Old Testament reading: Psalm 147-150
The inspired book of songs closes with a series of great songs of praise unto the God of heaven. The words to the song “Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah!” are taken from the 148th Psalm. God is most certainly worthy of all praise, honor and glory. I was struck in today’s reading by a statement of His greatness seen in Psalm 147:4, “He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name.” For thousands of years, men thought there weren’t more than 1000 or so stars. Yet, as far back as the days of Moses, the Bible said the stars could not be counted for multitude, as the sands upon the seashore (Gen 15:5; Heb 11:12). Scientists now believe there are 100 billion galaxies in our universe, and our own galaxy (Milky Way) contains around 300 billion stars. So that would be 100 billion multiplied by 300 billion, which is a 3 followed by 22 zeroes! And what does the Psalmist say of the stars? God calls them every one by name! Every word of every known language, living and dead, are not remotely sufficient to name every star. We serve a great God!!!
New Testament reading: Romans 10-12
The gospel was preached to the whole world in the days of the apostles. In Romans 10:14-18, Paul declared the Great Commission was fulfilled within 30 years of the death of Jesus and the establishment of the church (Luke 24:45-53; Acts 1-2). All this without the aid of mass communication: radio, TV, the Internet, print, etc. How was it done? By Christians going everywhere throughout the world preaching the word (Acts 8:4). We have not begun to commence to start preaching the gospel to the whole world, even though we have massive and multiplied communicative advantages over the earliest brethren. We must not deceive ourselves into thinking we shall not be held accountable for our failure in this regard.
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