Month: July 2018

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07/21/2018 DAB Transcript

2 Chronicles 4:1-6:13a, Romans 7:1-14 , Psalms 17:1-15, Proverbs 19:22-23

Today is the 21st day of July.  Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian.  It is great to be here with you today for the next step forward in our journey as we continue that journey through the scriptures this year. Of course, this week we’ve been reading from the Christian Standard Bible which is what we’ll continue to do. We’ll pick up where we left off. 2 Chronicles 4:1 - 6:11.

Commentary:

Okay.  So over the last several days as we’ve moved into the letter to the Romans and begun our journey through Paul’s writings, we’ve gone back to Abraham. That’s a trademark of the Apostle Paul. And we’ve realized that it was Abraham’s faith in God, not his obedience to a law or rule or ritual, that activated God’s promise to him. And in today’s reading, what Paul kind of unpacked that the purpose of the law was actually to reveal our helplessness and inability to achieve perfection before God. No one will be able to ever say, I deserve to be here because I am perfect. I am perfect like God, and so therefore, I can go into God’s presence rightfully. None of us can do that. Not on our own. However, through Jesus, we can boldly individually enter God’s presence, have fellowship and intimate relationship with God through his grace. What is fundamentally being said here is pretty astounding. The idea that sin is always gonna be a part of our lives is actually not supposed to be our reality. But it’s not something we can achieve on our own, right? Any more than obeying the law was something that the Hebrew people could achieve on their own. Paul was revealing that we’re no longer on our own. Not at all. Not in any way. When we put our faith in Jesus, we underwent a spiritual transformation. The old person that we were, that person died and we were reborn into a new life together, intertwined with God. And so Paul used this example of marriage that we can all understand, even today, right? If two people are married, they’re married. They’ve entered into covenant together before God and have essentially entered into a contract of marriage in terms of government. However, if one spouse dies, the other one is free from that covenant. So we can understand that. What Paul is saying is when we put our faith in Jesus, that old person died, is no longer bound to the law, has resurrected anew inaugurated into a new covenant with God.  One that is incorruptible and one in which God pours out his grace and mercy over humanity.  So the oppression of sin and the guilt that ensues from sin is no longer supposed to be our default position.  Let’s give that some thought today. Cause this is exactly what makes this news, this proclamation, this announcement, good. It’s why it’s good news.  It’s the announcement that the thing that would estrange us from God, sin, has been dealt with.  So may rejoice in that today.  We don’t have to live that way anymore.  It’s just gonna boil down to who we choose to obey.

Prayer:

Father, we invite You into that.  We thank You for the good news.  What can we say?  What words can we say?  That You came and rescued us, removed our sin, gave us freedom and grace, and the ability to have an intimate relationship with You.  What do we even say to that?  We are grateful. We thank You Father and we repent of the times that we continue to choose to walk in sin. That we are choosing to obey an old way rather than walking into life free with You.  Come Holy Spirit, we pray. In Jesus name. Amen.

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Hi. My name is Angelique and I’m calling from Washington state, Lynden Washington and I’m calling for prayer. I’ve been a faithful listener since just before Christmas of last year. I’ve really enjoyed the DAB family. So, last night, 11:30 PM, we got a call from an ER nurse, like, 11 hours away from us. My son was in a diving accident four hours north of Spokane Washington. He just walked in a lake with a friend and was at the length in the lake with a friend and dove in. It was at 10 at night. They went for a night swim. My son dove in so hard he hit the sand and broke his neck. He, right now, it is currently 215 my time. My son has been in surgery for an hour and 15 minutes. It is a 4 to 5 hours surgery and I do realize this won’t be played right away, but I am asking for prayer. My son is only 20 years old and I have called in for have him one other time. Somebody did call and let me know they were praying for him and my older son, which I appreciate show much. I know others are praying too. Please pray for a grant specifically. He is an atheist at 20 years old and we do believe God is trying to get his attention. His life was spared. His friend saved his life, pulled him to shore. My son was paralyzed on the right side of his body. He’s an athlete. And this is just absolutely, where just all stunned and there’s a lot of people praying. We’re asking for your prayers as well. My older son is 24 and he’s driving over to Spokane tonight or tomorrow morning and our whole family of six will be together So, we’re just praying…

Beloved sister Asia from Munich, we heard your call we heard you __ and bruised. And I just want to encourage you. You will win your uphill battle in Christ, you will. We are not of those who shrink back and are just __. We are of those who believe and are saved. And remember that the life of Paul and the Lord Jesus, you know, they went through terrible things. But their lives shown through. I mean, I’ve been super depressed so many times. This is Candace from Oregon. I mean really bad, not in the last five years, but had many, many times where it was just total desperation. And, so, I just long to lift you up and remind you to say the daily prayer and get into that fight, rebuke the false spirits, take every thought captive to the Lord Jesus Christ. We love you. We come around our sister Asia Lord and we ask You to lift her up, we ask You Lord to encourage her, strengthen her, rejuvenate her, just like you did with all of people who were so…given such a hard time in that first century of Christians in Rome. You were there, you were there helping them along the way. Thank You for everything that you will do in her life, in Jesus’ name.

Hi. First time caller, a long time knowing of the family. I started listening…but my name is Cindy and I go by Cindy Rowho, which is a nickname I picked up in college. But I believe in __. I believe I’ve been listening since the first of the year and I’ve had so much junk built in my life in the last couple of years that I don’t know where to start but by most pressing request is actually, I have a huge test Saturday morning or it’s actually a class Saturday morning and I have to miss church because it’s certification test. I have a test on Sunday and my work is paying for it. It’s for recertifying as a personal trainer. If you knew me, you’d know science is not my background but a chunk of it I use every day are ready because I do work for __. I’m nervous about the test of course. So just keep me in prayers. Help me, Lord, remind me of all the things I do know already and remind me of the things I’ve learned again. I’ve done this test about two and a half years ago, changed companies. And, so, I’m having to go back and relearn some things a little differently than before. But I really appreciate your prayers and I really appreciate the line and I appreciate the Daily Audio Bible. I listen to both the DAB and the DBC every morning. First thing I do. And I’ve really noticed and appreciated change in my heart over this last year and I want to thank you very much. This is Cindy, which I’m going by Cindy Rowho. So, thank you very much and appreciate your prayers. Goodbye.

Hey there Daily Audio Bible family. This is big Al in Texas and I’m reaching out to you guys. I was amazed do it two years ago and just to hear people praying for me, the amazing family that is out there. There’s…just the number of people out their praying. Blind Tony, I love hearing your poetry buddy. I have been a DABber since the iPad 2 came out. I remember I downloaded it when I got my iPad 2. So, that will give you an idea __. China, I think, was the only child, was it there. And what I’m trying to do guys is get to Texas and stay in Texas. __  signed up for Bragg and I need to be in Texas with my wife and my daughter. Two years that I’ve been gone and having to go back and forth is just gotten to be too much on my shoulders and what I need is a federal job here in Texas. Keep me close. There’s too many things I come home to to find open that my daughters grown so much more. And I’m getting tired. I need you to really help me guys. Please pray for me. Big Al in Texas. It’s a job that can make the difference. I’m very thankful for you all. And I’m just thankful for this format. And Brian, thank you so much for…it’s good to hear your voice when you __ me on the call. That just made me feel so good. I love you guys so much. Thank you so much. Amen.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday July 21, 2018 (NIV)

2 Chronicles 4:1-6:11

The Altar, Reservoir, and Basins

4 He made a bronze altar(A) 30 feet[a] long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet[b] high.

2 Then he made the cast metal basin,[c](B) 15 feet from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7½ feet[d] high and 45 feet[e] in circumference. 3 The likeness of oxen[f] was below it, completely encircling it, ten every half yard,[g] completely surrounding the basin. The oxen were cast in two rows when the basin was cast. 4 It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The basin was on top of them and all their hindquarters were toward the center. 5 The basin was three inches[h] thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or a lily blossom. It could hold eleven thousand gallons.[i]

6 He made ten basins for washing and he put five on the right and five on the left.(C) The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them,(D) but the basin was used by the priests for washing.

The Lampstands, Tables, and Courts

7 He made the ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and put them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left.(E) 8 He made ten tables and placed them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left.(F) He also made a hundred gold bowls.

9 He made the courtyard(G) of the priests and the large court, and doors for the court. He overlaid the doors with bronze. 10 He put the basin on the right side, toward the southeast.(H) 11 Then Huram[j](I) made(J) the pots, the shovels, and the bowls.

Completion of the Bronze Furnishings

So Huram finished doing the work that he was doing for King Solomon in God’s temple: 12 two pillars; the bowls and the capitals on top of the two pillars; the two gratings for covering both bowls of the capitals that were on top of the pillars; 13 the four hundred pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals’ bowls on top of the pillars(K)). 14 He also made the water carts[k](L) and the basins on the water carts. 15 The one basin and the twelve oxen underneath it, 16 the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all their utensils—Huram-abi[l](M) made them for King Solomon for the Lord’s temple. All these were made of polished bronze. 17 The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zeredah. 18 Solomon made all these utensils in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

Completion of the Gold Furnishings

19 Solomon also made all the equipment in God’s temple: the gold altar; the tables on which to put the Bread of the Presence;(N) 20 the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn in front of the inner sanctuary according to specifications;(O) 21 the flowers, lamps, and gold tongs—of purest gold; 22 the wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, ladles,[m] and firepans—of purest gold; and the entryway to the temple, its inner doors to the most holy place, and the doors of the temple sanctuary—of gold.

5 So all the work Solomon did for the Lord’s temple was completed. Then Solomon brought the consecrated things of his father David—the silver, the gold, and all the utensils—and put them in the treasuries of God’s temple.

Preparations for the Temple Dedication

2 At that time(P) Solomon assembled at Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads, the ancestral chiefs of the Israelites—in order to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord up from the city of David,(Q) that is, Zion. 3 So all the men of Israel were assembled in the king’s presence at the festival; this was in the seventh month.[n]

4 All the elders of Israel came, and the Levites picked up the ark. 5 They brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and the holy utensils that were in the tent. The priests and the Levites brought them up. 6 King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel who had gathered around him were in front of the ark sacrificing sheep, goats, and cattle that could not be counted or numbered because there were so many. 7 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the most holy place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.(R) 8 And the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark so that the cherubim formed a cover above the ark and its poles. 9 The poles were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place[o](S) in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen from outside; they are still there today. 10 Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had put in it at Horeb,[p](T) where the Lord had made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of Egypt.

11 Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions.(U) When the priests came out of the holy place, 12 the Levitical singers dressed in fine linen and carrying cymbals, harps, and lyres(V) were standing east of the altar, and with them were 120 priests blowing trumpets.(W) The Levitical singers were descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun and their sons(X) and relatives. 13 The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the Lord with one voice. They raised their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments,(Y) in praise to the Lord:

For he is good;
his faithful love endures forever.(Z)

The temple, the Lord’s temple, was filled with a cloud.(AA) 14 And because of the cloud, the priests were not able to continue ministering, for the glory of the Lord filled God’s temple.(AB)

Solomon’s Dedication of the Temple

6 Then Solomon said:(AC)

The Lord said he would dwell in total darkness,(AD)
2 but I have built an exalted temple for you,
a place for your residence forever.

3 Then the king turned and blessed the entire congregation of Israel while they were standing. 4 He said:

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel!
He spoke directly to my father David,
and he has fulfilled the promise
by his power.
He said,
5 “Since the day I brought my people Israel
out of the land of Egypt,(AE)
I have not chosen a city to build a temple in
among any of the tribes of Israel,
so that my name would be there,
and I have not chosen a man
to be ruler over my people Israel.
6 But I have chosen Jerusalem
so that my name will be there,(AF)
and I have chosen David
to be over my people Israel.”(AG)
7 My father David had his heart set
on building a temple for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.(AH)
8 However, the Lord said to my father David,
“Since it was your desire to build a temple for my name,
you have done well to have this desire.
9 Yet, you are not the one to build the temple,
but your son, your own offspring,
will build the temple for my name.”
10 So the Lord has fulfilled what he promised.
I have taken the place of my father David
and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised.
I have built the temple for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
11 I have put the ark there,
where the Lord’s covenant is
that he made with the Israelites.(AI)

Footnotes:

  1. 4:1 Lit 20 cubits
  2. 4:1 Lit 10 cubits, also in v. 2
  3. 4:2 Lit sea
  4. 4:2 Lit five cubits
  5. 4:2 Lit 30 cubits
  6. 4:3 = gourds in 1Kg 7:24
  7. 4:3 Lit 10 per cubit
  8. 4:5 Lit a handbreadth
  9. 4:5 Text emended; MT reads 3,000 baths in 1Kg 7:26
  10. 4:11 = Hiram in 1Kg 7:13,40,45
  11. 4:14 Lit the stands
  12. 4:16 Lit Huram my father
  13. 4:22 Or dishes, or spoons; lit palms
  14. 5:3 = Tishri (September–October)
  15. 5:9 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read the ark; 1Kg 8:8
  16. 5:10 = Sinai

Cross references:

