Today´s reading:
OT: Leviticus 7:28-38, Leviticus 8, Leviticus 9:1-6
NT: Mark 3:31-35, Mark 4:1-25
Ps: Psalm 37:12-29
Pr: Proverbs 10:5
Gospel Thread - OT:
Today's reading finishes up instructions on the levitical sacrifices and offerings, and also the anointing of the tabernacle implements and the priests, all previously discussed.
Gospel Thread - NT:
11 He told them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables 12 so that, " 'they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!' "
Mark 4:11-12 (NIV)
According to the NIV footnotes, this fulfills Isaiah 6:9-10.
Gospel Thread - Psalms/Proverbs:
The One Year Bible Blog´s comments for today.Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever.
Psalm 37:27 (NIV)
God's call to man has always been to repent - to turn from evil and to do good - so that man's relationship with God might be restored, and so that God might be able to bestow His blessings upon man.