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: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:04 AM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday October 21 > Day 294 > > Mark 7-9 (The Message) > > Mark 7 > The Source of Your Pollution > 1-4 The Pharisees, along with some religion scholars who had come from > Jerusalem, gathered around > him. They noticed that some of his disciples weren't being careful with > ritual washings before > meals. The Pharisees-Jews in general, in fact-would never eat a meal > without going through the > motions of a ritual hand-washing, with an especially vigorous scrubbing if > they had just come from > the market (to say nothing of the scourings they'd give jugs and pots and > pans). > 5The Pharisees and religion scholars asked, "Why do your disciples flout > the rules, showing up at > meals without washing their hands?" > > 6-8Jesus answered, "Isaiah was right about frauds like you, hit the > bull's-eye in fact: > > These people make a big show of saying the right thing, > but their heart isn't in it. > > They act like they are worshiping me, > but they don't mean it. > > They just use me as a cover > for teaching whatever suits their fancy, > > Ditching God's command > and taking up the latest fads." > > 9-13He went on, "Well, good for you. You get rid of God's command so you > won't be inconvenienced in > following the religious fashions! Moses said, 'Respect your father and > mother,' and, 'Anyone > denouncing father or mother should be killed.' But you weasel out of that > by saying that it's > perfectly acceptable to say to father or mother, 'Gift! What I owed you > I've given as a gift to > God,' thus relieving yourselves of obligation to father or mother. You > scratch out God's Word and > scrawl a whim in its place. You do a lot of things like this." > > 14-15Jesus called the crowd together again and said, "Listen now, all of > you- take this to heart. > It's not what you swallow that pollutes your life; it's what you > vomit-that's the real pollution." > > 17When he was back home after being with the crowd, his disciples said, > "We don't get it. Put it in > plain language." > > 18-19Jesus said, "Are you being willfully stupid? Don't you see that what > you swallow can't > contaminate you? It doesn't enter your heart but your stomach, works its > way through the intestines, > and is finally flushed." (That took care of dietary quibbling; Jesus was > saying that all foods are > fit to eat.) > > 20-23He went on: "It's what comes out of a person that pollutes: > obscenities, lusts, thefts, > murders, adulteries, greed, depravity, deceptive dealings, carousing, mean > looks, slander, > arrogance, foolishness-all these are vomit from the heart. There is the > source of your pollution." > > 24-26From there Jesus set out for the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house > there where he didn't > think he would be found, but he couldn't escape notice. He was barely > inside when a woman who had a > disturbed daughter heard where he was. She came and knelt at his feet, > begging for help. The woman > was Greek, Syro-Phoenician by birth. She asked him to cure her daughter. > > 27He said, "Stand in line and take your turn. The children get fed first. > If there's any left over, > the dogs get it." > > 28She said, "Of course, Master. But don't dogs under the table get scraps > dropped by the children?" > > 29-30Jesus was impressed. "You're right! On your way! Your daughter is no > longer disturbed. The > demonic affliction is gone." She went home and found her daughter relaxed > on the bed, the torment > gone for good. > > 31-35Then he left the region of Tyre, went through Sidon back to Galilee > Lake and over to the > district of the Ten Towns. Some people brought a man who could neither > hear nor speak and asked > Jesus to lay a healing hand on him. He took the man off by himself, put > his fingers in the man's > ears and some spit on the man's tongue. Then Jesus looked up in prayer, > groaned mightily, and > commanded, "Ephphatha!-Open up!" And it happened. The man's hearing was > clear and his speech > plain-just like that. > > 36-37Jesus urged them to keep it quiet, but they talked it up all the > more, beside themselves with > excitement. "He's done it all and done it well. He gives hearing to the > deaf, speech to the > speechless." > > Mark 8 > A Meal for Four Thousand > 1-3 At about this same time he again found himself with a hungry crowd on > his hands. He called his > disciples together and said, "This crowd is breaking my heart. They have > stuck with me for three > days, and now they have nothing to eat. If I send them home hungry, > they'll faint along the way-some > of them have come a long distance." > 4His disciples responded, "What do you expect us to do about it? Buy food > out here in the desert?" > > 5He asked, "How much bread do you have?" > > "Seven loaves," they said. > > 6-10So Jesus told the crowd to sit down on the ground. After giving > thanks, he took the seven bread > loaves, broke them into pieces, and gave them to his disciples so they > could hand them out to the > crowd. They also had a few fish. He pronounced a blessing over the fish > and told his disciples to > hand them out as well. The crowd ate its fill. Seven sacks of leftovers > were collected. There were > well over four thousand at the meal. Then he sent them home. He himself > went straight to the boat > with his disciples and set out for Dalmanoutha. > > 11-12When they arrived, the Pharisees came out and started in on him, > badgering him to prove > himself, pushing him up against the wall. Provoked, he said, "Why does > this generation clamor for > miraculous guarantees? If I have anything to say about it, you'll not get > so much as a hint of a > guarantee." > > Contaminating Yeast > 13-15He then left them, got back in the boat, and headed for the other > side. But the disciples > forgot to pack a lunch. Except for a single loaf of bread, there wasn't a > crumb in the boat. Jesus > warned, "Be very careful. Keep a sharp eye out for the contaminating yeast > of Pharisees and the > followers of Herod." > 16-19Meanwhile, the disciples were finding fault with each other because > they had forgotten to > bring bread. Jesus overheard and said, "Why are you fussing because you > forgot bread? Don't you see > the point of all this? Don't you get it at all? Remember the five loaves I > broke for the five > thousand? How many baskets of leftovers did you pick up?" > > They said, "Twelve." > > 20"And the seven loaves for the four thousand-how many bags full of > leftovers did you get?" > > "Seven." > > 21He said, "Do you still not get it?" > > 22-23They arrived at Bethsaida. Some people brought a sightless man and > begged Jesus to give him a > healing touch. Taking him by the hand, he led him out of the village. He > put spit in the man's eyes, > laid hands on him, and asked, "Do you see anything?" > > 24-26He looked up. "I see men. They look like walking trees." So Jesus > laid hands on his eyes > again. The man looked hard and realized that he had recovered perfect > sight, saw everything in > bright, twenty-twenty focus. Jesus sent him straight home, telling him, > "Don't enter the village." > > The Messiah > 27Jesus and his disciples headed out for the villages around Caesarea > Philippi. As they walked, he > asked, "Who do the people say I am?" > 28"Some say 'John the Baptizer,'" they said. "Others say 'Elijah.' Still > others say 'one of the > prophets.'" > > 29He then asked, "And you-what are you saying about me? Who am I?" > > Peter gave the answer: "You are the Christ, the Messiah." > > 30-32Jesus warned them to keep it quiet, not to breathe a word of it to > anyone. He then began > explaining things to them: "It is necessary that the Son of Man proceed to > an ordeal of suffering, > be tried and found guilty by the elders, high priests, and religion > scholars, be killed, and after > three days rise up alive." He said this simply and clearly so they > couldn't miss it. > > 32-33But Peter grabbed him in protest. Turning and seeing his disciples > wavering, wondering what to > believe, Jesus confronted Peter. "Peter, get out of my way! Satan, get > lost! You have no idea how > God works." > > 34-37Calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, "Anyone who intends > to come with me has to > let me lead. You're not in the driver's seat; I am. Don't run from > suffering; embrace it. Follow me > and I'll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the > way, my way, to saving > yourself, your true self. What good would it do to get everything you want > and lose you, the real > you? What could you ever trade your soul for? > > 38"If any of you are embarrassed over me and the way I'm leading you when > you get around your > fickle and unfocused friends, know that you'll be an even greater > embarrassment to the Son of Man > when he arrives in all the splendor of God, his Father, with an army of > the holy angels." > > Mark 9 > 1 Then he drove it home by saying, "This isn't pie in the sky by and by. > Some of you who are > standing here are going to see it happen, see the kingdom of God arrive in > full force." In a > Light-Radiant Cloud > 2-4Six days later, three of them did see it. Jesus took Peter, James, and > John and led them up a > high mountain. His appearance changed from the inside out, right before > their eyes. His clothes > shimmered, glistening white, whiter than any bleach could make them. > Elijah, along with Moses, came > into view, in deep conversation with Jesus. > > 5-6Peter interrupted, "Rabbi, this is a great moment! Let's build three > memorials- one for you, one > for Moses, one for Elijah." He blurted this out without thinking, stunned > as they all were by what > they were seeing. > > 7Just then a light-radiant cloud enveloped them, and from deep in the > cloud, a voice: "This is my > Son, marked by my love. Listen to him." > > 8The next minute the disciples