Today we hear of Gideon who leads Israel in a miraculous victory over the hoards of Midian using only 300 men. Gideon struggles with having faith to believe the God would actually use him, and God is amazingly patient with Gideon giving him sign after sign. In this way, Gideon really is not the best example of faith (believing!) to follow in Scripture for us to follow.
This Psalm 81 has a mysterious part in v5, where an unknown voice (or perhaps ‘language’) speaks to us. But afterward the first person ‘I’ is used for God, who speaks directly to us.
This 3rd chapter of Galatians is important in teaching us the purpose of the Law. Paul teaches that the Law did not replace the promise that was given to Abraham. And the way for us to follow Abraham and become an heir to the promise given to Abraham (even if we are not his physical descendant) is through fully believing as Abraham did. I encourage any of you interested in translation to examine the attached PDF file for today. Please see the footnotes and changes in this chapter.
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