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eat.READ.sleep. Bücher für dich
(93) Maniokbrei und Buchexporte

eat.READ.sleep. Bücher für dich

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2023 53:02


Jan liest und kocht sich durch Guinea. Daniel ist von einem Buch zu Tränen gerührt. Und ein deutscher Klassiker wird in Korea zum Hit. Der Dartpfeil hat entschieden: Literatur aus Guinea sollte es sein. Angeregt von den vielen Tipps der eat.READ.sleep.-Community hat sich Jan auf die Suche nach Literatur von dort gemacht – und auch gleich ein Gericht mitgebracht. Vorsicht, scharf! Etwas scharfzüngig wird es auch in der Bestsellerchallenge: Über Humor lässt sich eben doch streiten. Mit Andrea Bélafi vom Goethe-Institut geht die literarische Reise dann weiter nach Korea. Eine deutsche Kinderbuchautorin ist dort der Star der Leseförderung. Und ein deutscher Klassiker feiert in Korea eine riesige Renaissance. (00:02:59) Tierno Monénembo: „Zahltag in Abidjan“ (Peter Hammer Verlag) (00:05:55) Toni Jordan: „Dinner mit den Schnabels“ (Thiele Verlag) (00:15:29) Camara Laye: „Einer aus Kurussa“ (Speer Verlag / nur antiquarisch erhältlich) (00:19:05) Syd Atlas: „Es war einmal in Brooklyn“ (Rowohlt Kindler Verlag) (00:26:46) F.C. Delius: „Mein Jahr als Mörder“ (Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag) Unseren Newsletter gibt es hier: https://ndr.de/eatreadsleep-newsletter Alle Infos zum Podcast: https://ndr.de/eatreadsleep Das Rezept für "Attiéké pour Daniel" Zutaten: 4 reife Kochbananen 1 Süßkartoffel 5 kleine Zwiebeln 2 bis 3 (scharfe!) Chilischoten 150 g Hühnchenfleisch (wahlweise auch Fisch) 1 Packung Attiéké (wahlweise auch Fufu) ca. 1 kg Fett zum Frittieren Salz und Pfeffer Zubereitung: Die Kochbananen in breite Stücke schneiden und etwas salzen. Anschließend das Fett in einem Topf zum Sieden bringen und die Bananenstücke etwa fünf bis acht Minuten frittieren.  Die Zwiebeln kleinschneiden und in einer zweiten Pfanne anbraten. Salz, Pfeffer und die kleingeschnittenen Chilischoten hinzugeben. Dann vorsichtig mit Wasser ablöschen (Spritzgefahr!) und dann mit etwa 500 ml Wasser aufgießen. Die Süßkartoffel und das Fleisch in kleine Streifen schneiden und hinzugeben. Etwa 10 Minuten im Wasser kochen. Das Attiéke in einem kleinen Topf erhitzen. Solltet ihr, wie ich, Fufu benutzen, dann hat sich ein Mischverhältnis von zwei zu eins bewährt. Also: Ein Becher Fufu in zwei Becher kochendes Wasser geben. Beständig rühren, bis die gewünschte Konsistenz erreicht ist. Zum Schluss das Attiéké in eine Schale geben, die eingekochte Fleisch-Süßkartoffel-Mischung dazugeben und zuletzt die frittierten Kochbananen hinzufügen. Guten Appetit.

ESV: Chronological
August 2: 1 Chronicles 7–8

ESV: Chronological

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2023 8:54


1 Chronicles 7–8 1 Chronicles 7–8 (Listen) Descendants of Issachar 7 The sons1 of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David being 22,600. 3 The son2 of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, all five of them were chief men. 4 And along with them, by their generations, according to their fathers' houses, were units of the army for war, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons. 5 Their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all 87,000 mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy. Descendants of Benjamin 6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three. 7 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers' houses, mighty warriors. And their enrollment by genealogies was 22,034. 8 The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. 9 And their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, was 20,200. 10 The son of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All these were the sons of Jediael according to the heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, 17,200, able to go to war. 12 And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher. Descendants of Naphtali 13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah. Descendants of Manasseh 14 The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead. 15 And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters. 16 And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. 19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. Descendants of Ephraim 20 The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to raid their livestock. 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. 23 And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son. And he called his name Beriah, because disaster had befallen his house.3 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah. 25 Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun4 his son, Joshua his son. 28 Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns; 29 also in possession of the Manassites, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel. Descendants of Asher 30 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. 31 The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith. 32 Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. 33 The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet. 34 The sons of Shemer his brother: Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah. 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. 38 The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. 39 The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. 40 All of these were men of Asher, heads of fathers' houses, approved, mighty warriors, chiefs of the princes. Their number enrolled by genealogies, for service in war, was 26,000 men. A Genealogy of Saul 8 Benjamin fathered Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third, 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3 And Bela had sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud, 4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, 5 Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram. 6 These are the sons of Ehud (they were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they were carried into exile to Manahath): 7 Naaman,5 Ahijah, and Gera, that is, Heglam, who fathered6 Uzza and Ahihud. 8 And Shaharaim fathered sons in the country of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives. 9 He fathered sons by Hodesh his wife: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, 10 Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses. 11 He also fathered sons by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal. 12 The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns, 13 and Beriah and Shema (they were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who caused the inhabitants of Gath to flee); 14 and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth. 15 Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, 16 Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were sons of Beriah. 17 Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, 18 Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal. 19 Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, 20 Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, 21 Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei. 22 Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, 23 Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, 24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, 25 Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak. 26 Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, 27 Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham. 28 These were the heads of fathers' houses, according to their generations, chief men. These lived in Jerusalem. 29 Jeiel7 the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Maacah. 30 His firstborn son: Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, 31 Gedor, Ahio, Zecher, 32 and Mikloth (he fathered Shimeah). Now these also lived opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem, with their kinsmen. 33 Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal; 34 and the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah. 35 The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz. 36 Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri fathered Moza. 37 Moza fathered Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 38 Azel had six sons, and these are their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. 39 The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third. 40 The sons of Ulam were men who were mighty warriors, bowmen, having many sons and grandsons, 150. All these were Benjaminites. Footnotes [1] 7:1 Syriac (compare Vulgate); Hebrew And to the sons [2] 7:3 Hebrew sons; also verses 10, 12, 17 [3] 7:23 Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for disaster [4] 7:27 Hebrew Non [5] 8:7 Hebrew and Naaman [6] 8:7 Or Gera; he carried them into exile and fathered [7] 8:29 Compare 9:35; Hebrew lacks Jeiel (ESV)

