Read: Nehemiah 11:1-12:26; 1 Corinthians 10:14-11:2; Psalm 34:11-22; Proverbs 21:14-16
The leaders of the people were the only ones living in Jerusalem so they cast lots and one out of every 10 people were moved to Jerusalem. Others volunteered to live in Jerusalem.
Records were made of the chiefs, the sons of Benjamin, the priests, the Levites, and the gatekeepers who came to live in Jerusalem. The rest of Israel lived in the towns of Judah according to their inheritance. The rest of the temple servants lived on Ophel which was a mound on the southern slope of the temple hill, between the Tyropoeon and the Kidron valley.
In Corinthians, Paul continues his teaching on eating food offered to idols. He had established the fact that the food was not the problem, it was the intent of the user and his heart. He explained why they as believers don’t participate in the ceremony of offering food to idols because that is idolatry and they eat the Lord’s Supper as their worship to God.
He told them not to worry about whether the food they bought at the meat markets were food offered to idols, they just shouldn’t ask. If they do ask and find that it is food offered to idols, then they shouldn’t buy it for the sake of the other person’s conscience. Not theirs.
Paul sums if up by saying that in everything we do, we should do it not to harm another person’s conscience but for the glory of God.
Lord, help us to honor other’s weaknesses and yet be free in our own heart. Thank you that you have set us free from the slavery of sin. May we do everything to glorify you.
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