killed them.
- They happened as examples for us and were written to teach us.
- Anyone who thinks he stands need to take heed or he will fall (Do not be proud)
- No temptation has overtaken us that is not common to man.
- God is faithful and won't let us be tempted beyond what we can bear.
- He ALWAYS provides a way of escape.
- Paul tells us to flee idolatry because we are in the blood of Christ.
- Paul points back to Jesus' body being the one bread they all partake from (communion)
- Paul's point is that what pagans eat they sacrifice to demons, not God.
- He warns them they can't be with God and with demons.
- He says we shouldn't provoke the Lord to jealousy.
- All things are lawful but not all things are helpful or build up.
- Don't seek our own good, but the good of others.
- Eat whatever is sold in the market.
- If an unbeliever invites you to dinner eat whatever is served without question.
- But if they tell you it was an idol sacrifice refrain from eating it for the server's benefit not your own.
- If you thank God for it, it shouldn't be judged as bad.
- Whatever you eat or drink do it all to the glory of God.
- Our goal should be saving others, and that should be why we please others.
- Paul tells them to imitate him as he is imitating Christ.
THIS PASSAGE HAS MANY WELL KNOWN AND AWESOME TRUTHS!
1 John 1
- John starts off by acknowledging the truth that they believe that was from the beginning.
- They have seen and touched it.
- John proclaims the eternal life which God made manifest to us
- He proclaims to them so that they might have fellowship with us (believers)
- Our ultimate fellowship is with God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ
- Their joy is complete is writing to this group
- There are several people writing this letter with John.
- The message is this: God is light and in Him there is no darkness.
- If we claim to walk with Him and are darkness we lie.
- Walking in the light = fellowship with believers and Jesus' blood cleanses us from our sins.
- Those who say they have "no sin" deceive themselves.
- If we confess our sins He is faithful to forgive us.
- If we say we have NOT sinned we are calling Him a liar and His words aren't in us.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Numbers 28 - Isaiah 10 – 1 Corinthians 9 – 2 Peter 3
Numbers 28
- God told Moses to remind the people to give the food offering at the appointed time.
-They were to offer, 2 male lambs a year old without blemish daily.
- One lamb was to be offered in morning the other at twilight.
- That was mixed with 12/13 liters of flour and one quart of beaten oil.
- Its drink offering shall be a quarter hin (1 liter) for each lamb as God directed at Mount Sinai
- It should be offered in the Holy Place
- On the Sabbath they were to offer an additional 2 perfect lambs.
- At the beginning of each month they were to offer; 2 bulls, one ram, seven year old lambs, 6/7 liters of flour, mixed with oil.
- The drink offering is 2 liters of wine for the bull, 1.5 liters for the ram, 1 liter for the lamb.
- In addition to those one male goat as a sin offering.
- Passover Offering: 14th day of the first month, the 15th shall be a feast and they shall eat unleavened bread for 7 days.
- They shouldn't do any work on the 1st day, but offer a food and burnt offering to the Lord (same as monthly offerings) along with daily and regular burnt offerings.
- They shall also offer the food of the food offerings for 7 days.
- The 7th day they shouldn't do any work.
- Day of Firstfruits (Feast of Weeks) - they shouldn't do any work.
- The offering shall be the same as above.
Isaiah 10
- Woe to those who write about oppression.
- These people rob the poor and the widow an prey on the fatherless.
- These people will have nowhere to hide and their wealth will be pointless when "ruin" comes.
- His anger is not turned away and his hand in stretched out still (repeated phrase)
- Assyria is God's "rod" (for discipline)
- God is sending Assyria to punish the wicked in the "godless nation"
- Assyria will boast in her conquests and those she has overtaken.
- After God is finished using Assyria, she will be punished for her arrogance.
- Assyria boasts in her strength, her plunder, her wisdom.
- Assyria is like a boastful axe who doesn't see who swings it.
- God will eventually send sickness and fire on them.
- Their remnant will be so few a child could count them.
- In that time Israel will turn back to God.
- Destruction is overflowing with righteousness.
- God seems to comfort the Israelites by saying not to worry because once God's fury has ended and He will pour it out on the Assyrians.
- God reminds them of how He defeated Egypt and Midian for them.
- What does it mean that the yoke will be broken because of the fat?
-Isaiah lists places that God will come through to destroy.
- God falling Lebanon, He is referred to as the Majestic One
1 Corinthians 9
- Paul calls the Corinthians his "seal of apostleship"
- Paul makes a defense to those who question him.
- He says he has a right to eat and rink and to have a wife like others, including Cephas (Peter)
- Paul asks what soldier pays for his own service or who grows grapes but doesn't eat them.
- Paul points back to the Law of Moses and references that an oxen that treads the grain shall not be muzzled. The oxen aren't God's concern, the people are.
- The plower and thresher plow in hope to get a crop.
- Paul asks why he can't reap material things since he planted spiritual things?
- Paul says that although this is his right among them to do, he has withheld that right to not be an obstacle to them.
- Paul says that people serving in the temple get food from the temple and he preaches the gospel so he should make a living from it.
- Paul says that he isn't writing them to get anything.
- Paul says woe to himself if he doesn't preach the gospel.
- By stewarding the gospel he has been given he will receive a reward.
- His reward is preaching the gospel, not in material things.
- Paul has made himself a "slave to all" to win many.
- Paul adapted to win others outside the law, without being outside the law of Christ.
- Paul becomes all things to all people that he might win some.
- Paul is others focused in his preaching.
- Paul tells them to run to win the race.
- Paul says athletes have self control to win a perishable wreath but believers have something that won't perish.
- Paul isn't doing things randomly, like a flailing boxer, but he controls his body to not be disqualified (keeping the racing/boxing analogy going)
2 Peter 3
- Peter says this is his 2nd letter to them.
