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I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'

Oct 23

Pamela Goodman

highlighted John 1:32 ESV

And John bore witness: "I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.

Oct 23

Pamela Goodman

highlighted John 1:31 ESV

I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel."

Oct 23

Pamela Goodman

highlighted John 1:30 ESV

This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.'

Oct 23

Pamela Goodman

highlighted John 1:29 ESV

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Oct 23

Pamela Goodman

highlighted John 1:28 ESV

These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Oct 23

Pamela Goodman

highlighted John 1:27 ESV

even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."

Oct 23

Pamela Goodman

highlighted John 1:26 ESV

John answered them, "I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know,

Oct 23

Pamela Goodman

highlighted John 1:25 ESV

They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

Oct 23

Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I may make a great nation of you."But Moses implored the Lord his God and said, "O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?Why should the Egyptians say, 'With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth'? Turn from your burning anger and relent from this disaster against your people.Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.'"And the Lord relented from the disaster that he had spoken of bringing on his people.Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets that were written on both sides; on the front and on the back they were written.The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is a noise of war in the camp."But he said, "It is not the sound of shouting for victory, or the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing that I hear."And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, "Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."He took the calf that they had made and burned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water and made the people of Israel drink it.And Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you have brought such a great sin upon them?"And Aaron said, "Let not the anger of my lord burn hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.For they said to me, 'Make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'So I said to them, 'Let any who have gold take it off.' So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf."And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to the derision of their enemies),then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, "Who is on the Lord's side? Come to me." And all the sons of Levi gathered around him.And he said to them, "Thus says the Lord God of Israel, 'Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you kill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.'"And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell.And Moses said, "Today you have been ordained for the service of the Lord, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, so that he might bestow a blessing upon you this day."So Aaron said to them, "Take off the rings of gold that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."The next day Moses said to the people, "You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin."So Moses returned to the Lord and said, "Alas, this people has sinned a great sin. They have made for themselves gods of gold.But now, if you will forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written."But the Lord said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of my book.But now go, lead the people to the place about which I have spoken to you; behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them."Then the Lord sent a plague on the people, because they made the calf, the one that Aaron made. So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!"When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord."And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.And the Lord said to Moses, "Go down, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them. They have made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!'"And the Lord said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.

Oct 21

Pamela Goodman

highlighted Exodus 31:1-18 ESV

and the finely worked garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests,and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do."And the Lord said to Moses,"You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, 'Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you.You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you. Everyone who profanes it shall be put to death. Whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death.Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever.It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'"And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God. The Lord said to Moses,"See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship,to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze,in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft.And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you:the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furnishings of the tent,the table and its utensils, and the pure lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense,and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin and its stand,

Oct 21

Pamela Goodman

highlighted Exodus 30:1-38 ESV

Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year. With the blood of the sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord."The Lord said to Moses,"When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them.Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as an offering to the Lord.Everyone who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the Lord's offering.The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the Lord's offering to make atonement for your lives.You shall take the atonement money from the people of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may bring the people of Israel to remembrance before the Lord, so as to make atonement for your lives."The Lord said to Moses,"You shall also make a basin of bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing. You shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it,with which Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet. "You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn a food offering to the Lord, they shall wash with water, so that they may not die.They shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they may not die. It shall be a statute forever to them, even to him and to his offspring throughout their generations."The Lord said to Moses,"Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of aromatic cane,and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.And you shall make of these a sacred anointing oil blended as by the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the basin and its stand.You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them will become holy.A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.And you shall say to the people of Israel, 'This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.It shall not be poured on the body of an ordinary person, and you shall make no other like it in composition. It is holy, and it shall be holy to you.Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.'"The Lord said to Moses, "Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part),and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I shall meet with you. It shall be most holy for you.And the incense that you shall make according to its composition, you shall not make for yourselves. It shall be for you holy to the Lord.Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people." You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it.And you shall make two golden rings for it. Under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it.You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you.And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it,and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations.You shall not offer unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering, and you shall not pour a drink offering on it.

Oct 21

Pamela Goodman

highlighted Luke 24:1-53 ESV

Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles,but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened.While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them.But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.And he said to them, "What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?" And they stood still, looking sad.Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?"And he said to them, "What things?" And they said to him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning,and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see."And he said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?"And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going farther,but they urged him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them.And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them.And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight.They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?"And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together,saying, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!"Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, "Peace to you!"But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit.And he said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have."but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet.And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?"They gave him a piece of broiled fish,and he took it and ate before them.Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled."Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.You are witnesses of these things.And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,and were continually in the temple blessing God.And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise."And they remembered his words,and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

Oct 21

Pamela Goodman

highlighted Luke 23:1-56 ESV

The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him.And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, arraying him in splendid clothing, he sent him back to Pilate.And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other.Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. And after examining him before you, behold, I did not find this man guilty of any of your charges against him.Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, nothing deserving death has been done by him.I will therefore punish and release him."But they all cried out together, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas"—a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city and for murder. Then the whole company of them arose and brought him before Pilate.Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus,but they kept shouting, "Crucify, crucify him!"A third time he said to them, "Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him."But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed.So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, but he delivered Jesus over to their will.And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him.But turning to them Jesus said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.'For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him.And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And they cast lots to divide his garments.And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!"The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wineand saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"There was also an inscription over him, "This is the King of the Jews."One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!"And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him, "You have said so."But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong."And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,while the sun's light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And having said this he breathed his last.Now when the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God, saying, "Certainly this man was innocent!"And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts.And all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from Galilee stood at a distance watching these things.Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no guilt in this man."Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man,who had not consented to their decision and action; and he was looking for the kingdom of God.This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid.It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning.The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid.Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. But they were urgent, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place."When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.And when he learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time.When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him.So he questioned him at some length, but he made no answer.

Oct 21

Pamela Goodman

highlighted Exodus 29:1-46 ESV

"Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.Then you shall kill the bull before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting,and shall take part of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and the rest of the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar.And you shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering."Then you shall take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram,and you shall kill the ram and shall take its blood and throw it against the sides of the altar.Then you shall cut the ram into pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head,and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord. It is a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord."You shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram, "Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. Take one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish,and you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet, and throw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar.Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons' garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons' garments with him."You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of ordination),and one loaf of bread and one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the Lord.You shall put all these on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.Then you shall take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering, as a pleasing aroma before the Lord. It is a food offering to the Lord."You shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron's ordination and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord, and it shall be your portion.And you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the priests' portion that is contributed from the ram of ordination, from what was Aaron's and his sons'.It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a perpetual due from the people of Israel, for it is a contribution. It shall be a contribution from the people of Israel from their peace offerings, their contribution to the Lord."The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him; they shall be anointed in them and ordained in them.and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour.The son who succeeds him as priest, who comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, shall wear them seven days."You shall take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket in the entrance of the tent of meeting.They shall eat those things with which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration, but an outsider shall not eat of them, because they are holy.And if any of the flesh for the ordination or of the bread remain until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy."Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Through seven days shall you ordain them,and every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it to consecrate it.Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall become holy."Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day regularly.One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight.You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, and bring the bull and the two rams.And with the first lamb a tenth measure of fine flour mingled with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering.The other lamb you shall offer at twilight, and shall offer with it a grain offering and its drink offering, as in the morning, for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord.It shall be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you, to speak to you there.There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be sanctified by my glory.I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests.I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God.And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God. You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.Then you shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastpiece, and gird him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod.And you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban.You shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.Then you shall bring his sons and put coats on them,and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and bind caps on them. And the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.

Oct 20

Pamela Goodman

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