  1. 4:1 : Ex 27:1-2; 2Kg 16:14
  2. 4:2-5 : 1Kg 7:23-26; Ezk 47:1-12; Rv 22:1
  3. 4:6 : 1Kg 7:38-39
  4. 4:6 : Ezk 40:38
  5. 4:7 : Ex 37:17-24; 1Kg 7:49
  6. 4:8 : 1Kg 7:48
  7. 4:9 : 1Kg 6:36
  8. 4:10 : 1Kg 7:39
  9. 4:11 : 1Kg 7:13,40,45
  10. 4:11–5:1 : 1Kg 7:40-51
  11. 4:13 : 1Kg 7:20
  12. 4:14 : 1Kg 7:27-37
  13. 4:16 : 1Kg 7:14; 2Ch 2:13
  14. 4:19 : Lv 24:5-9
  15. 4:20 : Ex 25:31-40; 2Ch 4:7
  16. 5:2-14 : 1Kg 8:1-11
  17. 5:2 : 2Ch 1:4
  18. 5:7 : 2Ch 3:10
  19. 5:9 : 1Kg 8:8
  20. 5:10 : Dt 10:2-5; Heb 9:4
  21. 5:11 : 1Ch 24:1-5
  22. 5:12 : 1Ch 13:8; 15:16,24
  23. 5:12 : 2Ch 7:6
  24. 5:12 : 1Ch 25:1-4
  25. 5:13 : 1Ch 16:42
  26. 5:13 : 1Ch 16:34; 2Ch 7:3
  27. 5:13 : Ex 40:34-35; Lv 16:2; Nm 9:15-16
  28. 5:14 : Ex 13:21-22; 40:34-38; Dt 4:11; 5:22; 31:14-15; 2Ch 7:1-3
  29. 6:1-42 : 1Kg 8:12-53
  30. 6:1 : Ex 20:21; Dt 4:11; 5:22
  31. 6:5-9 : 2Sm 7:1-13
  32. 6:6 : 2Ch 12:13
  33. 6:6 : 1Ch 28:4
  34. 6:7 : 2Sm 7:2-3; 1Ch 22:7
  35. 6:11 : 2Ch 5:7,10
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Romans 7:1-13

An Illustration from Marriage

7 Since I am speaking to those who know the law, brothers and sisters,(A) don’t you know that the law rules over someone as long as he lives? 2 For example, a married woman is legally bound to her husband while he lives.(B) But if her husband dies, she is released from the law regarding the husband. 3 So then, if she is married to another man while her husband is living, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law. Then, if she is married to another man, she is not an adulteress.

4 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also were put to death(C) in relation to the law(D) through the body of Christ(E) so that you may belong to another. You belong to him who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God. 5 For when we were in the flesh,(F) the sinful passions aroused through the law were working in us[a](G) to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we have been released from the law, since we have died to what held us, so that we may serve in the newness of the Spirit(H) and not in the old letter of the law.

Sin’s Use of the Law

7 What should we say then?(I) Is the law sin? Absolutely not!(J) On the contrary, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law.(K) For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.[b](L) 8 And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment,(M) produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.(N) 9 Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life again 10 and I died. The commandment that was meant for life(O) resulted in death for me. 11 For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me,(P) and through it killed me. 12 So then, the law is holy,(Q) and the commandment is holy and just and good. 13 Therefore, did what is good become death to me? Absolutely not!(R) On the contrary, sin, in order to be recognized as sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment, sin might become sinful beyond measure.

Footnotes:

  1. 7:5 Lit in our members
  2. 7:7 Ex 20:17

Cross references:

  1. 7:1 : Rm 1:13
  2. 7:2 : 1Co 7:39
  3. 7:4 : Rm 6:2
  4. 7:4 : Rm 8:2; Gl 2:19; 5:18
  5. 7:4 : Col 1:22
  6. 7:5 : Rm 8:8-10; 2Co 10:3
  7. 7:5 : Rm 6:13,21,23
  8. 7:6 : Rm 2:29
  9. 7:7 : Rm 3:5
  10. 7:7 : Lk 20:16
  11. 7:7 : Rm 4:15; 5:20
  12. 7:7 : Ex 20:17
  13. 7:8 : Rm 3:20
  14. 7:8 : 1Co 15:56
  15. 7:10 : Lv 18:5; Lk 10:28; Rm 10:5; Gl 3:12
  16. 7:11 : Gn 3:13
  17. 7:12 : 1Tm 1:8
  18. 7:13 : Lk 20:16
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Psalm 17

Psalm 17

A Prayer for Protection

A prayer of David.

1 Lord, hear a just cause;(A)
pay attention to my cry;
listen to my prayer—
from lips free of deceit.(B)
2 Let my vindication come from you,
for you see what is right.(C)
3 You have tested my heart;(D)
you have examined me at night.
You have tried me and found nothing evil;(E)
I have determined that my mouth will not sin.[a]
4 Concerning what people do:
by the words from your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.(F)
5 My steps are on your paths;
my feet have not slipped.(G)

6 I call on you, God,
because you will answer me;(H)
listen closely to me; hear what I say.
7 Display the wonders of your faithful love,(I)
Savior of all who seek refuge(J)
from those who rebel against your right hand.[b]
8 Protect me as the pupil of your eye;(K)
hide me in the shadow of your wings(L)
9 from[c] the wicked who treat me violently,[d]
my deadly enemies who surround me.(M)

10 They are uncaring;[e](N)
their mouths speak arrogantly.(O)
11 They advance against me;[f] now they surround me.(P)
They are determined[g]
to throw me to the ground.(Q)
12 They are[h] like a lion eager to tear,
like a young lion lurking in ambush.(R)

13 Rise up, Lord!
Confront him; bring him down.(S)
With your sword, save me from the wicked.(T)
14 With your hand, Lord, save me from men,
from men of the world
whose portion is in this life:
You fill their bellies with what you have in store;
their sons are satisfied,
and they leave their surplus to their children.(U)

15 But I will see your face in righteousness;(V)
when I awake, I will be satisfied with your presence.[i](W)

Footnotes:

  1. 17:3 Or evil; my mouth will not sin
  2. 17:7 Or love, you who save with your right hand those seeking refuge from adversaries
  3. 17:9 Lit from the presence of
  4. 17:9 Or who plunder me
  5. 17:10 Lit have closed up their fat
  6. 17:11 Vg; MT reads Our steps
  7. 17:11 Lit They set their eyes
  8. 17:12 Lit He is
  9. 17:15 Lit form

Cross references:

  1. 17:1 : Ps 9:4
  2. 17:1 : Jb 27:4; Ps 34:13; 1Pt 3:10
  3. 17:2 : Ps 26:1; 43:1
  4. 17:3 : Ps 66:10; Zch 13:9
  5. 17:3 : Jb 23:10; Ps 26:2
  6. 17:4 : Pr 4:14-15
  7. 17:5 : Jb 23:11
  8. 17:6 : Ps 86:7
  9. 17:7 : Ps 85:7
  10. 17:7 : Ps 7:1
  11. 17:8 : Pr 7:2
  12. 17:8 : Ps 36:7; 57:1; 63:7; 91:1,4
  13. 17:9 : Ps 18:48
  14. 17:10 : Ps 119:70
  15. 17:10 : Ps 31:18
  16. 17:11 : Ps 88:17
  17. 17:11 : Ps 37:14; 62:4
  18. 17:12 : Ps 7:2; 10:9
  19. 17:13 : Ps 55:23
  20. 17:13 : Ps 7:12
  21. 17:14 : Ps 73:3-7
  22. 17:15 : Ps 11:7; Rv 22:4
  23. 17:15 : Ps 16:11; 21:6; 73:28
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Proverbs 19:22-23

22 What is desirable in a person is his fidelity;
better to be a poor person than a liar.(A)

23 The fear of the Lord leads to life;
one will sleep at night[a] without danger.(B)

Footnotes:

  1. 19:23 Lit will spend the night satisfied

Cross references:

  1. 19:22 : Pr 19:1; 28:6
  2. 19:23 : Pr 14:26-27
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07/20/2018 DAB Transcript

2 Chronicles 1:1-3:17, Romans 6:1-23 , Psalms 16:1-11, Proverbs 19:20-21

Today is the 20th day of July. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and, of course, it’s a pleasure and an honor to be here with you today as we continue forward in our week. Of course, we’re getting to the end of our week but we’re at the beginning of a new book. We’ll begin 2 Chronicles today and there’s not really anything to tell. We talked about the books of Chronicles when we began first Chronicles. We’ve reached second Chronicles, but that’s just a delineation. This was all one larger scroll that had been broken apart for ease of finding references. And generally, we come to the end of David’s reign and move into Solomon’s reign. And that’s where we find ourselves. And that’s sort of the delineation here in the books of Chronicles. So, we begin. 2 Chronicles chapter 1 verse 1 through 3:17 today. And we’re reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week.

Commentary:

Okay. So, over the last several days in Romans we’ve gone back to Abraham and realized that it was his faith in God and not his obedience to a law that was the activator for God’s promise to him. We’ve learned that the law’s purpose was to reveal our helplessness and inability to achieve perfection before God. In other words, in our own strength, we will never be able to stand before God and claim that we deserve to be there because we have achieved perfection. We also learned that even while we were enemies, alienated, estranged from God, He loved us so much that He came to rescue us and that he actually wants a relationship with us. And I chuckle because it’s like, if someone is willing to die for you, than they love you, and they won’t to have a relationship with you. So, within that context Paul discussed sin in our reading from Romans today. He asked the question, should we keep on sinning so that God could be more gracious to us. Of course, Paul denounced the idea. He said, we know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin can lose its power over us so that we’re no longer the slaves of sin. So, let’s think about this. The idea that sin will always be an ongoing part of our lives is really not supposed to be our reality, but this is not something we can achieve our own. Like, brute force isn’t gonna get us to not sin, right? Even though we believe in Jesus, we cannot on our own lead a sinless life that leads us to perfection without Gods help any more than the Jewish people could achieve righteousness before God by obeying the law, which is Paul’s point. But his point is also that we’re no longer on our own. When we put our faith in Jesus, we underwent a spiritual transformation. Right? So, the person that we were without God, that person ended and we were re-created or reborn into a new life, completely, one intertwined with the divine nature of God through Jesus. Sin isn’t the default posture anymore, which is why the good news of the gospel is good news. This is all going to boil down to who and what we choose to obey. That’s what Paul said, and I’m quoting him here, “don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of that one you obey, either of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness.” So, when we look at this clearly, some things become obvious. We don’t have to live with one foot in darkness and the other in God’s kingdom. In fact, what that would be is the most uncomfortable way to live, probably at all. That’s what the gospel offers, like a halfway in. We were invited to live as new creatures who are no longer enslaved the darkness in any way. That’s the offer and it’s impossible to move in that direction without cutting ties with anything that would chain us to any other outcome than this collaborative life of faith with God. So, let’s give that some thought today.

Prayer:

Holy Spirit, we invite you into the places where we continue to choose to be enslaved to sin. This isn’t supposed to be and doesn’t have to be our reality, but we realize that every time we cross those thresholds into sin we are making choices to do it, and at times feel powerless to do anything about it because we have no power to do anything about it. What we fail to do often is to submit ourselves, which is also a difficult thing at times. What we fail to do is run to you for protection. And, so, Holy Spirit show us the ways that were exposing ourselves to the darkness and allowing it to seep into our lives and allowing it to wreak havoc with us. Come Holy Spirit we pray. In Jesus’ name we ask. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com is the website, its home base, it’s where you find out what’s going on around here. So, be sure to check in.

Pray for brothers and sisters at the Prayer Wall. Check out how to connect on social media. Find the resources in the Daily Audio Bible shop.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, you can do that dailyaudiobible.com as well. There is a link on the homepage and I thank you for your partnership as we move our way through the summer time. If you’re using the Daily Audio Bible app you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner or, if you prefer, the mailing address is PO Box 1996 Spring Hill Tennessee 37174.

And as always, if you have a prayer request or comment, 877-942-4253 is the number to dial.

