Date Readings Verses 01-Oct John 6:22-40 19 02-Oct John 6:41-71 31 03-Oct John 7:1-24 24 04-Oct John 7:25-52 28 05-Oct John 7:53-8:29 30 06-Oct John 8:30-59 30 07-Oct John 9 41 08-Oct John 10:1-21 21 09-Oct John 10:22-42 21 10-Oct John 11:1-27 27 11-Oct John 11:28-44 17 12-Oct John 11:45-12:19 32 13-Oct John 12:20-36 17 …
Category Archives: RTB 2025 – Search the Scriptures, Part 2
September 30 / John 6:1-21
John 6:1-21 Dear RTB’ers, I have already mentioned that John’s gospel leaves me confused with respect to Jesus’ words, especially His replies to questions. But yet another way in which John has me confused is in following Jesus’ physical travels, His chronology. I already mentioned that John has a Passover on four occasions in his …
September 29 / John 5:30-47
John 5:30-47 Dear RTB’ers, Some wonderful words today, five witnesses for Jesus: Finally, Jesus chastises the Jews for their glory-seeking, which He, Himself was unwilling to pursue: I do not receive glory from people. How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the …
September 28 / John 5:1-29
John 5:1-29 Dear RTB’ers, Jesus is back in Jerusalem at one of the three annual feasts, where again He is healing on the Sabbath. This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him… (v. 18a) Today we have the first account in John’s gospel of the Jews seeking to kill Jesus. …
September 27 / John 4:27-54
John 4:27-54 Dear RTB’ers, From yesterday, Jesus speaking, I who speak to you am He. (v. 26) This is the first account we have of Jesus claiming to be the Messiah. Strange that He revealed Himself to this Samaritan woman, but He had not made this claim to the Jews from where He had just …
September 26 / John 4:1-26
John 4:1-26 Dear RTB’ers, “The Woman from Samaria”… For me, better known as “The Woman at the Well”, very likely one of the two best-known of Jesus’ one-on-one interactions, the other being Nicodemus’ nighttime visit from our pervious chapter. We only get half of this story today; the preaching point for many sermons comes tomorrow …
September 25 / John 3:22-36
John 3:22-36 Dear RTB’ers, Three verses to comment on today… First, John the Baptist speaking: He must increase, but I must decrease. (v. 30) For all the attention that John was getting from the Jewish leaders and from the common people, in his heart he remained humble. We should speak these same words as John …
September 24 / John 2:23-3:21
John 2:23-3:21 Dear RTB’ers, Clarification… Yesterday I discussed the Jews seeking signs and wondered at how they knew about Jesus’ signs. Today we see that Jesus was, indeed, performing signs (healings?) in Jerusalem, leading to the Jewish leaders requesting additional signs: Now when He was in Jerusalem … they saw the signs that He was …
September 23 / John 2:1-22
John 2:1-22 Dear RTB’ers, It’s a strange question the Jews asked Jesus after His cleansing of the Temple, What sign do you show us for doing these things? (v. 18b) The NASB helps our understanding of their question, in that their interpretation includes the Jews asking about Jesus’ authority for doing these things. So, as …
September 22 / John 1:35-51
John 1:35-51 Dear RTB’ers, When a book is made into a movie, the book reader’s perspective on their original reading can become influenced by the way the movie portrays the book. That is clearly the case with me and the gospels. The series, The Chosen, has influenced my own imagination (or my own understanding) as …