Day 100 of the 2nd Bible Study Journey - 10 April 2022 reflections
Day 100, 10 Apr 2022
At https://www.calvarycommunity.ca/ , we finished the sermon series on Alpha.
Why and How should I tell others? By Pastor Bev Sesink
Matthew 28:18-20
18 (Mt 11:27; Ro 14:9) Then Jesus came and spoke to them, saying,
"All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
19 (Mk 16:15-16; Ac 1:8) Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 (Mt 18:20; Ac 2:42) teaching them to observe all things I have commanded
you. And remember, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying,
All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Mark 16:15-18
15 (Mt 28:19; Ac 1:8) He said to them, "Go into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 (Jn 3:36; 1Pe 3:21; Mt 28:19) He who believes and is baptized will be saved. But he who does not believe will be condemned.
17 (Ac 5:16; 8:7) These signs will accompany those who believe:
In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;
18 (Lk 10:19; Ac 3:16) they will take up serpents; if they drink
any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick,
and they will recover."
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel
to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth
not shall be damned.
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing,
it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Matthew 5:13-16
Salt and Light
Mk 9:50; Lk 14:34-35
13 (Lev 2:13; Lk 14:34-35) "You are the salt of the earth.
But if the salt loses its saltiness, how shall it be made salty?
It is from then on good
for nothing but to be thrown out and to be trampled underfoot by men.
14 (Jn 8:12; Pr 4:18) "You are the light of the world.
A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 (Mk 4:21; Lk 8:16) Neither do men light a candle
and put it under a basket, but on a candlestick.
And it gives light to all who are in the house.
16 (1Pe 2:12; Mt 9:8; Jn 15:8) Let your light so shine before men
that they may see your good works and glorify your Father
who is in heaven.
13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing,
but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on
a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Mark 9:49-50
49 (Lev 2:13) Everyone will be salted with fire,
and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.
50 (Ro 12:18; Mt 5:13; 2Co 13:11) "Salt is good. But if the salt loses
its saltiness, how will you season it?
Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another."
49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be
salted with salt.
50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will
ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
Luke 14:34-35
Tasteless Salt
Mt 5:13; Mk 9:50
34 (Mt 5:13) "Salt is good. But if the salt has lost its saltiness,
how shall it be made salty?
35 (Mt 11:15) It is fit neither for the land nor for the manure pile.
So men throw it out.
"He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall it be seasoned?
35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill;
but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
1 Peter 3:15
15 (Col 4:6; Isa 29:23) But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts.
Always be ready to give an answer to every man who asks you for a reason
for the hope that is in you, with gentleness and fear.
15 but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give
an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in
you with meekness and fear:
1 Thess 1:5
5 (Col 2:2; 2Th 2:14) For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but
also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance, just as you
know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.
5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in
the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we
were among you for your sake.
Romans 5:5
5 (Gal 4:6; Php 1:20) And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God
is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
5 and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
1) 1 Chronicles 9:35-39
1 Samuel 13:1-5
1 Samuel 13:19-23
1 Samuel 13:6-18
1 Samuel 14
1 Samuel 13-14
1 SAMUEL 13
Saul Fails His Commission
1 Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned 42 years over Israel. [Lit. “The son of a year
was Saul in his ruling and two years he ruled over Israel.”]
[Most translations read in Saul’s age and length of reign
from external evidence (Josephus) or from the New Testament
(Paul, who mentions a forty-year reign for Saul in Ac 13:21).
2 (1Sa 10:26; 13:5) Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel.
2000 were with Saul in Mikmash and in mountains of Bethel,
and a 1000 were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin.
The rest of the people he sent each to his tent.
3 (1Sa 10:5; Jdg 3:27) Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines
that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew
the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear."
4 (Ge 34:30; Ex 5:21) All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison
of the Philistines, and that Israel had become odious to the Philistines.
And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
5 (Jos 11:4; 1Sa 14:23) The Philistines gathered together to fight
with Israel, 30000 chariots and 6000 horsemen, with people
like the sand which is on the seashore in multitude.
And they came up and camped in Mikmash, east of Beth Aven.
[1] Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
[2] Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were
with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan
in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his
tent.
[3] And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and
the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the
land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
[4] And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the
Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the
Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
[5] And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel,
thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand
which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in
Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.
19 (2Ki 24:14; Jdg 5:8) Now there was no blacksmith found throughout
all the land of Israel. For the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make
for themselves swords or spears."
20 So all the children of Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen
every man his plow-point, his axe, his adze and his hoe.
21 The sharpening charge was two-thirds of a shekel
(About 1/4 ounce, or 8 grams.) for plow-points, axes, pitchforks, and adzes,
and to fix an ox-goad.
22 (Jdg 5:8) So it came to pass on the day of battle, that neither sword
nor spear were found in the hand of any of the people who were with
Saul and Jonathan. But they were found in the hand of Saul
and Jonathan his son.
23 (Isa 10:28; 1Sa 14:1) And the garrison of the Philistines had marched
out to the ravine of Mikmash.
[19] Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the
Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
[20] But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every
man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
[21] Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the
forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
[22] So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword
nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and
Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
[23] And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of
Michmash.
6 (Jdg 6:2; Heb 11:38) When Israel's fighting men saw that they
were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people
hid themselves in caves, in hollows, among rocks, and in cellars
and cisterns.
7 Some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead.
But as for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him,
trembling.
8 (1Sa 10:8) He waited seven days, according to the set time that Samuel
had appointed. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people
were scattered from him.
9 (1Ki 3:4; Dt 12:6) Saul said, "Bring here to me the burnt offering
and the peace offerings." Then he offered the burnt offering.
10 (1Sa 15:13) When he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel came.
And Saul went out to meet him to greet him.
11 (1Sa 13:2; 13:5) Samuel said, "What have you done?"
And Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattered from me,
and that you did not come to the appointed assembly days, and the Philistines
are gathering themselves together at Mikmash,
12 therefore I said, 'The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal,
and I have not yet appeased the face of the Lord.'
So I forced myself, and offered the burnt offering."
13 (2Ch 16:9; 1Sa 15:11) Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly.
You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God,
which He commanded you. Truly now, the Lord would have established
your kingdom over Israel forever.
14 (1Sa 15:28; Ac 13:22) But now your kingdom will not continue.
The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart
and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over His people,
because you have not kept that which the Lord commanded you."
15 (1Sa 13:2; 14:2) Samuel arose, and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah
of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him,
about six hundred men.
Israel Unarmed
16 Now Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were with them,
were staying in Gibeah of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in Mikmash.
17 (Jos 18:23; 1Sa 14:15) Then raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines
in three companies. One company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah,
to the land of Shual.
18 (Ne 11:34; Jos 18:13-14) And another company turned the way to Beth Horon.
And another company turned to the way of the border that looks to the Valley
of Zeboyim toward the wilderness.
[6] When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people
were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in
thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
[7] And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead.
As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him
trembling.
[8] And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had
appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from
him.
[9] And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings.
And he offered the burnt offering.
[10] And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the
burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he
might salute him.
[11] And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that
the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days
appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at
Michmash;
[12] Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal,
and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore,
and offered a burnt offering.
[13] And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept
the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would
the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
[14] But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man
after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his
people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
[15] And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin.
And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred
men.
[16] And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with
them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
[17] And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three
companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the
land of Shual:
[18] And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: and another company
turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward
the wilderness.