Mosaic Boston
Glorious Reunion

Mosaic Boston

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2023 46:37


This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com.Heavenly Father, as we come across this beautiful text, where we see a father and a son reunited after decades of being apart. Lord, I pray that You, today, focus our attention on how incredible the moment will be when we meet You in heaven, when we see You face to face, when we walk with You as Adam walked with You in the garden. Lord, we are also reminded that there are many enemies of your family, enemies of the family. And I pray, Lord, from this text, remind us about how precious humans are, remind us how precious the family is, how precious children are.And Lord, we thank You for the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus, we thank You that despite our sin, despite our transgressions against You, and against one another, You offer us grace even today. We thank You that You loved us so much that you died for us when we were, yes, sinners, and we thank You so much that You continue to love us even when we do sin. We pray for that grace, I pray, apply it to us today. Lord, also, in the same way that Jacob spoke to You and You spoke to him, he met with You and You met with him, I pray, meet with us today. By the power of the Holy Spirit, speak to us in a way that our souls need to hear, not from a person but from You. And we pray all this in Christ's holy name. Amen.We're continuing our sermon series entitled, Graduate Level Grace, a Study in the Life of Joseph. Today, we are in Chapter 46. The title is, A Glorious Reunion, where we see Jacob, who is 130 years old at this time, feeble Jacob, meeting his son Joseph, who has been prime minister of Egypt. Joseph is in late 30s, early 40s. And we see this glorious reunion. It's a reminder to us of the incredible promise of God that every child of God will one day soon see God face to face. We will see Jesus Christ face to face. 1 John 3:2 promises, "When he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is." And what a glorious reunion that will be. We long for the coming of Christ. We pray for it. Come, Lord Jesus, come. Today, our text before us narrates this glorious reunion, certainly not nearly on the same scale as our physical reunion with Christ, but certainly beautiful, certainly heartwarming, and hope infusing.Imagine living for two decades thinking your beloved son was dead or worse. And then, you're given an opportunity to meet him and you realize that this was all part of God's plan from the very beginning. And it didn't make sense until this culmination, until this moment. But from the perspective of this moment, everything just makes sense. What Jacob learned was his life was not his own and his life was not about him. Joseph learned this as well. This whole story is about God who longs to bless not just this family, but the nations of the world through this family. And for that blessing to come, this family needed to be reconciled with God, reconciled with one another, and then through them would be sent Jesus Christ. And only through Jesus Christ can our relationship be restored with God, because we in and of ourselves are estranged from God, estranged and alienated.To fight off our natural tendency to read every scripture with its main character syndrome. We are reminded here from this story that God has greater plans for our lives than we could ever imagine. And here what this text does is it answers two main overarching meta-narrative questions. How did Israel end up in Egypt? How were they enslaved for 400 years? Why did all this happen? Well, it happened according to God's plan. And then God sent Moses to tell Pharaoh, "Let my people go." And God promised to Abraham that he would make his family into a nation. And that nation is formed in the crucible of oppression and adversity and slavery in Egypt. And this is what God was... he promised Abraham this from the beginning. "I am going to allow the people to be enslaved." And during that time, God prepared the land of Canaan and he prepared the people of Israel. This is Genesis 15:13 through 16."Then the Lord said to Abraham, 'Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in the land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for 400 years. But I will bring judgment on the nation that you serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.'" So as the family of Abraham is removed from the land of Canaan, with them goes God's common grace on the people of Canaan and with the last of a godly witness removed from the land that Canaanites take their sin and their evil to its logical consequence, and then are ultimately consigned to judgment via the invasion by Israel.So that's the introduction and three points for our text. First, is Israel Moves to Egypt. Second, The Family of Israel and three, Israel and Joseph are Reunited. By Israel here, this is the name that God gave Jacob as he renamed him and redefined his identity. And so they're used interchangeably in the text. So first, Israel Moves to Egypt. This is Genesis 46:1-4. "So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, 'Jacob, Jacob.' And he said, 'Here I am.' Then he said, 'I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I'll make you into a great nation. And I myself will go down with you to Egypt and I will bring you up again, and Joseph's hand shall close your eyes.'"So Israel, formerly known as Jacob, offers sacrifices to God. God speaks to him in a vision and he's called Israel here to emphasize that it's not just a personal decision and it's not just a family decision. This is a national decision, and because God promised, "I will make of you a great nation." Perhaps Jacob hesitated leaving the promised land without the Lord's explicit permission. His whole family has been told that this is the promised land, "Don't ever leave." And it's a huge deal to uproot and transplant your whole family. And the fact that his whole family, hundreds of people the text later tells us were willing to follow his leadership, shows us that he has grown as a father and as a leader in his household. If he is to leave, there is much to be sacrificed. If Jacob is to leave the promised land, he's going to leave the grave of his wife, Rachel.And this is probably one of the hardest decisions of his life. And he's lived a life of many hard decisions. And so he's seeking assurance. "God, are you going with me? God, is this your plan? God is this your will?" And before he makes that decision, he goes to a place that's very meaningful to him, a place where God has met him often. He goes to Beersheba. Beersheba is 26 miles south of Hebron and marks the southern boundary of usable land. It's the last stop before Egypt. Beersheba is where Abraham made a covenant with Abimelech. This is where he planted a tree, this is where he lived. Abraham did after God stopped him from sacrificing Isaac. This is where Isaac built an altar later in life, and the Lord appeared to him.And Jacob was also familiar with Beersheba because after he left home when Esau was pursuing him, this was his first stop on the journey of Laban's house. And this is where God wrestled with him. Scripture says that, "He wrestled in prayer at night with an angel," and then it said that God met him. So most likely this is a theophany and a physical manifestation of God. Maybe it was Christ himself. This is where he had a stone for a pillow. And then he saw a staircase toward heaven with the angels of God ascending and descending. This is where God made a promise to him originally in Genesis 20:15, "Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."And one of the beauties of reading a historical narrative is we see the progression in a person's life. We see the character development not just in terms of fictional character development, but in terms of the integrity of this man. Jacob had finally learned to put God first. This wasn't true of him when he was younger. God had taken his beloved Rachel, God had taken his beloved Joseph. And when God disciples his children, this is usually how he does it. He goes for the most sensitive parts in our life. He goes for the most sensitive parts of our heart, the place that we will call, my precious. Lord, I give you all except for this. Lord, this is the only part I keep off limits. Is there an object or a person around which your heart has wrapped itself more than any other? Something or someone who rises to God's rival in your heart?Well, that's what God often deprives us of and this is what happened with Abraham. Abraham, "Here's your son, your long awaited son, your beloved son, sacrifice him." God stopped him. And this was a story with Jacob. There were idolatrous relationships in his life. There were misprioritized things in his life. And here finally we see that Jacob has grown. God tested him with Benjamin, "Will you continue your idolatrous favoritism sacrificing the family for Benjamin or will you release him to the Lord?" And Lord Jesus taught us this principle in the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew 6:33, "But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you." What were all these things in that context? It's our physical needs. Our physical needs, although important, are not as important as seeking the kingdom of God. Is this a priority in your life?And although Jacob hasn't seen Joseph for nearly 22 years, he stops. You're thinking, "I haven't seen my son in this long. I'm going to do everything to get to him as quickly as possible." No, he stops the expedition to do what? To worship God, the God of his father's Abraham and Isaac. When going through a season where you are before a critical juncture, before a critical decision, when you are in doubt, what are called to do from this text? We can learn, we're to worship in a time of worry or anxiety or doubts or stress or upheaval or uncertainty. What does Jacob do? He pauses to make time to worship God. And he makes sacrifices to God. He humbly offers sacrifices because he understood that no one can approach God except on the basis of a blood sacrifice.We've all sinned and scripture teaches that the penalty for sin is a shedding of blood. And before Jesus Christ, they did that through the animal sacrifices. But praise be to God today, we can come to God on the basis of Christ's sacrifice. We don't have to shed blood on the basis of Christ, shed blood on Calvary's cross, we come to him. By offering sacrifices, Jacob is worshiping God because there's no true worship of God without sacrifice because what does it mean to worship? Worship is significantly more than just singing. Singing is an integral part of it, but worship is you're loving God. You're showing God that you're loving Him and to love anyone and including God takes sacrifice. And we are to sacrifice. We are to sacrifice time. We are to be religious, so to speak, about our relationship with the Lord.You've heard this often and I've said this often, Christianity is not a religion, It's about a relationship with the Lord. And I wholeheartedly agree with that as long as you understand your relationship with God. And God has expectations and God makes mandates on us. People are religious about what they find to be important. You're religious about what you find to be most important. Food, health, fitness, education, career, money. You make time for what matters. The question is, are you religious about your relationship with God? And this is why it's important to have a day where you devote to the Lord, the Sabbath day. It is a commandment. And God gave us this day, a day of rest to religiously worship God from the heart because that's what builds our relationship with the Lord.And often I've heard people say, "Well, yeah, you know church isn't that important. What's most important is my relationship with the Lord. And if I do sin, there's grace," and et cetera. Yes, God forgives all of our sins. The moment you come to the Lord, you presenting your sin, God forgives you of past, present, and future. But for what purpose? Why does God forgive us our sins? So we continue to live for ourselves and go along our merry way? No, it's so that we grow in awe and reverence of God. For example, Psalm 130:3, "If you, O Lord should, mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness that you may be feared." We should stand in great awe and wonder and astonishment that God would forgive me of my sins without a blood sacrifice of an animal.How? How could this be possible? Well, what did it take? It took the death of his beloved son. So yes, Lord, I worship You. I love You. Thank You. I'm here to serve. What is your will? Lord, I fear You and I'm in awe of You. So the Lord here meets Jacob and he uses the old name twice. He doesn't call him Israel. He calls him Jacob, and he says it twice. A sign of love, a sign of affection, and God meets Jacob here for the seventh and last recorded time. Jacob makes a sacrifice to meet with the Lord. And the Lord responds and he meets him. And this is a principle the scripture teaches us, approach God, come close to God and he will come close to you. In particular in times where you have to make a decision that is going to impact the trajectory of your life.So, friend, do you make it a practice of inquiring of the Lord before making life altering decisions or do you make the decision and then hope that the Lord blesses it? Here we see the pattern that before Jacob goes on this expedition, moves his whole family, uproot all of them, he meets with the Lord. So important decision like, Lord, should I move? Lord, where should I move? Lord, whom should I marry? Lord, should we have children? When should we have children? How many? The more important the decision, the more important the juncture in life, the more crucial it is to seek the Lord's face and the Lord's will. We don't discern God's will by presenting burnt sacrifices. Praise be to God. Instead, we discern God's will by presenting ourselves as a living sacrifice to the Lord. This is how we discern God's will.For example, Romans 12:1-2, "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." God, what's your will for my life? And his response is, "Worship me. Worship me holistically. Worship me by presenting your body as a living sacrifice." I said, "Lord, whatever you call me to do, whatever sacrifice it takes, I'll do it." And once you do this, that humble posture of heart puts you in a place where God begins to work out the details of the plan. And the more momentous the decision, the more important to seek certainty through worship, through sacrifice. And then the Lord guides us.For example, Psalm 25:8-9, "Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right, and he teaches the humble His way." Psalm 32:8-9, "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Be not like the horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with a bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you." The words of Jesus Christ where he calls himself the good shepherd and he says, "His sheep, believers, hear His voice."John 10:1-4, "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheep fold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him, the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he is brought out all his own, he goes before them and the sheep follow him for they know his voice." Jacob responds, and when he hears the voice of the Lord, he says, "Here I am." And if you're in true and full fellowship with God, that's the natural state of your heart, Lord, here I am, Lord, speak to me. What would you have me do?This is the Lord's last recorded revelation until God speaks to Moses four centuries later. So God here makes a weighty promise to Jacob and to Jacob's descendants, he says, "Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid to go to Egypt," and here's why, "for there, he says, "I will make of you a great nation." And he says, "I will go down with you into Egypt and I will bring you up again, and Joseph's hand shall close your eyes." So God makes it clear that this move is about significantly more than just temporary reprieve from the famine. This was God's definite plan to turn this family into a nation from whom the God man, Jesus Christ, would come and provide redemption for all of the elect from this nation and from all nations. "I myself will go down with you."Do we have a promise like this? There are moments in life where you need this promise, the promise that Jesus gives us in the great commission of Matthew 28:20, "Behold, I'm with you always to the end of the age. Behold I am with you always." This is reassuring, especially when you begin a new season in life or especially if you perhaps move to Boston, you're new. In between service, I met a college student entering his freshman year. I could tell by his eyes he's excited, he's excited. And when I told him I was like, I invited him to my community group. I was like, "You need spiritual family. I've seen this too often, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed freshmen showing up and they get eaten alive by this city. You need a family, you need a community. You need people around you that point you to Christ and say, 'Look, the Lord is with you. The Lord is with you, so live accordingly.0"Genesis 46:5-7, "Then Jacob set out from Bathsheba and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones and their wives and the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. And they also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt. And Jacob and all his offspring with him, his sons and his sons' sons with him, his daughters and his sons' daughters. All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt." Point two is, The Family of Israel. And here the text gives us an expanded list of descendants of Jacob. I'm going read the genealogy. And you're like, "How does Pastor John know how to pronounce all of these words?"I will tell you, I'm making it up on the fly because I was taught in seminary when you get to a list like this, you say it with confidence and you say it quickly and no one really questions you. But I think it's an important this genealogy because there's people and their image bears of God, and God loves people and God loves families and God loves children. And these texts are here to remind us that we are to orient our lives around loving people and loving family and loving God's family. So Genesis 46:8-18, "Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob's firstborn and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.""The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shalah, Perez, and Zarah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. And the sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob and Shimron. The sons of Zebulun: Sared, Elon and