August 15, 2007

I. Readings
Psalms 1, 33, 89:1-18
2 Samuel 14:21-33
Acts 21:15-26
Mark 10:17-31

II. Selections
Psalm 1:6
For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.

2 Samuel 14:21
Now in all Israel there was no one to be praised so much for his beauty as Absalom; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

Acts 21:24
Join these (four men who are under a vow), go through the rite of purification with them, and pay for the shaving of their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself observe and guard the law.

Mark 10:17
As [ Jesus] was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

III. Meditation: What is the way of the righteous?

What is the way of the righteous?
What must we do to inherit eternal life? ;
Although Absalom was unsurpassed in his beauty,
he was too full of revenge and ambition to find the way.
To demonstrate that he had found the way of the righteous,
Paul was advised to go through the rite of purification
and pay for four men who were under a vow.
The demonstration did not turn out well.
Good Teacher, what is the way?
To follow you is the way.