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New testament 1 Cor 15:35-end; 1 Cor 16

Old Testament Mal 2:17-Mal 4

I concentrate on the Old Testament passages of Malachi. When we sit before God and really consider what is asked of us, we are standing before the refiners fire or the launderers's soup. I think of it as gold diggers sieve which shaken to unearth all but the pure pieces of gold. Can I really endure and stand? of course not, but I am I prepared to try?

New Testament 1 Cor 14:20-end; 1 Cor 15:1-34
Old Testament Mal 1; Mal 2:1-16

6 "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?" says the LORD Almighty. "It is you, O priests, who show contempt for my name.
"But you ask, 'How have we shown contempt for your name?'
7 "You place defiled food on my altar.
"But you ask, 'How have we defiled you?'
"By saying that the LORD's table is contemptible. 8 When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?" says the LORD Almighty.

When the children this evening were singing their chosen hymn they began to be silly and then when the laughed during their prayers Asher really told them off. He said to them that they were before an Almighty and generous God who loved them so much that their prayers and songs mattered. He asked if they would behave like that if they were in front of a crowd or in front of people they respected.

This passage today is saying exactly the same thing. Where is our respect toward God.

New Testament 1 Cor 12:27-end; 13; 14:1-19

Old Testament Zech 11; Zech 13
Zech11:
17 "Woe to the worthless shepherd,
who deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm and his right eye!
May his arm be completely withered,
his right eye totally blinded!"
zech 13:
1 "On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

I wonder if here we have the verses Jesus used about the good and bad shepherd. It would (if that is the case) follow then that the people would have known, perhaps, that the verses referred to followed with prophecy of verse 1. I must go and look it up and see.

New Testament

Old Testament

This third I will bring into the fire;
I will refine them like silver
and test them like gold

I pray that I am one of those who will be refined and tested.

New Testament 1 Cor 9; 10; 11:1
Old Testament Hab 3:2-end; Zeph 1

When we lived in Oman we wre offered the leg of lamb which had been slaughtered at Eid. It was a very important celebration for the muslims around us and the lambs or goats were slaughtered in their courtyards on the streets. I found this very hard. When we were offered the lamb I found myself confronted directly with the passage we read today in 1 Cor 10:18-22. Now looking back and reading this verse afresh today something has dawned on me that has not in the past. I was not participating to make the lord jealous. I was not participating at all. By accepting the lamb we were not actually participating at all. It is a shame that I did not think that at the time, I was just very worried about accepting it and so we gave it to muslim friends of ours and said we were not sure we should, thankfully our friends were all very understanding when we lived there and we loved them very much.