Friday, Ordinary 13/Proper 8 -- June 27
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Friday, Ordinary 13/Proper 8, addressed the yeast in the bread of faith. Yeast diffuses the entire dough. You have to act fast to cut it away if you don’t like it. If ‘cancer’ had been a commonly known disease and its insidious spreading from cell to cell, no doubt, Paul would have used the metaphor of cancer.
Evil at work in the church, like yeast spreading through dough, cancer spreading through the body must be stopped. There is an issue of truth. Someone had said that Paul said they had to be circumcised for them to be saved. He countered that with a question—“If this is the law that one must be circumcised for salvation, then why am I –who has been circumcised—under attack?”
Paul asked them why had they allowed someone, who wasn’t speaking the truth, to hinder their work?
This is a tricky subject. Churches are encouraged to walk a fine line. We are told not to judge people, but here was a situation where someone undermined the work of the church. We are not to judge the person, but we are able to judge an action. So if someone said we all had to go back to Jewish law, then we could judge the ‘action’ of establishing Jewish law as the predominant rules versus judging the person, who states the rule. Avoid judging the person. Assess the rules of the church.
Some churches have lots of rules for their congregants. How do we view those?
Everything must be viewed through the commands of Jesus and the apostles. Are we frustrating the mission of the Gospel by adding rules to the church? Or are we encouraging the congregation to fulfill Jesus’ mission? That’s how we determine whether it is valid or not.
But Paul was confident that trusting and being open to the Lord for wisdom in addressing any aspect of the church, would make them able to see what was false and what was true.
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.
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 13/Proper 8Bible Readings
http://legacy.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm 13;2 Chronicles 20:5-12;Galatians 5:7-12&version=KJV;ERV;GNT;NCV;CEV#table2 (multiple versions)
Friday, Ordinary 13/Proper 8
Psalm 13
2 Chronicles 20:5-12
Galatians 5:7-12
Daily Bible Verses to Memorize for Meditating
Psalm 8:3-5 NIV
3When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
5You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor. Human beings that you care for them?
Single Bible Study chapter to study
Galatians 5:7-12
King James Version (KJV)
7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
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, help us to be discerning in what the mission of the church and avoid making incorrect judgments of actions. Help us to be loving in all that we do. In Jesus’ name, Amen
Conclusion
Friday, Ordinary 13/Proper 8 recognized the harsh reality of life when things were in jeopardy. The Old Testament lesson told of the good King of Judah, King Jehoshaphat (son of the good King Asa), who called upon God to help the people of Judah fend against the encroaching armies. The very tribes they had avoided, when they came from Egypt, were attacking them. But like the Apostle Paul, he showed confidence in trusting God for solutions and protection.
The bottom line for every challenge or disaster came back to trusting God to guide us. If we open our hearts (this is an important issue), God will direct us in the way we should go.
We must be wary of those that proclaim that they have a one channel line to God. The attitude that “God told me and only me to do this and you are all wrong” risks being arrogant and incorrect. We must be suspicious of the hard and fast belief in a single interpretation versus other interpretations. When something is not ‘clear’ but open to variations, we must be open to God’s leading. These are things which make the church divisive instead of loving.
Openness to God. Humility in our position before God. Loving in all we do. These things will put us on the path that both King Jehoshaphat and the Apostle Paul expounded to find the will of God in our mission.
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. 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.
Friday, Ordinary 13/Proper 8, addressed the yeast in the bread of faith. Yeast diffuses the entire dough. You have to act fast to cut it away if you don’t like it. If ‘cancer’ had been a commonly known disease and its insidious spreading from cell to cell, no doubt, Paul would have used the metaphor of cancer.
Evil at work in the church, like yeast spreading through dough, cancer spreading through the body must be stopped. There is an issue of truth. Someone had said that Paul said they had to be circumcised for them to be saved. He countered that with a question—“If this is the law that one must be circumcised for salvation, then why am I –who has been circumcised—under attack?”
Paul asked them why had they allowed someone, who wasn’t speaking the truth, to hinder their work?
This is a tricky subject. Churches are encouraged to walk a fine line. We are told not to judge people, but here was a situation where someone undermined the work of the church. We are not to judge the person, but we are able to judge an action. So if someone said we all had to go back to Jewish law, then we could judge the ‘action’ of establishing Jewish law as the predominant rules versus judging the person, who states the rule. Avoid judging the person. Assess the rules of the church.
Some churches have lots of rules for their congregants. How do we view those?
Everything must be viewed through the commands of Jesus and the apostles. Are we frustrating the mission of the Gospel by adding rules to the church? Or are we encouraging the congregation to fulfill Jesus’ mission? That’s how we determine whether it is valid or not.
But Paul was confident that trusting and being open to the Lord for wisdom in addressing any aspect of the church, would make them able to see what was false and what was true.
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.
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 13/Proper 8Bible Readings
http://legacy.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm 13;2 Chronicles 20:5-12;Galatians 5:7-12&version=KJV;ERV;GNT;NCV;CEV#table2 (multiple versions)
Friday, Ordinary 13/Proper 8
Psalm 13
2 Chronicles 20:5-12
Galatians 5:7-12
Daily Bible Verses to Memorize for Meditating
Psalm 8:3-5 NIV
3When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
5You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor. Human beings that you care for them?
Single Bible Study chapter to study
Galatians 5:7-12
King James Version (KJV)
7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
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, help us to be discerning in what the mission of the church and avoid making incorrect judgments of actions. Help us to be loving in all that we do. In Jesus’ name, Amen
Conclusion
Friday, Ordinary 13/Proper 8 recognized the harsh reality of life when things were in jeopardy. The Old Testament lesson told of the good King of Judah, King Jehoshaphat (son of the good King Asa), who called upon God to help the people of Judah fend against the encroaching armies. The very tribes they had avoided, when they came from Egypt, were attacking them. But like the Apostle Paul, he showed confidence in trusting God for solutions and protection.
The bottom line for every challenge or disaster came back to trusting God to guide us. If we open our hearts (this is an important issue), God will direct us in the way we should go.
We must be wary of those that proclaim that they have a one channel line to God. The attitude that “God told me and only me to do this and you are all wrong” risks being arrogant and incorrect. We must be suspicious of the hard and fast belief in a single interpretation versus other interpretations. When something is not ‘clear’ but open to variations, we must be open to God’s leading. These are things which make the church divisive instead of loving.
Openness to God. Humility in our position before God. Loving in all we do. These things will put us on the path that both King Jehoshaphat and the Apostle Paul expounded to find the will of God in our mission.
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. 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.
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