And that’s it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I’ll be waiting for here tomorrow.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Good morning DAB good morning DABbers. This is Brady from __ Georgia. I’m calling to ask you all to pray for my mother and not just the one time but, you know, not to be selfish, but, you know, nonstop, without cease. Her name is Rose Marie O’Neill. And she suffers with a mental disorder. In her mind, she feels that she’s being attacked, that there are lasers in the sky that are being shot down at her and causes her great pain. I recently relocated her here to live with me in Georgia because she had a meltdown where she left out of her home and she was walking around the neighborhood in a nightgown when it was cold. The neighbors called the local authorities. They took her to the hospital and there she was admitted to the state hospital. And, so, we finally got her to a point where she was cognitive to say that she has a son and my contact information. I was able to get information and then relocate her to Georgia with me. But, you know, it’s all new. And, so, I’m asking you for me, I’m asking that you all would pray for her that she would be restored, her mental health, and then for me to give me strength because it’s all new for me. She’s afraid to even go to the restroom. Sometimes at night, you know, __ it’s like she lost control of her bladder, her bowels, so she wears diapers. And, so, like I said, it’s just __. And then on top of that if you could pray for my daughter Hilary, that she can find employment and that God would really just touch her and give her the ability to…

Hallelujah. Hey it’s Matthew Fouts. It’s July 17th, 2018. It’s nine years for me since I gave my life to Christ. I was listening to the Daily Audio Bible walking around the yard in such a few months before that day. And there was a man, his name was David S. I worked with him. He was a fork truck driver. And he came in he knocked on my office cube. He said hey, come to this meeting were going to build this place full of Christian men. And I was going to church a little bit at the time. I was listening to the Daily Audio Bible. So, I figured, hey, I’m a Christian man. So, I went to that meeting and I heard a gospel. I heard about Jesus, born of a virgin and lived to sinless, perfect life. He died on the cross and He’s raised from the dead man. And it made sense to me. And I gave my life to Christ and I honestly didn’t think He could do anything. But He changed everything. He’s healed by relationship. He delivered me from a pornography addiction. He delivered me from depression, anxiety. Jesus is Lord man. And if He did it for me He’ll do it for anybody out there. So, my prayer today is for the person that hasn’t yet heard the gospel, hasn’t yet read the Daily Audio Bible. I pray that those doors be open, that they hear it, that they receive Jesus, are healed, delivered, set free, saved in Jesus’ name. That’s my prayer and I know you’ll all agree with me because that’s the will of God. It’s His will and that none should perish but that all should come to him. All should come to repentance He says. So that’s a change of mind, change of heart. That’s what he does. He loves us and I love you because he first loved me man. God is real. It’s nine years and He’s never let me down. You know what? He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. God bless you. I love you.

This is Michael from North Georgia. I don’t usually call in that much. I’ve only called in maybe two or three times and requested prayer. The particular reason being I love to listen to other people’s requests because it gives me something to pray for and I’m not really the type of person to ask for much. But the few times that I’ve called in I’ve requested prayer for my wife because she was sick and she’s getting better but she’s not 100%. So, please continue to pray for my wife, Sandy, she has a lung disease called vasculitis. She will probably, unless the Lord decides to heal her anytime soon, will have that for the rest of her life. She also has a heart condition, something, cardio myopathy, or something to do the heart, heart races. And one sides enlarged. And she’s a diabetic and she has thyroid trouble as well. So she’s, it’s a real hard struggle for her day-to-day. My daughter Abby, that I requested prayer for. She’s 15. Her blood sugar level has stabilized for the most part. She’s doing a lot better and she got to come home. And my little brother Wesley, he passed away Thursday night, Friday morning of this week. On Friday the 13th he died.  They found him dead in his house. He was really sick and he didn’t get better. God brought him on home. So, today I am going to bury my little brother. Please pray for me that I will be able to find the joy of the Lord again in this. I know that God’s got him and I know He’s holding him close. But where else do we hear. And I need the prayer from every one to keep me. Thank you for every one of you in the name of Jesus.

Good afternoon Daily Audio Bible family. This is Chandra calling from Maryland. I want to get everything out. I had to pray before I called because I get really nervous. First, I have to say thank you Brian, Jill, and everybody who does the behind the scenes work that makes everything possible. Thank you guys so much. Well, I want to say, first to Keisha, I was listening to the broadcast from the 14th of July and I was hearing Keisha’s request and how she mentioned about how what we may pray for, it will come through, but it may not come through in the way that we pray for it. I’m just saying verbatim, how everyone may interpret things. I do understand, I do want to share a short testimony. I have shared with you guys how I’ve been dealing with multiple sclerosis and I’ve been dealing with being confined to a wheelchair, which is a whole other story. I pray vigilantly that the Lord help me get back in the pool and once I get back in the water that will help me to become more able to and stronger to get out of the wheelchair and do other things. Well, the Lord’s answering my prayer but not in an expected way. He actually is having me in this water aerobics class where I would have to use muscles that I haven’t used in a long time. And just by the fact that I’m going there and I’m able to get out of the wheelchair and get into the pool and exercise even though my legs are weak, it’s being a testimony to people who see my progress or see what I’m going through. And I just want to share that with any…

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07/20/2018 DAB Transcript

2 Chronicles 1:1-3:17, Romans 6:1-23 , Psalms 16:1-11, Proverbs 19:20-21

Today is the 20th day of July. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and, of course, it’s a pleasure and an honor to be here with you today as we continue forward in our week. Of course, we’re getting to the end of our week but we’re at the beginning of a new book. We’ll begin 2 Chronicles today and there’s not really anything to tell. We talked about the books of Chronicles when we began first Chronicles. We’ve reached second Chronicles, but that’s just a delineation. This was all one larger scroll that had been broken apart for ease of finding references. And generally, we come to the end of David’s reign and move into Solomon’s reign. And that’s where we find ourselves. And that’s sort of the delineation here in the books of Chronicles. So, we begin. 2 Chronicles chapter 1 verse 1 through 3:17 today. And we’re reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week.

Commentary:

Okay. So, over the last several days in Romans we’ve gone back to Abraham and realized that it was his faith in God and not his obedience to a law that was the activator for God’s promise to him. We’ve learned that the law’s purpose was to reveal our helplessness and inability to achieve perfection before God. In other words, in our own strength, we will never be able to stand before God and claim that we deserve to be there because we have achieved perfection. We also learned that even while we were enemies, alienated, estranged from God, He loved us so much that He came to rescue us and that he actually wants a relationship with us. And I chuckle because it’s like, if someone is willing to die for you, than they love you, and they won’t to have a relationship with you. So, within that context Paul discussed sin in our reading from Romans today. He asked the question, should we keep on sinning so that God could be more gracious to us. Of course, Paul denounced the idea. He said, we know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin can lose its power over us so that we’re no longer the slaves of sin. So, let’s think about this. The idea that sin will always be an ongoing part of our lives is really not supposed to be our reality, but this is not something we can achieve our own. Like, brute force isn’t gonna get us to not sin, right? Even though we believe in Jesus, we cannot on our own lead a sinless life that leads us to perfection without Gods help any more than the Jewish people could achieve righteousness before God by obeying the law, which is Paul’s point. But his point is also that we’re no longer on our own. When we put our faith in Jesus, we underwent a spiritual transformation. Right? So, the person that we were without God, that person ended and we were re-created or reborn into a new life, completely, one intertwined with the divine nature of God through Jesus. Sin isn’t the default posture anymore, which is why the good news of the gospel is good news. This is all going to boil down to who and what we choose to obey. That’s what Paul said, and I’m quoting him here, “don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of that one you obey, either of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness.” So, when we look at this clearly, some things become obvious. We don’t have to live with one foot in darkness and the other in God’s kingdom. In fact, what that would be is the most uncomfortable way to live, probably at all. That’s what the gospel offers, like a halfway in. We were invited to live as new creatures who are no longer enslaved the darkness in any way. That’s the offer and it’s impossible to move in that direction without cutting ties with anything that would chain us to any other outcome than this collaborative life of faith with God. So, let’s give that some thought today.

Prayer:

Holy Spirit, we invite you into the places where we continue to choose to be enslaved to sin. This isn’t supposed to be and doesn’t have to be our reality, but we realize that every time we cross those thresholds into sin we are making choices to do it, and at times feel powerless to do anything about it because we have no power to do anything about it. What we fail to do often is to submit ourselves, which is also a difficult thing at times. What we fail to do is run to you for protection. And, so, Holy Spirit show us the ways that were exposing ourselves to the darkness and allowing it to seep into our lives and allowing it to wreak havoc with us. Come Holy Spirit we pray. In Jesus’ name we ask. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com is the website, its home base, it’s where you find out what’s going on around here. So, be sure to check in.

Pray for brothers and sisters at the Prayer Wall. Check out how to connect on social media. Find the resources in the Daily Audio Bible shop.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, you can do that dailyaudiobible.com as well. There is a link on the homepage and I thank you for your partnership as we move our way through the summer time. If you’re using the Daily Audio Bible app you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner or, if you prefer, the mailing address is PO Box 1996 Spring Hill Tennessee 37174.

And as always, if you have a prayer request or comment, 877-942-4253 is the number to dial.

And that’s it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I’ll be waiting for here tomorrow.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Good morning DAB good morning DABbers. This is Brady from __ Georgia. I’m calling to ask you all to pray for my mother and not just the one time but, you know, not to be selfish, but, you know, nonstop, without cease. Her name is Rose Marie O’Neill. And she suffers with a mental disorder. In her mind, she feels that she’s being attacked, that there are lasers in the sky that are being shot down at her and causes her great pain. I recently relocated her here to live with me in Georgia because she had a meltdown where she left out of her home and she was walking around the neighborhood in a nightgown when it was cold. The neighbors called the local authorities. They took her to the hospital and there she was admitted to the state hospital. And, so, we finally got her to a point where she was cognitive to say that she has a son and my contact information. I was able to get information and then relocate her to Georgia with me. But, you know, it’s all new. And, so, I’m asking you for me, I’m asking that you all would pray for her that she would be restored, her mental health, and then for me to give me strength because it’s all new for me. She’s afraid to even go to the restroom. Sometimes at night, you know, __ it’s like she lost control of her bladder, her bowels, so she wears diapers. And, so, like I said, it’s just __. And then on top of that if you could pray for my daughter Hilary, that she can find employment and that God would really just touch her and give her the ability to…

Hallelujah. Hey it’s Matthew Fouts. It’s July 17th, 2018. It’s nine years for me since I gave my life to Christ. I was listening to the Daily Audio Bible walking around the yard in such a few months before that day. And there was a man, his name was David S. I worked with him. He was a fork truck driver. And he came in he knocked on my office cube. He said hey, come to this meeting were going to build this place full of Christian men. And I was going to church a little bit at the time. I was listening to the Daily Audio Bible. So, I figured, hey, I’m a Christian man. So, I went to that meeting and I heard a gospel. I heard about Jesus, born of a virgin and lived to sinless, perfect life. He died on the cross and He’s raised from the dead man. And it made sense to me. And I gave my life to Christ and I honestly didn’t think He could do anything. But He changed everything. He’s healed by relationship. He delivered me from a pornography addiction. He delivered me from depression, anxiety. Jesus is Lord man. And if He did it for me He’ll do it for anybody out there. So, my prayer today is for the person that hasn’t yet heard the gospel, hasn’t yet read the Daily Audio Bible. I pray that those doors be open, that they hear it, that they receive Jesus, are healed, delivered, set free, saved in Jesus’ name. That’s my prayer and I know you’ll all agree with me because that’s the will of God. It’s His will and that none should perish but that all should come to him. All should come to repentance He says. So that’s a change of mind, change of heart. That’s what he does. He loves us and I love you because he first loved me man. God is real. It’s nine years and He’s never let me down. You know what? He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. God bless you. I love you.

This is Michael from North Georgia. I don’t usually call in that much. I’ve only called in maybe two or three times and requested prayer. The particular reason being I love to listen to other people’s requests because it gives me something to pray for and I’m not really the type of person to ask for much. But the few times that I’ve called in I’ve requested prayer for my wife because she was sick and she’s getting better but she’s not 100%. So, please continue to pray for my wife, Sandy, she has a lung disease called vasculitis. She will probably, unless the Lord decides to heal her anytime soon, will have that for the rest of her life. She also has a heart condition, something, cardio myopathy, or something to do the heart, heart races. And one sides enlarged. And she’s a diabetic and she has thyroid trouble as well. So she’s, it’s a real hard struggle for her day-to-day. My daughter Abby, that I requested prayer for. She’s 15. Her blood sugar level has stabilized for the most part. She’s doing a lot better and she got to come home. And my little brother Wesley, he passed away Thursday night, Friday morning of this week. On Friday the 13th he died.  They found him dead in his house. He was really sick and he didn’t get better. God brought him on home. So, today I am going to bury my little brother. Please pray for me that I will be able to find the joy of the Lord again in this. I know that God’s got him and I know He’s holding him close. But where else do we hear. And I need the prayer from every one to keep me. Thank you for every one of you in the name of Jesus.

Good afternoon Daily Audio Bible family. This is Chandra calling from Maryland. I want to get everything out. I had to pray before I called because I get really nervous. First, I have to say thank you Brian, Jill, and everybody who does the behind the scenes work that makes everything possible. Thank you guys so much. Well, I want to say, first to Keisha, I was listening to the broadcast from the 14th of July and I was hearing Keisha’s request and how she mentioned about how what we may pray for, it will come through, but it may not come through in the way that we pray for it. I’m just saying verbatim, how everyone may interpret things. I do understand, I do want to share a short testimony. I have shared with you guys how I’ve been dealing with multiple sclerosis and I’ve been dealing with being confined to a wheelchair, which is a whole other story. I pray vigilantly that the Lord help me get back in the pool and once I get back in the water that will help me to become more able to and stronger to get out of the wheelchair and do other things. Well, the Lord’s answering my prayer but not in an expected way. He actually is having me in this water aerobics class where I would have to use muscles that I haven’t used in a long time. And just by the fact that I’m going there and I’m able to get out of the wheelchair and get into the pool and exercise even though my legs are weak, it’s being a testimony to people who see my progress or see what I’m going through. And I just want to share that with any…

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday July 20, 2018 (NIV)

2 Chronicles 1-3

Solomon’s Request for Wisdom

1 Solomon son of David strengthened his hold on his kingdom.(A) The Lord his God was with him and highly exalted him.(B) 2 Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel—the family heads.(C) 3 Solomon and the whole assembly with him went to the high place that was in Gibeon(D) because God’s tent of meeting, which the Lord’s servant Moses had made(E) in the wilderness, was there. 4 Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place[a] he had set up for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem,(F) 5 but he put[b] the bronze altar, which Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, had made,(G) in front of the Lord’s tabernacle. Solomon and the assembly inquired of him[c] there. 6 Solomon offered sacrifices there in the Lord’s presence on the bronze altar at the tent of meeting; he offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.(H)

7 That night(I) God appeared to Solomon and said to him: “Ask. What should I give you?”

8 And Solomon said to God: “You have shown great and faithful love to my father David, and you have made me king in his place.(J) 9 Lord God, let your promise to my father David now come true.(K) For you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.(L) 10 Now grant me wisdom and knowledge so that I may lead these people,(M) for who can judge this great people of yours?”

