Read To Me Daily Semester 3ናሙና

JEREMIAH 24-25:
A stunning prophecy was given in yesterday's reading in Jeremiah:

Jer. 23:5 GNT The Lord says, “The time is coming when I will choose as king a righteous descendant of David. That king will rule wisely and do what is right and just throughout the land.
6 When he is king, the people of Judah will be safe, and the people of Israel will live in peace. He will be called ‘The Lord Our [GNT Salvation/NLT Righteousness].’

How amazing it is that this identity of ‘The Lord Our Salvation/Righteousness’ is specifically linked with the Righteous Descendant— whom we now know is Jesus! Yesterday's reading also contained the interesting command about not calling any message from the Lord a ‘burden’. 

Some Christian leaders today would do well to note God’s angry statements about the prophets who pan off prophecies that just come from their own imaginations as coming from the Lord. I would not like to be in their shoes at the judgment day!

PSALM 150:
Today’s poem, Psalm 150, is the exuberant finale to the psalms!

1CORINTHIANS 6:17—7:
Yesterday's reading in 1 Corinthians started out with Paul rebuking the Corinthian Christians for taking their fellow believers to court before secular judges. Paul returned briefly the theme of sexual sin. Then, in supporting his points, Paul gave some of the most amazing verses in all Scripture about our position in union with Christ. In today’s reading, we’ll review the last four verses of chapter 6 to make the connection with chapter 7.

Let’s pray.
Dear faithful and loving heavenly Father, thank You for that amazing prophecy that a righteous king would come, a descendant of David, and that he will rule wisely and justly. Lord, we— as the spiritual Israel— rejoice that our king Jesus will make us safe, and his rule will make it so that we will live in peace. Thank You that we may have perfect spiritual peace now. Lord we ask for You to accomplish your will for Jesus’ return, for only then will we see peace in this world. How amazing it is that Jeremiah gives the name of our Savior here as, ‘The LORD Our Salvation’. It is not just the Hebrew meaning of Jesus’ name, but it is the way You, heavenly Father, have accomplished our salvation. We don’t save ourselves. We are only saved by becoming joined as one with Jesus. Therefore, by the power of the Holy Spirit, help us to put to death the sins that marked our old lives— all the sins that Paul enumerated in 1Cor 6. Continuing to practice those sins will block us from being members of your Kingdom. O Holy Spirit, we surrender to your purifying work in us.