1 SAMUEL 14
Jonathan Defeats the Philistines
1 A day came that Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man that
bore his armor, "Come, and let us cross over to the Philistine garrison
which is on the other side." But he did not tell his father.
2 (1Sa 13:15-16) Now Saul was staying on the outskirts of Gibeah
under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron. And the people
that were with him were about six hundred men.
3 (1Sa 2:28; 4:21) And Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother,
the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh,
was wearing the ephod. But the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
4 (1Sa 13:23) Between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over
to the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side,
and a sharp rock on the other side. And the name of the one was Bozez,
and the name of the other Seneh.
5 The crag of the one rose north opposite Mikmash,
and the other faced southward opposite Geba.
6 (1Sa 17:26; 17:36) Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor,
"Come, and let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised.
Perhaps the Lord will work for us. For the Lord is not limited
to save by many or by few."
7 His armor bearer said to him, "Do all that is in your heart.
Turn yourself, and I will be with you according to your heart."
8 (Jdg 7:9-14) Then Jonathan said, "Now we will cross over to these men,
and we will reveal ourselves to them.
9 If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand still
in our place, and we will not go up to them.
10 (Ge 24:14) But if they say, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up,
for the Lord has delivered them into our hand, and this will be a sign to us."
11 (1Sa 13:6; 14:22) So the two of them revealed themselves to the garrison
of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, "Look, the Hebrews are coming
out of the caves where they have hidden themselves."
12 (1Sa 17:43-44; 2Sa 5:24) The men of the garrison answered Jonathan
and his armor bearer, and said,
"Come up to us, and we will teach you something."
So Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come up after me.
For the Lord has delivered them into the hand of Israel."
13 Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet with his armor
bearer behind him. And they fell before Jonathan. And his armor bearer
was dealing death blows after him.
14 That first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor bearer made,
was about twenty men within about a half-acre field.
15 (1Sa 13:17; Ge 35:5) There was trembling in the camp, in the field,
and among all the people. The garrison and the raiders also trembled,
and the ground quaked. It was the fear of God.
16 The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold,
the multitude melted away, and they went even here and there.
17 Then Saul said to the people that were with him,
"Number now, and see who has gone from us."
And when they had numbered, Jonathan nor his armor bearer were there.
18 Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring here the ark of God." For the ark of God was
at that time with the children of Israel.
19 (Nu 27:21) It came to pass, while Saul talked to the priest,
that the noise which was in the camp of the Philistines went on
and increased. So Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand."
20 (Jdg 7:22; 2Ch 20:23) Saul and all the people who were
with him assembled, and they went to the battle. And every man's sword
was against his fellow, so that there was very great confusion.
21 (1Sa 29:4) Even the Hebrews who were with the Philistines the days
before, who went up with them into the camp from the country round
about, even they also turned to be with the children of Israel that were
with Saul and Jonathan.
22 (1Sa 13:6) Also all of Israel's fighting men, who had hidden themselves
in mountains of Ephraim, heard that the Philistines fled, and even they
followed hard after them in the battle.
23 (Ex 14:30; 1Sa 13:5) So the Lord saved Israel that day, and the battle
passed beyond Beth Aven.
Saul's Rash Oath
24 (Jos 6:26) Now Israel's fighting men were distressed that day.
For Saul had placed the people under a curse, saying,
"Cursed is the man that eats any food before it is evening,
and I have been avenged on my enemies."
So none of the people tasted any food.
25 All the people of the land came to the forest, and there was honey
on the ground.
26 When the people came into the forest there was flowing honey.
But no man put his hand to his mouth, because the people feared the oath.
27 (1Sa 30:12; 14:43) But Jonathan had not heard when his father made
the people swear. Therefore he put forward the end of the rod that was
in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb. Then he put his hand to his
mouth, and his eyes were brightened.
28 Then one of the people answered, and said, "Your father surely made
the people swear, saying, 'Cursed is the man that eats any food this day.' "
And the people were weary.
29 (1Ki 18:18) Then said Jonathan, "My father has troubled the land.
See how my eyes have brightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
30 How much more, if the people had surely eaten freely today of the spoil
of their enemies which they found? But now the defeat of the Philistines
has not been great."
31 (Jos 10:12) And they struck the Philistines that day from Mikmash
to Aijalon, and the people were very weary.
32 (Lev 3:17; 1Sa 15:19) The people rushed upon the spoil;
they took sheep, oxen, and calves and slew them on the ground.
And the people ate them with the blood.
33 Then they reported to Saul, saying, "Look, the people are sinning against
the Lord by eating the blood."
And he said, "You have dealt faithlessly. Roll a great stone to me this day."
34 Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them,
'Bring to me here every man his ox or sheep. And slaughter them here,
and eat. But you shall not sin against the Lord by eating with the blood.' '
And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night,
and slew them there.
35 (1Sa 7:17) And Saul built an altar to the Lord. It was the first altar
that he built to the Lord.
36 Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night
and plunder them until the morning light. And let us not leave a man of them."
And they said, "Do whatever seems good to you."
Then the priest said, "Let us draw near here to God."
37 (1Sa 28:6) Saul asked of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines?
Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel?" But He did not answer him
that day.
38 (1Sa 10:19-20) Saul said, "Come here, all you leaders of the people,
and observe and see how this sin has come about this day.
39 (1Sa 14:44; 2Sa 12:5) For, as the Lord lives, who saves Israel,
even if it is in Jonathan my son, he will surely die."
But there was not one who answered him from among all the people.
40 Then he said to all Israel, "You will be on one side, and I and Jonathan
my son will be on the other side."
And the people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you."
41 (Ac 1:24; Jos 7:16-18) Therefore Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel,
“Give a perfect lot.” And Saul and Jonathan were taken,
but the people escaped.
42 Saul said, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son."
And Jonathan was taken.
43 (Jos 7:19; 1Sa 14:27) Then Saul said to Jonathan,
"Tell me what you have done."
And Jonathan told him, and said,
"I indeed tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was
in my hand. Here I am. I must die."
44 (Ru 1:17; 1Sa 14:39) Saul said, "May God do so to me and more also,
for you will surely die, Jonathan."
45 (2Sa 14:11; 1Ki 1:52) The people said to Saul, "Will Jonathan die, who has
worked this great salvation in Israel? God forbid. As the Lord lives,
there will not one hair of his head fall to the ground.
For he has worked with God this day." So the people rescued Jonathan,
and he did not die.
46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines, and the Philistines
went to their own place.
47 (2Sa 10:6) So Saul took the kingdom over Israel and fought against
all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the Ammonites,
against Edom and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines.
Whatever place he turned himself, he defeated them.
48 He gathered an army, and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel
out of the hand of its plunderers.
Saul's Family
49 (1Sa 31:2; 1Ch 8:33) Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi,
and Malki-Shua. And the names of his two daughters were Merab,
the firstborn, and Michal, the youngest.
50 (2Sa 2:8) And the name of the wife of Saul was Ahinoam,
the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the captain of his army
was Abner, the son of Ner, the uncle of Saul.
51 (1Sa 9:1; 9:21) Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner
was the son of Abiel.
52 (1Sa 8:11) There was strong war against the Philistines
all the days of Saul, and when Saul saw any strong man,
or any valiant man, he took him into his service.
[1] Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto
the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the
Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his
father.