were looking around, rubbing their eyes, > seeing nothing but Jesus, > only Jesus. > > 9-10Coming down the mountain, Jesus swore them to secrecy. "Don't tell a > soul what you saw. After > the Son of Man rises from the dead, you're free to talk." They puzzled > over that, wondering what on > earth "rising from the dead" meant. > > 11Meanwhile they were asking, "Why do the religion scholars say that > Elijah has to come first?" > > 12-13Jesus replied, "Elijah does come first and get everything ready for > the coming of the Son of > Man. They treated this Elijah like dirt, much like they will treat the Son > of Man, who will, > according to Scripture, suffer terribly and be kicked around > contemptibly." > > There Are No Ifs > 14-16When they came back down the mountain to the other disciples, they > saw a huge crowd around > them, and the religion scholars cross-examining them. As soon as the > people in the crowd saw Jesus, > admiring excitement stirred them. They ran and greeted him. He asked, > "What's going on? What's all > the commotion?" > 17-18A man out of the crowd answered, "Teacher, I brought my mute son, > made speechless by a demon, > to you. Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at > the mouth, grinds his > teeth, and goes stiff as a board. I told your disciples, hoping they could > deliver him, but they > couldn't." > > 19-20Jesus said, "What a generation! No sense of God! How many times do I > have to go over these > things? How much longer do I have to put up with this? Bring the boy > here." They brought him. When > the demon saw Jesus, it threw the boy into a seizure, causing him to > writhe on the ground and foam > at the mouth. > > 21-22He asked the boy's father, "How long has this been going on?" > > "Ever since he was a little boy. Many times it pitches him into fire or > the river to do away with > him. If you can do anything, do it. Have a heart and help us!" > > 23Jesus said, "If? There are no 'ifs' among believers. Anything can > happen." > > 24No sooner were the words out of his mouth than the father cried, "Then I > believe. Help me with my > doubts!" > > 25-27Seeing that the crowd was forming fast, Jesus gave the vile spirit > its marching orders: "Dumb > and deaf spirit, I command you-Out of him, and stay out!" Screaming, and > with much thrashing about, > it left. The boy was pale as a corpse, so people started saying, "He's > dead." But Jesus, taking his > hand, raised him. The boy stood up. > > 28After arriving back home, his disciples cornered Jesus and asked, "Why > couldn't we throw the > demon out?" > > 29He answered, "There is no way to get rid of this kind of demon except by > prayer." > > 30-32Leaving there, they went through Galilee. He didn't want anyone to > know their whereabouts, for > he wanted to teach his disciples. He told them, "The Son of Man is about > to be betrayed to some > people who want nothing to do with God. They will murder him. Three days > after his murder, he will > rise, alive." They didn't know what he was talking about, but were afraid > to ask him about it. > > So You Want First Place? > 33They came to Capernaum. When he was safe at home, he asked them, "What > were you discussing on the > road?" > 34The silence was deafening-they had been arguing with one another over > who among them was > greatest. > > 35He sat down and summoned the Twelve. "So you want first place? Then take > the last place. Be the > servant of all." > > 36-37He put a child in the middle of the room. Then, cradling the little > one in his arms, he said, > "Whoever embraces one of these children as I do embraces me, and far more > than me-God who sent me." > > 38John spoke up, "Teacher, we saw a man using your name to expel demons > and we stopped him because > he wasn't in our group." > > 39-41Jesus wasn't pleased. "Don't stop him. No one can use my name to do > something good and > powerful, and in the next breath cut me down. If he's not an enemy, he's > an ally. Why, anyone by > just giving you a cup of water in my name is on our side. Count on it that > God will notice. > > 42"On the other hand, if you give one of these simple, childlike believers > a hard time, bullying or > taking advantage of their simple trust, you'll soon wish you hadn't. You'd > be better off dropped in > the middle of the lake with a millstone around your neck. > > 43-48"If your hand or your foot gets in God's way, chop it off and throw > it away. You're better off > maimed or lame and alive than the proud owner of two hands and two feet, > godless in a furnace of > eternal fire. And if your eye distracts you from God, pull it out and > throw it away. You're better > off one-eyed and alive than exercising your twenty-twenty vision from > inside the fire of hell. > > 49-50"Everyone's going through a refining fire sooner or later, but you'll > be well-preserved, > protected from the eternal flames. Be preservatives yourselves. Preserve > the peace." > > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
