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Joshua and the Treaty
http://www.wikigallery.org/paintings/198501-199000/198820/painting1.jpg Joshua and the treaty William Brassey Hole Wikigallery CCL
Meditation
Monday, Ordinary 32, Proper 27 lessons brought us to the end of Joshua’s life. He had insisted in yesterday’s lesson that the Children of Israel make their stand on whether they would follow God or not. He pressed them to make a commitment and they did. He set up an altar and standing stones to recognize the event-the moment in time when the Children of Israel made that commitment. Joshua knew he was going to die and he wanted to prepare his people for the eventuality. He did his work correctly because while he was present they didn’t go away from God. They followed God and obeyed his commandments. Even after Joshua, the elders, whom he had taught and guided, continued to lead the children of Israel in the way that they should go. So they started on their time in the Promised Land going the way of the Lord.
The Psalmist reviewed all the aspects of the Exodus and the children of Israel coming to the Promised Land and how they had encountered those who were against God but God prevailed over all their enemies. They should never forget that was the Psalmist’s message.
Joshua made sure they wouldn’t forget. The Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians about their speaking in tongues. Glossolalia. God used people to speak in languages different from their own to reach out to the many different cultures that were present on the Day of Pentecost. So each person heard the good news in their own language. Of course, people hearing the different languages spoken thought it was gibberish.
The church at Corinth was on the major thoroughfare from the east to the west. All the cultures of the known world sailed through Corinth. Unlike many churches, where the first converts began in Jewish synagogues or temples, the believers at Corinth were from the pagan shrines. The Jews were familiar with the Scriptures and knew a great deal of history of the church. The pagans did not. So God bestowed upon the church in Corinth amazing spiritual gifts. They were so ‘endowed’ with gifts, they began to be a little cocky and smug about their ‘skills and talents’ for Christianity. Pal tried to point out in the ‘love’ chapter before this lesson that love was more important than gifts. In chapter 14, Paul went further to explain that the ability to speak in tongues was not for the believer but for the unbeliever. Just as the Day of Pentecost resulted in many hearing about Christ spoken in their own languages because there were so many cultures present, the Corinthian church had a sort of mini-Pentecost routinely since so many cultures passed through their town and visited their church.
The Corinthians were proud of their many gifts—when they should have been more humble, since the gifts were given by God out of the need of the church. The increased numbers of blessing of gifts could easily have been an indication of the overwhelming need of the church for instruction that was not misguided. Paul noted in chapter 14 how the blessing of speaking in tongues was not for their benefit but for the unbeliever that stepped through their doors. The unbeliever walking into a Greek church, but hearing words spoken in his own language even though the Corinthian speaking it had no clue what s/he was saying, would fall down on his knees with his face to the ground and be able to say, “Truly God is here among you!”
We can be grateful for the Word of God that we have at our fingertips because God is always among us. It’s power uplifts us. It’s power convicts the sinner and gives grace to redeem us.
Thanks be to God.
All Scriptures printed below are in King James Version for copyright purposes. However, clicking on the verse locations will take you to Biblegateway.com where the text is linked to more contemporary versions.
Click on the Scriptures for links to biblegateway.com, where many translations of the same text enhance the understanding the readings, which come from the (RCL) Revised Common Lectionary – Daily Lectionary Readings. I add a Daily Prayer to bless you with God’s Favor.
Enjoy the Daily Encouragement and Bible Study and may you be inspired to be your best self for Ordinary 32, Proper 27.