[2] And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate
tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six
hundred men;
[3] And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas,
the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the
people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
[4] And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the
Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side and a sharp
rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of
the other Seneh.
[5] The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash,
and the other southward over against Gibeah.
[6] And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let
us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD
will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or
by few.
[7] And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn
thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
[8] Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we
will discover ourselves unto them.
[9] If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand
still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
[10] But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD
hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
[11] And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the
Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of
the holes where they had hid themselves.
[12] And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and
said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto
his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into
the hand of Israel.
[13] And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his
armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer
slew after him.
[14] And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was
about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of
oxen might plow.
[15] And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the
people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth
quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
[16] And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the
multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.
[17] Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see
who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his
armourbearer were not there.
[18] And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of
God was at that time with the children of Israel.
[19] And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise
that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said
unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
[20] And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves,
and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his
fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
[21] Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time,
which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even
they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.
[22] Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount
Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed
hard after them in the battle.
[23] So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto
Beth-aven.
[24] And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured
the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening,
that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any
food.
[25] And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the
ground.
[26] And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped;
but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
[27] But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the
oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and
dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were
enlightened.
[28] Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged
the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this
day. And the people were faint.
[29] Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you,
how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this
honey.
[30] How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil
of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater
slaughter among the Philistines?
[31] And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and
the people were very faint.
[32] And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and
calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the
blood.
[33] Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD,
in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a
great stone unto me this day.
[34] And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them,
Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them
here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And
all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them
there.
[35] And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar
that he built unto the LORD.
[36] And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil
them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they
said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us
draw near hither unto God.
[37] And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines?
wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that
day.
[38] And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and
know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
[39] For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan
my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people
that answered him.
[40] Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my
son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what
seemeth good unto thee.
[41] Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot.
And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
[42] And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan
was taken.
[43] Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan
told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod
that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
[44] And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die,
Jonathan.
[45] And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought
this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall
not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God
this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
[46] Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines
went to their own place.
[47] So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his
enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and
against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines:
and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
[48] And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel
out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
[49] Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the
names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and
the name of the younger Michal:
[50] And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and
the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
[51] And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the
son of Abiel.
[52] And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul:
and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
2) Our Daily Bread for 10 April 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/04/10/a-king-on-a-donkey
entitled A King on a Donkey
Matthew 21:1-11
Matthew 21
The Triumphant Entry Into Jerusalem
Mk 11:1-11; Lk 19:28-38; Jn 12:12-19
1 (Mt 24:3; 26:30) When they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage,
on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2 saying to them, "Go over into the village opposite you,
and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her.
Untie them and bring them to Me.
3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them.'
And he will send them immediately."
4 (Mt 1:22; Jn 12:15) All this was done to fulfill
what was spoken by the prophet, saying:
5 (Isa 62:11; Ge 49:10) "Tell the daughter of Zion,
'Look, your King is coming to you,
humble, and sitting on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'Zec 9:9."
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them.
7 They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their garments on them,
and He sat on them.
8 (2Ki 9:13) A very large crowd spread their garments on the road.
Others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 (Lk 2:14; Mt 23:39) The crowds that went before Him
and that followed Him cried out:
"Hosanna to the Son of David!
'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!' (Ps 118:26.)
Hosanna in the highest!"
10 When He entered Jerusalem, the entire city was moved,
saying, "Who is He?"
11 (Lk 7:16; Jn 6:14) The crowds said, "This is Jesus,
the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee."
In Jerusalem
Triumphal Entry
1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto
the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
2 saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway
ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them
unto me.
3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of
them; and straightway he will send them.
4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the prophet, saying,
5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion,
Behold, thy King cometh unto thee,
Meek, and sitting upon an ass,
And a colt the foal of an ass.
6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
7 and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes,
and they set him thereon.
8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way;
others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying,
Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the
Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying,
Who is this?
11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
It was Sunday - the day we now call Palm Sunday. Without a doubt, this wasn't
Jesus' first visit to Jerusalem. As a devout Jew, He would've gone to the city
every year for the three great feasts (Luke 2:41-42; John 2:13; 5:1). In the
past three years, Christ had also ministered and taught in Jerusalem.
But this Sunday His coming into the city was radically different.
By riding a young donkey into Jerusalem at a time when thousands of worshipers
were coming into the city, Jesus was the center of attention
(Matthew 21:9-11). Why would He take the place of prominence before thousands
of people when for the past three years He'd deliberately kept a low profile?
Why would He accept the people's proclamation that He was King just five days
before His death?
Matthew says that this took place to fulfill a five-hundred-year-old prophecy
(Matthew 21:4-5) that God’s chosen king would come into Jerusalem
"righteous and victorious, [yet] lowly and riding on a donkey"
(Zechariah 9:9; see also Genesis 49:10–11).
This was a truly unusual way for a triumphant king to enter a city.
Conquering kings normally rode on mighty stallions. But Jesus didn't come
riding a warhorse. This reveals what kind of King Jesus is. He came in
meekness and lowliness. Jesus came not for war, but for peace, establishing
peace between God and us (Acts 10:36; Colossians 1:20).
By: K. T. Sim
Reflect & Pray
What kind of king is Jesus to you today? How can you honor Him as your King?
Jesus, thank You for coming into Jerusalem to reveal
Your mighty and humble ways. Fill my heart with Your peace.
Learn more about Jesus' life in the area of Judea with this
online course.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 1 - Forgiving as God Forgave
Col 3:13
13 Bear with one another and forgive one another. If anyone
has a quarrel against anyone, even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.
13 forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man
have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
"No!" Brett slammed his hand against the desk to punctuate his point.
"My wife's infidelity is completely unforgivable. She just wants to make things
look good, to have me condone her new relationship.
I won't do it. I won't forgive her."
Brett was a man in pain, and his perspective on forgiving
his wife is understandable. But unfortunately, many of us are
the victims of "unforgivable" offenses; many of us, as well,
are the perpetrators of such offenses, and we desperately need
to be forgiven.
Brett ultimately came to understand that forgiving and "unforgivable"
hurt is not based on the worthiness of the recipient of forgiveness,
but on the worthiness of Christ himself. The Bible teaches that we are bound
to forgiveness for one simple reason:
because God has forgiven us in Jesus Christ.
"Forgive as the Lord forgave", Paul commands in Col 3:13 . How did Christ
forgive? Freely, completely, without basing his forgiveness on our merit. He
forgave us unilaterally, offering forgiveness before we asked,
before we were aware of our sin and the pain it caused him,
before we came to him in repentance.
Forgiveness does more that release the perpetrator for the bondage of
his wrongdoing. It releases the victim as well. Forgiveness frees
the forgiver from the bondage of anger and bitterness that keeps him distant
from the love of God. We can forgive the most "unforgivable" of offenses
against us when we focus our attention not on the offender, but on Christ,
who forgave us.
Application
a) Have I ever harboured unforgiveness toward another person?
What was the result in my spiritual/emotional life?
b) Is there someone in my life who has hurt me, who I need to forgive?
How can this verse help me extend the forgiveness to that person?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
1 Cor 13:3
3 If I give all my goods to feed the poor,
and if I give my body to be burned,
and have not love, it profits me nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor,
and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity,
it profiteth me nothing.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Inexhaustible Strength
Ps 18:30-34
30 As for God, His way has integrity;
the word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield
to all those who take refuge in Him.