11 God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart, and you have not requested riches, wealth, or glory, or for the life of those who hate you, and you have not even requested long life, but you have requested for yourself wisdom and knowledge that you may judge my people over whom I have made you king, 12 wisdom and knowledge are given to you. I will also give you riches, wealth, and glory, unlike what was given to the kings who were before you, or will be given to those after you.”(N) 13 So Solomon went to Jerusalem from[d] the high place that was in Gibeon in front of the tent of meeting, and he reigned over Israel.

Solomon’s Horses and Wealth

14 Solomon(O) accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen,(P) which he stationed in the chariot cities(Q) and with the king in Jerusalem. 15 The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills. 16 Solomon’s horses came from Egypt and Kue.[e] The king’s traders would get them from Kue at the going price. 17 A chariot could be imported from Egypt for fifteen pounds[f] of silver and a horse for nearly four pounds.[g] In the same way, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram through their agents.

Solomon’s Letter to Hiram

2 Solomon decided to build a temple for the name of the Lord and a royal palace for himself,(R) 2 so he assigned 70,000 men as porters, 80,000 men as stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 as supervisors over them.(S)

3 Then Solomon sent word to King Hiram[h](T) of Tyre:(U)

Do for me what you did for my father David. You sent him cedars to build him a house to live in.(V) 4 Now I am building a temple for the name of the Lord my God in order to dedicate it to him for burning fragrant incense before him,(W) for displaying the rows of the Bread of the Presence continuously,(X) and for sacrificing burnt offerings for the morning and the evening,(Y) the Sabbaths(Z) and the New Moons, and the appointed festivals of the Lord our God. This is ordained for Israel permanently. 5 The temple that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than any of the gods.(AA) 6 But who is able to build a temple for him, since even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain him?(AB) Who am I then that I should build a temple for him except as a place to burn incense before him? 7 Therefore, send me an artisan who is skilled in engraving to work with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with the artisans who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem,(AC) appointed by my father David.(AD) 8 Also, send me cedar, cypress, and algum[i](AE) logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut the trees of Lebanon. Note that my servants will be with your servants(AF) 9 to prepare logs for me in abundance because the temple I am building will be great and wondrous. 10 I will give your servants, the woodcutters who cut the trees, one hundred thousand bushels[j] of wheat flour, one hundred thousand bushels of barley, one hundred ten thousand gallons[k] of wine, and one hundred ten thousand gallons of oil.

Hiram’s Reply

11 Then King Hiram of Tyre wrote a letter[l] and sent it to Solomon:

Because the Lord loves his people, he set you over them as king.(AG)

12 Hiram also said:

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth!(AH) He gave King David a wise son with insight and understanding,(AI) who will build a temple for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.(AJ) 13 I have now sent Huram-abi,[m] a skillful man who has understanding.(AK) 14 He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan. His father is a man of Tyre. He knows how to work with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, with purple, blue, crimson yarn, and fine linen. He knows how to do all kinds of engraving and to execute any design that may be given him. I have sent him to be with your artisans and the artisans of my lord, your father David. 15 Now, let my lord send the wheat, barley, oil, and wine to his servants as promised.(AL) 16 We will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and bring them to you as rafts by sea to Joppa. You can then take them up to Jerusalem.(AM)

Solomon’s Workforce

17 Solomon took a census of all the resident alien men in the land of Israel, after the census that his father David had conducted,(AN) and the total was 153,600. 18 Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors to make the people work.(AO)

Building the Temple

3 Then Solomon began(AP) to build the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah(AQ) where the Lord[n] had appeared to his father David, at the site David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan[o] the Jebusite. 2 He began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign. 3 These are Solomon’s foundations[p] for building God’s temple: the length[q] was ninety feet,[r] and the width thirty feet.[s] 4 The portico, which was across the front extending across the width of the temple, was thirty feet wide; its height was thirty feet;[t] he overlaid its inner surface with pure gold. 5 The larger room[u] he paneled with cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold, and decorated with palm trees and chains. 6 He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was the gold of Parvaim. 7 He overlaid the temple—the beams, the thresholds, its walls and doors—with gold,(AR) and he carved cherubim on the walls.(AS)

The Most Holy Place

8 Then he made the most holy place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple, 30 feet, and its width was 30 feet.(AT) He overlaid it with forty-five thousand pounds[v] of fine gold. 9 The weight of the nails was twenty ounces[w] of gold, and he overlaid the ceiling with gold.

10 He made(AU) two cherubim of sculptured work, for the most holy place, and he overlaid them with gold. 11 The overall length of the wings of the cherubim was 30 feet: the wing of one was 7½ feet,[x] touching the wall of the room; its other wing was 7½ feet, touching the wing of the other cherub. 12 The wing of the other[y] cherub was 7½ feet, touching the wall of the room; its other wing was 7½ feet, reaching the wing of the other cherub. 13 The wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced the larger room.[z]

14 He made the curtain of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, and he wove cherubim into it.(AV)

The Bronze Pillars

15 In front of the temple(AW) he made two pillars, each 27 feet[aa] high. The capital on top of each was 7½ feet high. 16 He had made chainwork in the inner sanctuary and also put it on top of the pillars.(AX) He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork. 17 Then he set up the pillars in front of the sanctuary, one on the right and one on the left. He named the one on the right Jachin[ab] and the one on the left Boaz.[ac]

Footnotes:

  1. 1:4 Vg; MT omits the place
  2. 1:5 Some Hb mss, Tg, Syr; other Hb mss, LXX, Vg read but there was
  3. 1:5 Or it
  4. 1:13 LXX, Vg; MT reads to
  5. 1:16 = Cilicia
  6. 1:17 Lit 600 shekels
  7. 1:17 Lit 150 shekels
  8. 2:3 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read Huram; 2Sm 5:11; 1Kg 5:1-2
  9. 2:8 = almug in 1Kg 10:11-12
  10. 2:10 Lit 20,000 cors
  11. 2:10 Lit 20,000 baths
  12. 2:11 Lit Tyre said in writing
  13. 2:13 Lit Huram my father
  14. 3:1 LXX; Tg reads the angel of the Lord; MT reads he
  15. 3:1 = Araunah in 2Sm 24:16-24
  16. 3:3 Tg reads The measurements which Solomon decreed
  17. 3:3 Lit length—cubits in the former measure—
  18. 3:3 Lit 60 cubits
  19. 3:3 Lit 20 cubits, also in vv. 4,8,11,13
  20. 3:4 LXX, Syr; MT reads 120 cubits
  21. 3:5 Lit The house
  22. 3:8 Lit 600 talents
  23. 3:9 Lit 50 shekels
  24. 3:11 Lit five cubits, also in vv. 12,15
  25. 3:12 Syr, Vg; MT reads the one
  26. 3:13 Lit the house
  27. 3:15 Syr reads 18 cubits (27 feet); Hb reads 35 cubits (52½ feet)
  28. 3:17 = He Will Establish
  29. 3:17 = Strength Is in Him

Cross references:

  1. 1:1 : 1Kg 2:12,46
  2. 1:1 : 1Ch 29:25
  3. 1:2 : 1Ch 28:1
  4. 1:3 : 1Kg 3:4
  5. 1:3 : Ex 36:8-38
  6. 1:4 : 1Ch 13:1-14; 15:25–16:1
  7. 1:5 : Ex 31:2-11; 38:1-7
  8. 1:6 : 1Kg 3:4
  9. 1:7-13 : 1Kg 3:5-15
  10. 1:8 : 1Ch 28:5
  11. 1:9 : 2Sm 7:12-16
  12. 1:9 : Gn 13:16; 22:17
  13. 1:10 : 1Sm 18:16; 2Sm 5:2
  14. 1:12 : 1Ch 29:25; 2Ch 9:22
  15. 1:14-17 : 1Kg 10:26-29; 2Ch 9:25-28
  16. 1:14 : 1Kg 4:26
  17. 1:14 : 1Kg 9:19
  18. 2:1 : 1Kg 5:5; 2Ch 2:12
  19. 2:2 : 1Kg 5:15-16; 9:23; 2Ch 2:18; 8:10
  20. 2:3 : 2Sm 5:11; 1Kg 5:1-2
  21. 2:3-10 : 1Kg 5:2-6,10-11
  22. 2:3 : 1Ch 14:1
  23. 2:4 : Ex 30:7
  24. 2:4 : Ex 25:30
  25. 2:4 : Ex 29:38-42
  26. 2:4 : Nm 28:9-10
  27. 2:5 : Ex 15:11; 1Ch 16:25
  28. 2:6 : 1Kg 8:27; 2Ch 6:18
  29. 2:7 : Ex 31:3-5; 2Ch 2:13-14
  30. 2:7 : 1Ch 22:14-16; 28:21
  31. 2:8 : 1Kg 10:11-12
  32. 2:8-9 : 2Ch 9:10-11
  33. 2:11 : 1Kg 10:9; 2Ch 9:8
  34. 2:12 : Ps 33:6; 102:25
  35. 2:12 : 1Kg 5:7
  36. 2:12 : 2Ch 2:1
  37. 2:13-14 : 1Kg 7:14
  38. 2:15 : 2Ch 2:10
  39. 2:16 : 1Kg 5:8-9
  40. 2:17 : 2Sm 24:1-9; 1Ch 21:1-5
  41. 2:18 : 1Kg 5:15-16; 2Ch 2:2
  42. 3:1-4 : 1Kg 6:1-3
  43. 3:1 : Gn 22:2
  44. 3:7 : 1Kg 6:20-22
  45. 3:7 : 1Kg 6:29-35
  46. 3:8 : 1Kg 6:16
  47. 3:10-13 : 1Kg 6:23-28
  48. 3:14 : Ex 26:31
  49. 3:15-17 : 1Kg 7:15-22; 2Kg 25:17; Jr 52:21-23
  50. 3:16 : 1Kg 6:21; 7:17
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Romans 6

The New Life in Christ

6 What should we say then?(A) Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply?(B) 2 Absolutely not!(C) How can we who died to sin(D) still live in it? 3 Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized(E) into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?(F) 4 Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death,(G) in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead(H) by the glory of the Father,(I) so we too may walk in newness[a] of life.(J) 5 For if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death,(K) we will certainly also be[b] in the likeness of his resurrection. 6 For we know that our old self[c](L) was crucified with him(M) so that the body ruled by sin[d] might be rendered powerless(N) so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin, 7 since a person who has died(O) is freed[e] from sin. 8 Now if we died with Christ,(P) we believe that we will also live with him, 9 because we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead,(Q) will not die again. Death no longer rules over him.(R) 10 For the death he died, he died to sin once for all time; but the life he lives, he lives to God. 11 So, you too consider yourselves dead to sin(S) and alive to God in Christ Jesus.[f]

12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey[g] its desires. 13 And do not offer any parts[h] of it to sin(T) as weapons for unrighteousness. But as those who are alive from the dead, offer yourselves to God,(U) and all the parts of yourselves to God as weapons for righteousness. 14 For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under the law(V) but under grace.(W)

From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God

15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under the law but under grace?(X) Absolutely not!(Y) 16 Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone[i] as obedient slaves,(Z) you are slaves of that one you obey(AA)—either of sin leading to death(AB) or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin,(AC) you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching to which you were handed[j] over,(AD) 18 and having been set free from sin,(AE) you became enslaved to righteousness. 19 I am using a human analogy(AF) because of the weakness of your flesh.[k] For just as you offered the parts of yourselves as slaves to impurity, and to greater and greater lawlessness, so now offer them as slaves to righteousness, which results in sanctification. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.[l](AG) 21 So what fruit was produced[m] then from the things you are now ashamed of?(AH) The outcome of those things is death.(AI) 22 But now, since you have been set free from sin and have become enslaved to God,(AJ) you have your fruit, which results in sanctification(AK)—and the outcome is eternal life!(AL) 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.(AM)

Footnotes:

  1. 6:4 Or a new way
  2. 6:5 Be joined with him
  3. 6:6 Lit man
  4. 6:6 Lit that the body of sin
  5. 6:7 Or justified; lit acquitted
  6. 6:11 Other mss add our Lord
  7. 6:12 Other mss add sin (lit it) in
  8. 6:13 Or members, also in v. 19
  9. 6:16 Lit that to whom you offer yourselves
  10. 6:17 Or entrusted
  11. 6:19 Or your human nature
  12. 6:20 Lit free to righteousness
  13. 6:21 Lit what fruit do you have

