Thoughts on the Bible Readings September 27th (1 Chronicles 10; Ezekiel 23; Luke 20)

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Thoughts on the daily bible readings for 27th September.

1 Chronicles 10.

Ezekiel 23.

Luke 20.

In our 1st Chronicles chapter 10 reading we read that Saul "..died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord", (verse 13).

Saul had failed to show faith in a number of incidents. He failed in his trust of the Lord in not waiting for Samuel to arrive, he sinned greatly in consulting a woman with a 'familiar spirit', in his jealousy and anger he commanded the death of Ahimelech, the priest of the Lord, and all his household, and in his jealousy he sought to slay the faithful David.

The root cause of Sauls failure was a lack of faith, which led to a series of foolish decisions.

"For whatsoever is not of faith is sin", (Romans 14:23).

In our Ezekiel reading we read of the miserable state of Israel's unfaithfulness.

Israel clung to the idolatry which they had adopted while in Egypt, (verse .

To seal the fate of the nation they committed spiritual whoredoms with the surrounding nations, even in sacrificing their own children to idols. Worse yet, we read in verse 35;

"...because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back".

Therefore great and terrible judgements were pronounced against Israel.

When we come to our final reading in Luke 20 we see the Chief priests and Scribes repeatedly confounded in their attempts to catch Jesus out with his words.

They were unwilling to agree that the baptism that John preached, (verses 5-6), was of God - they trusted in their own righteousness and were blind to the hope of salvation without the law. Nor could they risk a denial of John before the people lest they should be stoned, for the multitudes considered John truly a prophet.

In verses 27-33 we have, quite frankly, an absurd attempt to deny the possibility of a resurrection with a tale of a man who had married several times, yet all his wives had died - ".who shall be his wife in the resurrection"? Jesus countered this unlikely nonsense in a straightforward manner (verses 34-37), and in verse 38 we read, "God is not the God of the dead, but of the living".

"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him", (1 Thessalonians 4:13-14).

In all three of our readings we come across a lack of faith. Saul trusted more in himself than the Providence of God, Israel abandoned any notion of faith in the God of Israel and put their trust in wood and stone, and the Chief priests and Scribes only had room for faith in their own righteousness.

We do well to resist the temptation to trust in our own wisdom and strength, we do well to carefully search for the many idols that can secret in the corners of our hearts, and we do well to remember that all our "righteousness" is as filthy rags in the sight of the living God, for Christ only is our righteousness.

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