O. Addison Gethers
e-mail address [email protected] [email protected] twitter URL http//:twitter.com/OAddisonGethers Messenger contact window live/msn messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS rs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 9:16 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Saturday October 10 > Day 283 > > Matthew 1 > 1 The family tree of Jesus Christ, David's son, Abraham's son: 2-6Abraham > had Isaac, Isaac had > Jacob, > Jacob had Judah and his brothers, > Judah had Perez and Zerah (the mother was Tamar), > Perez had Hezron, > Hezron had Aram, > Aram had Amminadab, > Amminadab had Nahshon, > Nahshon had Salmon, > Salmon had Boaz (his mother was Rahab), > Boaz had Obed (Ruth was the mother), > Obed had Jesse, > Jesse had David, > and David became king. > 6-11David had Solomon (Uriah's wife was the mother), > Solomon had Rehoboam, > Rehoboam had Abijah, > Abijah had Asa, > Asa had Jehoshaphat, > Jehoshaphat had Joram, > Joram had Uzziah, > Uzziah had Jotham, > Jotham had Ahaz, > Ahaz had Hezekiah, > Hezekiah had Manasseh, > Manasseh had Amon, > Amon had Josiah, > Josiah had Jehoiachin and his brothers, > and then the people were taken into the Babylonian exile. > 12-16When the Babylonian exile ended, > Jeconiah had Shealtiel, > Shealtiel had Zerubbabel, > Zerubbabel had Abiud, > Abiud had Eliakim, > Eliakim had Azor, > Azor had Zadok, > Zadok had Achim, > Achim had Eliud, > Eliud had Eleazar, > Eleazar had Matthan, > Matthan had Jacob, > Jacob had Joseph, Mary's husband, > the Mary who gave birth to Jesus, > the Jesus who was called Christ. > 17There were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, > another fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, > and yet another fourteen from the Babylonian exile to Christ. > > The Birth of Jesus > 18-19The birth of Jesus took place like this. His mother, Mary, was > engaged to be married to > Joseph. Before they came to the marriage bed, Joseph discovered she was > pregnant. (It was by the > Holy Spirit, but he didn't know that.) Joseph, chagrined but noble, > determined to take care of > things quietly so Mary would not be disgraced. > 20-23While he was trying to figure a way out, he had a dream. God's angel > spoke in the dream: > "Joseph, son of David, don't hesitate to get married. Mary's pregnancy is > Spirit-conceived. God's > Holy Spirit has made her pregnant. She will bring a son to birth, and when > she does, you, Joseph, > will name him Jesus-'God saves'-because he will save his people from their > sins." This would bring > the prophet's embryonic sermon to full term: > > Watch for this-a virgin will get pregnant and bear a son; > They will name him Immanuel (Hebrew for "God is with us"). > > 24-25Then Joseph woke up. He did exactly what God's angel commanded in the > dream: He married Mary. > But he did not consummate the marriage until she had the baby. He named > the baby Jesus. > > Matthew 2 > Scholars from the East > 1-2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem village, Judah territory- this was > during Herod's kingship-a > band of scholars arrived in Jerusalem from the East. They asked around, > "Where can we find and pay > homage to the newborn King of the Jews? We observed a star in the eastern > sky that signaled his > birth. We're on pilgrimage to worship him." > 3-4When word of their inquiry got to Herod, he was terrified-and not Herod > alone, but most of > Jerusalem as well. Herod lost no time. He gathered all the high priests > and religion scholars in the > city together and asked, "Where is the Messiah supposed to be born?" > > 5-6They told him, "Bethlehem, Judah territory. The prophet Micah wrote it > plainly: > > It's you, Bethlehem, in Judah's land, > no longer bringing up the rear. > From you will come the leader > who will shepherd-rule my people, my Israel." > > 7-8Herod then arranged a secret meeting with the scholars from the East. > Pretending to be as devout > as they were, he got them to tell him exactly when the birth-announcement > star appeared. Then he > told them the prophecy about Bethlehem, and said, "Go find this child. > Leave no stone unturned. As > soon as you find him, send word and I'll join you at once in your > worship." > > 9-10Instructed by the king, they set off. Then the star appeared again, > the same star they had seen > in the eastern skies. It led them on until it hovered over the place of > the child. They could hardly > contain themselves: They were in the right place! They had arrived at the > right time! > > 11They entered the house and saw the child in the arms of Mary, his > mother. Overcome, they kneeled > and worshiped him. Then they opened