6/13 Evening Bible Reading

えみりは、栄光を自分のものにしないこと、そして自分自身ではなく神に自信を持つことが大切であることを学びました。私はアマツヤ王について読んだ後、彼が傲慢で自己中心的だったことを知り、このことを学びました。今週の出来事として、彼女は現在数学を勉強していること、そして来週からサマースクールが始まることを共有しました。ティモシーは、アマツヤがダビデのように神との親密な個人的な関係を持たなかったために傲慢になり、それが彼の没落につながったことを学びました。彼は神との個人的な親密な関係を持つことの大切さを学びました。アカリは、列王記下14章で、神が人々に悔い改めを求めずに救うことを決意した理由が興味深いと思いました。

聖書には、神が悔い改めなしに人々を救ったという記述はあまりないため、彼女は興味深いと思いました。今週の出来事について、彼女は来月実家に戻る予定で、現在荷物を家の中に戻しているところだと話してくれました。リスなどの動物にも餌を与えています。私は、人間は罪だけでなく、多くの間違いも犯しますが、神は人間に対して多くの忍耐を持っておられることを学びました。旧約聖書にも、多くの王が神を喜ばせないようなことをたくさん行ったことから、このことが分かります。このことから、私は、無礼で短気な人々と接する際には、神のように忍耐と自制心を持つことが重要であることを学びました。

Today we read from 8:30 pm, and the participants were Tomas, Timothy, Hiyori, Akari, Emiri, and Seiyu. We read 2 Kings 14, and Tomas learned that God gives second chances for people to repent and be saved. We learned that he should use the opportunities God gives him more wisely. Regarding his week, he shared that he started volunteering at a summer school. Hiyori learned that God always gives you a chance to turn back to him and that it is never too late to turn back to him and repent.

Regarding her week, she shared that she had a midterm for her anthropology class. Emiri learned that it’s important to not take glory for yourself and that it’s important to have self-confidence in God and not in yourself. I learned this after reading about King Amaziah and that he was prideful and full of himself. Regarding her week, she shared that she is currently studying math and that she is starting summer school next week. Timothy learned that Amaziah became prideful because he didn’t have a close, personal relationship with God, like David did, and that this led to his downfall. He learned that having a personal, intimate relationship with God is important.

Akari thought it was interesting how God decided to save the people in 2 Kings 14 without them repenting. She thought it was interesting, as it doesn’t often say that God saved people without repentance in the Bible. Regarding her week, she shared that she is going to move back to her house next month and that she is currently moving her stuff back into the house. She has also been feeding animals such as squirrels. I learned that God has a lot of patience with humans, as we make a lot of mistakes as well as sin. We have seen this in the Old Testament, as many of the kings did a lot of things that don’t please God. From this, I learned that it’s important to have patience and self-control like God when dealing with people that are rude and short-tempered.