The schedule for our daily Bible readings can be found here. The schedule is based on five days on, then two days off. It will take about five minutes each day to read that day’s scheduled reading. The devotionals will take an additional five minutes to read. Depending on how quickly you read … and…
October 23 Jewish tradition held that the Mosaic Law was presented by angels. This view was presented in two New Testament passages, Acts 7:53 and Galatians 3:19, based on Deuteronomy 33:2. Here, the author says that, as good as the Old Covenant Law was, the Salvation under the New Covenant is so much better! (Hebrews…
October 22 The book of Hebrews could be summed up as “More Better” as it compares the Old Covenant system to the New Covenant system. We don’t know who wrote the book, but whoever it was had a thorough knowledge of both the Old and New Covenant systems. He begins the book with a statement…
October 19 Peter tells the elders to be good shepherds over their flock. He reminds them to do so willingly, and not under compulsion. They are to be examples to their flock and not lord their positions over them. As did James with his readers, (James 1:12) Peter assures his readers that they will be…
October 18 Peter talks about suffering in two parts of 1 Peter Chapter 4. (1 Peter 4:1–6; 12-19) In the middle part of the chapter (1 Peter 4:7–11), he talks about eschatological ethics. He reminds his audience that as Jesus suffered, so too will believers suffer. He says that as we suffer, we do so…
October 17 Peter continues his discussion of submission. (1 Peter 3:1–7) He began in Chapter 2 by discussing submission of slaves to their masters. (1 Peter 2:18–20) He told the slaves to submit themselves of their own volition to their masters. Here, in Chapter 3, he applies the same principle of wives’ relationships with their…
October 16 Peter tells his audience that they have a special calling to live holy lives. Throughout the Old Testament, God tells the Jewish people that if they would follow Him, they would be His people and that He would be their God. Peter applies that promise to the church, which is the fulfillment of…
