Matthew 1:1-25 RTNT 2021. Evidently I spent quite a bit of time looking at genealogies two years ago and learned a lot. See the January 8, 2019 post. The biggest item is David’s succession running through Solomon (Matthew) or his other son, Nathan (Luke). With that split you can get two very different and legitimate …
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January 4 / Luke 1:57-80
Luke 1:57-80 RTNT 2021. I note below that in 2019 I really saw the distinction in Zacharias’ prayer between his prophecies for Jesus (Luke 1:68-75) and John (Luke 1:76-79). But today in his prophecy concerning Jesus verses 74 and 75 stuck out: …that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him …
January 3 / Luke 1:26-56
Luke 1:26-56 Slow to post today – we had our granddaughter overnight and her morning routine overwhelmed my morning activities! And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you… (v. 35a) What struck me most was the last half of what I …
January 2 / Luke 1:1-25
Luke 1:1-25 In two consecutive verses, we see two different ministries for John the Baptist: And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, and he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah… to make ready for the Lord a people prepared. (vv. 16-17) He …
January 1 / John 1:1-18
John 1:1-18 Happy New Year, folks! And what a year it’ll be! It’ll be whatever He makes it for us, so long as we walk hand-in-hand with Him. Glory! So today, a new year, a new goal – reading through the New Testament, chronologically, in short spurts, 20 to 25 verses per day. A few …
December 31 / III John 1:9-15
III John 1:9-15 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church. (v. 10) John really takes Diotrephes to task, charging him …
December 30 / III John 1:1-8
III John 1:1-8 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. (v. 4) This is such a true statement! Carol and I rejoice greatly that all four of our kids are seeking the Lord – some seeking Him in different denominations or with particular issues different than …
December 29 / II John 1:7-13
II John 1:7-13 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works. (vv. 10-11) When the apostle John was writing this letter he probably had the Gnostics in mind – people …
December 28 / II John 1:1-6
II John 1:1-6 The elder to the elect lady and her children… (v. 1a) Bible scholars ask whether John was writing this letter to a particular woman or whether the “elect lady” reference was meant to be a greeting to an entire church body. I would argue that John is writing to a particular person. …
December 27 / I John 5:13-21
I John 5:13-21 Just a week ago (12/20) we engaged in an RTB discussion on the “practice of sinning”, specifically that we could not be “born again” if we continued a “practice of sinning”. The sum of it all, knowing the presence of daily sin in every believer’s life, lay in the importance of confession …