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\n\t\tPastor Don Carpenter\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\t\t2021 Bible Reading Challenge \/ Numbers 1:17\u201320\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\t\tJeff Greenfield is a news correspondent for ABC News. He lives in Salisbury, Connecticutt and has attended the same Memorial Day observance in his community for the last 15 years. He writes:\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\t\t“At 10 a.m., the parade begins moving down Main Street. It is a small parade: two vintage cars, bearing the region\u2019s oldest war veterans; the men and women who served in the military; the Salisbury Town Band; the Scouts; the Housatonic Day Care Center; the fire trucks from the volunteer fire departments in and around the Northwest Corner. We fall in line behind the fire trucks, and follow the parade to the cemetery. There\u2019s a hymn, and a prayer, followed by a Scout who reads the Gettysburg Address, haltingly, shyly. Then come the names of the men who died in the World Wars, in Korea, in Vietnam. A minister recites the 23rd Psalm, a bugler plays taps (with another bugler far away playing the echo), the flag is raised from half-staff, and we all walk the few steps back to the Village Center. It is as artless, as unaffected a ceremony as can be imagined. There are no speech writers, no advance men measuring the best angles for TV (there is no TV) and by the end of it, I\u2014along with many other allegedly sophisticated urban types, are in tears.\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\t\tThe men whose names have been read indeed gave what Lincoln called \u201cthe last, full measure of devotion\u201d\u2014some in wars whose purpose no one could doubt\u2014some in wars whose purpose will never be clear, some for the folly and arrogance of the men in charge. When they fell, their deaths were a small part of a bigger story. But every Memorial Day, the lives they never got to live, and the people they left behind, are the only story that matters. That is why it matters that their names are uttered aloud before people who never knew any of them. That is why it matters that we were there this year\u2014and will be there the next and the next and the next.\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\t\tSOURCE: Jeff Greenfield. ABC News InFocus, May 28, 1997. \n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\t\tOur 2021 Bible Reading Challenge has taken us to some material that could cause our eyes to glaze over. We read a census inspired by God. How can this get me closer to the image of Christ? Tonight we will discover that God is not just interested in the crowd and the nation, He is interested in each individual. He is an intensely personal shepherd. His Love is personal and intimate.\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\t\tThe Individual Is Expressed By His Name<\/strong>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tNumbers 1:17<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tAnd Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tNumbers 1:18<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tAnd they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tNumbers 1:20<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tAnd the children of Reuben, Israel\u2019s eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tNumbers 1:22<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tOf the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tNumbers 1:24<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tOf the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tNumbers 1:26<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tOf the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tNumbers 1:28<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tOf the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tNumbers 1:30<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tOf the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tNumbers 1:32<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tOf the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tNumbers 1:36<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tOf the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tNumbers 1:38<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tOf the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tNumbers 1:40<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tOf the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tNumbers 1:42<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tOf the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\t \u2022\tEach name expressed an eternal soul\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\t \u2022\tEach name expressed relationships\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\t \u2022\tEach name expressed passions\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\t \u2022\tEach name expressed human drama\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\t \u2022\tEach name expressed joys and sorrows\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\t \u2022\tEach name expressed hopes and dreams\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\t \u2022\tEach name expressed failure and faith\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\t \u2022\tEach name expressed sin and forgiveness\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tPsalm 103:14<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tFor he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tHis Sheep Are Known By Name<\/strong>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tJohn 10:14<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tI am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tMatthew 10:29\u201331<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tAre not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. <\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tBut the very hairs of your head are all numbered. <\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tFear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\t3 John 14<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tbut I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tHis Sheep Are Called By Name<\/strong>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tActs 9:36<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tNow there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tLuke 4:25\u201327<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tBut I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; <\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tBut unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. <\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tAnd many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tHis Sheep Are Given a New Name<\/strong>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\t1 Corinthians 6:9\u201311<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tKnow ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, <\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tNor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. <\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tAnd such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tGenesis 32:28<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tAnd he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tRevelation 2:17<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tHe that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tRevelation 3:12<\/em> KJV<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tHim that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.<\/em>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tIt is easy for us to see the crowd but not the individuals. Tucked away in this Old Testament passage is the truth that God sees us as individuals, loves us personally, and called us intimately. The Sweet Savior knows and loves you by name.\n\t<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\t\tExported from Logos Bible Software, 12:28 PM February 17, 2021.\n\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pastor Don Carpenter 2021 Bible Reading Challenge \/ Numbers 1:17\u201320 Jeff Greenfield is a news correspondent for ABC News. He lives in Salisbury, Connecticutt and has attended the same Memorial Day observance in his community for the last 15 years. He writes: “At 10 a.m., the parade begins moving down Main Street. It is a … Continue reading By Name: The Personal Personal Nature of Salvation<\/span>