Cross references:

  1. 6:1 : Rm 3:5
  2. 6:1 : Rm 3:8; 6:15
  3. 6:2 : Lk 20:16
  4. 6:2 : Rm 7:4,6; Gl 2:19; Col 2:20; 3:3; 1Pt 2:24
  5. 6:3 : Mt 28:19; 1Co 1:13-17; 12:13; Gl 3:27
  6. 6:3 : Ac 2:38; 8:16; 19:5
  7. 6:4 : Col 2:12
  8. 6:4 : Ac 2:24
  9. 6:4 : Jn 11:40; 2Co 13:4
  10. 6:4 : Rm 7:6; 2Co 5:17; Gl 6:15; Eph 4:23-24; Col 3:10
  11. 6:5 : 2Co 4:10; Php 3:10; Col 2:12; 3:1
  12. 6:6 : Eph 4:22; Col 3:9
  13. 6:6 : Gl 2:20; 5:24; 6:14
  14. 6:6 : Rm 7:24
  15. 6:7 : 1Pt 4:1
  16. 6:8 : 2Co 4:10; 2Tm 2:11
  17. 6:9 : Ac 2:24
  18. 6:9 : Rv 1:18
  19. 6:11 : Rm 7:4,6; Gl 2:19; Col 2:20; 3:3; 1Pt 2:24
  20. 6:13 : Rm 7:5; Col 3:5
  21. 6:13 : Rm 12:1; 2Co 5:14; 1Pt 2:24
  22. 6:14 : Rm 5:18; 7:4,6; Gl 4:21
  23. 6:14 : Rm 5:17,21
  24. 6:15 : Rm 6:1
  25. 6:15 : Lk 20:16
  26. 6:16 : Rm 11:2; 1Co 3:16; 5:6; 6:2-3,9,15-16,19; 9:13,24
  27. 6:16 : Jn 8:34; 2Pt 2:19
  28. 6:16 : Rm 6:23
  29. 6:17 : Rm 1:8; 2Co 2:14
  30. 6:17 : 2Tm 1:3
  31. 6:18 : Jn 8:32; Rm 8:2
  32. 6:19 : Rm 3:5
  33. 6:20 : Mt 6:24
  34. 6:21 : Jr 12:13; Ezk 16:63; Rm 7:5
  35. 6:21 : Rm 1:32; 5:12; 8:6,13; Gl 6:8
  36. 6:22 : 1Co 7:22; 1Pt 2:16
  37. 6:22 : Rm 7:4
  38. 6:22 : 1Pt 1:9
  39. 6:23 : Mt 25:46; Rm 5:21; 8:39
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Psalm 16

Psalm 16

Confidence in the Lord

A Miktam of David.(A)

1 Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.(B)
2 I[a] said to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have nothing good besides you.”[b](C)
3 As for the holy people who are in the land,(D)
they are the noble ones.
All my delight is in them.
4 The sorrows of those who take another god
for themselves will multiply;
I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
and I will not speak their names with my lips.(E)

5 Lord, you are my portion[c]
and my cup of blessing;
you hold my future.(F)
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me
in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.(G)

7 I will bless the Lord who counsels me(H)—
even at night when my thoughts trouble me.[d](I)
8 I always let the Lord guide me.[e]
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.(J)

9 Therefore my heart is glad
and my whole being rejoices;
my body also rests securely.(K)
10 For you will not abandon me to Sheol;(L)
you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.(M)
11 You reveal the path of life to me;
in your presence is abundant joy;(N)
at your right hand are eternal pleasures.(O)

Footnotes:

  1. 16:2 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Jer; other Hb mss read You
  2. 16:2 Or “Lord, my good; there is none besides you.”
  3. 16:5 Or allotted portion
  4. 16:7 Or at night my heart instructs me
  5. 16:8 Lit I place the Lord in front of me always

Cross references:

  1. 16:title : Pss 56–60 titles
  2. 16:1 : Ps 94:22
  3. 16:2 : Ps 73:25
  4. 16:3 : Dt 7:6; 14:2; 26:19
  5. 16:4 : Ex 23:13; Jos 23:7
  6. 16:5 : Nm 18:20; Ps 119:57; Lm 3:24
  7. 16:6 : Jr 3:19
  8. 16:7 : Ps 73:24
  9. 16:7 : Ps 77:6
  10. 16:8 : Ps 15:5; 112:6
  11. 16:9 : Ps 4:7-8; 13:5
  12. 16:10 : Ps 49:10; 86:13
  13. 16:10 : Jb 33:18,28; Ps 30:3; 103:4; Ac 13:35
  14. 16:11 : Ps 21:6
  15. 16:8-11 : Ac 2:25-28
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Proverbs 19:20-21

20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction
so that you may be wise later in life.[a](A)

21 Many plans are in a person’s heart,
but the Lord’s decree will prevail.(B)

Footnotes:

  1. 19:20 Lit in your end

Cross references:

  1. 19:20 : Pr 12:1; 15:5,31-32
  2. 19:21 : Ps 33:10-11; Pr 16:1,9,33; 21:31; Is 14:26-27
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07/19/2018 DAB Transcript

1 Chronicles 28:1-29:30, Romans 5:3-21 , Psalms 15:1-5, Proverbs 19:18-19

Today is the 19th day of July. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It’s great to be here with you from the steamy rolling hills of Tennessee but the lush green and alive, rolling hills of Tennessee is well. It’s a pleasure and an honor to take the next step forward as we move through the Scriptures together. And this week we’ve been reading from the Christian standard Bible, which is what we’ll continue to do. First Chronicles chapter 28 and 29 today.

Commentary:

Okay. So, as we continue to take this journey through the book of Romans, a letter of Paul, we began our reading with really an encapsulation of the life we are living all in one sentence. For while we were still helpless at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. And we can just…I mean…we can just stop there because it’s not just a description of our salvation, it’s also the context for our lives. And the implications of this rescue the Paul’s talking about our astounding. And that’s what Paul’s focused on today by telling us that God invited us into relationship with Him even while we were completely estranged. So, in Paul’s own words. If while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation. And then Paul explained that the law was a means to reveal how far away we actually had drifted from God and how deeply the separation really was. Without the law there was no way to gauge how bad things and gotten. Right? Because there’s no benchmark. But with the law we could finally see that we were helpless to achieve perfection on our own. So, the law’s purpose, according to Paul, was to show us our desperate need for God. And Jesus revealed God’s passionate desire to meet that need. So, as theologically driven as Romans is, when we press through to the underlying reality it should humble us. God didn’t need to do any of this. Like, you and I, right now sitting here around the global camp fire, reading the Bible, basking in the glory of the Lord, and of our salvation, God was not required to do any of this. And we’ve made and we continue to make choices that, if they run their logical course, will lead to our destruction. We cannot be our own God. As much as we try, it’s just not possible. The law was given so that we might understand our trajectory and be awakened and become aware of our plight. Seeing that we’re hopeless to rectify the situation, helpless to do anything about it, we can see how overwhelming God’s love really is. So profound, which is the whole point of our reading today. That even while we were alienated, while we were enemies of God, God still would not surrender us to the darkness, which leads us back to where we started. When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time so that, according to Paul, and I’m quoting him here, “just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Prayer:

Father, we enter into that. We take time to just consider how massive Your rescue is and how loving and kind, like, even as we were Your enemies, You still came for us. This changes everything. Its’ not only an invitation for our personal lives, it’s an invitation for humanity. So, come Holy Spirit. Plant these words deep in our lives, these fundamental truths of our faith. Make them alive. Awaken us. Make us aware of them. We ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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Hi. My name is Mandy. This is my first time calling. My friend Marie is in hospice. She’s dying from cancer in the next few days we think. And I just want to reach out for prayer for her, you know, to love her, especially her husband, Dennis. She’s the one who helped me learn about Jesus and become a believer and also my family and she’s my dearest friend and I just love her so much. I want her to have God’s peace and know she’ll be in the arms of Jesus soon. But, this is just a hard transition for everyone. And just asking for God’s peace in this situation. Thanks so much everyone. Bye.

Hello Daily Audio Bible. I would like to just give God all the praise for all the people who leave their prayer requests and let you know that I am praying as well. I got a chance to go on the long walk and it was really great. It also taught me that I need more help at just being quiet with the Lord. So, I’m working on that. I am stuck in a besetting sin and I cannot seem to get out of it. I’m a devout Christian but I am in over my head. So, my name is Tammy. Please pray for me. I suffer with addiction and I do ask for divine intervention as well as your prayers. I know that I can overcome this and walk away from it for good but I need help. Thanks.

Good morning DAB family this is Walking by Faith from New York City. I wanted to just thank you all for your continued prayer for my son and for my brother for his __ and your prayers for him. He lives in Orlando. I would like to leave you my email so maybe we can communicate. I’m not good at Facebook. So that’s why I won’t leave Facebook. My email is angelflyer819@gmail.com. I am planning to go to Orlando sometime in October. I wish I could actually go tomorrow. I’m just so lonely and so desperate. The latest thing is that she’s not wearing her wedding bands and going out every weekend with friends and whatnot. And she’s just despondent. And my son is also going through some anger issues, dealing with the situation with the ex-girlfriend. He feels like she’s getting away with everything. Honestly, sometimes so do I. I did hear from the internal affairs Bureau office and they’re not going to pursue this case. And the way the officer spoke to me, it was like he just cut me off. And I’m getting the suspicion that, you know, she knows people that…it’s just not good but you know, I stand on the Lord of God, that he vindicates that he fights our battles. I am praying for all of you…

I’m calling in today to encourage you, to encourage you to let you know that, regardless of the problem that you’re having, regardless of the issue that you’re dealing with, regardless of the struggle that is holding you, God is in control. Jesus is enough and the Holy Spirit will comfort you. Over the past 16 years I’ve struggled with anxiety, depression, suicidal attempts, being in and out of psychiatric facilities, on-and-off depression medication, married twice, divorced twice. Hearts been broken. I’ve broken hearts. Been arrested. Struggled with many different sins. I’ve been an alcoholic, addicted to drugs, a practicing homosexual. Regardless of all of that, when I finally, in my heart, decided to turn it over to Jesus Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit released control of my life to him, October this year will be one solid year where none of those things have had an influence in my life. I will not say that there hasn’t been a temptation. I will not say that I have not wanted to do those things but what I will say is when those temptations have come along, I’ve always turn to Christ. Had I always wanted to turn to Christ? No. But I knew that if I didn’t I would get the same result. So, I encourage you my brothers and sisters in Christ. I love you.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday July 19, 2018 (NIV)

1 Chronicles 28-29

David Commissions Solomon to Build the Temple

28 David assembled all the leaders of Israel in Jerusalem:(A) the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials, the fighting men,(B) and all the best soldiers. 2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the Lord’s covenant(C) and as a footstool(D) for our God. I had made preparations to build, 3 but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’(E)

4 “Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s family(F) to be king over Israel forever.(G) For he chose Judah as leader,(H) and from the house of Judah, my father’s family, and from my father’s sons,(I) he was pleased to make me king over all Israel. 5 And out of all my sons(J)—for the Lord has given me many sons—he has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the Lord’s kingdom over Israel.(K) 6 He said to me,(L) ‘Your son Solomon is the one who is to build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 7 I will establish his kingdom forever if he perseveres in keeping my commands and my ordinances as he is doing today.’(M)

8 “So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and follow all the commands of the Lord your God so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.

9 “As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind,(N) for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought.(O) If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever.(P) 10 Realize now that the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”(Q)

11 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans(R) for the portico(S) of the temple and its buildings, treasuries, upstairs rooms, inner rooms, and a room for the mercy seat.(T) 12 The plans contained everything he had in mind[a](U) for the courts of the Lord’s house, all the surrounding chambers, the treasuries(V) of God’s house, and the treasuries for what is dedicated. 13 Also included were plans for the divisions of the priests and the Levites; all the work of service in the Lord’s house; all the articles of service of the Lord’s house; 14 the weight of gold for all the articles for every kind of service; the weight of all the silver articles for every kind of service; 15 the weight of the gold lampstands(W) and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the service of each lampstand; 16 the weight of gold for each table for the rows of the Bread of the Presence and the silver for the silver tables; 17 the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling basins, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl; 18 the weight of refined gold for the altar of incense;(X) and the plans for the chariot of[b](Y) the gold cherubim that spread out their wings and cover the ark of the Lord’s covenant.(Z)

19 David concluded, “By the Lord’s hand on me, he enabled me to understand everything in writing, all the details of the plan.”[c]

20 Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous,(AA) and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He won’t leave you or abandon you(AB) until all the work for the service of the Lord’s house is finished. 21 Here are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of God’s house.(AC) Every willing person of any skill(AD) will be at your disposal for the work, and the leaders and all the people are at your every command.”

Contributions for Building the Temple

29 Then King David said to all the assembly, “My son Solomon—God has chosen him alone—is young and inexperienced. The task is great(AE) because the building will not be built for a human but for the Lord God.(AF) 2 So to the best of my ability I’ve made provision for the house of my God:(AG) gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx, stones for mounting,[d] antimony,[e](AH) stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and a great quantity of marble. 3 Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the house of my God over and above all that I’ve provided for the holy house: 4 100 tons[f](AI) of gold (gold of Ophir(AJ)) and 250 tons[g] of refined silver for overlaying the walls of the buildings, 5 the gold for the gold work and the silver for the silver, for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now who will volunteer to consecrate himself to the Lord today?”

