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July 30

Reading 1 - 2Samuel 16

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v.10,11 - Is there no end to this man's patience through his faith? How many of us, when cursed in this way by an angry man from the opposition bringing railing and false accusations against us, would deal with it in this manner? There has to be a lesson here. 1Pet.2:20.
Peter Cresswell
v.5 - This Shimei was a significant man and features quite a bit in David's life after this point. Here are the other records about him - ch.19:16-18, 1Kings 2:8-9,36-46
Peter Cresswell

v.5 - This event provided Jesus with much comfort in the Garden of Gethsemane. The table of verbal links between this time in David's life and Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane show us that we should see links.

A table Of Echoes Of The Uprising Of Absalom

David fleeing from Absalom Jesus going to Gethsemane
David flees Jerusalem from Absalom Jesus leaves Jerusalem
2 Samuel 15:23 David crosses Kedron John 18:1 Jesus crosses Cedron
2 Samuel 15:15 thy servants are ready … Luke 22:49 they said.. shall we smite with the sword?
2 Samuel 16:6 Shimei casts stones Luke 22:41 stone’s cast
Psalm 69:20 ‘heaviness’ Matthew 26:37 Mark 14:33 ‘very heavy’
Psalm 69:20 ‘looked … for comforters … found none’ Matthew 26:40 ‘could ye not watch …’
2 Samuel 15:26 David says ‘thy will be done’ Matthew 26:42 Jesus prayed ‘thy will be done’
2 Samuel 15:31 David’s ‘familiar friend’ with Absalom Matthew 26:47 Judas with those arresting Jesus
2 Samuel 16:9 Abishai would kill Shimei John 18:10 Peter cuts off Malcus’ ear

Do we seek to identify with Biblical events and individuals when we are seeking to please the Father?
Peter Forbes
16:6 The casting stones is picked up (Luke 22:41) When Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane
16:9 Abishai's offer to remove Shimei's head is rather like the way that Peter swung out at Malcus - At least Abishai had the sense to ask first!
Peter Forbes
Psalm 7 was written as a consequence of Shimei's behaviour. So this Psalm gives us an insight into how David felt at this time.
Peter Forbes

Reading 2 - Jeremiah 20

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v. 3 - 'Magormissabib' means 'Fear on every side'. He was to be taken to Babylon and killed there. I often think it would be good to know the future of my life, and what God has planned for me, but this shows the folly of that thought. Instead we should dwell on passages like Rom 8:28, 35-39, Deut.8:2-3,16, Psa.46:1-2, Jer.24:5-7.
Peter Cresswell
v.9 - Here we have a clear picture of the urgency which the prophets felt as a result of the power of the spirit which forced them to speak the words of God. Consider, as well in this context, the fate of Balaam, who, Peter tells us, (2Pet.2:5) loved the wages of unrighteousness, but nevertheless was unable to speak to curse Israel even though the potential of half a kingdom could be his for doing it. Num.23,24.
Peter Cresswell
v.3 - Magormissabib 04036 means 'terror on every side'. The changing of his name signified that judgements were to come from God. The judgements were not just because he had put Jeremiah in the stocks. However that behaviour signified how Israel actually felt about the Word of God.
Peter Forbes
:7-18 Jeremiah on more than one occasion, was depressed because of the message that he had to give. Spare a thought for his loneliness and the way in which this man, the son of the high priest, was ostracised by society simply because he was doing God's work.
Peter Forbes
:16 There are specific quotations from the narrative about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Cities … overthrew Genesis 19:25
Cry Genesis 18:21
Morning Genesis 19:27

Jeremiah must have been in a terribly depressed state to think thus of his origins.
Peter Forbes

20:7-13 Jeremiah's meditation, cp. 2Sa 15 and Ps 3. cf. v14
Derek Palmer

Reading 3 - Romans 5 & 6

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Summary of the Book Old Testament References
6 v. 7 is a wonderful truth of the permanent and glorious change that baptism brings about, so let us dwell on God's mercy and grace for a moment in these passages: Col.3:1-3, 1Pet.4:1, Rom.8:1.
Peter Cresswell

5 v.19 - The word 'ordain' 2525 can be seen, from its use in the New Testament, to encompass rulership and judgment. Matthew 24:45,47 25:21,23 (made) ruler, Luke 12:14,42,44 (made) judge / rule, Acts 6:3 7:10,27,35 appoint / made, Acts 17:15 conducted Romans 5:19 made, Titus 1:5 ordain, Hebrews 2:7 5:1 7:28 8:3 set / ordained / maketh, James 3:6 4:4 is, 2 Peter 1:8 make. The use in the epistles indicates that, when appointment was made, it was at the father's instigation, not man's.

ch.6 - Parallels between Romans 6 & 7

Dead to sin Rom.6:2/Rom.7:4 dead to the law
know ye not Rom.6:3/Rom.7:1 know ye not
raised from the dead Rom.6:4/Rom.7:4 raised from the dead
once Rom.6:10/Rom.7:9 once
lusts Rom.6:12/Rom.7:7 lust
[shall not have] dominion Rom.6:14/Rom.7:1 ... dominion ...
wages of sin Rom.6:23/Rom.7:25 the law of sin
the gift of God Rom.6:23/Rom.7:25 the law of God

Peter Forbes

The language of Romans is picked up many times in the New Testament letters - demonstrating that the teaching of the letter has a universal application

while we were sinners Christ died for us
1 Timothy 1:15
offence of one many be dead
2 Corinthians 5:14

Chapter 6
Here are some more occasions when Romans is quoted in other New Testament books

dead to sin
1Peter 2:24 Colossians 3:3
buried with him by baptism
Colossians 2:12
if we be dead … live with him
2 Timothy 2:11

So we see that Paul's instruction about the 'new life' in Christ is not confined to the needs of the Romans.
Peter Forbes

5:14 That men died during the time before the giving of the law of Moses demonstrates that death is not simply a consequence of disobedience to that law. That people died who did not sin in the same way that Adam sinned go to prove that the tendency to death is inherited through our relationship with Adam's nature.

ch 5 - We must be careful not to think that Christ died for 'good people' - he died for the 'ungodly' (5:6) - 'sinners' (5:8) - 'enemies' (5:10). This should inform us about who we should preach to and where we have come from ourselves.

6:13 The word 'instruments' is more correctly 'weapons'. So we can use our mind and way of thinking to destroy ourselves or to destroy our sinful way of thinking. The 'weapons' can be equally useful whichever way we use them -of sin unto death, or obedience unto righteousness.

6:4 'newness of life' is developed by Paul (Romans 7:6) We should be alert to the developing use of language within the letters. Paul is seeking to lead the servant of God on to a fuller appreciation of what God has done and what He expects of His servants.
Peter Forbes

I wish the word "justified" didn't exist, because it's so misleading! Strong's concordance gives the meaning of the word "to render righteous", so it just means "to be made righteous", and means exactly the same as 4v22.

Once one has realised that righteousness is imputed as a free gift by God, and therefore we are completely freed from having to keep the law (trying to be righteous), the natural question which arises in all our minds is "what? so it doesn't matter if we sin then?" (6v1,15)The rest of these two chapters are Paul trying to deal with this question. In 6v21-23 he sums up his argument by saying "why would you want to turn back to those things from which you have been freed, when you've got so much better a thing to look forward to than the wages of sin?".
Robin de Jongh