The Bible In A Year 306
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Jeremiah 43-45, 1 Peter 1
45 thoughts on "The Bible In A Year 306"
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1. Don’t make idols of false gods
2. Honor Jesus Christ
3. Be holy and genuinely love othersThese are the three parts that I got from today’s reading, I hope you all are or will have a great day!
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3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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8Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, 9obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
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The brazen foolishness of the women leading Israel to sacrifice to idols is shocking to me. But perhaps that is because we read it from God’s point of view. May we not cling to our sin and our idols when God warns us again and again that they are not profitable and that they are displeasing to Him.
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Amen!!
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2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:
May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
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Struck by Jeremiah: “ 5 And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the Lord. But wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.”
Jeremiah was prophesying to Baruch in Judah. He is aspiring for great things in the midst of calamity and uncertainty, they are in exile in Babylon.
I’m unsure whether we should apply these words literally as they are in context, but perhaps in the midst of political chaos (I am in the UK) I can know that more than wealth or reputation or success for myself, God promises us life. And for me that life must mean a life lived in service of others, not accumulating spoils for myself, but always for God’s kingdom and people. -
Life is a journey that should be travelled with a deep consciousness of God,
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Faith is evidence of Victory not material things that I have. I don’t need to yearn for what others have. God is looking for the faithful. Faith tried through suffering not gold tried on the fire is what I need to work for. Dear God please forgive me.
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