Friday, July 5, 2013

Daily Bible Reading Day 187

Job 31-32; Acts 13:1-23.  Job now specifically asks that God show him what he has done wrong. Job lists a bunch of possibilities and asks which one. He maintains that he has trained himself to not look and lust, to not trust in wealth, to help the poor, so he maintains that there is nothing in his life that would cause the troubles he currently has.  His three friends are finished because they can no longer answer him. We are now introduced to Elihu, who is a younger man. He has been listening but now is angry because Job is righteous in his own eyes and justifies himself before God. So Elihu is now about to add his thoughts.

Paul and Barnabas are in Antioch. The Holy Spirit sets them apart and they are sent out. This is called Paul's first missionary tour. He will have two more. They go to Cyprus. They meet a magician whom they blind. This convinces the proconsul  to believe. As they travel on, John (also called Mark) leaves and goes back to Jerusalem. They arrive at Pisidian Antioch and go to the synagogue on the Sabbath. They are asked to bring a word to the synagogue. Paul begins by recounting Israel's entrance into the land and then on to David. 

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