Jahleel. And these are the sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dina; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered 33. The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggai, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli. The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Beriah and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. And these are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob, 16 persons."Some of these grandsons were born in Egypt already, and Hebrew genealogies didn't usually mention daughters. And I've had this conversation with my daughters. Whenever we get to genealogies as we do in Bible study, like, "Hey, why is it just guys? Why are the men mentioned and not all of the women?" Obviously Jacob had sons and he had many daughters. Well, because the man wasn't just an individual, the name of the man it's not just about the guy, it's about the household. The man is a representative of the household because the man is the head of the household, meaning that God is going to hold the man responsible, the husband, the father, for the household. And this should inform the way that we think through family.Why is Serah mentioned? Most likely, perhaps she wasn't married and she was still part of her father's household. Genesis 46:19-22, "The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, and the daughter of Potiphere, the priest of On, bore to him. And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard. And these are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob. 14 persons in all." So we see Benjamin, who most likely he's the youngest son and most likely he's in his 20s now, or he may be younger. And 10 of his sons are mentioned and most likely these are his future offspring. It's not he had 10 sons already. And they're included here because of the fact that they were in Benjamin when Benjamin entered Egypt.The theological language is, they were in his loins. And this language is used in the book of Hebrews in the chapter on Melchizedek. Which just informed us that God views us from an internal perspective and God views our decisions from internal perspective. Sometimes we think that what we do in this life, in this body doesn't make much difference outside of us or outside of our little circle of influence. But from God's perspective, nothing that a believer does is secular except sin. Everything that we do is sacred. And so I bring this in from Hebrews 7:1-10, where there's the story of Melchizedek and Abraham meets him, and Abraham worships God and sacrifices 10% to Melchizedek. And the text comments that Levi, who was with Abraham at the time was also giving that tithe to Melchizedek.So look at the text with me. Hebrews 7:1-10, "For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, and to him, Abraham apportioned a 10th part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever. See how great this man was to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a 10th of the spoils! And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers though these are also descended from Abraham. But this man who does not have his descent from them received tithe from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.""It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. In the one case tithes are received by mortal men, but in the other case, by one of whom is testified that he lives. One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him." Well, what an interesting turn of phrase. Well, this shows us that from God's perspective, he sees the whole thing. And theology like this needs to expand our thinking. And in particular, in a day and age where young people are just taught to live for yourself, actualize yourself, focus on career, focus on money, focus on pleasure, focus on luxury, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, focus on a good time.Where texts like this remind us, look, God does give us good gifts and oftentimes he does bless us with good times. But God wants us to think about legacy, think about generations, think about how we live today impacts not just us and the people around us today, but centuries to come. And texts like this are important. And we do emphasize at Mosaic, the first commandment, which is the great mandate. This is Genesis 1:27-28, "God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them. And God blessed them. And said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.'" So this genealogy and the many in scripture reveal how God plans to bless the world is through the family.God builds his kingdom through the family, the father, mother and children, and then the families build the community. And God promised to bless the nations of the world through his family and the family unit. And I just say that to emphasize the fact that we are to care for families and we are to love children. I love seeing children at Mosaic and this is why we emphasize so much on Mini Mosaic. We want to disciple our beautiful children. These are eternal souls, these are the future of the church, they're going to impact the world for centuries. So I just say this because in the heart of God, God wants people to love children and wants people to love family. I don't know how that works out in your life. I ask for the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, but it is an orientation of life.For example, Psalm 1:27, "Unless the Lord builds the house and those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. And it is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil for he gives to his beloved sleep. Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord. The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them. He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate." By God's grace, I have four little arrows. Pink. They're pink arrows. Four girls we have, and man, they're sharp. We are sharpening them. They are going to fly far, hopefully not too far.Genesis 46:23-27, "The sons of Dan: Hushim. And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem. And these are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and those she bore to Jacob, seven persons in all. And all the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob's son's wives, were 66 persons in all. And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him and Egypt, were two. And all the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were 70." Was the number precisely 70? Here it says 66, but that doesn't include those who died in Canaan, Ephraim and Manasseh. 70, it just represents fullness, totality, completeness. And the emphasis here is on all of Israel went down into Egypt.The list stands in stark contrast with the multitude of people that Moses led out of Egypt 400 years later, most likely there were 2 million plus of them. And so God grew this family into a nation and He often tells them, "Do not get proud of your numbers, do not get proud of your power, but trust in the Lord." Point three is, Israel and Joseph are Reunited. And this is verse 28. "He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. And then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel, his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. And Israel said to Joseph, 'Now let me die since, I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.'"First, we see that Jacob tells Judah, remember Judah? Judah's the one that sinned with Tamar, just egregious sinner, but he repented and he rebuilt his trust with his father. So now his father takes him, not Reuben, the oldest, but he takes Judah and sends him to prepare the way before him. That's a tremendous hopeful verse right there. And Joseph comes riding in style. He looks like an Egyptian, dressed like an Egyptian, has his state chariot probably with an entourage of servants. Jacob must have hardly recognized him. And we see them with one of the most beautiful reunions in all of scripture. So haven't seen your son for decades, and now you see him. And Joseph fell on his father's neck and he weeps and he weeps and they are consoled.Not many words are spoken, no words are needed and at times like this, when feelings are so deep. Jacob's son, whom he bewailed and lamented over for years is now in his arms. And Jacob finally speaks and he says, "I'm ready to die. I've seen my son. I'm ready to die." And similar sentiment to that of Simeon and Luke chapter two, when Mary and Joseph bring Jesus to the temple, and Simeon who's been waiting his whole life to see the Messiah. It says in Luke 2:28, and he said that, "He took him in his arms and blessed God and said, 'Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation that you've prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.'"Genesis 46:31, "Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, 'I will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, 'My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. And the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.' When Pharaoh calls you and says, 'What is your occupation?' you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers' in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.'" We see Joseph's wisdom at work here as an administrator, as a politician. He coaches his family on what to say and how to say it to Pharaoh so that they get what they want.What do they want? They want the best land in all of Egypt and Goshen, luscious pasture land for their flocks. And they would be secluded from any pressure of the Egyptian culture. But in order to get that land, they have to tell Pharaoh and the Egyptians that they're shepherds, which is unflattering. The Egyptians viewed shepherds as an abomination and that was the lowest of the low. But Joseph says, "We're going to lead with this. Tell Pharaoh this and nothing else so that you get this land." And by God's grace, that's what happened. It's incredible how the Lord provides for this family here, but he does this after decades of exposing their sin, decades of exposing their evil. And by God's grace, he gets them to this place where they're presented before Pharaoh and their needs are met. Joseph serves in this text as a prototype of Christ, saving his family, being put in a position where he can save his family just like Christ was.Christ was put in a position where he can offer salvation to us. But in order to provide salvation for us, Christ had to be forsaken by the Father. When Jesus Christ took our sin upon himself, God, the Father had to turn his face from God, the Son. For the very first time in all of eternity there's a separation in the communion between father and son. The beloved son was forsaken by our loving father. Why? So that the father could extend his love and forgiveness to us and make us sons and daughters. Psalm 22 is one of the most powerful prophetic psalms in all of scripture. A messianic Psalm. Jesus quotes liberally from the Psalm, from the cross.It begins like this, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer. And by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In you are fathers trusted; they trusted and you delivered them. To you, they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame." How can a holy God provide deliverance for sinful, idolatrous, rebellious, and grumbling people? Because he offered up his son, Jesus Christ for us. Psalm 22:6-8, "But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind, despised by the people. All who see me mock me; They make mouths at me; they wag their heads. 'He trusts in the Lord. Let him deliver him: let him rescue him, for he delights in him!'"Yes, the Father does delight in the Son. He said that at Christ's baptism, but on the cross, he turned his face of delight away and Christ, what did he experience? Only the wrath of God. Psalm 22:16-18, "For dogs encompassed me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet. I can count all my bones. They stare and glow over me; they divide my garments among them and for my clothing, they cast lots. They've pierced my hands and feet." Centuries before crucifixion was even invented as a form of capital punishment, the text predicts that Christ's hands, Christ's feet would be pierced. There's another story in scripture about father and son reconciled, although in an inverted way, with the son coming to the father. And that's a story of the prodigal son.In Joseph's case, he was the one watching and waiting for his father. In the story of the prodigal son, what's most striking, and the story is the son knew the father's will completely, the son knew the father's love, experienced it completely. And from early on he was raised in a loving home. He was taught the right way, he was provided for. And yet despite all the father's love, the son rebels. And finally, the son comes to his senses. He repents in his heart. And then he repents before his father in Luke 15:17 says, "But when he came to himself and he said, 'How many of my fathers hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger. I will arise and go to my father and I'll say to him, Father, I've sinned against heaven and before you. I'm no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.'""And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, 'Father, I've sinned against heaven and before you. I'm no longer worthy to be called your son.' But the father said to his servants, 'Bring quickly the best robe, put it on him and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet. And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to celebrate." "My son was dead and is alive again," prophetic words in the life of Joseph, prophetic words in the life of the prodigal son, prophetic words in Christ. Christ died and he was buried and was raised on the third day.As you meditate on the gospel, it's hard to figure out what's more amazing. Is it that Christ loves us so much that he would die for our sins? Or is it that Christ continues to love us even after we continue to sin? Is it Christ dying on the cross when we didn't deserve it? Or is it Christ continuing to love us despite of our unloveliness? And when I call people to repentance, I do want to mention, it's an invitation. Repentance is an invitation to come and have your sins forgiven. Have not just the penalty of your sins forgiven, but even the traces of sin in your life, God wants to remove through the process of sanctification. If God calls us to repent, it means he's willing to forgive, It means he's willing to welcome us home.The last couple of weeks I was on vacation, sort of, turned into a staycation. Our daughters, we sent them to overnight summer camp. And this is the first time we sent all four, all four of my little arrows, we shot them to summer camp for two weeks. It was tremendous. So my wife and I, we had the place all to ourselves and we're like, "What are we going to do?" And then my wife looks at the hallway and she's like, "You know what? I think the hallway could use a fresh coat of paint." And I was like, "Oh, oh, no." And then I painted it and it looks so good. I'm pretty good at painting. I grew up painting with my dad, Vlad, my dad, Vlad has a business called Vlad's Painting, if your house looks bad, don't get sad, call Vlad.So I grew up doing that. So I painted the hallway and my wife was just pouring on the praise because she knows that's going to keep me going. She's like, "Look at your lines, they're so perfect. Look at the walls. Look." And then she's like, "The living room. I think we should do..." So two weeks later, every single square inch of our place is repainted except the floors. And then we got back to church and Pastor Andy said, "How was your vacation?" And my wife, she says, "It was great, we spent two weeks repenting," because she has a Ukrainian accent. And then Pastor Andy looked at me and he is like, "Good, good." And I was like, "No, we're repainting." But I'm telling you, there's a connection, painting is very similar to repentance, if you do it well. There's bad painting where you just cover up everything, fresh coat and that's it.And then there's good painting, what makes good painting is the prep work. You got to sand everything down, you got to get... we had a wall next to one of our beds that was just covered in boogers. I will not mention. So you got to scrape it all off. And that's kind of how I view the Christian life. The Christian life is yes, you're welcoming Jesus Christ into your life, but Jesus doesn't just forgive you and just say, "Okay, keep living any way you want." No, Jesus loves you too much to leave you the way you are. He brings his grace in. And little by little sands things down, fixes things up and patches things up. And when you get the end product, it's just gorgeous. In this life, we're never going to get away completely from sin, although we grow in sanctification.But there will come a day when we will have glorious bodies in the new heavens and the new earth, where we will have the glorious reunion with God, where we'll walk with God as Adam did. We'll dwell with God, who will be amongst us. And this text is a hopeful text. And I'll end with this, Revelation 21:1-8, "And then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven, and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.'""'He'll wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former, things have passed away.' And he who was seated on the throne said, 'Behold, I'm making all things new.' And he said, 'Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.' And he said to me, 'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of water of life without payment. The one who conquers will have this heritage and I'll be his God and he will be my son. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.'"So, friends, today, repent, believe, receive the grace of God and walk with the Lord taking up your cross daily as you follow Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. And let us do it with love and joy and delight with the God, our Father. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you that you are a loving God. We thank you that you delight in us, not because of our righteousness or our goodness or our holiness, but because of the righteousness of your son, Jesus Christ. Christ, we thank you that on the cross you were willing to be forsaken by God, the Father, in order to offer to us reconciliation. Yes, in and of ourselves, Lord, we are sinners and alienated from you, but we ask for forgiveness. And we ask for your grace.And, Lord, for if there's anyone who's still far from you, I pray, draw them to yourself. And I pray, Lord, draw them home, home to a loving relationship with God, our Father. Lord, continue to use us powerfully as believers and as a church to draw many who are far from you to the family of God. And we pray all this in Christ's name. Amen.

