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Scripture is the word commonly used for the Written Word of the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible.

TalkofJESUS.com would like to hear from you via your comments and questions on a NEW Series of brief posts in A.D. 2022.

Short Takes on Scripture – Tell us your thoughts about this brief quote from the Bible.

ONLY Scripture

Be Kind to One Another before..
“Be kind to each other before you must say,

‘I’m Sorry.’“

Be kind to one another..

Some children (it seems) never say ‘I’m SORRY,’ after they do bad things to you. But I know that you do because you are a kind child of God.

Sound familiar? The parental leading or teacher’s prayer of repentance for your unkind words?

“Be kind to one another, BEFORE you must repent.”

A Lenten Short Take on Scripture

That’s NOT in the Bible, is it?

No, not in those exact words but this advice to the children of the Lord God resounds throughout the Bible.

Some of us have been thinking about Lent as a time we should pray for forgiveness for all of our shortcomings — sins of commission and omission — things we have said that we ought not to have said..

Sins of ours for which JESUS was NAILED TO THE CROSS!
- Yet wouldn’t we do better to behave a Christ?
- To act like JESUS in our relationships with others?
Kindness OR Repentance?

Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
Letter of Paul to the Church at EPHESUS 4:32

We teach this to our children. (And we claim to be children of the living God!)

חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת אַל־יַעַזְבֻךָ קָשְׁרֵם עַל־גַּרְגְּרֹותֶיךָ כָּתְבֵם עַל־לוּחַ לִבֶּךָ׃
CLICK HERE for translations of ENGLISH BIBLES Mishlei (Proverbs) 3:3 :: Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC)

Repentance BEFORE Kindness

What were your most recent unkind words for which you must repent?

If our hearts would only have heeded the wise words of Scripture prior to allowing our tongues spew out unkind darts toward another, then our repentance and I’m sorries would not have been so required this day.

When it is My desire,
I will discipline them..
Sow for yourselves, with a view to righteousness;
Harvest in accordance with kindness.
Break up your uncultivated ground,
For it is time to seek the LORD
Until He comes and rains righteousness on you.
Hosea 10:10a,12 NASB20

WHAT’S YOUR SHORT TAKE ON THESE SCRIPTURES ABOUT KINDNESS?
- What unkind words have brought you to a need to repent?
March 14, 2022
Nehemiah 9 – The People Confess Their Sins
Today’s Short Take on Scripture focuses on confession.

Yesterday this personal conviction came to mind from imprinted corporate confession of the church. (You’re church may not use such a confession, but should they lead us in this way?)

Confession of Sin Before Communion

Corporate Confession of Sin by the Church
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From the Anglican BCP [Book of Common Prayer] (public domain, source not secure)
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Minister and People
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Almighty God,
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
maker of all things, judge of all men:

We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness,
which we from time to time most grievously have committed,
by thought, word, and deed, against thy divine Majesty,
provoking most Justly thy wrath and indignation against us.
We do earnestly repent,
and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings;
the remembrance of them is grievous unto us,
the burden of them is intolerable.
Have mercy upon us,
have mercy upon us, most merciful Father;
for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake,
forgive us all that is past;
and grant that we may ever hereafter
serve and please thee in newness of life,
to the honor and glory or thy Name;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Excerpts Nehemiah 9:
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New King James Version; Неемія 9
 Ukrainian Bible; Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition; נחמיה The Westminster Leningrad Codex; Неемия 9 New Russian Translation
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A corporate Confession of Sin after the jews rebuild the second temple

9 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, in sackcloth, and with dust on their heads. Then those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers..

And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for one-fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God..

“You came down also on Mount Sinai,
And spoke with them from heaven,
And gave them just ordinances and true laws,
Good statutes and commandments.

“But they and our fathers acted proudly,
Hardened their necks,
And did not heed Your commandments.
They refused to obey,
And they were not mindful of Your wonders
That You did among them.
But they hardened their necks,
And in their rebellion [They].. [sinned: a long list of confession]
Nehemiah 16-17a – Corporate Confession of Sin by the people prior to rededication to worship of the Lord God

30 Yet for many years You had patience with them..

But we have done wickedly.
34 Neither our kings nor our princes,
Our priests nor our fathers,
Have kept Your law,
Nor heeded Your commandments and Your testimonies,
With which You testified against them..

“Here we are, servants today!
Nehemiah 9:36a NKJV

For You are God, gracious and merciful.

32 “Now therefore, our God,
The great, the mighty, and awesome God,
Who keeps covenant and mercy:
Do not let all the trouble seem small before You
That has come upon us,
Our kings and our princes,
Our priests and our prophets,
Our fathers and on all Your people,
From the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.

“And because of all this, We make a sure covenant and write it;
Our leaders, our Levites, and our priests seal it.”
9:38 [NKJV] (WLC 10:1)וּבְכָל־זֹאת אֲנַחְנוּ כֹּרְתִים אֲמָנָה וְכֹתְבִים וְעַל הֶֽחָתוּם שָׂרֵינוּ לְוִיֵּנוּ כֹּהֲנֵֽינוּ׃

My question for your COMMENT is:

How should the people confess OUR SINS?
Roger@TalkofJESUS.COM
March 4, 2022
Confidence in Troubled Times – Psalm 94
(from times Before Christ)

You give them relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug to capture the wicked.
Psalm 94:3 New Living Translation

Confidence in troubled times (even Before Christ)

WE THE PEOPLE of every nation have heard it before. ‘NO CONFIDENCE’

Australian Parliament debate in troubled times of COVID
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Today's Short Take on Scripture for ASH WEDNESDAY in the year of our LORD 2022 may help your perception of confidence in these contemporary troubled times.

Our Scriptures from Psalm 94 and another context from history in 2 Chronicles 15 are linked to 5 language translations:
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- English: Authorized (King James) Version
- Псалми Ukrainian Bible
- Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
- 诗篇 Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
- Псалтирь New Russian Translation
The Heavy Hand of Authority
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Click here for Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (incorrectly linked on link below)
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Psalm 94:

O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth;
O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself..

They break in pieces thy people, O Lord,
and afflict thine heritage.
6 They slay the widow and the stranger,
and murder the fatherless.
Yet they say, The Lord shall not see..

2 Chronicles 15:

Prophesy of Troubled Times:

And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:

³Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

During those dark times, it was not safe to travel. Problems troubled the people of every land. Nation fought against nation, and city against city, for God was troubling them with every kind of problem.
2 Chronicles 15:5-6 New Living Translation

12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; that whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

BBC News TODAY: Babyn Yar: Anger as Kyiv’s Holocaust memorial is attacked

Confidence in Christ Jesus

“Teacher, look! What wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!”

Things to Come from the Good News of Mark:

And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”

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And Jesus began to say to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. Many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He!’ and they will mislead many.
Mark 13:5b-6 NASB20 [Click for context]

“And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.
“Watch out, stay alert; for you do not know when the appointed time is…
Mark 13:10 & 13;33 – The word of the Lord Jesus..

What’s your short take on these Scriptures and events of Ash Wednesday,

in the year of our Lord 2022?
March 2, 2022