31 For who is God except the Lord?
Or who is a rock besides our God?
32 It is God who clothes me with strength,
and gives my way integrity.
33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
and causes me to stand on my high places.
34 He trains my hands for war,
so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
30 As for God, his way is perfect:
The word of the LORD is tried: He is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
31 For who is God save the LORD?
Or who is a rock save our God?
32 It is God that girdeth me with strength,
And maketh my way perfect.
33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet,
And setteth me upon my high places.
34 He teacheth my hands to war,
So that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)
Manitoba
Quick facts on Muslims in Manitoba
Manitoba 2015 population 1 282 000
est Muslim Population 21 349
CNMM Networks: Winnipeg
The Muslim population of Manitoba, understandably centred in Winnipeg, is very
diverse and represents some 48 different cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
Conservative estimates put their number at 21000 , with some suggesting
it might be twice that size.
Some outreach among Muslims has started, yet in comparison to the size
of this community, there is the need and opportunity for far more engagement.
Continued influx of new immigrants and refugees continues to see the growth
of this Muslim centre in Manitoba.
We rejoice in the Arabic fellowship meeting there and the energetic workers
among Muslims in Winnipeg.
Let us intercede in unity for:
- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population
- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim
communities around them, as well as training new workers
- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim
background believers and for effectiveness in outreach
- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground
in the face of opposition to her new faith.
- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged
with great support
Adding further
https://www.30daysprayer.com/pages/taliban-unintentionally-aid-gospel-in-pakistan/
Taliban Unintentionally Aid Gospel in Pakistan
Interest in Jesus' message has increased in northern Pakistan since the
Taliban took control.
"Now is the best time to share the Gospel in our valley," said three
men who are Christians from a Muslim background. "Such darkness makes
our lights visible
all over the valley."
More than 100 new believers had come to Christ thanks to the work
of these bold and faithful men.
Another Pakistani man, Mahmud, a member of the Taliban, was assigned
to a Christian bookstore to convert Christians. But while studying
the Bible so he could debate "infidels," his heart changed,
and he embraced Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.
Mahmud has since led 40 of his family members to faith in Christ.
But when I asked him if he received threats for sharing the Gospel,
he brushed aside my question.
"No threats," he said. "Remember, I used to be with the Taliban.
No one messes with me."
Pakistan's current heroes of the faith seem to view death the same
way the Apostle Paul did: “ (21Gal 2:20) For to me, to continue living
is Christ, and to die is gain. / 21 For to me to live is Christ,
and to die is gain. ” (Philippians 1:21).
Knowing these Pakistani Christians is inspiring and humbling. Unlike Christians
in North America, these believers face persecution and potential death for the
sake of the Gospel every day.
Even the darkness of the Taliban can’t blot out the light of Christ. The Gospel
has taken a foothold and is expanding at an unprecedented rate in areas where
this militant and fundamentalist group seeks to control.
Pray for perseverance amid persecution for believers in Pakistan (Philippians 1:29).
29 For to you it was granted on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him,
but also to suffer for His sake,
29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him,
but also to suffer for his sake;
Ask God to grant them the strength and endurance they need.
Pray for the Gospel to spread in the cities of Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad,
and Peshawar.
Pray for Pakistan’s leaders to embrace Jesus as Savior and Lord.
And
Sikhs in Canada
DAY 1
Home to over 500,000 Sikhs, Canada has
one of the largest Sikh populations outside
of India. The population continues to grow
as thousands of Indian Sikh students enroll
in Canadian colleges and universities each
year, often with the goal of settling in
Canada long-term.
Known for their business savvy and work
ethic, many Canadian Sikhs are wealthy
and have become influential in both
business and politics. In 2017, a devout
Sikh became the leader of a federal
political party, and two Canadian cities
have new mayors who are of Sikh heritage.
In the recent federal election, numerous
Sikhs became Members of Parliament and
two hold key national leadership positions.
Punjabi, the language of most Sikhs,
is commonly spoken in Canadian-Sikh
homes, even among long-term residents.
The Canadian Bible Society has begun a
revision project of the Punjabi Common
Language Bible to provide an accurate
and understandable translation that is
readily available in North America. It will be
available in digital, print, and audio format
for Punjabi-speaking Canadians.
26 (Mal 2:10; Ge 3:20) He has made from one blood every nation of men to live
on the entire face of the earth, having appointed fixed times and the
boundaries of their habitation,
27 (Ac 14:17; Jer 23:23-24) that they should seek the Lord so perhaps they
might reach for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.
26 and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face
of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds
of their habitation;
27 that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him,
and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
ACTS 17:26 -27
HOW CAN WE PRAY?
Pray for the Sikhs of Canada who
hold political positions, to govern
with wisdom and integrity.
Pray for the thousands of Sikh
international students, for God’s
help in the financial pressures and
challenges of adjusting to Canadian
society. Pray for Christians to offer
hospitality and a warm welcome
to them.
Pray for the Punjabi Bible Revision
Project, for efficiency and accuracy.
Pray for the transformation of
families and communities as they
read the Bible.
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
10th Day of the Month
a) Pray for Canadians from Coast to Coast to Coast, that the reality of
Jesus's sacrifice and love will touch them personally.
(
John 3:16
16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9-10; Jn 1:18)
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
)
b) Pray for students, that the Lord will grant them protection of body,
soul, mind and spirit and fill them with godly desires and true hope.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord that you can give a testimony of your faith.
Pray to the Lord and pray that the Lord will give you victory.
Pray to the Lord: "Jesus, thank You for coming into Jerusalem to reveal
Your mighty and humble ways. Fill my heart with Your peace."
Pray to the Lord and pray to be a forgiver.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be charitable.
Pray to the Lord and remember He is your shield.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population
- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim
communities around them, as well as training new workers
- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim
background believers and for effectiveness in outreach
- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground
in the face of opposition to her new faith.
- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged
with great support
Pray for perseverance amid persecution for believers in Pakistan .
Ask God to grant them the strength and endurance they need.
Pray for the Gospel to spread in the cities of Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad,
and Peshawar.
Pray for Pakistan’s leaders to embrace Jesus as Savior and Lord.
Pray for the Sikhs of Canada who
hold political positions, to govern
with wisdom and integrity.
Pray for the thousands of Sikh
international students, for God’s
help in the financial pressures and
challenges of adjusting to Canadian
society. Pray for Christians to offer
hospitality and a warm welcome
to them.
Pray for the Punjabi Bible Revision
Project, for efficiency and accuracy.
Pray for the transformation of
families and communities as they
read the Bible.
Pray a prayer of thanksgiving throughout
the day for God's unfailing love, Mercy, compassion,
faithfulness and provision.
Pray for Canadians from Coast to Coast to Coast, that the reality of
Jesus's sacrifice and love will touch them personally.
Pray for students, that the Lord will grant them protection of body,
soul, mind and spirit and fill them with godly desires and true hope.
Pray for ministry workers in Afghanistan involed in evangelism,
discipleship and house chruches.
Pray that persecuted believers who fled Kuwait will be able to visit their
families.
At https://www.calvarycommunity.ca/ , we finished the sermon series on Alpha.