Evangelium
Mt 10,34 - 11,1 - Gespräch mit Teresa Zukic

Evangelium

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2023 10533:20


In jener Zeit sprach Jesus zu seinen Aposteln: Denkt nicht, ich sei gekommen, um Frieden auf die Erde zu bringen. Ich bin nicht gekommen, um Frieden zu bringen, sondern das Schwert. Denn ich bin gekommen, um den Sohn mit seinem Vater zu entzweien und die Tochter mit ihrer Mutter und die Schwiegertochter mit ihrer Schwiegermutter; und die Hausgenossen eines Menschen werden seine Feinde sein. Wer Vater oder Mutter mehr liebt als mich, ist meiner nicht würdig, und wer Sohn oder Tochter mehr liebt als mich, ist meiner nicht würdig. Und wer nicht sein Kreuz auf sich nimmt und mir nachfolgt, ist meiner nicht würdig. Wer das Leben gewinnen will, wird es verlieren; wer aber das Leben um meinetwillen verliert, wird es gewinnen. Wer euch aufnimmt, der nimmt mich auf, und wer mich aufnimmt, nimmt den auf, der mich gesandt hat. Wer einen Propheten aufnimmt, weil es ein Prophet ist, wird den Lohn eines Propheten erhalten. Wer einen Gerechten aufnimmt, weil es ein Gerechter ist, wird den Lohn eines Gerechten erhalten. Und wer einem von diesen Kleinen auch nur einen Becher frisches Wasser zu trinken gibt, weil es ein Jünger ist – amen, ich sage euch: Er wird gewiss nicht um seinen Lohn kommen. Als Jesus die Unterweisung der zwölf Jünger beendet hatte, zog er weiter, um in den Städten zu lehren und zu predigen. (© Ständige Kommission für die Herausgabe der gemeinsamen liturgischen Bücher im deutschen Sprachgebiet)

Evangelium
Mt 10,34 - 11,1 - Gespräch mit Teresa Zukic

Evangelium

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2023 10:32


In jener Zeit sprach Jesus zu seinen Aposteln: Denkt nicht, ich sei gekommen, um Frieden auf die Erde zu bringen. Ich bin nicht gekommen, um Frieden zu bringen, sondern das Schwert. Denn ich bin gekommen, um den Sohn mit seinem Vater zu entzweien und die Tochter mit ihrer Mutter und die Schwiegertochter mit ihrer Schwiegermutter; und die Hausgenossen eines Menschen werden seine Feinde sein. Wer Vater oder Mutter mehr liebt als mich, ist meiner nicht würdig, und wer Sohn oder Tochter mehr liebt als mich, ist meiner nicht würdig. Und wer nicht sein Kreuz auf sich nimmt und mir nachfolgt, ist meiner nicht würdig. Wer das Leben gewinnen will, wird es verlieren; wer aber das Leben um meinetwillen verliert, wird es gewinnen. Wer euch aufnimmt, der nimmt mich auf, und wer mich aufnimmt, nimmt den auf, der mich gesandt hat. Wer einen Propheten aufnimmt, weil es ein Prophet ist, wird den Lohn eines Propheten erhalten. Wer einen Gerechten aufnimmt, weil es ein Gerechter ist, wird den Lohn eines Gerechten erhalten. Und wer einem von diesen Kleinen auch nur einen Becher frisches Wasser zu trinken gibt, weil es ein Jünger ist – amen, ich sage euch: Er wird gewiss nicht um seinen Lohn kommen. Als Jesus die Unterweisung der zwölf Jünger beendet hatte, zog er weiter, um in den Städten zu lehren und zu predigen. (© Ständige Kommission für die Herausgabe der gemeinsamen liturgischen Bücher im deutschen Sprachgebiet)

FontCast
The elephant in the room

FontCast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2023 40:07


Becher faces some hard questions from Win News' Alex Johnston and the Mercury's David Killik over Font PR's new partner, Danielle McKay, taking a temporary job as a media advisor for the Premier's office. It's a fiery conversation that you don't want to miss. They also discuss the likelihood of a state election being held this year, and Alex mulls challenging Cassy O'Connor for the Legislative Council seat of Hobart next year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CITAM Church Online
Body And Soul Fitness - Rev. Becher Karanja | CITAM Church Online

CITAM Church Online

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2023 15:03


If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done. Body, soul and fitness is a discussion that will equip you to be healthy not only spiritually but physically. Blessings! #citamchurchonline #ChurchEveryday Get in touch with us: http://www.citam.org/ churchonline@citam.org (+254) 784 277 277 (+254) 728 221 221

ESV: Through the Bible in a Year
July 6: 1 Chronicles 7; Psalm 5; Matthew 7

ESV: Through the Bible in a Year

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 10:24


Old Testament: 1 Chronicles 7 1 Chronicles 7 (Listen) Descendants of Issachar 7 The sons1 of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David being 22,600. 3 The son2 of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, all five of them were chief men. 4 And along with them, by their generations, according to their fathers' houses, were units of the army for war, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons. 5 Their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all 87,000 mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy. Descendants of Benjamin 6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three. 7 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers' houses, mighty warriors. And their enrollment by genealogies was 22,034. 8 The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. 9 And their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, was 20,200. 10 The son of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All these were the sons of Jediael according to the heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, 17,200, able to go to war. 12 And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher. Descendants of Naphtali 13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah. Descendants of Manasseh 14 The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead. 15 And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters. 16 And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. 19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. Descendants of Ephraim 20 The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to raid their livestock. 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. 23 And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son. And he called his name Beriah, because disaster had befallen his house.3 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah. 25 Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun4 his son, Joshua his son. 28 Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns; 29 also in possession of the Manassites, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel. Descendants of Asher 30 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. 31 The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith. 32 Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. 33 The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet. 34 The sons of Shemer his brother: Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah. 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. 38 The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. 39 The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. 40 All of these were men of Asher, heads of fathers' houses, approved, mighty warriors, chiefs of the princes. Their number enrolled by genealogies, for service in war, was 26,000 men. Footnotes [1] 7:1 Syriac (compare Vulgate); Hebrew And to the sons [2] 7:3 Hebrew sons; also verses 10, 12, 17 [3] 7:23 Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for disaster [4] 7:27 Hebrew Non (ESV) Psalm: Psalm 5 Psalm 5 (Listen) Lead Me in Your Righteousness To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David. 5   Give ear to my words, O LORD;    consider my groaning.2   Give attention to the sound of my cry,    my King and my God,    for to you do I pray.3   O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice;    in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you1 and watch. 4   For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;    evil may not dwell with you.5   The boastful shall not stand before your eyes;    you hate all evildoers.6   You destroy those who speak lies;    the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. 7   But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,    will enter your house.  I will bow down toward your holy temple    in the fear of you.8   Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness    because of my enemies;    make your way straight before me. 9   For there is no truth in their mouth;    their inmost self is destruction;  their throat is an open grave;    they flatter with their tongue.10   Make them bear their guilt, O God;    let them fall by their own counsels;  because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,    for they have rebelled against you. 11   But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;    let them ever sing for joy,  and spread your protection over them,    that those who love your name may exult in you.12   For you bless the righteous, O LORD;    you cover him with favor as with a shield. Footnotes [1] 5:3 Or I direct my prayer to you (ESV) New Testament: Matthew 7 Matthew 7 (Listen) Judging Others 7 “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. 6 “Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. Ask, and It Will Be Given 7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! The Golden Rule 12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. 13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy1 that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. A Tree and Its Fruit 15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. 18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus you will recognize them by their fruits. I Never Knew You 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.' Build Your House on the Rock 24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” The Authority of Jesus 28 And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, 29 for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes. Footnotes [1] 7:13 Some manuscripts For the way is wide and easy (ESV)