their luggage and presented gifts: > gold, frankincense, myrrh. > > 12In a dream, they were warned not to report back to Herod. So they worked > out another route, left > the territory without being seen, and returned to their own country. > > 13After the scholars were gone, God's angel showed up again in Joseph's > dream and commanded, "Get > up. Take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt. Stay until further > notice. Herod is on the hunt > for this child, and wants to kill him." > > 14-15Joseph obeyed. He got up, took the child and his mother under cover > of darkness. They were out > of town and well on their way by daylight. They lived in Egypt until > Herod's death. This Egyptian > exile fulfilled what Hosea had preached: "I called my son out of Egypt." > > 16-18Herod, when he realized that the scholars had tricked him, flew into > a rage. He commanded the > murder of every little boy two years old and under who lived in Bethlehem > and its surrounding hills. > (He determined that age from information he'd gotten from the scholars.) > That's when Jeremiah's > sermon was fulfilled: > > A sound was heard in Ramah, > weeping and much lament. > Rachel weeping for her children, > Rachel refusing all solace, > Her children gone, > dead and buried. > > 19-20Later, when Herod died, God's angel appeared in a dream to Joseph in > Egypt: "Up, take the > child and his mother and return to Israel. All those out to murder the > child are dead." > > 21-23Joseph obeyed. He got up, took the child and his mother, and > reentered Israel. When he heard, > though, that Archelaus had succeeded his father, Herod, as king in Judea, > he was afraid to go there. > But then Joseph was directed in a dream to go to the hills of Galilee. On > arrival, he settled in the > village of Nazareth. This move was a fulfillment of the prophetic words, > "He shall be called a > Nazarene." > > Matthew 3 > Thunder in the Desert! > 1-2 While Jesus was living in the Galilean hills, John, called "the > Baptizer," was preaching in the > desert country of Judea. His message was simple and austere, like his > desert surroundings: "Change > your life. God's kingdom is here." > 3John and his message were authorized by Isaiah's prophecy: > > Thunder in the desert! > Prepare for God's arrival! > Make the road smooth and straight! > > 4-6John dressed in a camel-hair habit tied at the waist by a leather > strap. He lived on a diet of > locusts and wild field honey. People poured out of Jerusalem, Judea, and > the Jordanian countryside > to hear and see him in action. There at the Jordan River those who came to > confess their sins were > baptized into a changed life. > > 7-10When John realized that a lot of Pharisees and Sadducees were showing > up for a baptismal > experience because it was becoming the popular thing to do, he exploded: > "Brood of snakes! What do > you think you're doing slithering down here to the river? Do you think a > little water on your > snakeskins is going to make any difference? It's your life that must > change, not your skin! And > don't think you can pull rank by claiming Abraham as father. Being a > descendant of Abraham is > neither here nor there. Descendants of Abraham are a dime a dozen. What > counts is your life. Is it > green and blossoming? Because if it's deadwood, it goes on the fire. > > 11-12"I'm baptizing you here in the river, turning your old life in for a > kingdom life. The real > action comes next: The main character in this drama-compared to him I'm a > mere stagehand-will ignite > the kingdom life within you, a fire within you, the Holy Spirit within > you, changing you from the > inside out. He's going to clean house-make a clean sweep of your lives. > He'll place everything true > in its proper place before God; everything false he'll put out with the > trash to be burned." > > 13-14Jesus then appeared, arriving at the Jordan River from Galilee. He > wanted John to baptize him. > John objected, "I'm the one who needs to be baptized, not you!" > > 15But Jesus insisted. "Do it. God's work, putting things right all these > centuries, is coming > together right now in this baptism." So John did it. > > 16-17The moment Jesus came up out of the baptismal waters, the skies > opened up and he saw God's > Spirit-it looked like a dove-descending and landing on him. And along with > the Spirit, a voice: > "This is my Son, chosen and marked by my love, delight of my life." > > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > Also, follow my tweets on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/Donnie1261 > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/dbilg?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