6 Then the leaders of the households, the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds,(AK) and the officials in charge of the king’s work(AL) gave willingly. 7 For the service of God’s house they gave 185 tons[h] of gold and 10,000 gold coins,[i](AM) 375 tons[j] of silver, 675 tons[k] of bronze, and 4,000 tons[l] of iron. 8 Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the Lord’s house under the care of Jehiel(AN) the Gershonite. 9 Then the people rejoiced because of their leaders’ willingness to give, for they had given to the Lord wholeheartedly.(AO) King David also rejoiced greatly.

David’s Prayer

10 Then David blessed the Lord in the sight of all the assembly. David said,

May you be blessed, Lord God of our father Israel, from eternity to eternity. 11 Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to you. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom, and you are exalted as head over all.(AP) 12 Riches and honor come from you, and you are the ruler of everything.(AQ) Power and might are in your hand, and it is in your hand to make great and to give strength to all.(AR) 13 Now therefore, our God, we give you thanks and praise your glorious name.

14 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your own hand.[m] 15 For we are aliens and temporary residents in your presence as were all our ancestors.(AS) Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.(AT) 16 Lord our God, all this wealth that we’ve provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand; everything belongs to you. 17 I know, my God, that you test the heart(AU) and that you are pleased with what is right.(AV) I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present[n] here giving joyfully and[o] willingly to you. 18 Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, keep this desire forever in the thoughts of the hearts of your people, and confirm their hearts toward you. 19 Give my son Solomon an undivided heart to keep and to carry out all your commands, your decrees, and your statutes,(AW) and to build the building for which I have made provision.(AX)

20 Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the Lord your God.” So the whole assembly praised the Lord God of their ancestors.(AY) They knelt low and paid homage to the Lord and the king.(AZ)

21 The following day they offered sacrifices to the Lord and burnt offerings to the Lord: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.(BA) 22 They ate and drank with great joy in the Lord’s presence that day.

The Enthronement of Solomon

Then, for a second time,(BB) they made David’s son Solomon king; they anointed him[p] as the Lord’s ruler,(BC) and Zadok as the priest. 23 Solomon sat on the Lord’s throne as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.(BD) 24 All the leaders and the mighty men, and all of King David’s sons as well, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon. 25 The Lord highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel(BE) and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been bestowed on any king over Israel before him.(BF)

A Summary of David’s Life

26 David son of Jesse was king over all Israel.(BG) 27 The length of his reign over Israel was forty years; he reigned in Hebron for seven years and in Jerusalem for thirty-three.(BH) 28 He died at a good old age,(BI) full of days,(BJ) riches, and honor, and his son Solomon became king in his place. 29 As for the events of King David’s reign, from beginning to end, note that they are written in the Events of the Seer Samuel,(BK) the Events of the Prophet Nathan,(BL) and the Events of the Seer Gad,(BM) 30 along with all his reign, his might, and the incidents that affected him and Israel and all the kingdoms of the surrounding lands.

Footnotes:

  1. 28:12 Or he received from the Spirit
  2. 28:18 Or chariot, that is; Ps 18:10; Ezk 1:5,15
  3. 28:19 Hb obscure
  4. 29:2 Or mosaic
  5. 29:2 In Hb, the word antimony is similar to “turquoise”; Ex 28:18.
  6. 29:4 Lit 3,000 talents
  7. 29:4 Lit 7,000 talents
  8. 29:7 Lit 5,000 talents
  9. 29:7 Or drachmas, or darics
  10. 29:7 Lit 10,000 talents
  11. 29:7 Lit 18,000 talents
  12. 29:7 Lit 100,000 talents
  13. 29:14 Lit and from your hand we have given to you
  14. 29:17 Lit found
  15. 29:17 Or now with joy I’ve seen your people who are present here giving
  16. 29:22 LXX, Tg, Vg; MT omits him

Cross references:

  1. 28:1 : 1Ch 23:2; 27:1-31
  2. 28:1 : 1Ch 11:10-47
  3. 28:2 : 2Sm 7:1-3; 1Ch 17:1-2; 22:7
  4. 28:2 : Ps 132:7; Is 66:1
  5. 28:3 : 1Ch 22:8
  6. 28:4 : 1Sm 16:6-13
  7. 28:4 : 1Ch 17:23,27
  8. 28:4 : Gn 49:8-10; 1Ch 5:2
  9. 28:4 : 1Sm 16:1
  10. 28:5 : 1Ch 3:1-9; 14:3-7
  11. 28:5 : 1Ch 22:9
  12. 28:6-7 : 2Sm 7:13-14; 1Ch 22:10
  13. 28:7 : 1Ch 22:13
  14. 28:9 : 1Kg 8:61; 1Ch 29:17-19
  15. 28:9 : Gn 6:5; 1Sm 16:7; Ps 139
  16. 28:9 : 2Ch 15:2; Jr 29:13
  17. 28:10 : 1Ch 22:13
  18. 28:11 : Ex 25:9,40; 1Ch 28:19
  19. 28:11 : 1Kg 6:3
  20. 28:11 : Ex 25:17-22
  21. 28:12 : 1Ch 28:19
  22. 28:12 : 1Ch 26:20,22,24,26; Ezr 2:69
  23. 28:15 : Ex 25:31-39
  24. 28:18 : Ex 30:1-10
  25. 28:18 : Ps 18:10
  26. 28:18 : Ex 25:18-22; 1Kg 8:6-7; 2Ch 5:7-8
  27. 28:20 : Jos 1:6-7; 1Ch 22:13; 2Ch 32:7
  28. 28:20 : Dt 31:6; Jos 1:5,9; Heb 13:5
  29. 28:21 : 1Ch 28:13
  30. 28:21 : Ex 35:25-35; 36:1-2
  31. 29:1 : 1Ch 22:5
  32. 29:1 : 1Ch 29:19
  33. 29:2 : 1Ch 22:3-5
  34. 29:2 : Ex 28:18
  35. 29:4 : 1Ch 22:14
  36. 29:4 : 1Kg 9:28
  37. 29:6 : 1Ch 27:1; 28:1
  38. 29:6 : 1Ch 27:25-31
  39. 29:7 : Ezr 2:69; Neh 7:70
  40. 29:8 : 1Ch 23:8
  41. 29:9 : 1Kg 8:61; 1Ch 28:9; 2Co 9:7
  42. 29:11 : Mt 6:13; Rv 5:13
  43. 29:12 : 2Ch 1:12
  44. 29:12 : 2Ch 20:6
  45. 29:15 : Lv 25:23; Heb 11:13
  46. 29:15 : Jb 14:2,10-12
  47. 29:17 : 1Ch 28:9
  48. 29:17 : Ps 15:2
  49. 29:19 : Ps 72:1
  50. 29:19 : 1Ch 29:2
  51. 29:20 : Jos 22:33
  52. 29:20 : Ex 4:31
  53. 29:21 : 1Kg 8:62-63
  54. 29:22 : 1Ch 23:1
  55. 29:22 : 1Kg 1:33-39
  56. 29:23 : 1Kg 2:12
  57. 29:25 : 2Ch 1:1
  58. 29:25 : 1Kg 3:13; 2Ch 1:12
  59. 29:26 : 1Ch 18:14
  60. 29:27 : 2Sm 5:4-5; 1Kg 2:11
  61. 29:28 : Gn 15:15; Ac 13:36
  62. 29:28 : 1Ch 23:1
  63. 29:29 : 1Sm 9:9
  64. 29:29 : 2Sm 7:2-4; 12:1-7
  65. 29:29 : 1Sm 22:5
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Romans 5:6-21

Those Declared Righteous Are Reconciled

6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time,(A) Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. 8 But God proves(B) his own love for us(C) in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 How much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by his blood,(D) will we be saved through him from wrath.(E) 10 For if, while we were enemies,(F) we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.(G) 11 And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.(H)

Death through Adam and Life through Christ

12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man,(I) and death through sin,(J) in this way death spread to all people,(K) because all sinned.[a] 13 In fact, sin was in the world before the law, but sin is not charged to a person’s account when there is no law.(L) 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam’s transgression.(M) He is a type of the Coming One.(N)

15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man’s trespass the many died, how much more have the grace of God and the gift which comes through the grace of the one man(O) Jesus Christ overflowed to the many. 16 And the gift is not like the one man’s sin, because from one sin came the judgment,(P) resulting in condemnation, but from many trespasses came the gift, resulting in justification.[b] 17 Since by the one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life(Q) through the one man, Jesus Christ.

18 So then, as through one trespass there is condemnation for everyone, so also through one righteous act there is justification leading to life(R) for everyone. 19 For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners,(S) so also through the one man’s obedience(T) the many will be made righteous. 20 The law came along to multiply the trespass.(U) But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more(V) 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death,(W) so also grace will reign(X) through righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. 5:12 Or have sinned
  2. 5:16 Or acquittal

Cross references:

  1. 5:6 : Gl 4:4
  2. 5:8 : Rm 3:5
  3. 5:8 : Jn 3:16; 15:13; Rm 8:39
  4. 5:9 : Rm 3:25
  5. 5:9 : Rm 1:18; 1Th 1:10
  6. 5:10 : Rm 11:28; 2Co 5:18-20; Eph 2:3; Col 1:21
  7. 5:10 : Rm 8:34; Heb 7:25
  8. 5:11 : Rm 11:15; 2Co 5:18-20
  9. 5:12 : Gn 2:17; 3:6,19; 1Co 15:21
  10. 5:12 : Rm 6:23; 1Co 15:56; Jms 1:15
  11. 5:12 : Rm 5:19,21; 1Co 15:22
  12. 5:13 : Rm 4:15
  13. 5:14 : Hs 6:7
  14. 5:14 : 1Co 15:45
  15. 5:15 : Ac 15:11
  16. 5:16 : 1Co 11:32
  17. 5:17 : 2Tm 2:12; Rv 22:5
  18. 5:18 : Rm 4:25
  19. 5:19 : Rm 11:32
  20. 5:19 : Php 2:8
  21. 5:20 : Rm 3:20; 7:7; Gl 3:19
  22. 5:20 : Rm 6:1; 1Tm 1:14
  23. 5:21 : Rm 5:12,14
  24. 5:21 : Jn 1:17; Rm 6:23
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Psalm 15

Psalm 15

A Description of the Godly

A psalm of David.

1 Lord, who can dwell in your tent?(A)
Who can live on your holy mountain?(B)

2 The one who lives blamelessly, practices righteousness,
and acknowledges the truth in his heart(C)—
3 who does not slander with his tongue,(D)
who does not harm his friend
or discredit his neighbor,(E)
4 who despises the one rejected by the Lord[a]
but honors those who fear the Lord,(F)
who keeps his word whatever the cost,(G)
5 who does not lend his silver at interest(H)
or take a bribe against the innocent(I)—
the one who does these things will never be shaken.(J)

Footnotes:

  1. 15:4 Lit in his eyes the rejected is despised

Cross references:

  1. 15:1 : Ps 61:4
  2. 15:1 : Ps 43:3
  3. 15:1-2 : Ps 24:3-5; Is 33:14-16
  4. 15:3 : Pr 10:18
  5. 15:3 : Pr 3:29
  6. 15:4 : Gn 14:17-24; Ps 119:63
  7. 15:4 : Lv 5:4; Dt 23:21-23
  8. 15:5 : Lv 25:35-38; Dt 33:19
  9. 15:5 : Ex 23:18; Dt 16:19
  10. 15:5 : Ps 16:8; 112:6
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Proverbs 19:18-19

18 Discipline your son while there is hope;
don’t set your heart on being the cause of his death.[a](A)

19 A person with intense anger bears the penalty;
if you rescue him, you’ll have to do it again.(B)

Footnotes:

  1. 19:18 Lit don’t lift up your soul to his death

Cross references:

  1. 19:18 : Pr 13:24; 23:13-14; 29:17
  2. 19:19 : Pr 22:24-25; 29:22
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07/18/2018 DAB Transcript

1 Chronicles 26:12-27:34, Romans 4:14-5:2 , Ps 14:1-7, Proverbs 19:17

Today is the 18th day of July. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is wonderful to be here with you today, making our way through the center of the week. I guess we’re pretty much close to the center of the month and we are… What? Are we at the center of the summer? I’m not sure. But we’ll center ourselves in the Scriptures as we take the next step forward. We’re reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week. 1 Chronicles 26:12-27:34.

