Today’s Hebrew Testament chronological reading is in 2 Samuel 11 and 12.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Proverbs 12.
The Greek Testament reading is in 1 Thessalonians 5.
ESSENTIAL STUDIES.
2 Samuel 11 and 12, Chiastic Structure
Additional studies: 1 and 2 Samuel Index
From the Narrative in this chapter, we Learn something very important: David repented of his sin. YHVH forgave him his sin. However, repentance and forgiveness do not always erase the consequences of sin. Repentance could not bring Uriah back from the dead. The death of the child was the immediate consequence. However, because David abused his power as king to wield a sword against Uriah, YHVH decreed that the sword would never depart from his house. The sin was repented, and forgiven, but the consequence remained. Anything which YHVH decrees as sin bears negative and heart-breaking consequences; this is why it is a sin in the first place. When tempted to sin, we must always bear its consequences in mind.
Proverbs 12, The fruit of our lips
Additional studies: Proverbs Index
In a way, believing and speaking what is not in order to bring to nothing what is, is a form of worship of the one true God; it is a way of rejecting idolatry. You are refusing to bow your knee to the situation, the lie, which the devil has created for your life (My husband doesn’t love me), and by faith you bow the knee to the situation, the truth, which God has created for you and which He has revealed in His word (Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her, Eph 5:25).
1 Thessalonians Chiastic structure
Additional studies: 1 and 2 Thessalonians Index
The F pair: there is a way to walk, a conduct of life, that pleases God. The instruction of it is expressed by commandment (1F). Obedience to commandments does not save a man (right standing before God is by grace through faith), but sanctification or conduct in holiness is expressed by obedience to commandments. He who rejects the commandments which instruct in righteous conduct, does not reject man, but God (2F). Then Paul says something interesting: “… who has given us His Spirit.” Just as faith and works are not enemies, but sisters, so commandment and the Spirit are not enemies. It is from the Spirit that the commandments originated which God voiced to Moses on Sinai, for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks (Luk 6:45).
THREE-YEAR BIBLE.
The three-year plan is here.
Today’s reading is in Micah 6.
Suggested study: Micah 6, Bible for Beginners.
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