December 4 Revelation 2:18-29 (ESV) To the Church in Thyatira 18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze. 19 “‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, … More December 4 Revelation 2:18-29
But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. (Revelation 2:4, verses 1-7 in our Bible reading plan today) John MacArthur ties together today’s reading in John 14 and Revelation 2:1-17, in a message “When Love Grows Cold” Knowing God and being a Christian involves loving the Lord … More Fluctuation potential in our love
In our Bible reading plan, we come to John 14:28-31 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it … More The cross: a demonstration of Christ’s love for us or for the Father?
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger helps us understand Job 25-26 (in our Bible reading plan today): In Job 25, we have the very short and final speech from Bildad, along with Job’s response. After three increasingly heated exchanges, Job and his friends have clearly run out of steam. But like trains passing on parallel tracks, Job and … More Like trains passing on parallel tracks
They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me. Today in our BIble reading plan, we read Hosea 7-8. Here is help from the John Calvin commentary on Hosea 7:14- Now the Prophet says here that the Israelites … More “Fictitious invocations” vs cries from the heart
Today we come to Revelation 1:9-20 in our reading plan. Here are helpful comments from John Piper, in a sermon, “A Year-End Look at Jesus Christ” The voice says in [Revelation 1] v. 11, “Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches.” This means that the vision John is … More See Jesus through Revelation
As we read on in John 14:15-21 today, we see statements in John 14-16 confirm that Jesus thinks of the Holy Spirit as a person not a mere force. From John Piper, in a sermon, “The Holy Spirit: He Is God!” 1) Jesus calls him “another Counselor” in 14:16, “I will pray the Father and … More Impersonal force from a distant God or a Person?
Is it your heart cry to KNOW God? To press on to KNOW Him? In Hosea 4 (part of our Bible reading plan today) we read, “Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, … More Press on to KNOW Him!
In Job 24, in our reading plan today, we see that Job does not understand how God can allow the strong to exploit the weak? When will judgment come? Why? When? How? Kim Riddlebarger comments in a sermon on this section of Job: None of this fits with Job’s hope in a coming redeemer. It … More For a little while…
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger helps introduce us to the reading of Revelation this month: …it is sad that so many Christians avoid Revelation because of its difficult and mysterious nature. It is even sadder, perhaps, that so many use this book as a springboard for speculation about the Bible’s relationship to current events. This is a … More A book about the risen and exalted Christ
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