- Peter's goal is to remind them of the prophets and commandments of Christ to them.
- He also writes to caution them against scoffers who question when Christ will return.
- These men mock the fact that it hasn't happened.
- Peter reminds them that God spoke and created waters and He spoke and flooded the earth.
- Just like the water, fire is being stored up and will destroy the ungodly.
- One day to God is like a thousand years to us.
- Peter says God isn't slow, but patient so that many may be saved.
- Peter reminds them that the end WILL come like a thief in the night.
- Then all sin will be exposed.
- That is why they should remain holy and pursuing godliness.
- Righteousness dwells in the new heaven and new earth.
- Peter encourages them to be without blemish and at peace.
- See God's patience as salvation.
- Peter acknowledges that Paul also wrote them.
- Peter says Paul's writings can be hard for some to understand and they twist Paul's words like they do other scriptures.
- Pater cautions them not to follow lawless men but to grow in grace and knowledge of Christ.
- God told Moses to remind the people to give the food offering at the appointed time.
-They were to offer, 2 male lambs a year old without blemish daily.
- One lamb was to be offered in morning the other at twilight.
- That was mixed with 12/13 liters of flour and one quart of beaten oil.
- Its drink offering shall be a quarter hin (1 liter) for each lamb as God directed at Mount Sinai
- It should be offered in the Holy Place
- On the Sabbath they were to offer an additional 2 perfect lambs.
- At the beginning of each month they were to offer; 2 bulls, one ram, seven year old lambs, 6/7 liters of flour, mixed with oil.
- The drink offering is 2 liters of wine for the bull, 1.5 liters for the ram, 1 liter for the lamb.
- In addition to those one male goat as a sin offering.
- Passover Offering: 14th day of the first month, the 15th shall be a feast and they shall eat unleavened bread for 7 days.
- They shouldn't do any work on the 1st day, but offer a food and burnt offering to the Lord (same as monthly offerings) along with daily and regular burnt offerings.
- They shall also offer the food of the food offerings for 7 days.
- The 7th day they shouldn't do any work.
- Day of Firstfruits (Feast of Weeks) - they shouldn't do any work.
- The offering shall be the same as above.
Isaiah 10
- Woe to those who write about oppression.
- These people rob the poor and the widow an prey on the fatherless.
- These people will have nowhere to hide and their wealth will be pointless when "ruin" comes.
- His anger is not turned away and his hand in stretched out still (repeated phrase)
- Assyria is God's "rod" (for discipline)
- God is sending Assyria to punish the wicked in the "godless nation"
- Assyria will boast in her conquests and those she has overtaken.
- After God is finished using Assyria, she will be punished for her arrogance.
- Assyria boasts in her strength, her plunder, her wisdom.
- Assyria is like a boastful axe who doesn't see who swings it.
- God will eventually send sickness and fire on them.
- Their remnant will be so few a child could count them.
- In that time Israel will turn back to God.
- Destruction is overflowing with righteousness.
- God seems to comfort the Israelites by saying not to worry because once God's fury has ended and He will pour it out on the Assyrians.
- God reminds them of how He defeated Egypt and Midian for them.
- What does it mean that the yoke will be broken because of the fat?
-Isaiah lists places that God will come through to destroy.
- God falling Lebanon, He is referred to as the Majestic One
1 Corinthians 9
- Paul calls the Corinthians his "seal of apostleship"
- Paul makes a defense to those who question him.
- He says he has a right to eat and rink and to have a wife like others, including Cephas (Peter)
- Paul asks what soldier pays for his own service or who grows grapes but doesn't eat them.
- Paul points back to the Law of Moses and references that an oxen that treads the grain shall not be muzzled. The oxen aren't God's concern, the people are.
- The plower and thresher plow in hope to get a crop.
- Paul asks why he can't reap material things since he planted spiritual things?
- Paul says that although this is his right among them to do, he has withheld that right to not be an obstacle to them.
- Paul says that people serving in the temple get food from the temple and he preaches the gospel so he should make a living from it.
- Paul says that he isn't writing them to get anything.
- Paul says woe to himself if he doesn't preach the gospel.
- By stewarding the gospel he has been given he will receive a reward.
- His reward is preaching the gospel, not in material things.
- Paul has made himself a "slave to all" to win many.
- Paul adapted to win others outside the law, without being outside the law of Christ.
- Paul becomes all things to all people that he might win some.
- Paul is others focused in his preaching.
- Paul tells them to run to win the race.
- Paul says athletes have self control to win a perishable wreath but believers have something that won't perish.
- Paul isn't doing things randomly, like a flailing boxer, but he controls his body to not be disqualified (keeping the racing/boxing analogy going)
2 Peter 3
- Peter says this is his 2nd letter to them.
- Peter's goal is to remind them of the prophets and commandments of Christ to them.
- He also writes to caution them against scoffers who question when Christ will return.
- These men mock the fact that it hasn't happened.
- Peter reminds them that God spoke and created waters and He spoke and flooded the earth.
- Just like the water, fire is being stored up and will destroy the ungodly.
- One day to God is like a thousand years to us.
- Peter says God isn't slow, but patient so that many may be saved.
- Peter reminds them that the end WILL come like a thief in the night.
- Then all sin will be exposed.
- That is why they should remain holy and pursuing godliness.
- Righteousness dwells in the new heaven and new earth.
- Peter encourages them to be without blemish and at peace.
- See God's patience as salvation.
- Peter acknowledges that Paul also wrote them.
- Peter says Paul's writings can be hard for some to understand and they twist Paul's words like they do other scriptures.
- Pater cautions them not to follow lawless men but to grow in grace and knowledge of Christ.
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