Week 14 Thursday
Today we consider the guilt offering in Leviticus, are amazed at who God is in Psalm 66, and watch God prepare both Cornelius and Peter for a boundary-breaking encounter in Acts.
Leviticus 5
📖 What are we reading? More on the sin offering, and then the guilt, or trespass, offering.
✞ What does this passage say about God? This is still dealing with unintentional sins - but specifically sins against the holy things of God, showing how seriously He takes even our unintended failures.
🛐 How does this passage teach us to live? We're reminded that God's holiness reaches into every corner of our lives, even the sins we don't notice.
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➡️ The bigger picture: Leviticus was revealed to Moses in the wilderness, soon after the tabernacle's completion, and no other book in the Bible contains as much direct speech from God. Its theme is holiness - showing Israel, and us, how a holy God can dwell among His people.
Psalm 66
📖 What are we reading? A psalm of pure praise, celebrating God's power and awesome deeds among the sons of men.
✞ What does this passage say about God? These are powerful words about our God - read them and be amazed at who He is!
🛐 How does this passage teach us to live? We are to respond to God's greatness with wonder and praise, just as the psalmist does here.
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➡️ The bigger picture: The Psalms is a collection of 150 poems and songs, written by David and others, expressing the full range of human emotion in response to God and to life.
Acts 10:1-23
📖 What are we reading? Cornelius, a God-fearing Roman centurion, receives a vision to send for Peter. While Peter is praying, he receives a strange vision of unclean animals, preparing him for what God is about to do.
✞ What does this passage say about God? He is at work on both sides of a divide before He ever brings people together - answering Cornelius' prayers, and challenging Peter's assumptions.
🛐 How does this passage teach us to live? We should be willing to have our own assumptions challenged, and obedient enough to go where God sends us, even to unlikely people.
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➡️ The bigger picture: Luke's second book outlines the ministry of the early church - though it could just as well be called the Acts of the Holy Spirit, as He guides and grows Jesus' small movement into something that changes the world.
A Prayer for the Day
🙏 Lord, thank You that Your holiness reaches into every corner of our lives, and that You are always at work preparing hearts to meet You. Fill us with wonder at who You are, and give us courage to go wherever You send us. Amen.
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