SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 5/22/2025 9:31 AM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-4
“Scripture Provides Instruction For Salvation”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
2 Timothy 3:15
Message of the verse: “and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”
I continue looking at the 9th chapter of John
MacArthur’s commentary on 2 Timothy. He
entitles this ninth chapter “The Work of the Word” and it covers 2 Timothy
3:15-17. He writes the following short
introduction to these verses: “No other passage in the New
Testament speaks so concisely of the nature and work of God’s Word in salvation
and sanctification. In this text, the
spiritually transforming power of divine revelation is delineated.”
This morning is a rather sad day for me as I must go to a
funeral of a dear friend, a man that I had the upmost respect for, a true
brother in the Lord. With that said this
SD will be shorter than the ones that I have been writing. I will begin by quoting from John MacArthur’s
commentary.
“In the time of Nehemiah a spiritual awakening began in
Israel when the people turned to God’s Word for wisdom and spiritual
renewal. Faced with a new awareness of
their sin and of the Lord’s holiness, they confessed their sin and sought His
forgiveness. By God’s mercy, they began
to worship with divinely cleansed hearts and in genuine reverence and praise.”
We will now look at Nehemiah 8:1-3; 9:2-3; 10:28-29 as
these are the verses that MacArthur has in his commentary.
“1 And all the people gathered as one man at the square
which was in front of the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring
the book of the law of Moses which
the LORD had given to Israel. 2 Then Ezra the priest brought the law before the
assembly of men, women and all who could listen with understanding, on
the first day of the seventh month. 3 He read from it before the square which
was in front of the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence
of men and women, those who could understand; and all the people were attentive
to the book of the law” (8:1-3).
“2 The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their
sins and the iniquities of their fathers. 3 While they stood in their place,
they read from the book of the law of the
LORD their God for a fourth of the day; and for another fourth they
confessed and worshiped the LORD their God” (Neh. 9:2-3).
“28 Now the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites,
the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants and all those who had
separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their
wives, their sons and their daughters, all those who had knowledge and understanding,
29 are joining with their kinsmen, their
nobles, and are taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God’s law,
which was given through Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and to observe all
the commandments of GOD our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes” (Neh.
10:28-29). (All Emphasis Added).
5/22/2025 10:24 AM
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