Commentary:

Okay. So in the book of Romans, Paul is indeed laying out through augment that faith preceded everything. Everything else about the Jewish people, everything that came afterward, faith is where it all started. And it was the faith of Abraham in particular that began this covenant that then became a child of promise who then had children and eventually we have the children of Israel. Everything that we’ve read through the Scriptures up to this point. This is one of Paul’s most pivotal distinctions. It goes back to the beginning of the story and realizes faith is where it all started. So faith is where everything begins. Faith is what grants us access to God, not ritual and law. When we have faith, it is credited to us as righteousness through Jesus our Lord. So Paul kind of encapsulates the posture of our everyday lives in this faith in just a her few verses at the beginning of chapter 5 of Romans when he says, Since we’ve been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have also obtained access through him by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. And not only that. We also rejoice in our afflictions because we know that affliction produces endurance, endurance produces proven character and proven character produces hope. This hope will not disappoint us because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. So there’s a lot here in this grid that Paul was laying out. Everything begins with faith. When we have faith in Jesus, we are declared righteous through that faith and we have peace with God through Jesus. But we don’t just have peace with God, we have access to God through this faith. Because God is gracious and extends grace and it is this grace in which we stand every single day, every single moment. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. And then Paul talks about that hope. He talks about how not only do we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God, but we rejoice when we struggle. We rejoice in our afflictions because we know that this isn’t purposeless. We know that this is doing something in us that is building and strengthening our faith. And if faith is where this whole thing begins, then we need as strong a faith as we can have. And so we know that affliction produces endurance, Paul says. Endurance produces proven character and proven character produces hope. And this hope will not disappoint us. And hope has been our word for the year. Hope is kind of the engine of faith. Hope lets us reach in anticipation for what we cannot see. But our faith is engaged and it can see. We all need hope on so many levels, but it’s not something that just happens. Like you don’t hope for something you have. You hope for something that you are hoping for. Which means that there is a distance between here and there, right? If you were hoping for something that you could just make happen instantly, than you just would. You wouldn’t really need hope. You wouldn’t really need faith. You would just do it. But the things that we hope in are the things that are not completed yet. And this isn’t just in terms of faith, this is in general. But it’s interesting what Paul is trying to tell us here. And that is there’s really no hope if there’s no resistance. If you didn’t have to stand firm or step out in faith you wouldn’t need hope. Hope is the thing that lets us reach out beyond the obstacles toward the goal. So let’s remember that. Let’s contemplate that today as we take inventory of our lives and the things that we are hoping in. And may our strongest hope be in Christ alone.

Prayer:

So Father, we thank You. We thank You for the book of Romans. We thank You for Paul’s ability to unpack this and for us thousands of years later to be contemplating the inner regions of our soul. And we invite Your Holy Spirit into those places. Give us hope, Lord. We put our faith in You and we acknowledge that often it’s in resistance that we grow strong. So Holy Spirit, come give us strength to navigate this day and navigate the rest of this week and the weeks ahead. I ask this expectantly, with hope, putting our faith in You and You alone. In Jesus name. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

I thank You dear Lord at the start of this day
for another opportunity to do things Your way
to be humble and serve You in ways that are just
faithfully filling my position of trust
still I do have problems both present and past
but with the help of Your spirit they too shall pass
Your word is my lamp and a guide for my feet
as I share the good news with all those I meet
with my mind stayed on You my problems are few
and there’s a peace that surrounds me in all that I do
for I love You dear God and though sometimes I stray
You still are my strength as I go through the day
please fill me with power and anoint me with grace
let the light from Your love shine bright on my face
and all those I meet let them see You in me
as my lips speak Your praises to all those I see
for the love of the Christ and His death on the cross
are the crux of my life all else is just ___
Lord be my strength come whatever may
for I need You every moment as I go through this day

blindtony1016@gmail.com. I’d like to give a shout out to Tito, Tito Ramirez, thanks for contacting me brother. Hope all is working itself out well. And I’d also like to give a shout out to Victoria Soldier. Good to hear your voice always. And, once again Brian, thank you for this wonderful podcast for God’s Holy Spirit to flow. Keep flow n’ y’all. All right. Bye-bye.

Hi DAB family. Cherry Chase, thank you so much for calling me out. Girl, I am still listening but I just haven’t called in because I feel like I have nothing to say. Seriously, nothing to say. But I was upstairs and thinking to myself, you know, that’s what the devil wants me to think. I am in a place just trying to put one foot before the other. Between watching the news and just what is going on in the world it is really depressing. Between people committing suicide, terrorist attacks, just the hate and all of the mean stuff is going on. I too am working in a company with people who all they see is race. It’s the first thing they see. I’m an African-American woman living in Germany. And let me tell you, it is no different. It’s just a different game over here. But nonetheless I find myself just not wanting to watch the news. I’m just trying to strive for finding something positive in the world whether it be through my husband or watching my son grow up but wondering what world is he living in? What is there?. And the only thing that gives me comfort is we walk by faith and not by sight. We walk by faith and not by sight. While I don’t feel it, I have to believe it because when I stop believing it there is nothing else. So, I just want to tell everyone that I am still here. I’m thinking of you all. I’m praying for you all. Brian and Jill and everyone behind the scenes at DAB, thank you for continuing this family. I covet your prayers. I think many of us are in the same state of, ahhh, I don’t know what else to say but we walk by faith and not by sight. I love you all. I’m thinking of you all. Hugging you all. Cheers, Asia in Munich.

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Good morning family. This is Cherry Chase. Hope all is well. I want to call this morning to let, just in case, besides Brian, someone didn’t tell you that they love you. I want to tell you guys I love you. I love you. I love you. You guys have a great wonderful day. I just wanted to put that across to someone. If someone did not or don’t tell you they love you. I want to tell you I love you. And you guys have a great and wonderful and marvelous day.

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07/17/2018 DAB Transcript

1 Chronicles 24:1-26:11, Romans 4:1-13 , Psalms 13:1-6, Proverbs 19:15-16

Today is the 17th day of July. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It is a pleasure and an honor to be with you today. I’m glad we can come in out of whatever is going on, all of the cares of the world and life’s distractions. We step away from that, kind of move into another atmosphere. All that stuff will wait. We center ourselves in God’s word, allowing it to come washing into our lives and re-calibrating. So we’re reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week and we’ll pick up where we left off yesterday. 1 Chronicles 24:1-26:11 today.

Commentary:

Okay. So in the book of Romans, I think I look forward to this day each year, although I hadn’t realized that until just now. And it’s because I get to say circumcision so many times in one sitting. Of course, circumcision…come on, this is always a trending topic. I mean, I think about it all the time. Don’t you? As funny as that might be, the people that Paul’s talking to they do think a lot about it. Because for them, at least for the males obviously, it was a sign of the covenant. Something that made them exclusive. Now, Hebrews weren’t the only ones practicing circumcision at this time. But this had been a long-standing sign of the covenant with God. What we’re watching Paul do is deconstruct and re-imagine the faith of his fellow Hebrews. And what he begins to lay out today is something that we will see over and over and over throughout Paul’s letters. So here’s the problem: Paul, a devout Pharisee, had realized and spoken out loud what everyone knew- no one could ever obey the law perfectly. Therefore, no one could ever achieve righteousness before God by their good works, by obeying that law. Because no matter how good they were, they were going to fail at some point. So Paul, being a devout Hebrew Pharisee, reasoned it out. We can’t get there from here. And what Paul wanted is to be righteous before God. That was his entire mission of his life as a Pharisee. So he goes back to the beginning of the story. And the story of the Hebrew people begins with a man named Abram who becomes Abraham, who enters into the first covenant with God. It is Abraham’s offspring who become the people of God - the Hebrew people. This is their origin story. It is the animating story that propels their culture. So no one was going to argue with Paul about that. Abraham started it all. They all knew that. But they may have not considered and what Paul was inviting them to consider was the fact that Abraham wasn’t circumcised. There was no covenant at that point. Once the covenant happened, than Abraham was circumcised.  But that didn’t make him righteous before God. It was something else that made Abraham righteous. Abraham, and I’m quoting Paul, Abraham believed God and it was credited to him for righteousness. Paul was simply quoting the book of Genesis. That right there is foundational, fundamental to what Paul was teaching. It was Abraham’s faith in God and belief in what God had promised that mattered. God considered him righteous because of that. So Paul is saying, hang on. We got a law, we gotta lot of rituals, we gotta lot of culture, we gotta lot of custom. We got all this stuff going on, but we’ve forgotten how this whole thing started. We keep trying to worship in a way this law that we cannot live up to. And that is not what started our story. Our story began with a man and his faith. Abraham. And he wasn’t circumcised when he put his faith in God. He wasn’t obeying a law because there wasn’t one to obey. So we have to consider what happened at the beginning. We’ll watch Paul lay this out over and over and over again. And it’s important because it is also a central thing to our faith obviously. Our faith is the bridge that all of our hope in Jesus drives on. And Paul will continue to pound this point home, like I said, over and over, as we’ll see.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word. We thank You for the gift. We thank You for the community that we get to share each and every day no matter where we are on the earth, we come together each and every day to allow Your word to minister and speak, direct and comfort us. So we thank You. Father, in light of our reading today we put our faith in You. We believe Your promises and we ask that You lead us on the path of righteousness today by the power of Your Holy Spirit. Come Jesus, we pray. In Your precious name we ask. Amen.

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And that’s it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I’ll be waiting for here tomorrow.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Hi. If this is Amy from Texas. This is the first time that I’ve called, although I’ve been listening for four years. I just have a prayer request for my husband David. He finished, recently, a year’s treatment for cancer and at our last scan of his chest, his tumor site, a couple of spots showed up in his lungs. The doctor did tell us that she was not worried about them because they were so small but the likelihood of his kind of cancer spreading would go to his lungs. He has another scan in three months just to check for if they’ve grown. So, I would just ask that you would pray that there is no cancer anywhere, that the spot’s would be nothing, that they will not even be visible on the next scan. 95% of people have spots on their lungs. So, she said the likelihood of that happening is high also. So, but of course the fear is always there for me even though I’ve seen God’s faithfulness through these last years. So, please just pray that it’s nothing and that we can put this chapter in our lives behind us. Thank you so much.

Hola DAB family. God bless you Brian, Jill, and all who are working behind the scenes. This is Viv from Canada and it’s been so long that I’m getting called out by my brother Sean 316. It is always been a pleasure to hear you call in Sean. I remember how much I laughed when you called in that little imitation piece of our fellow DABbers. Anyway, thank you for the shout out. That was very sweet. I too have been wondering about our sister Sherry. I hope she’s doing well. I miss her sweet voice singing for us. Ut it does get busy. You know, so, I hope she’s really doing well. And here’s my request today. Whenever you are wondering about a regular caller who has not called in for a while, just say a prayer for them because you never know what’s going on in their lives. Thanks to everyone who prayed for me and my friend Darla and the loss of her brother. We definitely felt your prayers. So, thanks. And Asia, thank you so much for the sweet message. It is truly appreciated. What an awesome community this is. The love and care that we all show for each other is amazing and can only be from God. So, Father God, thank You for the vision that you gave to Brian and Jill so many years ago and the wisdom that You have bestowed upon them, enabling them to continue Your work. We pray Father for Your continued blessings of provision, for health and super strength for Brian. And as he reads every day the Lord, as he reads the word fresh every day, I pray that Yo will continue to anoint him with Your Holy Spirit. We pray that You continue to bless all who give financially to this ministry, that Your store baskets may never be empty. We pray this all in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. And family, if you remember when you pray, I’m learning a new language, Spanish. It is a lot of fun but it’s taking a bit of effort to grasp. So, I just might have to call Pastor Gene for some lessons. Anyways, thanks for listening and praying with me.

Hi family. This is Melody Faith from Canada. I want to thank all of you, including Victoria Soldier, Pastor Gene, and Lee from New Jersey for praying for Jared regarding addiction, his court date, and needing a haircut. He did get a haircut and the court appearance resulted in a reasonable sentence. Regarding the addiction, well, let’s just say my husband and I can certainly feel out little boat rocking the storm. I will call in with another request when I figure out just how to word it. As I join with each of you in your everyday, I find myself praying for each of your needs and applying the word of God. Many of you are in crisis and I hear the desperation in your voices. I ran across a quote today that caught my attention and I’d like to share it with you. “Next time you’re walking through something and you’re not sure what to do, do this. Never doubt in the dark what God has shown you in the light. Have faith in God. Don’t believe the lie that God doesn’t see you there. So often we take our cues was going on around us. Instead, grab a hold of the word of God. God is on the throne. He hasn’t changed.” I need to remind thyself of that too. Often, I have to remind myself of that. Hebrews 6 verse 19 says, we have this hope for an anchor for our soul, firm and secure. So, if your boat is rocking, throw down the anchor of faith and trust Him today. I hope these words encourage you. I love family. Thank you DAB. Have a great day.

Good morning Daily Audio Bible family. This is Dan from Arkansas. I just wanted to call in and let Scott know that we’re praying for his family and his son Joel. It’s a horrible time they’ve been going through and it just weighed super heavy on my heart and I just wanted to call in and let him know that we are all with you brother and, you know, we may not understand what you’re going through but all of us have felt loss and felt pain and we’re just praying for Joel and we just pray that the Lord just takes that issue that’s going on with the water on his brain away and just heals him completely. And so, I’d like to pray for you now. Dear Lord, I thank You for this day Lord. I think You for my Daily Audio Bible family Lord. I thank You for Scott and his calling in and letting us know was going on in his life Lord. And I pray for his son Joel Lord. I pray that You put Your hands upon him Lord and that You heal this boy and let him just be well Lord. I thank all the rest of the Daily Audio Bible family for always being so uplifting. And I love you guys and I pray for you guys every day and I hope everyone has a wonderful day.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday July 18, 2018 (NIV)

1 Chronicles 26:12-27:34

12 These divisions of the gatekeepers, under their leading men, had duties for ministering in the Lord’s temple, just as their relatives did. 13 They cast lots for each temple gate according to their ancestral families, young and old alike.(A)

14 The lot for the east gate fell to Shelemiah.[a] They also cast lots for his son Zechariah, an insightful counselor, and his lot came out for the north gate. 15 Obed-edom’s was the south gate, and his sons’ lot was for the storehouses; 16 it was the west gate and the gate of Shallecheth on the ascending highway for Shuppim and Hosah.