Why and How should I tell others? By Pastor Bev Sesink
Matthew 28:18-20
18 (Mt 11:27; Ro 14:9) Then Jesus came and spoke to them, saying,
"All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
19 (Mk 16:15-16; Ac 1:8) Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 (Mt 18:20; Ac 2:42) teaching them to observe all things I have commanded
you. And remember, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying,
All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Mark 16:15-18
15 (Mt 28:19; Ac 1:8) He said to them, "Go into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 (Jn 3:36; 1Pe 3:21; Mt 28:19) He who believes and is baptized will be saved. But he who does not believe will be condemned.
17 (Ac 5:16; 8:7) These signs will accompany those who believe:
In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;
18 (Lk 10:19; Ac 3:16) they will take up serpents; if they drink
any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick,
and they will recover."
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel
to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth
not shall be damned.
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing,
it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Matthew 5:13-16
Salt and Light
Mk 9:50; Lk 14:34-35
13 (Lev 2:13; Lk 14:34-35) "You are the salt of the earth.
But if the salt loses its saltiness, how shall it be made salty?
It is from then on good
for nothing but to be thrown out and to be trampled underfoot by men.
14 (Jn 8:12; Pr 4:18) "You are the light of the world.
A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 (Mk 4:21; Lk 8:16) Neither do men light a candle
and put it under a basket, but on a candlestick.
And it gives light to all who are in the house.
16 (1Pe 2:12; Mt 9:8; Jn 15:8) Let your light so shine before men
that they may see your good works and glorify your Father
who is in heaven.
13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing,
but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on
a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Mark 9:49-50
49 (Lev 2:13) Everyone will be salted with fire,
and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.
50 (Ro 12:18; Mt 5:13; 2Co 13:11) "Salt is good. But if the salt loses
its saltiness, how will you season it?
Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another."
49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be
salted with salt.
50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will
ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
Luke 14:34-35
Tasteless Salt
Mt 5:13; Mk 9:50
34 (Mt 5:13) "Salt is good. But if the salt has lost its saltiness,
how shall it be made salty?
35 (Mt 11:15) It is fit neither for the land nor for the manure pile.
So men throw it out.
"He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall it be seasoned?
35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill;
but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
1 Peter 3:15
15 (Col 4:6; Isa 29:23) But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts.
Always be ready to give an answer to every man who asks you for a reason
for the hope that is in you, with gentleness and fear.
15 but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give
an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in
you with meekness and fear:
1 Thess 1:5
5 (Col 2:2; 2Th 2:14) For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but
also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance, just as you
know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.
5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in
the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we
were among you for your sake.
Romans 5:5
5 (Gal 4:6; Php 1:20) And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God
is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
5 and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
1) 1 Chronicles 9:35-39
1 Samuel 13:1-5
1 Samuel 13:19-23
1 Samuel 13:6-18
1 Samuel 14
1 Samuel 13-14
1 SAMUEL 13
Saul Fails His Commission
1 Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned 42 years over Israel. [Lit. “The son of a year
was Saul in his ruling and two years he ruled over Israel.”]
[Most translations read in Saul’s age and length of reign
from external evidence (Josephus) or from the New Testament
(Paul, who mentions a forty-year reign for Saul in Ac 13:21).
2 (1Sa 10:26; 13:5) Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel.
2000 were with Saul in Mikmash and in mountains of Bethel,
and a 1000 were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin.
The rest of the people he sent each to his tent.
3 (1Sa 10:5; Jdg 3:27) Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines
that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew
the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear."
4 (Ge 34:30; Ex 5:21) All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison
of the Philistines, and that Israel had become odious to the Philistines.
And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
5 (Jos 11:4; 1Sa 14:23) The Philistines gathered together to fight
with Israel, 30000 chariots and 6000 horsemen, with people
like the sand which is on the seashore in multitude.
And they came up and camped in Mikmash, east of Beth Aven.
[1] Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
[2] Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were
with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan
in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his
tent.
[3] And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and
the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the
land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
[4] And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the
Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the
Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
[5] And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel,
thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand
which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in
Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.
19 (2Ki 24:14; Jdg 5:8) Now there was no blacksmith found throughout
all the land of Israel. For the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make
for themselves swords or spears."
20 So all the children of Israel went down to the Philistines, to sharpen
every man his plow-point, his axe, his adze and his hoe.
21 The sharpening charge was two-thirds of a shekel
(About 1/4 ounce, or 8 grams.) for plow-points, axes, pitchforks, and adzes,
and to fix an ox-goad.
22 (Jdg 5:8) So it came to pass on the day of battle, that neither sword
nor spear were found in the hand of any of the people who were with
Saul and Jonathan. But they were found in the hand of Saul
and Jonathan his son.
23 (Isa 10:28; 1Sa 14:1) And the garrison of the Philistines had marched
out to the ravine of Mikmash.
[19] Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the
Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
[20] But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every
man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
[21] Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the
forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
[22] So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword
nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and
Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
[23] And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of
Michmash.
6 (Jdg 6:2; Heb 11:38) When Israel's fighting men saw that they
were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people
hid themselves in caves, in hollows, among rocks, and in cellars
and cisterns.
7 Some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead.
But as for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him,
trembling.
8 (1Sa 10:8) He waited seven days, according to the set time that Samuel
had appointed. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people
were scattered from him.
9 (1Ki 3:4; Dt 12:6) Saul said, "Bring here to me the burnt offering
and the peace offerings." Then he offered the burnt offering.
10 (1Sa 15:13) When he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel came.
And Saul went out to meet him to greet him.
11 (1Sa 13:2; 13:5) Samuel said, "What have you done?"
And Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattered from me,
and that you did not come to the appointed assembly days, and the Philistines
are gathering themselves together at Mikmash,
12 therefore I said, 'The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal,
and I have not yet appeased the face of the Lord.'
So I forced myself, and offered the burnt offering."
13 (2Ch 16:9; 1Sa 15:11) Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly.
You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God,
which He commanded you. Truly now, the Lord would have established
your kingdom over Israel forever.
14 (1Sa 15:28; Ac 13:22) But now your kingdom will not continue.
The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart
and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over His people,
because you have not kept that which the Lord commanded you."
15 (1Sa 13:2; 14:2) Samuel arose, and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah
of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him,
about six hundred men.
Israel Unarmed
16 Now Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were with them,
were staying in Gibeah of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in Mikmash.
17 (Jos 18:23; 1Sa 14:15) Then raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines
in three companies. One company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah,
to the land of Shual.
18 (Ne 11:34; Jos 18:13-14) And another company turned the way to Beth Horon.
And another company turned to the way of the border that looks to the Valley
of Zeboyim toward the wilderness.
[6] When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people
were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in
thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
[7] And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead.
As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him
trembling.
[8] And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had
appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from
him.
[9] And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings.
And he offered the burnt offering.
[10] And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the
burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he
might salute him.
[11] And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that
the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days
appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at
Michmash;
[12] Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal,
and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore,
and offered a burnt offering.
[13] And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept
the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would
the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
[14] But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man
after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his
people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
[15] And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin.
And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred
men.
[16] And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with
them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
[17] And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three
companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the
land of Shual:
[18] And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: and another company
turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward
the wilderness.
1 SAMUEL 14
Jonathan Defeats the Philistines
1 A day came that Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man that
bore his armor, "Come, and let us cross over to the Philistine garrison
which is on the other side." But he did not tell his father.
2 (1Sa 13:15-16) Now Saul was staying on the outskirts of Gibeah
under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron. And the people
that were with him were about six hundred men.