Pós-Jovem
Pós-Jovem #189 - cirilo BECHER

Pós-Jovem

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 45:20


Neste episódio especial, profissional formado em Educação Física vem ao podcast trazer recomendações para quem sofre com atividades físicas na vida pós-jovem. E, vale dizer, o paranaense de 37 anos é também um dos instrutores na academia deste que vos escreve/fala/etc. Newsletter da quinzena Pós-Jovem nas redes: ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Assine a newsletter⁠⁠ Design: ⁠Nayara Lara⁠ Trilha: ⁠Peartree⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/posjovem/message

ESV: Every Day in the Word
July 6: 1 Chronicles 7; 1 Corinthians 9; Psalm 5; Proverbs 18:22

ESV: Every Day in the Word

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 10:54


Old Testament: 1 Chronicles 7 1 Chronicles 7 (Listen) Descendants of Issachar 7 The sons1 of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David being 22,600. 3 The son2 of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, all five of them were chief men. 4 And along with them, by their generations, according to their fathers' houses, were units of the army for war, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons. 5 Their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all 87,000 mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy. Descendants of Benjamin 6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three. 7 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers' houses, mighty warriors. And their enrollment by genealogies was 22,034. 8 The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. 9 And their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, was 20,200. 10 The son of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All these were the sons of Jediael according to the heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, 17,200, able to go to war. 12 And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher. Descendants of Naphtali 13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah. Descendants of Manasseh 14 The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead. 15 And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters. 16 And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. 19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. Descendants of Ephraim 20 The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to raid their livestock. 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. 23 And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son. And he called his name Beriah, because disaster had befallen his house.3 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah. 25 Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun4 his son, Joshua his son. 28 Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns; 29 also in possession of the Manassites, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel. Descendants of Asher 30 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. 31 The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith. 32 Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. 33 The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet. 34 The sons of Shemer his brother: Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah. 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. 38 The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. 39 The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. 40 All of these were men of Asher, heads of fathers' houses, approved, mighty warriors, chiefs of the princes. Their number enrolled by genealogies, for service in war, was 26,000 men. Footnotes [1] 7:1 Syriac (compare Vulgate); Hebrew And to the sons [2] 7:3 Hebrew sons; also verses 10, 12, 17 [3] 7:23 Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for disaster [4] 7:27 Hebrew Non (ESV) New Testament: 1 Corinthians 9 1 Corinthians 9 (Listen) Paul Surrenders His Rights 9 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? 2 If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. 3 This is my defense to those who would examine me. 4 Do we not have the right to eat and drink? 5 Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife,1 as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? 6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? 7 Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? 8 Do I say these things on human authority? Does not the Law say the same? 9 For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned? 10 Does he not certainly speak for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop. 11 If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? 12 If others share this rightful claim on you, do not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ. 13 Do you not know that those who are employed in the temple service get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings? 14 In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel. 15 But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing these things to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of my ground for boasting. 16 For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with a stewardship. 18 What then is my reward? That in my preaching I may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel. 19 For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. 21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. 23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings. 24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. 25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control,2 lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. Footnotes [1] 9:5 Greek a sister as wife [2] 9:27 Greek I pummel my body and make it a slave (ESV) Psalm: Psalm 5 Psalm 5 (Listen) Lead Me in Your Righteousness To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David. 5   Give ear to my words, O LORD;    consider my groaning.2   Give attention to the sound of my cry,    my King and my God,    for to you do I pray.3   O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice;    in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you1 and watch. 4   For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;    evil may not dwell with you.5   The boastful shall not stand before your eyes;    you hate all evildoers.6   You destroy those who speak lies;    the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. 7   But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,    will enter your house.  I will bow down toward your holy temple    in the fear of you.8   Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness    because of my enemies;    make your way straight before me. 9   For there is no truth in their mouth;    their inmost self is destruction;  their throat is an open grave;    they flatter with their tongue.10   Make them bear their guilt, O God;    let them fall by their own counsels;  because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,    for they have rebelled against you. 11   But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;    let them ever sing for joy,  and spread your protection over them,    that those who love your name may exult in you.12   For you bless the righteous, O LORD;    you cover him with favor as with a shield. Footnotes [1] 5:3 Or I direct my prayer to you (ESV) Proverb: Proverbs 18:22 Proverbs 18:22 (Listen) 22   He who finds a wife finds a good thing    and obtains favor from the LORD. (ESV)

CITAM Church Online
Unshakable Faith - Rev. Becher Karanja | CITAM Church Online

CITAM Church Online

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 6:21


God's love for you is unchanging, His promises are ever-present, and He wants the best for you. Join Rev. Becher Karanja in this timely episode on "Unshakable Faith."Blessings as you tune in. #citamchurchonline #ChurchEveryday Get in touch with us: http://www.citam.org/ churchonline@citam.org (+254) 784 277 277 (+254) 728 221 221

Andys Woche und Kautz
Becher Mafia

Andys Woche und Kautz

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 107:41


Wer kann mir den Becher reichen, wenn ich mit dem E-Roller durch den REWE sause. Wir glauben niemand, denn Google die alte Spaßbremse hat unser Leben versaut. Wir grüßen einfach weiter, bis auch der letzte kapiert hat, das Freundlichkeit mehr als 84,99 kostet. Die Frage wie Dinosaurier riechen, haben wir geklärt und was mit den Bechern passiert wenn die Welttournee zu Ende ist. Apropos: Wer hat, oder kennt eine Fahrschule? Wir wollen gerne den 125er Führerschein machen und der Käfer steht immer noch zum Verkauf. Kennt sich jemand aus? Ja, Nein, Vielleicht. Bitte meldet Euch, sonst die Sache schneller rum, als uns lieb ist. Bands der Woche: Adrenaliced, Tenacious D, Wolfgang Ambros, Sleep Token, Waves like Walls, Flimmer, Casino Blackout, The Bronx & Akarden Danke für Alles Andy, Chris und Kevi

Die Bestseller-Business Lounge mit Uli Haist / Strategie / Innovation / Marketing für nachhaltigen Erfolg
Folge #081 – Finde Antworten auf alle Deine Fragen mit der heiligen Geometrie – mit Regine Becher

Die Bestseller-Business Lounge mit Uli Haist / Strategie / Innovation / Marketing für nachhaltigen Erfolg

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023


Regine war die Empfehlung einer gemeinsamen Freundin. Und ich war vom ersten Moment an begeistert von Ihrem Herzens-Thema – der heiligen Geometrie. Wenn Du ein Werkzeug suchst, mit dem Du Antworten auf die essentiellen Fragen in Deinem Leben finden kannst, dann empfehle ich Dir diese Podcastfolge. lass Dich inspirieren von der heiligen Geometrie. Viel Spass

The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
Settlers retake Evyatar as Eli is promised 1,000 more homes

The Times of Israel Daily Briefing

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 16:42


Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon and environment reporter Sue Surkes join host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode. Starting early Wednesday, hundreds of settlers, including leaders of the movement and members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition, have traveled to the illegal West Bank outpost of Evyatar. What's happening there right now? Also Wednesday, hundreds of Israeli settlers tore through the Palestinian town of Turmus Ayya, setting homes, cars, and fields on fire and terrorizing residents shortly after Israeli victims of a Palestinian terror shooting in the West Bank were buried. One Palestinian is now dead under conflicting circumstances. Sharon weighs in. As a result of Tuesday's shooting, the government announced that the settlement of Eli will build 1,000 new housing units. But there's more to that story. For a second day yesterday, thousands of Druze residents of the Golan Heights rioted against the construction of a new wind farm near the town of Majdal Shams. What is the overall plan for wind turbines in the Golan and why is the Druze community up in arms. Lawyer Amit Becher scored a landslide victory with 73% of the vote in the election for Israel Bar Association (IBA) chairman on Tuesday. What are the ripple effects of Becher's win? Surkes brought us a first-of-its-kind study this week: a Global Food Donation Policy Atlas. How does Israel rank? Discussed articles include: Settlers mass at Evyatar, vow to reestablish outpost in response to deadly attack Palestinian killed in unclear circumstances as settlers rampage in West Bank town 4 Druze seriously injured, 12 cops hurt in massive riots against Golan wind farm Renewable energy company starts testing first of 39 wind turbines on Golan Heights Winning bar contest, Becher spoils coalition hope of controlling judge picks, for now International review finds Israel can do more to donate surplus food to needy Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. IMAGE: Settlement leadership, including Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan (second to right) and Samaria Council Municipal Chief Rabbi Elyakim Levanon (center right), at Evyatar illegal West Bank outpost, June 21, 2023. (Courtesy Nachala Settlement Movement)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All Around Home Improvement
All Around Home Improvement Hour

All Around Home Improvement

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2023 44:52


Kyle Miller and Brianne Burdette are hosting and joined by Jeff Menke with Gutter Helmet and Eric Robeck with J.Becher and Assoc.

