Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Sep Ephesians 2:11-22 12 02-Sep Ephesians 3:1-7 7 03-Sep Ephesians 3:8-13 6 04-Sep Ephesians 3:14-21 8 05-Sep Ephesians 4:1-6 6 06-Sep Ephesians 4:7-16 10 07-Sep Ephesians 4:17-24 8 08-Sep Ephesians 4:25-32 8 09-Sep Ephesians 5:1-7 7 10-Sep Ephesians 5:8-14 7 11-Sep Ephesians 5:15-21 7 12-Sep Ephesians 5:22-33 12 13-Sep Ephesians 6:1-9 9 …
Monthly Archives: August 2020
August 31 / Ephesians 2:1-10
Ephesians 2:1-10 Mostly I follow The Chronological Study Bible in putting the readings together. However, my other Study Bible had chapter 2 split between verses 10 and 11, which to me is a better fit. So that’s what I’m doing today, only through verse 10, picking up 11-22 tomorrow. But God … made us alive …
August 30 / Ephesians 1:15-23
Ephesians 1:15-23 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints… (v. 15) This is a strange sentence coming from Paul, the “I have heard…” portion. He had spent two to three years in Ephesus, so he knew well of their faith – …
August 29 / Ephesians 1:1-14
Ephesians 1:1-14 Ephesians! For our reading list, the last of Paul’s nine “city” letters… Paul references the Trinity here, explicitly. He speaks of the Father in verses 3-6 and 9-10 (although Paul’s pronoun usage – Him, His, He – often makes it difficult for us to distinguish between the Father and the Son), the Son …
August 28 / Colossians 4:7-18
Colossians 4:7-18 I have long known about the church in Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22) and God’s warning to them not to be lukewarm in their faith. But it had slipped from my mind that they are mentioned four times in today’s reading (vv. 13, 15, 16). The interesting item here has to do with Paul’s telling …
August 27 / Colossians 3:18-4:6
Colossians 3:18-4:6 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. (v. 20) I’m sure we’ve shared a few times with you all that Carol and I had a broken engagement for almost two years. The fifth (fourth) commandment specifically tells us to “Honor your father and mother…” (Exodus 20:12) Paul makes an …
August 26 / Colossians 3:12-17
Colossians 3:12-17 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. (v. 14) It sounds simple enough and it is certainly good instruction for those of us who call ourselves Christians. But almost every time that I find a “love one another” verse, I am drawn back to 2003 and …
August 25 / Colossians 3:1-11
Colossians 3:1-11 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (v. 3) Our lives are “hidden”. Hidden from whom? I have a picture of myself standing behind Jesus. When God the Father looks toward me, he sees Jesus. Moreover, when Satan looks toward me, he also sees Jesus! Unfortunately, in …
August 24 / Colossians 2:16-23
Colossians 2:16-23 Paul writes a lot in today’s reading about “regulations”: Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. (v. 16) In this first quote it sounds like Paul is talking about the Judaizers – Jews …
August 23 / Colossians 2:6-15
Colossians 2:6-15 For in Him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily… (v. 9) This verse is a direct response to the Gnostics who taught that Jesus was not truly God and man, with various interpretations on what that meant and who He really was in body and spirit. And you, who were dead in …