Day 134: Devastating Effects of Sin (2022)
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Ascension
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🗓️ 14 May 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Fr. Mike talks about the horrible things that can happen when we turn away from God and stop asking him "what's the next step?" In today's readings we see David humbled and humiliated, Absalom revealing how devastating sin is, and the evil that comes from war. Today's readings are 2 Samuel 16, 1 Chronicles 21, and Psalm 15.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast, |
| 0:07.3 | where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. |
| 0:10.4 | The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:13.2 | Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, |
| 0:17.3 | discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. |
| 0:20.6 | It is day 134. We are reading from 2nd Samuel chapter 16, also 1 Chronicles chapter 21, |
| 0:26.5 | and we're praying Psalm 15 if you're interested in knowing what Bible translation I am reading from. |
| 0:31.2 | It is the revised standard version. Second Catholic edition, I'm using the great adventure Bible |
| 0:35.6 | from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit AscensionPress.com, |
| 0:39.9 | slash Bible in a year, and you can subscribe to this podcast by clicking on, |
| 0:43.1 | subscribe, as I said. It is day 134, reading 2nd Samuel 16, 1 Chronicles 21, and we're praying |
| 0:49.6 | Psalm 15. 2 Samuel 16, David meets Ziba. When David had passed a little beyond the summit, |
| 0:59.0 | Ziba, the servant of Maphipeshath met him with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing 200 loaves of |
| 1:03.8 | bread, 100 bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits and a skin of wine. And the king |
| 1:08.8 | said to Ziba, why have you brought these? Ziba answered, the donkeys are for the king's household |
| 1:13.8 | to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who faint |
| 1:18.3 | in the wilderness to drink. And the king said, and where is your master's son? Ziba said to the |
| 1:23.7 | king, behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, today the house of Israel will give me back |
| 1:28.9 | the kingdom of my father. Then the king said to Ziba, behold, all that belonged to Maphipeshath |
| 1:34.4 | is now yours. And Ziba said, I do obeisance, let me ever find favor in your sight, my Lord the |
| 1:40.7 | king. Shimiai curses David. When King David came to Bahrain, there came out a man of the family |
| 1:48.0 | of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimiai, the son of Gera. And as he came, he cursed continually, |
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