3 (1Sa 2:28; 4:21) And Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother,
the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh,
was wearing the ephod. But the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
4 (1Sa 13:23) Between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over
to the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side,
and a sharp rock on the other side. And the name of the one was Bozez,
and the name of the other Seneh.
5 The crag of the one rose north opposite Mikmash,
and the other faced southward opposite Geba.
6 (1Sa 17:26; 17:36) Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor,
"Come, and let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised.
Perhaps the Lord will work for us. For the Lord is not limited
to save by many or by few."
7 His armor bearer said to him, "Do all that is in your heart.
Turn yourself, and I will be with you according to your heart."
8 (Jdg 7:9-14) Then Jonathan said, "Now we will cross over to these men,
and we will reveal ourselves to them.
9 If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand still
in our place, and we will not go up to them.
10 (Ge 24:14) But if they say, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up,
for the Lord has delivered them into our hand, and this will be a sign to us."
11 (1Sa 13:6; 14:22) So the two of them revealed themselves to the garrison
of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, "Look, the Hebrews are coming
out of the caves where they have hidden themselves."
12 (1Sa 17:43-44; 2Sa 5:24) The men of the garrison answered Jonathan
and his armor bearer, and said,
"Come up to us, and we will teach you something."
So Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come up after me.
For the Lord has delivered them into the hand of Israel."
13 Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet with his armor
bearer behind him. And they fell before Jonathan. And his armor bearer
was dealing death blows after him.
14 That first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor bearer made,
was about twenty men within about a half-acre field.
15 (1Sa 13:17; Ge 35:5) There was trembling in the camp, in the field,
and among all the people. The garrison and the raiders also trembled,
and the ground quaked. It was the fear of God.
16 The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold,
the multitude melted away, and they went even here and there.
17 Then Saul said to the people that were with him,
"Number now, and see who has gone from us."
And when they had numbered, Jonathan nor his armor bearer were there.
18 Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring here the ark of God." For the ark of God was
at that time with the children of Israel.
19 (Nu 27:21) It came to pass, while Saul talked to the priest,
that the noise which was in the camp of the Philistines went on
and increased. So Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand."
20 (Jdg 7:22; 2Ch 20:23) Saul and all the people who were
with him assembled, and they went to the battle. And every man's sword
was against his fellow, so that there was very great confusion.
21 (1Sa 29:4) Even the Hebrews who were with the Philistines the days
before, who went up with them into the camp from the country round
about, even they also turned to be with the children of Israel that were
with Saul and Jonathan.
22 (1Sa 13:6) Also all of Israel's fighting men, who had hidden themselves
in mountains of Ephraim, heard that the Philistines fled, and even they
followed hard after them in the battle.
23 (Ex 14:30; 1Sa 13:5) So the Lord saved Israel that day, and the battle
passed beyond Beth Aven.
Saul's Rash Oath
24 (Jos 6:26) Now Israel's fighting men were distressed that day.
For Saul had placed the people under a curse, saying,
"Cursed is the man that eats any food before it is evening,
and I have been avenged on my enemies."
So none of the people tasted any food.
25 All the people of the land came to the forest, and there was honey
on the ground.
26 When the people came into the forest there was flowing honey.
But no man put his hand to his mouth, because the people feared the oath.
27 (1Sa 30:12; 14:43) But Jonathan had not heard when his father made
the people swear. Therefore he put forward the end of the rod that was
in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb. Then he put his hand to his
mouth, and his eyes were brightened.
28 Then one of the people answered, and said, "Your father surely made
the people swear, saying, 'Cursed is the man that eats any food this day.' "
And the people were weary.
29 (1Ki 18:18) Then said Jonathan, "My father has troubled the land.
See how my eyes have brightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
30 How much more, if the people had surely eaten freely today of the spoil
of their enemies which they found? But now the defeat of the Philistines
has not been great."
31 (Jos 10:12) And they struck the Philistines that day from Mikmash
to Aijalon, and the people were very weary.
32 (Lev 3:17; 1Sa 15:19) The people rushed upon the spoil;
they took sheep, oxen, and calves and slew them on the ground.
And the people ate them with the blood.
33 Then they reported to Saul, saying, "Look, the people are sinning against
the Lord by eating the blood."
And he said, "You have dealt faithlessly. Roll a great stone to me this day."
34 Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them,
'Bring to me here every man his ox or sheep. And slaughter them here,
and eat. But you shall not sin against the Lord by eating with the blood.' '
And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night,
and slew them there.
35 (1Sa 7:17) And Saul built an altar to the Lord. It was the first altar
that he built to the Lord.
36 Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night
and plunder them until the morning light. And let us not leave a man of them."
And they said, "Do whatever seems good to you."
Then the priest said, "Let us draw near here to God."
37 (1Sa 28:6) Saul asked of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines?
Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel?" But He did not answer him
that day.
38 (1Sa 10:19-20) Saul said, "Come here, all you leaders of the people,
and observe and see how this sin has come about this day.
39 (1Sa 14:44; 2Sa 12:5) For, as the Lord lives, who saves Israel,
even if it is in Jonathan my son, he will surely die."
But there was not one who answered him from among all the people.
40 Then he said to all Israel, "You will be on one side, and I and Jonathan
my son will be on the other side."
And the people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you."
41 (Ac 1:24; Jos 7:16-18) Therefore Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel,
“Give a perfect lot.” And Saul and Jonathan were taken,
but the people escaped.
42 Saul said, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son."
And Jonathan was taken.
43 (Jos 7:19; 1Sa 14:27) Then Saul said to Jonathan,
"Tell me what you have done."
And Jonathan told him, and said,
"I indeed tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was
in my hand. Here I am. I must die."
44 (Ru 1:17; 1Sa 14:39) Saul said, "May God do so to me and more also,
for you will surely die, Jonathan."
45 (2Sa 14:11; 1Ki 1:52) The people said to Saul, "Will Jonathan die, who has
worked this great salvation in Israel? God forbid. As the Lord lives,
there will not one hair of his head fall to the ground.
For he has worked with God this day." So the people rescued Jonathan,
and he did not die.
46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines, and the Philistines
went to their own place.
47 (2Sa 10:6) So Saul took the kingdom over Israel and fought against
all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the Ammonites,
against Edom and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines.
Whatever place he turned himself, he defeated them.
48 He gathered an army, and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel
out of the hand of its plunderers.
Saul's Family
49 (1Sa 31:2; 1Ch 8:33) Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi,
and Malki-Shua. And the names of his two daughters were Merab,
the firstborn, and Michal, the youngest.
50 (2Sa 2:8) And the name of the wife of Saul was Ahinoam,
the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the captain of his army
was Abner, the son of Ner, the uncle of Saul.
51 (1Sa 9:1; 9:21) Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner
was the son of Abiel.
52 (1Sa 8:11) There was strong war against the Philistines
all the days of Saul, and when Saul saw any strong man,
or any valiant man, he took him into his service.
[1] Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto
the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the
Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his
father.
[2] And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate
tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six
hundred men;
[3] And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas,
the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the
people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
[4] And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the
Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side and a sharp
rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of
the other Seneh.
[5] The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash,
and the other southward over against Gibeah.
[6] And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let
us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD
will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or
by few.
[7] And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn
thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
[8] Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we
will discover ourselves unto them.
[9] If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand
still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
[10] But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD
hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
[11] And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the
Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of
the holes where they had hid themselves.
