I John 5:4-21 This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these …
Category Archives: RTB 2025 – Search the Scriptures, Part 2
December 12 / I John 4:7-5:3
I John 4:7-5:3 Dear RTB’ers, “Love.” Each day in I John one word jumps out. Today that word is “love”. I counted 33 occurrences of the word “love” or “loved” in today’s 18 verses. And in these few verses we have a number of “memory verses”, especially I John 4:10,11,16b,18a,19. Pick one and add it …
December 11 / I John 3:11-4:6
I John 3:11-4:6 Dear RTB’ers, “World”. That one word is mentioned eight times in today’s reading, six of those in the first six verses in chapter 4, three times in just one verse (I John 4:5). For the most part, John applies the “world” to this earthly realm that is not of God, that is …
December 10 / I John 2:28-3:10
I John 2:28-3:10 Dear RTB’ers, The devil. He is featured today in John’s letter, in unglowing terms (I John 3:8, 10)! We also saw him in yesterday’s reading, where he is mentioned as “the evil one” (I John 2:13-14) and we’ll see him again in I John 5:18-19, again mentioned as “the evil one”. As …
December 9 / I John 2:3-27
I John 2:3-27 Dear RTB’ers, Love one another, keep His commandments, and be careful that you are not led astray by wrong teaching. Am I missing anything from today’s reading? I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. But the anointing that you received from Him abides in you, …
December 8 / I John 1:1-2:2
I John 1:1-2:2 Dear RTB’ers, Today and for the next week we have an elderly apostle John writing circular letters to believers, presumably those living in Asia (modern Turkey), Greece and Italy (Rome). That is, in contrast to Hebrews, he does not appear to be writing to Jewish believers in Jerusalem/Israel. He does not address …
December 7 / Isaiah 38-39
Isaiah 38-39 Dear RTB’ers, Today’s readings mostly repeat, sometimes verbatim what we read in late October in II Kings 20:1-19. We posted those earlier comments links yesterday. And as with my post yesterday, I was again struck by Hezekiah’s prayer and God’s answer. God does answer prayer – yes, no, later – but never “maybe”. …
December 6 / Isaiah 36-37
Isaiah 36-37 Dear RTB’ers, As the STS introduction tells us, today we are repeating material, sometimes verbatim, that we already read back on October 26, 27, and 28 from II Kings 18:13-20:11, when Sennacherib, the king of Assyria attempted to take Jerusalem. Feel free to look back at those posts, but for today, I’ll just …
December 5 / Isaiah 33-35
Isaiah 33-35 Dear RTB’ers, The STS introductory note is helpful for today’s reading – Isaiah 33 tells of Israel’s fear of the coming Assyrian invasion, then joy when the Assyrians are defeated, followed by another End Times prophecy in the second half of the chapter. Isaiah 34 gives us a picture of God’s judgment on …
December 4 / Isaiah 30:18-32:20
Isaiah 30:18-32:20 Dear RTB’ers, A couple of happy chapters today… (Please forgive my informality!) But yes, the happiness begins early and continues through all three chapters: For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon …