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Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
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1 Samuel 4-5; Psalms 52; Acts 28:1-16:
1 Samuel 4-5; Psalms 52; Acts 28:1-16:
The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield. When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, "Why did the Lord bring defeat on us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the Lord 's covenant from Shiloh, so that he may go with us and save us from the hand of our enemies." So the people sent men
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Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening"
Morning “Give therefore Thy servant an understanding heart.” 1 Kings 3:1 , 1 Kings 3:3-15 We will now pursue the path of history, and enter upon the reign of Solomon. 1 Kings 3:1 A questionable beginning, a step full of danger. 1 Kings 3:3 This was contrary to express precept, yet the Lord dealt not severely with Solomon, for he saw that his heart was right before him. 1 Kings 3:5 Solomon worships God by day God appears to Solomon by night. The night cannot but be happy when the day has been
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Proverbs 28:16 - A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding, But he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
Proverbs 28:16 - A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding, But he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
Words to Ponder
The knowledge which is given to the Christian is almost an instinctive knowledge. I think the best analogy is this. It is comparable to the knowledge which a man has who is in love with a woman. It is not possible for him to sit down and write out a philosophical account of his love, he cannot explain it rationally: he knows it, but here his reason ceases. The great love which reason and knowledge do not understand - that is it. We know, because we have love and love recognizes love, and love attracts love. The little lamb cannot give you a rational reason why it should pick out one sheep as its mother but it knows that sheep is his mother. The Christian's knowledge of his Lord is something like that, he knows and he knows the way of salvation. People say, 'I cannot understand why one man had to die on the cross for all,' but the Christian does understand. He cannot fully understand the doctrine of the atonement, but he is not in any trouble over the fact that the sins of the world were laid upon the innocent body of the Son of God. He has the mind of Christ and an understanding of these things by means of this unction of the Holy Spirit. Spiritual truths are not strange to him, they are life, they are everything. He delights in them, he lives by them and his one desire is to know more and more. - Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981)
The knowledge which is given to the Christian is almost an instinctive knowledge. I think the best analogy is this. It is comparable to the knowledge which a man has who is in love with a woman. It is not possible for him to sit down and write out a philosophical account of his love, he cannot explain it rationally: he knows it, but here his reason ceases. The great love which reason and knowledge do not understand - that is it. We know, because we have love and love recognizes love, and love attracts love. The little lamb cannot give you a rational reason why it should pick out one sheep as its mother but it knows that sheep is his mother. The Christian's knowledge of his Lord is something like that, he knows and he knows the way of salvation. People say, 'I cannot understand why one man had to die on the cross for all,' but the Christian does understand. He cannot fully understand the doctrine of the atonement, but he is not in any trouble over the fact that the sins of the world were laid upon the innocent body of the Son of God. He has the mind of Christ and an understanding of these things by means of this unction of the Holy Spirit. Spiritual truths are not strange to him, they are life, they are everything. He delights in them, he lives by them and his one desire is to know more and more. - Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981)
Today in Christian History
1381
Metropolitan Cyprian of Moscow is received with rejoicing after long being denied the position because he is a Serbian. He will be declared a saint by the Russian church.