Ordinary 32, Proper 27
Rock of Ages – Antrim Mennonite A Capella Choir
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http://youtu.be/gM7gt_cSxjw[/embed]
Joshua’s Tomb
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Joshua's_Tomb_at_Kifl_Hares.jpg Joshua’s Tomb at Kifl Hares, Palestinian town in the northern West Bank.Wikipedia CCL
Prayer: Almighty God, Open my eyes that I might see. Open my mind that I might understand. Open my heart that I might make your words a part of me. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight. Amen
Ordinary 32, Proper 27
Give to Our God Immortal Praise -- Clyde McLennan
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http://youtu.be/Jaua_rOb6z0[/embed]
Ordinary 32, Proper 27
Bible Readings
http://legacy.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua 24:1-3, 14-25;Psalm 78:1-7;1 Thessalonians 4:13-18;Matthew 25:1-13&version=KJV;ERV;GNT;NCV;NIV (multiple versions)
Monday, Ordinary 32, Proper 27
Psalm 78
Joshua 24:25-33
1 Corinthians 14:20-25
Daily Bible Verses to Memorize for Meditating
Psalm 78:1 King James Version (KJV)
78 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Ordinary 32, Proper 27
O God Unseen, Yet Ever Near -- Coro Cantacellis
[embed]
http://youtu.be/l60_1k5Ahcs?t=56s[/embed]
Single Bible Study chapter to study
Joshua 24:25-33
King James Version (KJV)
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
http://www.wikigallery.org/paintings/139501-140000/139581/painting1.jpg Joshua, Artus Quellin II Wikigallery CCL
26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Joseph's_Tomb.jpg Joseph’s Tomb early 1900s Wikipedia CCL
32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Tomb_of_Joseph_at_Shechem_1839,_by_David_Roberts.jpg Joseph’s Tomb at Shehem, Wikipedia CCL
33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
OBSERVE:
Take a moment and write three observations of the verses. What strikes you? An observation is an observable fact from the Word.
1.
2.
3.
INTERPRETATION:
What do you interpret these verses to mean for you today?
APPLY:
Today, I learned _____________________________________and apply it to my life.
Prayer of Encouragement
Almighty God, We give you thanks for your faithfulness to us. Help us to be faithful in our lives, trusting you to guide us each step every day. We want to be of use to you in your service. In Jesus name, Amen
Ordinary 32, Proper 27 Music
It is Good to Give Thanks to the Lord -- Maranatha
[embed]
http://youtu.be/vLUk7LwKaLk[/embed]
Ordinary 32, Proper 27 Humor
Early Church Prophetic Words Were Not Understood Then…
http://thebackpew.com/images/p/propheticwords.jpg ©Jeff Larson, Used by permission
We Know Where The Spirit of the Lord Is – Chris Tomlin
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/embed/sQEAM7hwUEI?list=PL228F69756650144B
I hope you found a chance to encounter your Creator and experience the Love of God and the joy of Christ in Ordinary 32, Proper 27.
Conclusion
Monday, Ordinary 32, Proper 27 brought the Children of Israel to the point of confession. Joshua was not going to accept waffling or shifting sentiments. He wanted the Hebrew people to make a choice—choose to follow God and him alone. God had told Moses that he was a jealous God and didn’t want to share his people’s faith—split between false gods and the one True God. Joshua challenged his people to make an oath, make a confession and declare themselves either followers of those other gods or a true follower of God. He stated it more than once, pushing for their commitment. They responded that they would.
His work was done and he died at over 100 years of age and he was buried. His elders carried out his funeral along with Joseph’s bones that had been brought from Egypt to Shechem.
The Psalmist sang of the great days of the past when God brought Israel into the Promised Land and provided for their needs. He pointed noted more than once that they would not forget it, implying the consequences of their carelessness.
The New Testament Gospel was Christ’s lesson about being prepared for the Second Coming. When he would return, he would only receive those who had been ready and had professed their sins and confessed Jesus as Lord and Savior. If they hadn’t done that, Jesus pointed out that it would be too late.
The Thessalonian church wondered if something were too late. Christ had not returned. The Second Coming hadn’t happened and they thought it had been going to happen in their lifetime. But when friends began dying and the Second Coming hadn’t happened, they wondered if they had missed something. Pau assured them that they had nothing to worry about. Those, who ‘slept’ or had died would be raised to join Christ in the clouds. Them those who were still alive would join them. Those who were alive and remained would respond to the ‘shout’ of the Lord and the trumpet of Go and the voice of the archangel—a noisy event.
The theme was being ready for God and not being distracted by false things/gods, so when Christ returns in the clouds, those alive would join him after he gathered those who have died before. No worries for thee believer.
Go out and be ready for God to do mighty things in your life—for the glory of God.*
Thank you for visiting ChapLynne’s Daily Encouragement and Bible Study. Please like if it was meaningful. God bless you.
*If you do not know the Lord as your personal Savior and you are seeking, please contact me. A genuine and simple prayer, asking God into your heart for the forgiveness of your sins will also do.