FontCast
A rough estimates

FontCast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023 37:25


In this episode of Tasmania's top news and politics podcast, David Killick from the Mercury joins Becher and Brad to unpack budget estimates and to hear Brad double down on his call that the Macquarie Point stadium is D. E. A Dead. The turkeys who voted for Christmas did it again last week, and Brad is more than happy to point out that they could have triggered an election before they were ready for it. Becher also has some breaking news on a new editor for the Mercury and the highly coveted position of Secretary of the Department of State Growth. Be the first to hear the real story from Tasmania's top political analysts on the FontCast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CITAM Church Online
What defines your joy? - Rev. Becher Karanja | CITAM Church Online

CITAM Church Online

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 4:33


What defines your joy? Is your joy full in the Lord?Join Rev. Becher Karanja in this timely episode on joy. Blessings as you tune in.#CITAMChurchOnline #ChurchEveryday Get in touch with us: http://www.citam.org/ churchonline@citam.org (+254) 784 277 277 (+254) 728 221 221

The Yakking Show
Nancy Becher - Creating Businesses For Women With Health Challenges. EP 239

The Yakking Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 32:40


Nancy Becher, Chronic and Autoimmune Disease Specialist and Chief Flying Pig Wrangler of Invisible Warriors talks about the challenges facing women with chronic diseases and invisible disabilities. Nancy helps women with these conditions create businesses that they can build from home and adapt to their capabilities. https://invisiblewarriors.org The Yakking Show is brought to you by Peter Wright & Kathleen Beauvais contact us to be a guest on our show. https://TheYakkingShow.com   peter@theyakkingshow.com    kathleen@theyakkingshow.com Timeline 01:30  Nancy's background 04:00  Undiagnosed chronic illness 07:31  Employment challenges for women with chronic illness 12:56  What can you do? 17:10  Virtual assistants 19:30  Higher rate of autoimmune disease among women 22:15  The Lockdown increased opportunities 25:24  Stay positive 27:14  Spirituality, prayer, meditation 28:10  Contact Nancy 30:01   Virtual Reality glasses for the blind

1 Girl Revolution
180: Invisible Warriors - Nancy Becher

1 Girl Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 53:19


On this week's episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast, we're joined by Nancy Becher, founder of Invisible Warriors - an organization dedicated to supporting those living with chronic illness, autoimmune issues, and invisible disabilities.  Nancy's own journey with invisible illness began in 2014, when her life took a drastic turn after she was hit by a car. While picking up her parents from a senior center potluck, she was struck by another attendee's car, which caused her to be thrown into a drainage ditch, resulting in twisted tendons, ligaments, and broken bones. The path to diagnosis was a long and arduous one for Nancy, involving visits to multiple doctors and enduring months of physical pain. Eventually, she was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), a debilitating condition that causes severe nerve damage. Nancy underwent numerous surgeries, received two spinal stimulators, and encountered countless medical professionals in her quest for relief from the relentless pain. Drawing on her background with a Master's in Counseling and a Ph.D. in sociology, Nancy decided to utilize her knowledge and personal experiences to create Invisible Warriors, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting people living with chronic illness, autoimmune issues, and invisible disabilities. The mission of Invisible Warriors is not only to provide assistance and resources to these individuals but also to initiate dialogue with medical professionals and advocate for changes in the insurance, pharmaceutical, and travel industries. Through Invisible Warriors, Nancy aims to create a community where those living with hidden chronic and autoimmune disorders can find solace, support, and a sense of belonging. By sharing her own journey and advocating for systemic changes, Nancy is determined to make a positive impact on the lives of others who are going through similar mental and physical anguish. Nancy is an advocate, who is working towards greater awareness, understanding, and resources for individuals with invisible illnesses. Nancy Becher's resilience and determination to create a supportive community for individuals with chronic illness, autoimmune issues, and invisible disabilities are truly commendable. Through her personal experiences, academic background, and unwavering passion, she has taken on the mission of empowering others and working towards a more inclusive and compassionate society. In this episode, you'll hear: Nancy's inspiring life story; The story of the accident that led to her health issues and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS); How she decided to start Invisible Warriors and why their work is so important; About the people that Nancy and Invisible Warriors are helping; How you can get involved in their work if you're living with an invisible disability or illness;  About the Silent No More Benefit Concert and how you can attend and support the event; And so much more. The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and everywhere you listen to podcasts.  For more information on Nancy Becher and Invisible Warriors, please visit: www.1girlrevolution.com/InvisibleWarriors

FontCast
Turkeys vote for Christmas

FontCast

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 48:06


Another Powerful episode of the FontCast with several bombshells as Brad, Becher and Alex analyse the fragile state of the Rockliff Government, the never ending saga of Hobart's stadium and the uneventful state budget. When it comes to Tasmanian politics, you heard it on the FontCast first.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gespräche von Morgen
#083 | Wertebasiertes Unternehmertum: Der einfachste Weg etwas für die Umwelt zu tun mit Fabian Eckert

Gespräche von Morgen

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 56:16


"Wir wollen ganz einfach zeigen, wie man anders mit Müll umgehen kann und, dass wir im Alltag ganz viel Müll produzieren, den wir eigentlich nicht produzieren müssen." Ein Social Unternehmen zu gründen ist nicht immer einfach. Aber jede Revolution beginnt mit einem Funken. Die Revolution von ReCup Co-Gründer Fabian Eckert wurde von überquellenden Mülleimern und Türmen aus Pappbechern entfacht. Er und sein Co-Gründer wollen Einweg in unserer Welt komplett überflüssig machen und dafür sorgen, dass nachhaltiges Handeln von einer revolutionären Idee zur unabdingbaren Voraussetzung wird. In unserer neuen Folge spricht vonMorgen Gründer Jonathan Sierck mit Fabian Eckert über den Umgang mit Stress und Ungewohntem beim Gründen, Prioritäten setzen, Wertesysteme, Bewusstseinsveränderung und wie Recup tagtäglich daran arbeitet mit ihrem Mehrweg-Pfandsystem Einwegverpackungen von der Bildfläche verschwinden zu lassen. Lass Dich von Fabian inspirieren und vielleicht willst du beim nächsten Coffee Date auch lieber deinen eigenen Becher mitbringen oder greifst zu dem Recup Becher.

ESV: Read through the Bible
May 22: 1 Chronicles 6–7; John 8:21–36

ESV: Read through the Bible

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 15:23


Morning: 1 Chronicles 6–7 1 Chronicles 6–7 (Listen) Descendants of Levi 6 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua, 5 Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi, 6 Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered Meraioth, 7 Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, 8 Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz, 9 Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan, 10 and Johanan fathered Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem). 11 Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, 12 Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Shallum, 13 Shallum fathered Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah, 14 Azariah fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak; 15 and Jehozadak went into exile when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 16 1 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17 And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. 18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. 19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers. 20 Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. 22 The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son, 24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 25 The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth, 26 Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 28 The sons of Samuel: Joel2 his firstborn, the second Abijah.3 29 The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son. 31 These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there. 32 They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order. 33 These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of Samuel, 34 son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah, 35 son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai, 36 son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah, 37 son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, 38 son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel; 39 and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, 40 son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah, 41 son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah, 42 son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei, 43 son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. 44 On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, 45 son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, 46 son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer, 47 son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. 48 And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. 49 But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 50 These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 54 These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the clans of Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot, 55 to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands, 56 but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, 58 Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, 59 Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands; 60 and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon,4 Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities throughout their clans were thirteen. 61 To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities. 62 To the Gershomites according to their clans were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Manasseh in Bashan. 63 To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. 64 So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands. 65 They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name. 66 And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67 They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands, 68 Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands, 69 Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands, 70 and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites. 71 To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands; 72 and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands, 73 Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands; 74 out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, 75 Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands; 76 and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands. 77 To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands, 78 and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands, 79 Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands; 80 and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands, 81 Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands. Descendants of Issachar 7 The sons5 of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David being 22,600. 3 The son6 of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, all five of them were chief men. 4 And along with them, by their generations, according to their fathers' houses, were units of the army for war, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons. 5 Their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all 87,000 mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy. Descendants of Benjamin 6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three. 7 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers' houses, mighty warriors. And their enrollment by genealogies was 22,034. 8 The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. 9 And their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, was 20,200. 10 The son of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All these were the sons of Jediael according to the heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, 17,200, able to go to war. 12 And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher. Descendants of Naphtali 13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah. Descendants of Manasseh 14 The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead. 15 And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters. 16 And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. 19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. Descendants of Ephraim 20 The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to raid their livestock. 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. 23 And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son. And he called his name Beriah, because disaster had befallen his house.7 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah. 25 Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun8 his son, Joshua his son. 28 Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns; 29 also in possession of the Manassites, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel. Descendants of Asher 30 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. 31 The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith. 32 Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. 33 The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet. 34 The sons of Shemer his brother: Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah. 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. 38 The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. 39 The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. 40 All of these were men of Asher, heads of fathers' houses, approved, mighty warriors, chiefs of the princes. Their number enrolled by genealogies, for service in war, was 26,000 men. Footnotes [1] 6:16 Ch 6:1 in Hebrew [2] 6:28 Septuagint, Syriac (compare verse 33 and 1 Samuel 8:2); Hebrew lacks Joel [3] 6:28 Hebrew and Abijah [4] 6:60 Septuagint, Syriac (compare Joshua 21:17); Hebrew lacks Gibeon [5] 7:1 Syriac (compare Vulgate); Hebrew And to the sons [6] 7:3 Hebrew sons; also verses 10, 12, 17 [7] 7:23 Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for disaster [8] 7:27 Hebrew Non (ESV) Evening: John 8:21–36 John 8:21–36 (Listen) 21 So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” 22 So the Jews said, “Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come'?” 23 He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.” 25 So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. 26 I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.” 27 They did not understand that he had been speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me. 29 And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.” 30 As he was saying these things, many believed in him. The Truth Will Set You Free 31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33 They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free'?” 34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave1 to sin. 35 The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. Footnotes [1] 8:34 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 35 (ESV)