[12] And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and
said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto
his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into
the hand of Israel.
[13] And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his
armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer
slew after him.
[14] And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was
about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of
oxen might plow.
[15] And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the
people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth
quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
[16] And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the
multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.
[17] Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see
who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his
armourbearer were not there.
[18] And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of
God was at that time with the children of Israel.
[19] And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise
that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said
unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
[20] And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves,
and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his
fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
[21] Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time,
which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even
they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.
[22] Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount
Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed
hard after them in the battle.
[23] So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto
Beth-aven.
[24] And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured
the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening,
that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any
food.
[25] And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the
ground.
[26] And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped;
but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
[27] But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the
oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and
dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were
enlightened.
[28] Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged
the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this
day. And the people were faint.
[29] Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you,
how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this
honey.
[30] How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil
of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater
slaughter among the Philistines?
[31] And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and
the people were very faint.
[32] And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and
calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the
blood.
[33] Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD,
in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a
great stone unto me this day.
[34] And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them,
Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them
here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And
all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them
there.
[35] And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar
that he built unto the LORD.
[36] And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil
them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they
said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us
draw near hither unto God.
[37] And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines?
wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that
day.
[38] And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and
know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
[39] For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan
my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people
that answered him.
[40] Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my
son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what
seemeth good unto thee.
[41] Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot.
And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
[42] And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan
was taken.
[43] Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan
told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod
that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
[44] And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die,
Jonathan.
[45] And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought
this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall
not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God
this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
[46] Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines
went to their own place.
[47] So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his
enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and
against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines:
and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
[48] And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel
out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
[49] Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the
names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and
the name of the younger Michal:
[50] And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and
the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
[51] And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the
son of Abiel.
[52] And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul:
and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
2) Our Daily Bread for 10 April 2022
https://odb.org/CA/2022/04/10/a-king-on-a-donkey
entitled A King on a Donkey
Matthew 21:1-11
Matthew 21
The Triumphant Entry Into Jerusalem
Mk 11:1-11; Lk 19:28-38; Jn 12:12-19
1 (Mt 24:3; 26:30) When they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage,
on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2 saying to them, "Go over into the village opposite you,
and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her.
Untie them and bring them to Me.
3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them.'
And he will send them immediately."
4 (Mt 1:22; Jn 12:15) All this was done to fulfill
what was spoken by the prophet, saying:
5 (Isa 62:11; Ge 49:10) "Tell the daughter of Zion,
'Look, your King is coming to you,
humble, and sitting on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'Zec 9:9."
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them.
7 They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their garments on them,
and He sat on them.
8 (2Ki 9:13) A very large crowd spread their garments on the road.
Others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 (Lk 2:14; Mt 23:39) The crowds that went before Him
and that followed Him cried out:
"Hosanna to the Son of David!
'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!' (Ps 118:26.)
Hosanna in the highest!"
10 When He entered Jerusalem, the entire city was moved,
saying, "Who is He?"
11 (Lk 7:16; Jn 6:14) The crowds said, "This is Jesus,
the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee."
In Jerusalem
Triumphal Entry
1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto
the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
2 saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway
ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them
unto me.
3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of
them; and straightway he will send them.
4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the prophet, saying,
5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion,
Behold, thy King cometh unto thee,
Meek, and sitting upon an ass,
And a colt the foal of an ass.
6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
7 and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes,
and they set him thereon.
8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way;
others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying,
Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the
Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying,
Who is this?
11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
It was Sunday - the day we now call Palm Sunday. Without a doubt, this wasn't
Jesus' first visit to Jerusalem. As a devout Jew, He would've gone to the city
every year for the three great feasts (Luke 2:41-42; John 2:13; 5:1). In the
past three years, Christ had also ministered and taught in Jerusalem.
But this Sunday His coming into the city was radically different.
By riding a young donkey into Jerusalem at a time when thousands of worshipers
were coming into the city, Jesus was the center of attention
(Matthew 21:9-11). Why would He take the place of prominence before thousands
of people when for the past three years He'd deliberately kept a low profile?
Why would He accept the people's proclamation that He was King just five days
before His death?
Matthew says that this took place to fulfill a five-hundred-year-old prophecy
(Matthew 21:4-5) that God’s chosen king would come into Jerusalem
"righteous and victorious, [yet] lowly and riding on a donkey"
(Zechariah 9:9; see also Genesis 49:10–11).
This was a truly unusual way for a triumphant king to enter a city.
Conquering kings normally rode on mighty stallions. But Jesus didn't come
riding a warhorse. This reveals what kind of King Jesus is. He came in
meekness and lowliness. Jesus came not for war, but for peace, establishing
peace between God and us (Acts 10:36; Colossians 1:20).
By: K. T. Sim
Reflect & Pray
What kind of king is Jesus to you today? How can you honor Him as your King?
Jesus, thank You for coming into Jerusalem to reveal
Your mighty and humble ways. Fill my heart with Your peace.
Learn more about Jesus' life in the area of Judea with this
online course.
3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation
Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools
Week 6 Showing Grace to Others - Day 1 - Forgiving as God Forgave
Col 3:13
13 Bear with one another and forgive one another. If anyone
has a quarrel against anyone, even as Christ forgave you, so you must do.
13 forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man
have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
"No!" Brett slammed his hand against the desk to punctuate his point.
"My wife's infidelity is completely unforgivable. She just wants to make things
look good, to have me condone her new relationship.
I won't do it. I won't forgive her."
Brett was a man in pain, and his perspective on forgiving
his wife is understandable. But unfortunately, many of us are
the victims of "unforgivable" offenses; many of us, as well,
are the perpetrators of such offenses, and we desperately need
to be forgiven.
Brett ultimately came to understand that forgiving and "unforgivable"
hurt is not based on the worthiness of the recipient of forgiveness,
but on the worthiness of Christ himself. The Bible teaches that we are bound
to forgiveness for one simple reason:
because God has forgiven us in Jesus Christ.
"Forgive as the Lord forgave", Paul commands in Col 3:13 . How did Christ
forgive? Freely, completely, without basing his forgiveness on our merit. He
forgave us unilaterally, offering forgiveness before we asked,
before we were aware of our sin and the pain it caused him,
before we came to him in repentance.
Forgiveness does more that release the perpetrator for the bondage of
his wrongdoing. It releases the victim as well. Forgiveness frees
the forgiver from the bondage of anger and bitterness that keeps him distant
from the love of God. We can forgive the most "unforgivable" of offenses
against us when we focus our attention not on the offender, but on Christ,
who forgave us.
Application
a) Have I ever harboured unforgiveness toward another person?
What was the result in my spiritual/emotional life?
b) Is there someone in my life who has hurt me, who I need to forgive?
How can this verse help me extend the forgiveness to that person?
4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland
1 Cor 13:3
3 If I give all my goods to feed the poor,
and if I give my body to be burned,
and have not love, it profits me nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor,
and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity,
it profiteth me nothing.
5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:
God's Inexhaustible Strength
Ps 18:30-34
30 As for God, His way has integrity;
the word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield
to all those who take refuge in Him.
31 For who is God except the Lord?
Or who is a rock besides our God?
32 It is God who clothes me with strength,
and gives my way integrity.
33 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
and causes me to stand on my high places.
34 He trains my hands for war,
so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
30 As for God, his way is perfect:
The word of the LORD is tried: He is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
31 For who is God save the LORD?
Or who is a rock save our God?