Please like if you are blessed and don’t hesitate to comment or contact me. I love hearing from you.
http://www.wikigallery.org/paintings/198501-199000/198820/painting1.jpg Joshua and the treaty William Brassey Hole Wikigallery CCL
Meditation
Monday, Ordinary 32, Proper 27 lessons brought us to the end of Joshua’s life. He had insisted in yesterday’s lesson that the Children of Israel make their stand on whether they would follow God or not. He pressed them to make a commitment and they did. He set up an altar and standing stones to recognize the event-the moment in time when the Children of Israel made that commitment. Joshua knew he was going to die and he wanted to prepare his people for the eventuality. He did his work correctly because while he was present they didn’t go away from God. They followed God and obeyed his commandments. Even after Joshua, the elders, whom he had taught and guided, continued to lead the children of Israel in the way that they should go. So they started on their time in the Promised Land going the way of the Lord.
The Psalmist reviewed all the aspects of the Exodus and the children of Israel coming to the Promised Land and how they had encountered those who were against God but God prevailed over all their enemies. They should never forget that was the Psalmist’s message.
Joshua made sure they wouldn’t forget. The Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians about their speaking in tongues. Glossolalia. God used people to speak in languages different from their own to reach out to the many different cultures that were present on the Day of Pentecost. So each person heard the good news in their own language. Of course, people hearing the different languages spoken thought it was gibberish.
The church at Corinth was on the major thoroughfare from the east to the west. All the cultures of the known world sailed through Corinth. Unlike many churches, where the first converts began in Jewish synagogues or temples, the believers at Corinth were from the pagan shrines. The Jews were familiar with the Scriptures and knew a great deal of history of the church. The pagans did not. So God bestowed upon the church in Corinth amazing spiritual gifts. They were so ‘endowed’ with gifts, they began to be a little cocky and smug about their ‘skills and talents’ for Christianity. Pal tried to point out in the ‘love’ chapter before this lesson that love was more important than gifts. In chapter 14, Paul went further to explain that the ability to speak in tongues was not for the believer but for the unbeliever. Just as the Day of Pentecost resulted in many hearing about Christ spoken in their own languages because there were so many cultures present, the Corinthian church had a sort of mini-Pentecost routinely since so many cultures passed through their town and visited their church.
The Corinthians were proud of their many gifts—when they should have been more humble, since the gifts were given by God out of the need of the church. The increased numbers of blessing of gifts could easily have been an indication of the overwhelming need of the church for instruction that was not misguided. Paul noted in chapter 14 how the blessing of speaking in tongues was not for their benefit but for the unbeliever that stepped through their doors. The unbeliever walking into a Greek church, but hearing words spoken in his own language even though the Corinthian speaking it had no clue what s/he was saying, would fall down on his knees with his face to the ground and be able to say, “Truly God is here among you!”
We can be grateful for the Word of God that we have at our fingertips because God is always among us. It’s power uplifts us. It’s power convicts the sinner and gives grace to redeem us.
Thanks be to God.
All Scriptures printed below are in King James Version for copyright purposes. However, clicking on the verse locations will take you to Biblegateway.com where the text is linked to more contemporary versions.
Click on the Scriptures for links to biblegateway.com, where many translations of the same text enhance the understanding the readings, which come from the (RCL) Revised Common Lectionary – Daily Lectionary Readings. I add a Daily Prayer to bless you with God’s Favor.
Enjoy the Daily Encouragement and Bible Study and may you be inspired to be your best self for Ordinary 32, Proper 27.
Ordinary 32, Proper 27
Rock of Ages – Antrim Mennonite A Capella Choir
[embed]
http://youtu.be/gM7gt_cSxjw[/embed]Joshua’s Tomb
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Joshua's_Tomb_at_Kifl_Hares.jpg Joshua’s Tomb at Kifl Hares, Palestinian town in the northern West Bank.Wikipedia CCL
Prayer: Almighty God, Open my eyes that I might see. Open my mind that I might understand. Open my heart that I might make your words a part of me. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight. Amen
Ordinary 32, Proper 27
Give to Our God Immortal Praise -- Clyde McLennan
[embed]
http://youtu.be/Jaua_rOb6z0[/embed]Ordinary 32, Proper 27
Bible Readings
http://legacy.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua 24:1-3, 14-25;Psalm 78:1-7;1 Thessalonians 4:13-18;Matthew 25:1-13&version=KJV;ERV;GNT;NCV;NIV (multiple versions)
Monday, Ordinary 32, Proper 27
Psalm 78
Joshua 24:25-33
1 Corinthians 14:20-25
Daily Bible Verses to Memorize for Meditating
Psalm 78:1 King James Version (KJV)
78 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Ordinary 32, Proper 27
O God Unseen, Yet Ever Near -- Coro Cantacellis
[embed]
http://youtu.be/l60_1k5Ahcs?t=56s[/embed]Single Bible Study chapter to study
Joshua 24:25-33
King James Version (KJV)
25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
http://www.wikigallery.org/paintings/139501-140000/139581/painting1.jpg Joshua, Artus Quellin II Wikigallery CCL
26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Joseph's_Tomb.jpg Joseph’s Tomb early 1900s Wikipedia CCL
32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Tomb_of_Joseph_at_Shechem_1839,_by_David_Roberts.jpg Joseph’s Tomb at Shehem, Wikipedia CCL
33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
OBSERVE:
Take a moment and write three observations of the verses. What strikes you? An observation is an observable fact from the Word.
1.
2.
3.
INTERPRETATION:
What do you interpret these verses to mean for you today?
APPLY:
Today, I learned _____________________________________and apply it to my life.
Prayer of Encouragement
Almighty God, We give you thanks for your faithfulness to us. Help us to be faithful in our lives, trusting you to guide us each step every day. We want to be of use to you in your service. In Jesus name, Amen
Ordinary 32, Proper 27 Music
It is Good to Give Thanks to the Lord -- Maranatha
[embed]
http://youtu.be/vLUk7LwKaLk[/embed]Ordinary 32, Proper 27 Humor
Early Church Prophetic Words Were Not Understood Then…
http://thebackpew.com/images/p/propheticwords.jpg ©Jeff Larson, Used by permission
We Know Where The Spirit of the Lord Is – Chris Tomlin
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/embed/sQEAM7hwUEI?list=PL228F69756650144B
I hope you found a chance to encounter your Creator and experience the Love of God and the joy of Christ in Ordinary 32, Proper 27.
Conclusion
Monday, Ordinary 32, Proper 27 brought the Children of Israel to the point of confession. Joshua was not going to accept waffling or shifting sentiments. He wanted the Hebrew people to make a choice—choose to follow God and him alone. God had told Moses that he was a jealous God and didn’t want to share his people’s faith—split between false gods and the one True God. Joshua challenged his people to make an oath, make a confession and declare themselves either followers of those other gods or a true follower of God. He stated it more than once, pushing for their commitment. They responded that they would.
His work was done and he died at over 100 years of age and he was buried. His elders carried out his funeral along with Joseph’s bones that had been brought from Egypt to Shechem.
The Psalmist sang of the great days of the past when God brought Israel into the Promised Land and provided for their needs. He pointed noted more than once that they would not forget it, implying the consequences of their carelessness.
The New Testament Gospel was Christ’s lesson about being prepared for the Second Coming. When he would return, he would only receive those who had been ready and had professed their sins and confessed Jesus as Lord and Savior. If they hadn’t done that, Jesus pointed out that it would be too late.
The Thessalonian church wondered if something were too late. Christ had not returned. The Second Coming hadn’t happened and they thought it had been going to happen in their lifetime. But when friends began dying and the Second Coming hadn’t happened, they wondered if they had missed something. Pau assured them that they had nothing to worry about. Those, who ‘slept’ or had died would be raised to join Christ in the clouds. Them those who were still alive would join them. Those who were alive and remained would respond to the ‘shout’ of the Lord and the trumpet of Go and the voice of the archangel—a noisy event.
The theme was being ready for God and not being distracted by false things/gods, so when Christ returns in the clouds, those alive would join him after he gathered those who have died before. No worries for thee believer.
Go out and be ready for God to do mighty things in your life—for the glory of God.*
Thank you for visiting ChapLynne’s Daily Encouragement and Bible Study. Please like if it was meaningful. God bless you.
*If you do not know the Lord as your personal Savior and you are seeking, please contact me. A genuine and simple prayer, asking God into your heart for the forgiveness of your sins will also do.
Please like if you are blessed and don’t hesitate to comment or contact me. I love hearing from you.
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