March 23

Whose child are you? Is there a recognizable likeness?
Deuteronomy 18-20 /Acts 19-21

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OT

18:1-2 Remember that the Levitical priests and the rest of the tribe of Levi will not be given an inheritance of land like the other tribes in Israel. Instead, the priests and Levites will eat from the offerings given to the LORD by fire, for that is their inheritance. They will have no inheritance of their own among the Israelites. The LORD himself is their inheritance, just as he promised them.

19:16-21 If a malicious witness comes forward and accuses someone of a crime, then both the accuser and accused must appear before the priests and judges who are on duty before the LORD. They must be closely questioned, and if the accuser is found to be lying, the accuser will receive the punishment intended for the accused. In this way, you will cleanse such evil from among you. Those who hear about it will be afraid to do such an evil thing again. You must never show pity! Your rule should be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

NT

19:5-6 As soon as they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in other tongues and prophesied.

20:7-12 On the first day of the week, we gathered to observe the Lord’s Supper. Paul was preaching; and since he was leaving the next day, he talked until midnight. The upstairs room where we met was lighted with many flickering lamps. As Paul spoke on and on, a young man named Eutychus, sitting on the windowsill, became very drowsy. Finally, he sank into a deep sleep and fell three stories to his death below. Paul went down, bent over him, and took him into his arms. “Don’t worry,” he said, “he’s alive!” Then they all went back upstairs and ate the Lord’s Supper together. And Paul continued talking to them until dawn; then he left. Meanwhile, the young man was taken home unhurt, and everyone was greatly relieved.

21:10-11 During our stay of several days, a man named Agabus, who also had the gift of prophecy, arrived from Judea. When he visited us, he took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands with it. Then he said, “The Holy Spirit declares, So shall the owner of this belt be bound by the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem and turned over to the Romans.”


OT Flash Points

God’s personal servants have no property inheritance like the other tribes
God is their inheritance
Their portion is the shoulder, cheeks, and stomach

NT Flash Points

Did you receive the Holy Spirit?
Paul hires a hall (in the school of Tyrannus) for 2 years
Paul, I know; Jesus, I know; but who are you?
Business dependent on pagan practices is not a good investment
Especially when God shows up


Perspective

Approved: counted faithful and trustworthy – not my work but His
Contrast: the child of darkness thinks only of resentment and vindication

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