1SAMUEL 21-22:
Yesterday we heard the touching story of David and Jonathan's deep friendship, and how Jonathan realized at last the secret plot that his father, Saul, had against David. Jonathan seems to have been a prophet, for he realized that he would not succeed his father as king.
We turn for the first time to PSALM 104:
This is a companion with Psalm 103. This psalm also starts and ends with the same refrain as the one in Psalm 103. This poem expounds on the majesty of God.
Turning for the first time to ROMANS 8:
Paul said something in 7:5 that he felt needed to be explained from verse 7 to the end of chapter 7. (Of course there were no chapters or verses when Paul wrote it.) He said that the Law “aroused evil desires.” How could something good seemingly do something evil? Be sure to always link what Paul was saying before this explanation with what comes after it. Give that priority. Keep in mind that the explanation that Paul makes (a long parenthesis about how evil desires work) is not supposed to be our pattern for living now. Our pattern for living is explained in this chapter!
Translation
notes:
9 But you [no
longer//do not] live as your human nature tells you to; instead,
you live as the Spirit tells you to—if, in fact, God's Spirit lives
in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong
to him.
14 Those who
are led by God's Spirit are God's [sons//children].
15 For the Spirit that God has
given you does not make you slaves and cause you to be afraid;
instead, the Spirit makes you God's [sons//children], and by the
Spirit's power we cry out to God, “Father! [(Abba)] my
Father!”
19
All of creation waits with eager longing for God to reveal his
[sons//children].
23
But it is not just creation alone which groans; we who have the
Spirit as the first of God's gifts also groan within ourselves as
we wait for God to make us his [sons//children] and set our whole
being free.
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