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April
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Reading
1 - Deuteronomy 16
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v.
2 - The place which the Lord shall choose, ultimately, is Jesus - the
dwellingplace of the just - the sacrifice that is our passover - 1Cor.5:7.
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v.3
- reflects the command in Exo
12:15. There is no place for those without the discipline to keep leaven
out of their diet for the whole week. This is a particular slip which has
a specified consequence - explusion from the people. Any of us who have
tried to diet will know the discipline required. This has a lesson for us
in the way we live that we might not be blotted out of the book of life
where we are written.
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v.
12 There are
four occasions in Deuteronomy when Israel were told to remember that they
were bondmen in Egypt.
Deuteronomy
15:15 here 24:18 22
It was important to remind this new generation of that as most of their
experience would be of the wilderness journey. The fact that they were bondmen
was to help them to appreciate that they had to keep the ordinances of the
Lord. Likewise we should appreciate that we were bondmen to sin and, now
being redeemed, we should serve our redeemer.
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The
order of the feasts is given in Leviticus
23. Here the Passover and Tabernacles are given especial emphasis as
marking the beginning and the consummation of God's ways with Israel; the
former speaking of redemption, the foundation of all: the
latter, or re - gathered Israel blessed in the kingdom.
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That Israel were to remember that they were bondmen in Egypt was to enable
them to remember the deliverance that they had experienced. It is so easy
to forget what has been done for us. We have been delviered from a situation
that is worse than being slave in Egypt. We have been delivered from death.
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Reading
2 - Ecclesiastes 8
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v.2
- 5 - There is a great deal of wisdom required on the (relatively rare)
occasions when the demands of society conflict with the teaching of God.
One of the createst reasons to develop Godly wisdom so entirely is to deal
with these very situations, and to advise those who have less experience
and wisdom when they meet these times in their lives. Nevertheless, Paul
reminds us that God is in control of the powers that be. Rom.
13:1-4, though
he also says "We ought to obey God rather than men" Acts
5:29.
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v.12
- Consider these passages: ch.7:15,
Rom.2:5, 9:22, 2Pet.2:9, Matt.25:34-46
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v.
1 The shining
face and bold face are both comments upon the benefits of acquiring wisdom.
They are a consequence of God's blessing [Numbers
6:25] and is
associated with salvation [Psalm
31:16 80:7]
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Isaiah
draws upon the counsel of this chapter
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Isaiah 3:10 |
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it
shall not be well with the wicked |
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The wise
man is laying down a principle which is universally true - even though
often it appears that the wicked do actually prosper.
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So we realise that knowledge of God only comes from His own revelation of
Himself - as is also seen Ecclesiastes
3:11. For us that revelation is His word.
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Reading
3 - Acts 7
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v.
55 - Stephen shared this experience with Isaiah (ch.6:1-3)
and Ezekiel (ch.1:26-28)
and John (Rev.21:11)
and by us too if we believe (2Cor.4:6).
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Using
your marginal references you can see the detailed way in which Stephen uses
the Old Testament. The major thrust of his argument is that the 'God of
glory' appeared repeatedly outside the land of Israel. Also notice how Stephen,
by inspiration, provides information which is not recorded elsewhere in
Scripture Acts
7:25
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7:17
The 'time of the promise' is the fulfilment of Genesis
15:13-14 so we see that the Exodus was actually promised to Abraham.
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In saying the forty years were 'expired' we may conclude that Moses' 40
years in the land of Midian was for a specific reason. That reason was because
God was punishing the nation who were in Egypt (Ezekiel
20:6-8)
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