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: Sunday, November 01, 2009 9:11 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Monday November 2 > Day 306 > > John 4-6 (The Message) > > John 4 > The Woman at the Well > 1-3 Jesus realized that the Pharisees were keeping count of the baptisms > that he and John performed > (although his disciples, not Jesus, did the actual baptizing). They had > posted the score that Jesus > was ahead, turning him and John into rivals in the eyes of the people. So > Jesus left the Judean > countryside and went back to Galilee. > 4-6To get there, he had to pass through Samaria. He came into Sychar, a > Samaritan village that > bordered the field Jacob had given his son Joseph. Jacob's well was still > there. Jesus, worn out by > the trip, sat down at the well. It was noon. > > 7-8A woman, a Samaritan, came to draw water. Jesus said, "Would you give > me a drink of water?" (His > disciples had gone to the village to buy food for lunch.) > > 9The Samaritan woman, taken aback, asked, "How come you, a Jew, are asking > me, a Samaritan woman, > for a drink?" (Jews in those days wouldn't be caught dead talking to > Samaritans.) > > 10Jesus answered, "If you knew the generosity of God and who I am, you > would be asking me for a > drink, and I would give you fresh, living water." > > 11-12The woman said, "Sir, you don't even have a bucket to draw with, and > this well is deep. So how > are you going to get this 'living water'? Are you a better man than our > ancestor Jacob, who dug this > well and drank from it, he and his sons and livestock, and passed it down > to us?" > > 13-14Jesus said, "Everyone who drinks this water will get thirsty again > and again. Anyone who > drinks the water I give will never thirst-not ever. The water I give will > be an artesian spring > within, gushing fountains of endless life." > > 15The woman said, "Sir, give me this water so I won't ever get thirsty, > won't ever have to come > back to this well again!" > > 16He said, "Go call your husband and then come back." > > 17-18"I have no husband," she said. > > "That's nicely put: 'I have no husband.' You've had five husbands, and > the man you're living with > now isn't even your husband. You spoke the truth there, sure enough." > > 19-20"Oh, so you're a prophet! Well, tell me this: Our ancestors worshiped > God at this mountain, > but you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place for worship, right?" > > 21-23"Believe me, woman, the time is coming when you Samaritans will > worship the Father neither > here at this mountain nor there in Jerusalem. You worship guessing in the > dark; we Jews worship in > the clear light of day. God's way of salvation is made available through > the Jews. But the time is > coming-it has, in fact, come-when what you're called will not matter and > where you go to worship > will not matter. > > 23-24"It's who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your > worship must engage your > spirit in the pursuit of truth. That's the kind of people the Father is > out looking for: those who > are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship. God is > sheer being itself-Spirit. > Those who worship him must do it out of their very being, their spirits, > their true selves, in > adoration." > > 25The woman said, "I don't know about that. I do know that the Messiah is > coming. When he arrives, > we'll get the whole story." > > 26"I am he," said Jesus. "You don't have to wait any longer or look any > further." > > 27Just then his disciples came back. They were shocked. They couldn't > believe he was talking with > that kind of a woman. No one said what they were all thinking, but their > faces showed it. > > 28-30The woman took the hint and left. In her confusion she left her water > pot. Back in the village > she told the people, "Come see a man who knew all about the things I did, > who knows me inside and > out. Do you think this could be the Messiah?" And they went out to see for > themselves. > > It's Harvest Time > 31In the meantime, the disciples pressed him, "Rabbi, eat. Aren't you > going to eat?" > 32He told them, "I have food to eat you know nothing about." > > 33The disciples were puzzled. "Who could have brought him food?" > > 34-35Jesus said, "The food that keeps me going is that I do the will of > the One who sent me, > finishing the work he started. As you look around right now, wouldn't you > say that in about four > months it will be time to harvest? Well, I'm telling you to open your eyes > and take a good look at > what's right in front of you. These Samaritan fields are ripe. It's > harvest time! > > 36-38"The Harvester isn't waiting. He's taking his pay, gathering in this > grain that's ripe for > eternal life. Now the Sower is