Hebrews 2:14-18 For because He Himself has suffered when tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted. (v. 18) This is such an encouraging verse. Often we think of Jesus’ three temptations in the wilderness as relating to areas where we might be tempted – money, power, food, etc. However, Jesus was …
Monthly Archives: November 2020
November 10 / Hebrews 2:9-13
Hebrews 2:9-13 Splitting these verses for our reading list is difficult. My reading schedule had us ending with verse 8 yesterday and beginning with verse 9 today. We could just as easily have had the split between 9 and 10. So the best that we can do is read ahead a verse or two on …
November 9 / Hebrews 2:1-8
Hebrews 2:1-8 It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard… (v. 3b, with “It” being the gospel of salvation). This verse gives us one of the arguments against Paul or one of the apostles being the author of this epistle, in that the writer is …
November 8 / Hebrews 1:8-14
Hebrews 1:8-14 This author clearly knows his Jewish scriptures. No doubt he had a scroll in hand, but he still needed to know what to look for and where to look. And I’m also sure that he was very familiar with many of the Old Testament Messianic verses and that he was well versed in …
November 7 / Hebrews 1:1-7
Hebrews 1:1-7 A full day, a long delay in getting to my post… Today we begin Hebrews; we’ll spend the rest of the month – and then some – in this book. Unlike all the other epistles, the author of Hebrews is unknown. There are arguments for and against Paul, Barnabas, Silas, and Apollos, with …
November 6 / II Peter 3:10-18
II Peter 3:10-18 After talking about the end times, Peter asks the question: …what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness…? (v. 11b) End times or not, we can ask ourselves that question, what sort of people are we? How do others – the world – see us? I …
November 5 / II Peter 3:1-9
II Peter 3:1-9 Clarification on the following verses: …scoffers … will say, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” (vv. 3-4) Essentially the scoffers (false leaders/teachers) are saying that, since the world has not changed since …
November 4 / II Peter 2:12-22
II Peter 2:12-22 Carol will attest to the fact that I have trouble with pronouns. I’m consistently asking her which “him” or “her” she is referring to. So I had to ask myself in today’s reading, who are the “they”, “them”, and “these” to whom Peter is referring? And as I read and re-read today’s …
November 3 / II Peter 2:1-11
II Peter 2:1-11 Unbelievable! Of our 11 (or 10, if you prefer) verses today, six and one-half of those verses (vv. 4-10a) are all one sentence!! Peter truly writes differently from Paul! Much of what we have in today’s reading we also saw in Jude. Biblical scholars presume that Peter copied from Jude, or Jude …
November 2 / II Peter 1:12-21
II Peter 1:12-21 …I know that the putting off of my body will be soon … And I make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things. (vv. 14-15) Peter here is speaking of his death and his intention to continue to remind his audience …