ESV: Digging Deep into the Bible
May 22: Psalm 141; Numbers 26; Isaiah 63–64; 2 Thessalonians 2:1–12

ESV: Digging Deep into the Bible

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 16:15


Psalms and Wisdom: Psalm 141 Psalm 141 (Listen) Give Ear to My Voice A Psalm of David. 141   O LORD, I call upon you; hasten to me!    Give ear to my voice when I call to you!2   Let my prayer be counted as incense before you,    and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice! 3   Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;    keep watch over the door of my lips!4   Do not let my heart incline to any evil,    to busy myself with wicked deeds  in company with men who work iniquity,    and let me not eat of their delicacies! 5   Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;    let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;    let my head not refuse it.  Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.6   When their judges are thrown over the cliff,1    then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.7   As when one plows and breaks up the earth,    so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.2 8   But my eyes are toward you, O GOD, my Lord;    in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!39   Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me    and from the snares of evildoers!10   Let the wicked fall into their own nets,    while I pass by safely. Footnotes [1] 141:6 Or When their judges fall into the hands of the Rock [2] 141:7 The meaning of the Hebrew in verses 6, 7 is uncertain [3] 141:8 Hebrew refuge; do not pour out my life! (ESV) Pentateuch and History: Numbers 26 Numbers 26 (Listen) Census of the New Generation 26 After the plague, the LORD said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest, 2 “Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war.” 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 4 “Take a census of the people,1 from twenty years old and upward,” as the LORD commanded Moses. The people of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were: 5 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites; 6 of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites. 7 These are the clans of the Reubenites, and those listed were 43,730. 8 And the sons of Pallu: Eliab. 9 The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, chosen from the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the LORD 10 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and they became a warning. 11 But the sons of Korah did not die. 12 The sons of Simeon according to their clans: of Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites; 13 of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites. 14 These are the clans of the Simeonites, 22,200. 15 The sons of Gad according to their clans: of Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the clan of the Haggites; of Shuni, the clan of the Shunites; 16 of Ozni, the clan of the Oznites; of Eri, the clan of the Erites; 17 of Arod, the clan of the Arodites; of Areli, the clan of the Arelites. 18 These are the clans of the sons of Gad as they were listed, 40,500. 19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And the sons of Judah according to their clans were: of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; of Perez, the clan of the Perezites; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites. 21 And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites. 22 These are the clans of Judah as they were listed, 76,500. 23 The sons of Issachar according to their clans: of Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the clan of the Punites; 24 of Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites. 25 These are the clans of Issachar as they were listed, 64,300. 26 The sons of Zebulun, according to their clans: of Sered, the clan of the Seredites; of Elon, the clan of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the clans of the Zebulunites as they were listed, 60,500. 28 The sons of Joseph according to their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the clan of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites; of Helek, the clan of the Helekites; 31 and of Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites; 32 and of Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites. 33 Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the clans of Manasseh, and those listed were 52,700. 35 These are the sons of Ephraim according to their clans: of Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the clan of the Becherites; of Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites. 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the clan of the Eranites. 37 These are the clans of the sons of Ephraim as they were listed, 32,500. These are the sons of Joseph according to their clans. 38 The sons of Benjamin according to their clans: of Bela, the clan of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites; 39 of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin according to their clans, and those listed were 45,600. 42 These are the sons of Dan according to their clans: of Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. These are the clans of Dan according to their clans. 43 All the clans of the Shuhamites, as they were listed, were 64,400. 44 The sons of Asher according to their clans: of Imnah, the clan of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the clan of the Beriites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the clan of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. 47 These are the clans of the sons of Asher as they were listed, 53,400. 48 The sons of Naphtali according to their clans: of Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the clan of the Gunites; 49 of Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites. 50 These are the clans of Naphtali according to their clans, and those listed were 45,400. 51 This was the list of the people of Israel, 601,730. 52 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 53 “Among these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names. 54 To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance; every tribe shall be given its inheritance in proportion to its list. 55 But the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller.” 57 This was the list of the Levites according to their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites. 58 These are the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites, the clan of the Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, the clan of the Korahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram. 59 The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister. 60 And to Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD. 62 And those listed were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward. For they were not listed among the people of Israel, because there was no inheritance given to them among the people of Israel. 63 These were those listed by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who listed the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 64 But among these there was not one of those listed by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had listed the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the LORD had said of them, “They shall die in the wilderness.” Not one of them was left, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. Footnotes [1] 26:4 Take a census of the people is implied (compare verse 2) (ESV) Chronicles and Prophets: Isaiah 63–64 Isaiah 63–64 (Listen) The Lord's Day of Vengeance 63   Who is this who comes from Edom,    in crimsoned garments from Bozrah,  he who is splendid in his apparel,    marching in the greatness of his strength?  “It is I, speaking in righteousness,    mighty to save.” 2   Why is your apparel red,    and your garments like his who treads in the winepress? 3   “I have trodden the winepress alone,    and from the peoples no one was with me;  I trod them in my anger    and trampled them in my wrath;  their lifeblood1 spattered on my garments,    and stained all my apparel.4   For the day of vengeance was in my heart,    and my year of redemption2 had come.5   I looked, but there was no one to help;    I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold;  so my own arm brought me salvation,    and my wrath upheld me.6   I trampled down the peoples in my anger;    I made them drunk in my wrath,    and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.” The Lord's Mercy Remembered 7   I will recount the steadfast love of the LORD,    the praises of the LORD,  according to all that the LORD has granted us,    and the great goodness to the house of Israel  that he has granted them according to his compassion,    according to the abundance of his steadfast love.8   For he said, “Surely they are my people,    children who will not deal falsely.”    And he became their Savior.9   In all their affliction he was afflicted,3    and the angel of his presence saved them;  in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;    he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old. 10   But they rebelled    and grieved his Holy Spirit;  therefore he turned to be their enemy,    and himself fought against them.11   Then he remembered the days of old,    of Moses and his people.4  Where is he who brought them up out of the sea    with the shepherds of his flock?  Where is he who put in the midst of them    his Holy Spirit,12   who caused his glorious arm    to go at the right hand of Moses,  who divided the waters before them    to make for himself an everlasting name,13     who led them through the depths?  Like a horse in the desert,    they did not stumble.14   Like livestock that go down into the valley,    the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest.  So you led your people,    to make for yourself a glorious name. Prayer for Mercy 15   Look down from heaven and see,    from your holy and beautiful5 habitation.  Where are your zeal and your might?    The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion    are held back from me.16   For you are our Father,    though Abraham does not know us,    and Israel does not acknowledge us;  you, O LORD, are our Father,    our Redeemer from of old is your name.17   O LORD, why do you make us wander from your ways    and harden our heart, so that we fear you not?  Return for the sake of your servants,    the tribes of your heritage.18   Your holy people held possession for a little while;6    our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.19   We have become like those over whom you have never ruled,    like those who are not called by your name. 64   Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down,    that the mountains might quake at your presence—2   7 as when fire kindles brushwood    and the fire causes water to boil—  to make your name known to your adversaries,    and that the nations might tremble at your presence!3   When you did awesome things that we did not look for,    you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.4   From of old no one has heard    or perceived by the ear,  no eye has seen a God besides you,    who acts for those who wait for him.5   You meet him who joyfully works righteousness,    those who remember you in your ways.  Behold, you were angry, and we sinned;    in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?86   We have all become like one who is unclean,    and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.  We all fade like a leaf,    and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.7   There is no one who calls upon your name,    who rouses himself to take hold of you;  for you have hidden your face from us,    and have made us melt in9 the hand of our iniquities. 8   But now, O LORD, you are our Father;    we are the clay, and you are our potter;    we are all the work of your hand.9   Be not so terribly angry, O LORD,    and remember not iniquity forever.    Behold, please look, we are all your people.10   Your holy cities have become a wilderness;    Zion has become a wilderness,    Jerusalem a desolation.11   Our holy and beautiful10 house,    where our fathers praised you,  has been burned by fire,    and all our pleasant places have become ruins.12   Will you restrain yourself at these things, O LORD?    Will you keep silent, and afflict us so terribly? Footnotes [1] 63:3 Or their juice; also verse 6 [2] 63:4 Or the year of my redeemed [3] 63:9 Or he did not afflict [4] 63:11 Or Then his people remembered the days of old, of Moses [5] 63:15 Or holy and glorious [6] 63:18 Or They have dispossessed your holy people for a little while [7] 64:2 Ch 64:1 in Hebrew [8] 64:5 Or in your ways is continuance, that we might be saved [9] 64:7 Masoretic Text; Septuagint, Syriac, Targum have delivered us into [10] 64:11 Or holy and glorious (ESV) Gospels and Epistles: 2 Thessalonians 2:1–12 2 Thessalonians 2:1–12 (Listen) The Man of Lawlessness 2 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,1 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness2 is revealed, the son of destruction,3 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, 12 in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. Footnotes [1] 2:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 13, 15 [2] 2:3 Some manuscripts sin [3] 2:3 Greek the son of perdition (a Hebrew idiom)

KOLOT with Rabbi Hillel Kapenstein
"Why Shabbos is AWESOME!" with Rabbi Mordechai Becher

KOLOT with Rabbi Hillel Kapenstein

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2023 55:08


Rabbi Mordechai Becher, originally from Australia, is an instructor at Yeshiva University and alumni Rabbi of Neve Yerushalayim College. He received his ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and holds an MA in Medieval Jewish History from the Bernard Revel Graduate School. He taught at Ohr Somayach and Neve Yerushalayim in Jerusalem and served in the Israel Defense Forces. Rabbi Becher has answered thousands of questions on AsktheRabbi.org, presents a Talmud class, Dimensions of the Daf, for the Jewish Broadcasting Service and was senior lecturer for Gateways for 20 years. Rabbi Becher's latest book, Gateway to Judaism, published by Artscroll, is in its tenth printing. In this episode, we discuss how he trains his students to answer tough questions and become knowledgeable of the hot button issues. We then discuss the beauty of shabbos, why shabbos is awesome and reflections of his late rebbe, Harav Moshe Shapiro zt'l. This episode is sponsored by [re]start, a career development platform. [re]start offers complimentary access to login and work with live career advisors who will help you find meaningful employment opportunities that match what you are looking for. For more information, visit www.joinrestart.com KOLOT is a project of the Columbus Community Kollel, a full time learning center in Bexley. Ever since 1995, boys, girls, men and women have found learning opportunities at the Kollel. Whether it's a study partner or an engaging class, the Kollel is your one stop shop for all your Jewish learning. To learn more about the Kollel, visit www.thekollel.org and forever be inspired.

