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February 22

Reading 1 - Exodus 35

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v. 3 - It was not the act of kindling fire in itself that was wrong, it seems, but the work involved around it - in cooking Ex.16:23, and in gathering of sticks Num.15:32-36, which caused a man to be stoned! The attitude to the sabbath was very important - Isa.58:13,14.
Peter Cresswell
v.20-29 Without a willing mind, costly offerings would be abhorred. With it, the smallest will be accepted. Our hearts are willing, when we cheerfully assist in promoting the truth both by giving our money and our time and our labour. The women who spun the goats’ hair were wise-hearted, because they did it heartily to the Lord. Thus anyone who attends to his work in the faith and fear of God, may be as wise, for his place, as anyone else, and be equally accepted of the Lord. Our wisdom and duty consist in giving God the glory and use of our talents, be they many or few. 1Cor.10:31
Peter Cresswell
Twice - 35:35 38:23 - the tabernacle is described as being made by 'cunning workmen' now we know that they were endued with wisdom by God Exodus 31:3 so the work was not theirs but God's. The phrase is used again [Song of Solomon 7:1] to speak of the 'daughter'. Now 'she' is the ecclesia in preparation for the 'marriage of the lamb' the use of 'cunning workman' denotes that our beauty in the sight of God is not of our own making, rather we are 'his workmanship' Ephesians 2:10
Peter Forbes
:5 In saying the offerer should give with a 'willing heart' we see the basis for the teaching of 2 Corinthians 9:7
Peter Forbes

Reading 2 - Psalms 92 & 93

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92 v.10 - The word 'unicorn' occurs 9 times in scripture - all OT. What was it? It cannot refer to the mythological beast that we associate with the term. The hebrew is reym, which seems to refer to a primitive ox, now extinct, that was outstandingly strong (Num.23:22, 24:8, Deut.33:17) and also untameable (Job 39:9,10). See also Ps.22:21, 29:6, Isa.34:7
Peter Cresswell
93 v.5 - the word translated testimony here (edah 05713) is, in earler books translated witness - Gen.21:30, 31:52, Josh.24:27. This gives us an idea of the concept behind this word testimony - from the same root as testament, it talks not just of authority but of covenant. This makes it a word that we don't just obey, as it were, but we must own it too. If we are part of the covenant, we become part of God's witness.
Peter Cresswell

Psalm 92 The title of this Psalm tells us that it is 'for the sabbath day'. Reading the Psalm we learn what God wanted His servants to do when they were freed from the worry and toil of labouring in the field.
They were to 'triumph in God's work' (verse 4). The fool does not understand the provision of a worry free life (verse 6). The lesson for us is 'do we realise that we can devote ourselves to God's service in our lives because we know that he has provided for us (Matthew 6:8)

Psalm 93 Verse 5 in saying that God's testimonies are sure the Psalmist is echoing the idea of Psalm 19:7. The fact that Gods testimonies are sure has a consequence - but only for those who take heed to them. They are made 'wise'.
Peter Forbes

92:12 The idea of the righteous as a palm tree is found elsewhere in Scripture - Jeremiah 10:5 - the upright palm tree would remind the Jew of the upright man.

93:2 That God is from everlasting is so obvious. However this truth is seen as a reason to praise God Psalm 41:3 106:48 and because of His everlasting nature salvation is assured Habakkuk 1:12. In a similar way that Jesus 'ever liveth' (Hebrews 7:25) is the guarantee that our salvation is sure.
Peter Forbes

Reading 3 - 1Corinthians 4 & 5

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4 v.3-5 - This is a continuation of yesterday's argument, drawing on the fact that God's judgement (of fire) will come upon believers. What consequence is man's judgement therefore? The whole argument is leading up to the beginning of ch.6, where he makes the point that judgement should be kept within the household of faith (ch.6:1-8) because in any case, we are told by today's chapter (v.4) that, as we well know, judgement belongs, and always has, to the Lord. Job 9:2,3,20, Ps.19:12, Prov.21:12, Ps.50:6, 2Cor.5:10, 1John 3:20,21
Peter Cresswell

4:3 Here we see the first indication that there were those at Corinth who sought to denigrate Paul - a theme which appears a number of times in both 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians.

5:9 In saying 'I wrote …' we have evidence that Paul had already written to the ecclesia at Corinth about this issue so it would appear that they had not done anything about the problem.
Peter Forbes

ch 4 - WALK THE TALK

Paul was about to send Timothy to Corinth. One of Timothy's jobs was to remind the Corinthians of Paul's way of life. Paul's way of life in Christ Jesus agreed with what he taught everywhere in every church. In other words, his words and his actions matched perfectly. Timothy was a very similar person. Paul said about Timothy in another place, "I have no-one else like him, who takes a genuine interest in your welfare," and, "Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel." (Phil 2 v 19 - 22). So Timothy was not just going to remind the believers in Corinth what Paul was like by words, but by actions as well, as an example for them to see. In that way they would be able to remember Paul's way of life and what he taught and to follow the instruction to be imitators of Paul.

Now, in the absence of Paul and Timothy, it is up to us to be the example of walking the talk. We need to be like Paul whose way of life in Christ Jesus agreed with what he taught everywhere in every church. Does our way of life agree with what we say?
Robert Prins