August 11
Nehemiah 1:1-3:14
1 Corinthians 7:1-24
Psalm 31:19-24
Proverbs 21:4
Nehemiah 1:7 – 1,000 years after Moses, Nehemiah is still aware of the consequences of forsaking the law, but the promise for obedience to the law (Nehemiah 1:8).
Nehemiah 2:4 – One of the shortest prayers recorded in the Bible
Nehemiah 2:18 -The energy within the crowd – “Let us rise up and build!” God’s work should result in an enthusiastic response!
Nehemiah 3:1 – Nehemiah motivated the pilgrims of Israel to follow thru on the burden that God shared with Nehemiah to rebuild the city.
1 Corinthians 7:1 – Paul picks up – having chastised the Corinthians for tolerating incest, he backs up and shows the why of sexual morality:
- Exclusivity (1 Corinthians 7:1),
- Monogamy (1 Corinthians 7:2),
- Sexuality (1 Corinthians 7:3),
- Submissive (1 Corinthians 7:4)
1 Corinthians 7:19 – Paul reiterates that circumcision is not valuable in God’s economy – in Romans 4:9-12.
Psalm 31:20 – The Psalmist knows the blessing of the LORD hiding him safely away from his enemies! Because God has been so good, the Psalmist has to shout (Psalm 31:19, Psalm 31:21, Psalm 31:23-24).
Proverbs 21:4 – What does he mean the plowing of the wicked? From Ellicott’s:
The plowing of the wicked.–i.e., their work, all they do; for it is not done to please God but themselves; nor carried on in His strength, but in reliance upon their own, and therefore it is “sin,” not pleasing to Him.
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