ESV: M'Cheyne Reading Plan
May 17: Numbers 26; Psalm 69; Isaiah 16; 1 Peter 4

ESV: M'Cheyne Reading Plan

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 17:35


With family: Numbers 26; Psalm 69 Numbers 26 (Listen) Census of the New Generation 26 After the plague, the LORD said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest, 2 “Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war.” 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 4 “Take a census of the people,1 from twenty years old and upward,” as the LORD commanded Moses. The people of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were: 5 Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites; 6 of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites. 7 These are the clans of the Reubenites, and those listed were 43,730. 8 And the sons of Pallu: Eliab. 9 The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, chosen from the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the LORD 10 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and they became a warning. 11 But the sons of Korah did not die. 12 The sons of Simeon according to their clans: of Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites; 13 of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites. 14 These are the clans of the Simeonites, 22,200. 15 The sons of Gad according to their clans: of Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the clan of the Haggites; of Shuni, the clan of the Shunites; 16 of Ozni, the clan of the Oznites; of Eri, the clan of the Erites; 17 of Arod, the clan of the Arodites; of Areli, the clan of the Arelites. 18 These are the clans of the sons of Gad as they were listed, 40,500. 19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And the sons of Judah according to their clans were: of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; of Perez, the clan of the Perezites; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites. 21 And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites. 22 These are the clans of Judah as they were listed, 76,500. 23 The sons of Issachar according to their clans: of Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the clan of the Punites; 24 of Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites. 25 These are the clans of Issachar as they were listed, 64,300. 26 The sons of Zebulun, according to their clans: of Sered, the clan of the Seredites; of Elon, the clan of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the clans of the Zebulunites as they were listed, 60,500. 28 The sons of Joseph according to their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the clan of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites; of Helek, the clan of the Helekites; 31 and of Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites; 32 and of Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites. 33 Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the clans of Manasseh, and those listed were 52,700. 35 These are the sons of Ephraim according to their clans: of Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the clan of the Becherites; of Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites. 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the clan of the Eranites. 37 These are the clans of the sons of Ephraim as they were listed, 32,500. These are the sons of Joseph according to their clans. 38 The sons of Benjamin according to their clans: of Bela, the clan of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites; 39 of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin according to their clans, and those listed were 45,600. 42 These are the sons of Dan according to their clans: of Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. These are the clans of Dan according to their clans. 43 All the clans of the Shuhamites, as they were listed, were 64,400. 44 The sons of Asher according to their clans: of Imnah, the clan of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the clan of the Beriites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the clan of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. 47 These are the clans of the sons of Asher as they were listed, 53,400. 48 The sons of Naphtali according to their clans: of Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the clan of the Gunites; 49 of Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites. 50 These are the clans of Naphtali according to their clans, and those listed were 45,400. 51 This was the list of the people of Israel, 601,730. 52 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 53 “Among these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names. 54 To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance; every tribe shall be given its inheritance in proportion to its list. 55 But the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller.” 57 This was the list of the Levites according to their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites. 58 These are the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites, the clan of the Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, the clan of the Korahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram. 59 The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister. 60 And to Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD. 62 And those listed were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward. For they were not listed among the people of Israel, because there was no inheritance given to them among the people of Israel. 63 These were those listed by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who listed the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 64 But among these there was not one of those listed by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had listed the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the LORD had said of them, “They shall die in the wilderness.” Not one of them was left, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. Footnotes [1] 26:4 Take a census of the people is implied (compare verse 2) (ESV) Psalm 69 (Listen) Save Me, O God To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. Of David. 69   Save me, O God!    For the waters have come up to my neck.12   I sink in deep mire,    where there is no foothold;  I have come into deep waters,    and the flood sweeps over me.3   I am weary with my crying out;    my throat is parched.  My eyes grow dim    with waiting for my God. 4   More in number than the hairs of my head    are those who hate me without cause;  mighty are those who would destroy me,    those who attack me with lies.  What I did not steal    must I now restore?5   O God, you know my folly;    the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you. 6   Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,    O Lord GOD of hosts;  let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,    O God of Israel.7   For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach,    that dishonor has covered my face.8   I have become a stranger to my brothers,    an alien to my mother's sons. 9   For zeal for your house has consumed me,    and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.10   When I wept and humbled2 my soul with fasting,    it became my reproach.11   When I made sackcloth my clothing,    I became a byword to them.12   I am the talk of those who sit in the gate,    and the drunkards make songs about me. 13   But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD.    At an acceptable time, O God,    in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.14   Deliver me    from sinking in the mire;  let me be delivered from my enemies    and from the deep waters.15   Let not the flood sweep over me,    or the deep swallow me up,    or the pit close its mouth over me. 16   Answer me, O LORD, for your steadfast love is good;    according to your abundant mercy, turn to me.17   Hide not your face from your servant,    for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.18   Draw near to my soul, redeem me;    ransom me because of my enemies! 19   You know my reproach,    and my shame and my dishonor;    my foes are all known to you.20   Reproaches have broken my heart,    so that I am in despair.  I looked for pity, but there was none,    and for comforters, but I found none.21   They gave me poison for food,    and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink. 22   Let their own table before them become a snare;    and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.323   Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,    and make their loins tremble continually.24   Pour out your indignation upon them,    and let your burning anger overtake them.25   May their camp be a desolation;    let no one dwell in their tents.26   For they persecute him whom you have struck down,    and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.27   Add to them punishment upon punishment;    may they have no acquittal from you.428   Let them be blotted out of the book of the living;    let them not be enrolled among the righteous. 29   But I am afflicted and in pain;    let your salvation, O God, set me on high! 30   I will praise the name of God with a song;    I will magnify him with thanksgiving.31   This will please the LORD more than an ox    or a bull with horns and hoofs.32   When the humble see it they will be glad;    you who seek God, let your hearts revive.33   For the LORD hears the needy    and does not despise his own people who are prisoners. 34   Let heaven and earth praise him,    the seas and everything that moves in them.35   For God will save Zion    and build up the cities of Judah,  and people shall dwell there and possess it;36     the offspring of his servants shall inherit it,    and those who love his name shall dwell in it. Footnotes [1] 69:1 Or waters threaten my life [2] 69:10 Hebrew lacks and humbled [3] 69:22 Hebrew; a slight revocalization yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome) a snare, and retribution and a trap [4] 69:27 Hebrew may they not come into your righteousness (ESV) In private: Isaiah 16; 1 Peter 4 Isaiah 16 (Listen) 16   Send the lamb to the ruler of the land,  from Sela, by way of the desert,    to the mount of the daughter of Zion.2   Like fleeing birds,    like a scattered nest,  so are the daughters of Moab    at the fords of the Arnon. 3   “Give counsel;    grant justice;  make your shade like night    at the height of noon;  shelter the outcasts;    do not reveal the fugitive;4   let the outcasts of Moab    sojourn among you;  be a shelter to them1    from the destroyer.  When the oppressor is no more,    and destruction has ceased,  and he who tramples underfoot has vanished from the land,5   then a throne will be established in steadfast love,    and on it will sit in faithfulness    in the tent of David  one who judges and seeks justice    and is swift to do righteousness.” 6   We have heard of the pride of Moab—    how proud he is!—  of his arrogance, his pride, and his insolence;    in his idle boasting he is not right.7   Therefore let Moab wail for Moab,    let everyone wail.  Mourn, utterly stricken,    for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth. 8   For the fields of Heshbon languish,    and the vine of Sibmah;  the lords of the nations    have struck down its branches,  which reached to Jazer    and strayed to the desert;  its shoots spread abroad    and passed over the sea.9   Therefore I weep with the weeping of Jazer    for the vine of Sibmah;  I drench you with my tears,    O Heshbon and Elealeh;  for over your summer fruit and your harvest    the shout has ceased.10   And joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful field,  and in the vineyards no songs are sung,    no cheers are raised;  no treader treads out wine in the presses;    I have put an end to the shouting.11   Therefore my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab,    and my inmost self for Kir-hareseth. 12 And when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail. 13 This is the word that the LORD spoke concerning Moab in the past. 14 But now the LORD has spoken, saying, “In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who remain will be very few and feeble.” Footnotes [1] 16:4 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; Masoretic Text let my outcasts sojourn among you; as for Moab, be a shelter to them (ESV) 1 Peter 4 (Listen) Stewards of God's Grace 4 Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh,1 arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. 3 For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. 4 With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of debauchery, and they malign you; 5 but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. 6 For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does. 7 The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. 8 Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. 9 Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: 11 whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Suffering as a Christian 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory2 and of God rests upon you. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name. 17 For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 And   “If the righteous is scarcely saved,    what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”3 19 Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good. Footnotes [1] 4:1 Some manuscripts add for us; some for you [2] 4:14 Some manuscripts insert and of power [3] 4:18 Greek where will the ungodly and sinner appear? (ESV)