Deuteronomy 18:13–22 (ESV) CONTEXT: Moses is in the midst of a long speech, proclaim God's law to the Israelites. 13 You shall be blameless before the Lord your God, 14 for these nations, which you are But as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do this. 15 “The Lord your God will raise up Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 5: The Authority of Scripture We Today: Acts 13

Job has been given many unhelpful lectures from his so-called friends, and Job 19 records one of his Job 19:23–29 (NIV) 23 “Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll, 24 that they Summary In Job 19, we find Job at his absolute all-time low. breath (v. 17), and even his own body is "nothing but skin and bones” (v. 20). In Job’s “dim hope” within chapter 19, we can see the brightness of our “living hope.”

12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and Look at the background that 1 Maccabees paints for us on why the Jews hated their occupiers so much. It tells the story of what happened in Israel approximately 170 years before Jesus. 1 Maccabees 1:41– who sided with the God hating and infant murdering occupiers - without reading accounts like this in 1 Today: Acts 15

Revelation 22:12-17 (NIV) 12 “Look, I am coming soon! My reward [ settlement ] is with me, to repay each one for what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article   37: The Last Judgment (Part 1) :11-15). Christ came so that you might have life, and have it abundantly (John 10:10).

its people into exile, and scattered them among the nations—just as the LORD had long warned. 2 Kings 17 From watchtower to fortified city they built themselves high places in all their towns. 10  They set up sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree. 11  At every high They bowed down to all the starry hosts, and they worshiped Baal. 17  They sacrificed their sons and Verses 14 & 15 show how it is that this infection so quickly spreads among God's people - Israel then

After slaughtering his 70 brothers to solidify his power, he 'reigns' until he's killed by a woman in Judges 16:21–31 (NIV) 21  Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes and took him down to Gaza

Judges 3:12–31 (NIV) 12  Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the L ORD , and because they did this evil the L ORD gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel. 13  Getting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join him, Eglon came and attacked Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.  14  The Israelites were subject to Eglon king of Moab for eighteen years. 15  Again the Israelites cried out to Eglon king of Moab, who was a very fat man. 18  After Ehud had presented the tribute, he sent on

Deuteronomy 18:14–22 (NIV) 14  The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or But as for you, the L ORD  your God has not permitted you to do so. 15  The L ORD  your God will raise You must listen to him. 16  For this is what you asked of the L ORD  your God at Horeb on the day of “Let us not hear the voice of the L ORD  our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die.” 17   The L ORD  said to me: “What they say is good. 18  I will raise up for them a prophet like you from

Hebrews 13:17 - (NIV) 17 Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they Today: 1 Peter 3

A maskil of the Sons of Korah. 1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God under the protection of the Mighty One with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng. 5  11 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? [This same song continues in Psalm 43] Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Those who (Psalm 42:5, 11 / 43:5) There's a tremendous irony expressed in Psalm 42: the reason the psalmist experiences