Yesterday we heard Moses preaching and confronting the people of Israel about their bickering and their incredible stubbornness in refusing to believe the Lord's commands, and their refusal to believe God’s loving intent in his commands.
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/deu.2.nlt
We turn to Psalm 50. Remember what Moses said yesterday in Deuteronomy? This Psalm adds God's perspective about what He wants most from his people.
Translation notes:
14 Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God,
and keep the vows you made to [Me,/0] the Most High.
23 But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly
honors me.
If you keep to my path,
I will reveal to you the salvation [given by
Me, your God!//of your God].”
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/psa.50
We turn for the first time to Acts 8. Yesterday we heard the conclusion of Stephen's speech. He confronted the high council with the indisputable fact that the people of Israel had always refused to follow what God told them and killed the prophets. “They (our ancestors) even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One—the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.“ Stephen died as Saul watched.
Translation notes:
12 But now the people believed Philip’s message of Good
News concerning the Kingdom of God and [about Jesus as the Christ or Messiah//the name of Jesus Christ]. As a result, many men and women were baptized.
16 The Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, [although/for] they had [0/only] been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
28 and he was now returning. Seated in his carriage,
he was reading aloud from the book of the prophet Isaiah
[while a driver was driving the carriage//0].
30 Philip ran over and heard the man reading [aloud/0] from
the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, “Do you understand what
you are reading?”
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/act.8
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