32 It is God that girdeth me with strength,
And maketh my way perfect.
33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet,
And setteth me upon my high places.
34 He teacheth my hands to war,
So that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Remember God's promises when You pray
The Lord's prayer
Matthew 6:9-13
9 "Therefore pray in this manner:
Our Father who is in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;
Your will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.
12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)
Manitoba
Quick facts on Muslims in Manitoba
Manitoba 2015 population 1 282 000
est Muslim Population 21 349
CNMM Networks: Winnipeg
The Muslim population of Manitoba, understandably centred in Winnipeg, is very
diverse and represents some 48 different cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
Conservative estimates put their number at 21000 , with some suggesting
it might be twice that size.
Some outreach among Muslims has started, yet in comparison to the size
of this community, there is the need and opportunity for far more engagement.
Continued influx of new immigrants and refugees continues to see the growth
of this Muslim centre in Manitoba.
We rejoice in the Arabic fellowship meeting there and the energetic workers
among Muslims in Winnipeg.
Let us intercede in unity for:
- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population
- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim
communities around them, as well as training new workers
- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim
background believers and for effectiveness in outreach
- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground
in the face of opposition to her new faith.
- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged
with great support
Adding further
https://www.30daysprayer.com/pages/taliban-unintentionally-aid-gospel-in-pakistan/
Taliban Unintentionally Aid Gospel in Pakistan
Interest in Jesus' message has increased in northern Pakistan since the
Taliban took control.
"Now is the best time to share the Gospel in our valley," said three
men who are Christians from a Muslim background. "Such darkness makes
our lights visible
all over the valley."
More than 100 new believers had come to Christ thanks to the work
of these bold and faithful men.
Another Pakistani man, Mahmud, a member of the Taliban, was assigned
to a Christian bookstore to convert Christians. But while studying
the Bible so he could debate "infidels," his heart changed,
and he embraced Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.
Mahmud has since led 40 of his family members to faith in Christ.
But when I asked him if he received threats for sharing the Gospel,
he brushed aside my question.
"No threats," he said. "Remember, I used to be with the Taliban.
No one messes with me."
Pakistan's current heroes of the faith seem to view death the same
way the Apostle Paul did: “ (21Gal 2:20) For to me, to continue living
is Christ, and to die is gain. / 21 For to me to live is Christ,
and to die is gain. ” (Philippians 1:21).
Knowing these Pakistani Christians is inspiring and humbling. Unlike Christians
in North America, these believers face persecution and potential death for the
sake of the Gospel every day.
Even the darkness of the Taliban can’t blot out the light of Christ. The Gospel
has taken a foothold and is expanding at an unprecedented rate in areas where
this militant and fundamentalist group seeks to control.
Pray for perseverance amid persecution for believers in Pakistan (Philippians 1:29).
29 For to you it was granted on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him,
but also to suffer for His sake,
29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him,
but also to suffer for his sake;
Ask God to grant them the strength and endurance they need.
Pray for the Gospel to spread in the cities of Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad,
and Peshawar.
Pray for Pakistan’s leaders to embrace Jesus as Savior and Lord.
And
Sikhs in Canada
DAY 1
Home to over 500,000 Sikhs, Canada has
one of the largest Sikh populations outside
of India. The population continues to grow
as thousands of Indian Sikh students enroll
in Canadian colleges and universities each
year, often with the goal of settling in
Canada long-term.
Known for their business savvy and work
ethic, many Canadian Sikhs are wealthy
and have become influential in both
business and politics. In 2017, a devout
Sikh became the leader of a federal
political party, and two Canadian cities
have new mayors who are of Sikh heritage.
In the recent federal election, numerous
Sikhs became Members of Parliament and
two hold key national leadership positions.
Punjabi, the language of most Sikhs,
is commonly spoken in Canadian-Sikh
homes, even among long-term residents.
The Canadian Bible Society has begun a
revision project of the Punjabi Common
Language Bible to provide an accurate
and understandable translation that is
readily available in North America. It will be
available in digital, print, and audio format
for Punjabi-speaking Canadians.
26 (Mal 2:10; Ge 3:20) He has made from one blood every nation of men to live
on the entire face of the earth, having appointed fixed times and the
boundaries of their habitation,
27 (Ac 14:17; Jer 23:23-24) that they should seek the Lord so perhaps they
might reach for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.
26 and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face
of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds
of their habitation;
27 that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him,
and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
ACTS 17:26 -27
HOW CAN WE PRAY?
Pray for the Sikhs of Canada who
hold political positions, to govern
with wisdom and integrity.
Pray for the thousands of Sikh
international students, for God’s
help in the financial pressures and
challenges of adjusting to Canadian
society. Pray for Christians to offer
hospitality and a warm welcome
to them.
Pray for the Punjabi Bible Revision
Project, for efficiency and accuracy.
Pray for the transformation of
families and communities as they
read the Bible.
My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further
call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity
(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .
7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada
http://www.ehc.ca
10th Day of the Month
a) Pray for Canadians from Coast to Coast to Coast, that the reality of
Jesus's sacrifice and love will touch them personally.
(
John 3:16
16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9-10; Jn 1:18)
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
)
b) Pray for students, that the Lord will grant them protection of body,
soul, mind and spirit and fill them with godly desires and true hope.
Conclusion:
Pray to the Lord that you can give a testimony of your faith.
Pray to the Lord and pray that the Lord will give you victory.
Pray to the Lord: "Jesus, thank You for coming into Jerusalem to reveal
Your mighty and humble ways. Fill my heart with Your peace."
Pray to the Lord and pray to be a forgiver.
Pray to the Lord and pray to be charitable.
Pray to the Lord and remember He is your shield.
Agree in prayer with us for:
- new Christian workers among Manitoba's growing Muslim population
- new church ministries focused on prayer, equipping and reaching Muslim
communities around them, as well as training new workers
- the Arabic fellowship and their ministries of discipling new Muslim
background believers and for effectiveness in outreach
- for the recent Somali woman who found faith in Jesus and stood her ground
in the face of opposition to her new faith.
- for current workers among Muslims to be blessed, refreshed and encouraged
with great support
Pray for perseverance amid persecution for believers in Pakistan .
Ask God to grant them the strength and endurance they need.
Pray for the Gospel to spread in the cities of Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad,
and Peshawar.
Pray for Pakistan’s leaders to embrace Jesus as Savior and Lord.
Pray for the Sikhs of Canada who
hold political positions, to govern
with wisdom and integrity.
Pray for the thousands of Sikh
international students, for God’s
help in the financial pressures and
challenges of adjusting to Canadian
society. Pray for Christians to offer
hospitality and a warm welcome
to them.
Pray for the Punjabi Bible Revision
Project, for efficiency and accuracy.
Pray for the transformation of
families and communities as they
read the Bible.
Pray a prayer of thanksgiving throughout
the day for God's unfailing love, Mercy, compassion,
faithfulness and provision.
Pray for Canadians from Coast to Coast to Coast, that the reality of
Jesus's sacrifice and love will touch them personally.
Pray for students, that the Lord will grant them protection of body,
soul, mind and spirit and fill them with godly desires and true hope.
Pray for ministry workers in Afghanistan involed in evangelism,
discipleship and house chruches.
Pray that persecuted believers who fled Kuwait will be able to visit their
families.
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