Friday, August 14, 2015

2015DBRP_227 Jer49 Pro10a 1Jn3


Having heard bad news about Egypt, Philistia, and Moab, we now hear the bad news for the nations of Ammon and Edom, the city of Damascus, and the nations of Kedar, Hazor, and Elam.

https://www.bible.com/bible/116/jer.49.nlt

From here on in Proverbs we’ll go a bit slower, by half chapters, because each verse is a separate gem of wisdom. Almost all of these verses are examples of Hebrew parallelism. This means that the two lines of couplet mutually comment on each other. Let’s take verse 2 as an example:

Tainted wealth has no lasting value,

but right living can save your life.

‘Tainted wealth’ in the first line is a contrast with ‘right living’ in the second. Solomon shows by this that doing things to obtain wealth dishonestly must not be considered ‘right living’. ‘No lasting value’ and ‘can save your life’ also comment on each other in an opposing way. Not only will tainted wealth quickly disappear, but it is dangerous for your life. You could get killed trying to get tainted wealth. And matching the lines in the opposite direction, if you want to gain lasting profit and prosperity, the way is by ‘right living’.

https://www.bible.com/bible/116/pro.10

At the close of chapter 2, John was speaking to us about living like God’s children. Here are those last verses in transition to chapter 3:

28And now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ so that when he returns, you will be full of courage and not shrink back from him in shame.

29Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God’s children.

https://www.bible.com/bible/116/1jn.3


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