There were guards stationed at every watch. 17 There were six Levites each day[b] on the east, four each day on the north, four each day on the south, and two pair at the storehouses. 18 As for the court on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the court. 19 Those were the divisions of the gatekeepers from the descendants of the Korahites and Merarites.

The Levitical Treasurers and Other Officials

20 From the Levites, Ahijah was in charge of the treasuries of God’s temple and the treasuries of what had been dedicated.(B) 21 From the sons of Ladan, who were the descendants of the Gershonites through Ladan and were the family heads belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli. 22 The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel, were in charge of the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.

23 From the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: 24 Shebuel, a descendant of Moses’s son Gershom, was the officer in charge of the treasuries. 25 His relatives through Eliezer: his son Rehabiah, his son Jeshaiah, his son Joram, his son Zichri, and his son Shelomith.[c] 26 This Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the treasuries of what had been dedicated by King David,(C) by the family heads who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders. 27 They dedicated part of the plunder from their battles for the repair of the Lord’s temple. 28 All that the seer Samuel, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah had dedicated, along with everything else that had been dedicated, were in the care of Shelomith and his relatives.

29 From the Izrahites: Chenaniah and his sons had duties outside the temple[d](D) as officers and judges(E) over Israel. 30 From the Hebronites: Hashabiah(F) and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had assigned duties in Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the Lord and for the service of the king. 31 From the Hebronites: Jerijah(G) was the head of the Hebronites, according to the family records of his ancestors. A search was made in the fortieth year of David’s reign and strong, capable men were found among them at Jazer(H) in Gilead. 32 There were among Jerijah’s relatives 2,700 capable men who were family heads. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh as overseers in every matter relating to God and the king.(I)

David’s Secular Officials

27 This is the list of the Israelites, the family heads, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter to do with the divisions that were on rotated military duty each month throughout[e] the year. There were 24,000 in each division:

2 Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division,(J) for the first month; 24,000 were in his division. 3 He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month.

4 Dodai the Ahohite was in charge of the division for the second month, and Mikloth was the leader; 24,000 were in his division.

5 The third army commander, as chief for the third month, was Benaiah son of the priest Jehoiada; 24,000 were in his division. 6 This Benaiah was a mighty man among the Thirty and over the Thirty, and his son Ammizabad was in charge[f] of his division.

7 The fourth commander, for the fourth month, was Joab’s brother Asahel, and his son Zebadiah was commander after him; 24,000 were in his division.

8 The fifth, for the fifth month, was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite; 24,000 were in his division.

9 The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; 24,000 were in his division.

10 The seventh, for the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite from the descendants of Ephraim; 24,000 were in his division.

11 The eighth, for the eighth month, was Sibbecai the Hushathite, a Zerahite; 24,000 were in his division.

12 The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjaminite; 24,000 were in his division.

13 The tenth, for the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, a Zerahite; 24,000 were in his division.

14 The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite from the descendants of Ephraim; 24,000 were in his division.

15 The twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel’s family;[g] 24,000 were in his division.

16 The following were in charge of the tribes of Israel:

For the Reubenites, Eliezer son of Zichri was the chief official;

for the Simeonites, Shephatiah son of Maacah;

17 for the Levites, Hashabiah son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok;

18 for Judah, Elihu, one of David’s brothers; for Issachar, Omri son of Michael;

19 for Zebulun, Ishmaiah son of Obadiah;

for Naphtali, Jerimoth son of Azriel;

20 for the Ephraimites, Hoshea son of Azaziah;

for half the tribe of Manasseh, Joel son of Pedaiah;

21 for half the tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo son of Zechariah;

for Benjamin, Jaasiel son of Abner;

22 for Dan, Azarel son of Jeroham.

Those were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.(K)

23 David didn’t count the men aged twenty or under, for the Lord had said he would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.(L) 24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count them, but he didn’t complete it. There was wrath against Israel because of this census,(M) and the number was not entered in the Historical Record[h] of King David.

25 Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the king’s storehouses.

Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages, and in the fortresses.

26 Ezri son of Chelub was in charge of those who worked in the fields tilling the soil.

27 Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards.

Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars.

28 Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees(N) in the Judean foothills.[i]

Joash was in charge of the stores of olive oil.

29 Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds that grazed in Sharon,(O) while Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.

30 Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels.

Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.

31 Jaziz the Hagrite(P) was in charge of the flocks.

All these were officials in charge of King David’s property.

32 David’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor; he was a man of understanding and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended[j] the king’s sons. 33 Ahithophel(Q) was the king’s counselor. Hushai(R) the Archite was the king’s friend. 34 After Ahithophel came Jehoiada son of Benaiah,(S) then Abiathar.(T) Joab was the commander of the king’s army.(U)

Footnotes:

  1. 26:14 Variant of Meshelemiah
  2. 26:17 LXX; MT omits each day
  3. 26:25 Or Shelomoth, also in vv. 26,28
  4. 26:29 the temple added for clarity
  5. 27:1 Lit that came in and went out month by month for all months of
  6. 27:6 LXX; MT omits in charge
  7. 27:15 Lit belonging to Othniel
  8. 27:24 LXX; MT reads the number of the Historical Record
  9. 27:28 Or the Shephelah
  10. 27:32 Lit was with

Cross references:

  1. 26:13 : 1Ch 24:5,31; 25:8
  2. 26:20 : 1Ch 26:24,26; 28:12; Ezr 2:69
  3. 26:26 : 2Sm 8:11; 1Ch 18:7-11
  4. 26:29 : Neh 11:16
  5. 26:29 : 1Ch 23:4
  6. 26:30 : 1Ch 27:17
  7. 26:31 : 1Ch 23:19
  8. 26:31 : 1Ch 6:81
  9. 26:32 : 2Ch 19:11
  10. 27:2-15 : 2Sm 23:8-30; 1Ch 11:11-31
  11. 27:22 : 1Ch 28:1
  12. 27:23 : Gn 15:5
  13. 27:24 : 2Sm 24:1-15; 1Ch 21:1-7
  14. 27:28 : 1Kg 10:27; 2Ch 1:15
  15. 27:29 : 1Ch 5:16
  16. 27:31 : 1Ch 5:10,18-21; 11:38
  17. 27:33 : 2Sm 15:12
  18. 27:33 : 2Sm 15:32,37
  19. 27:34 : 2Sm 8:18; 1Kg 1:8; 1Ch 11:22-24; 18:17; 27:5-6
  20. 27:34 : 1Sm 22:20-23; 1Kg 1:7; 2:26-27,35; 1Ch 15:11; 18:16; 24:6
  21. 27:34 : 1Ch 11:6
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Romans 4:13-5:5

The Promise Granted through Faith

13 For the promise to Abraham(A) or to his descendants that he would inherit the world(B) was not through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 14 If those who are of the law are heirs,(C) faith is made empty and the promise nullified, 15 because the law produces wrath.(D) And where there is no law,(E) there is no transgression.

16 This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace,(F) to guarantee it to all the descendants(G)—not only to those who are of the law[a] but also to those who are of Abraham’s faith. He is the father of us all. 17 As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations.[b](H) He is our father in God’s sight, in whom Abraham believed—the God who gives life to the dead(I) and calls(J) things into existence that do not exist.(K) 18 He believed, hoping against hope, so that he became the father of many nations[c](L) according to what had been spoken: So will your descendants be.(M)(N) 19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered[d] his own body to be already dead(O) (since he was about a hundred years old)(P) and also the deadness of Sarah’s womb.(Q) 20 He did not waver in unbelief at God’s promise but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,(R) 21 because he was fully convinced(S) that what God had promised, he was also able to do.(T) 22 Therefore, it was credited to him for righteousness.[e](U) 23 Now it was credited to him[f] was not written for Abraham alone,(V) 24 but also for us. It will be credited to us who believe in him(W) who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.(X) 25 He was delivered up for[g] our trespasses(Y) and raised for our justification.(Z)

Faith Triumphs

5 Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith,(AA) we have peace[h] with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.(AB) 2 We have also obtained access through him(AC) by faith[i] into this grace in which we stand,(AD) and we rejoice[j] in the hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that,(AE) but we also rejoice in our afflictions,(AF) because we know that affliction produces endurance,(AG) 4 endurance produces proven character,(AH) and proven character produces hope. 5 This hope will not disappoint us,(AI) because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts(AJ) through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Footnotes:

  1. 4:16 Or not to those who are of the law only
  2. 4:17 Gn 17:5
  3. 4:18 Gn 17:5
  4. 4:19 Other mss read He did not consider
  5. 4:22 Gn 15:6
  6. 4:23 Gn 15:6
  7. 4:25 Or because of
  8. 5:1 Other mss read faith, let us have peace, which can also be translated faith, let us grasp the fact that we have peace
  9. 5:2 Other mss omit by faith
  10. 5:2 Lit boast, also in vv. 3,11

Cross references:

  1. 4:13 : Rm 9:8; Gl 3:16; Heb 6:15,17; 7:6; 11:9,17
  2. 4:13 : Gn 17:4-6; 21:17-18
  3. 4:14 : Gl 3:18
  4. 4:15 : Rm 7:7,10-25; 1Co 15:56; Gl 3:10
  5. 4:15 : Rm 3:20
  6. 4:16 : Rm 3:24
  7. 4:16 : Rm 9:8; 15:8
  8. 4:17 : Gn 17:5
  9. 4:17 : Jn 5:21
  10. 4:17 : Is 48:13; 51:2
  11. 4:17 : 1Co 1:28
  12. 4:18 : Gn 17:5
  13. 4:18 : Gn 15:5
  14. 4:18 : Gn 15:5
  15. 4:19 : Heb 11:12
  16. 4:19 : Gn 17:17
  17. 4:19 : Gn 18:11
  18. 4:20 : Mt 9:8
  19. 4:21 : Rm 14:5
  20. 4:21 : Gn 18:14; Heb 11:19
  21. 4:22 : Gn 15:6; Rm 4:3
  22. 4:23 : Rm 15:4; 1Co 9:9; 10:11; 2Tm 3:16
  23. 4:24 : Rm 10:9; 1Pt 1:21
  24. 4:24 : Ac 2:24
  25. 4:25 : Rm 5:6,8; 8:32; Gl 2:20; Eph 5:2
  26. 4:25 : Rm 5:18; 1Co 15:17; 2Co 5:15
  27. 5:1 : Rm 3:28
  28. 5:1 : Rm 5:11
  29. 5:2 : Eph 2:18; 3:12; Heb 10:19-20; 1Pt 3:18
  30. 5:2 : 1Co 15:1
  31. 5:3 : Rm 5:11; 8:23; 9:10; 2Co 8:19
  32. 5:3 : Mt 5:12; Jms 1:2-3
  33. 5:3 : Lk 21:19
  34. 5:4 : Php 2:22; Jms 1:12
  35. 5:5 : Ps 119:116; Rm 9:33; Heb 6:18-20
  36. 5:5 : Ac 2:33; 10:45; Gl 4:6; Ti 3:6
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Psalm 14

Psalm 14

A Portrait of Sinners

For the choir director. Of David.

1 The fool says in his heart, “There’s no God.”(A)
They are corrupt; they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven on the human race[a](B)
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.
3 All have turned away;
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.(C)

4 Will evildoers never understand?
They consume my people as they consume bread;(D)
they do not call on the Lord.(E)

5 Then[b] they will be filled with dread,
for God is with those who are[c] righteous.(F)
6 You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed,(G)
but the Lord is his refuge.(H)

7 Oh, that Israel’s deliverance would come from Zion!
When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people,[d]
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.(I)

Footnotes:

  1. 14:2 Or the descendants of Adam
  2. 14:5 Or There
  3. 14:5 Lit with the generation of the
  4. 14:7 Or restores his captive people

Cross references:

  1. 14:1 : Ps 10:4; 53:1
  2. 14:2 : Ps 33:13-15
  3. 14:1-3 : Ps 12:1; 53:1-3; Mc 7:2; Rm 3:10-12
  4. 14:4 : Ps 27:2; Mc 3:3
  5. 14:4 : Is 64:7
  6. 14:5 : Ps 53:5
  7. 14:6 : Ezr 4:5
  8. 14:6 : Ps 9:9; 94:22
  9. 14:7 : Ps 53:6
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Proverbs 19:17

17 Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord,(A)
and he will give a reward to the lender.[a](B)

Footnotes:

  1. 19:17 Lit to him

Cross references:

  1. 19:17 : Dt 15:7-10; Pr 14:31; 28:27; Ec 11:1-2; Mt 10:42; 25:40; 2Co 9:6-8; Heb 6:10
  2. 19:17 : Lk 6:38
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