Evening: Psalm 119:73-96; John 5:1-18
Jeremiah
describes in stark language the faithlessness and falsehood of Israel
and Judah. God is angry yet remains faithful, promising to restore them
and establish Jerusalem as the holy city. God promises they will have
“shepherds after my own heart”. St. Paul writes that - though God is
kind – those who do evil suffer. What causes their suffering? Well,
God is certainly unhappy with evil, but the Bible suggests that evil
creates its own trouble … case in point: they criticized Jesus’ for
healing an invalid on the Sabbath. Grace shows up the pettiness of evil
for what it is.
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