Wednesday, June 4, 2014

DBRP_Jun05_2014 1Sam30-31 Ps106b Rom10b


David returns from being sent home from the battle with Israel only to find that his town has been ransacked by the Amalekites. He found strength in God, asked for God to direct him, and succeeded in retrieving everything, and even much more. Saul and his three sons died, and the Israelite army was completely defeated.

 

In Psalm 106 there is a very honest retelling of the stubbornness and rebellion of Israel. And then at the end, a sincere prayer for God to once again have mercy on them.

 

As Paul said in his topic sentence in this book (Rom. 1:16-17), the way God has revealed for making people right with himself is— from start to finish, by means of fully believing. In this chapter we have a great and succinct summation of the content that we are to 'fully believe'. Our confessing the belief that is in our hearts is also important. At the end of the chapter there are a series of Old Testament quotes. Two of those quotes are about the non-Jews. Paul is not changing his topic. He is still talking about Jewish rejection of the Gospel. The two Old Testament prophecies about the non-Jews (19-20) are quoted as a powerful sign to the Jews.


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