arm in arm with the Harvester, triumphant. > That's the truth of the > saying, 'This one sows, that one harvests.' I sent you to harvest a field > you never worked. Without > lifting a finger, you have walked in on a field worked long and hard by > others." > > 39-42Many of the Samaritans from that village committed themselves to him > because of the woman's > witness: "He knew all about the things I did. He knows me inside and out!" > They asked him to stay > on, so Jesus stayed two days. A lot more people entrusted their lives to > him when they heard what he > had to say. They said to the woman, "We're no longer taking this on your > say-so. We've heard it for > ourselves and know it for sure. He's the Savior of the world!" > > 43-45After the two days he left for Galilee. Now, Jesus knew well from > experience that a prophet is > not respected in the place where he grew up. So when he arrived in > Galilee, the Galileans welcomed > him, but only because they were impressed with what he had done in > Jerusalem during the Passover > Feast, not that they really had a clue about who he was or what he was up > to. > > 46-48Now he was back in Cana of Galilee, the place where he made the water > into wine. Meanwhile in > Capernaum, there was a certain official from the king's court whose son > was sick. When he heard that > Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and asked that he come down > and heal his son, who was > on the brink of death. Jesus put him off: "Unless you people are dazzled > by a miracle, you refuse to > believe." > > 49But the court official wouldn't be put off. "Come down! It's life or > death for my son." > > 50-51Jesus simply replied, "Go home. Your son lives." > > The man believed the bare word Jesus spoke and headed home. On his way > back, his servants > intercepted him and announced, "Your son lives!" > > 52-53He asked them what time he began to get better. They said, "The fever > broke yesterday > afternoon at one o'clock." The father knew that that was the very moment > Jesus had said, "Your son > lives." > > 53-54That clinched it. Not only he but his entire household believed. This > was now the second sign > Jesus gave after having come from Judea into Galilee. > > John 5 > Even on the Sabbath > 1-6Soon another Feast came around and Jesus was back in Jerusalem. > Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called > Bethesda, with five alcoves. > Hundreds of sick people-blind, crippled, paralyzed-were in these alcoves. > One man had been an > invalid there for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him stretched out by > the pool and knew how long > he had been there, he said, "Do you want to get well?" > > 7The sick man said, "Sir, when the water is stirred, I don't have anybody > to put me in the pool. By > the time I get there, somebody else is already in." > > 8-9Jesus said, "Get up, take your bedroll, start walking." The man was > healed on the spot. He > picked up his bedroll and walked off. > > 9-10That day happened to be the Sabbath. The Jews stopped the healed man > and said, "It's the > Sabbath. You can't carry your bedroll around. It's against the rules." > > 11But he told them, "The man who made me well told me to. He said, 'Take > your bedroll and start > walking.'" > > 12-13They asked, "Who gave you the order to take it up and start walking?" > But the healed man > didn't know, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd. > > 14A little later Jesus found him in the Temple and said, "You look > wonderful! You're well! Don't > return to a sinning life or something worse might happen." > > 15-16The man went back and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made > him well. That is why the > Jews were out to get Jesus-because he did this kind of thing on the > Sabbath. > > 17But Jesus defended himself. "My Father is working straight through, even > on the Sabbath. So am > I." > > 18That really set them off. The Jews were now not only out to expose him; > they were out to kill > him. Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was calling God his own > Father, putting himself on > a level with God. > > What the Father Does, the Son Does > 19-20So Jesus explained himself at length. "I'm telling you this straight. > The Son can't > independently do a thing, only what he sees the Father doing. What the > Father does, the Son does. > The Father loves the Son and includes him in everything he is doing. > 20-23"But you haven't seen the half of it yet, for in the same way that > the Father raises the dead > and creates life, so does the Son. The Son gives life to anyone he > chooses. Neither he nor the > Father shuts anyone out. The Father handed all authority to judge over to > the Son so that the Son > will be honored equally with the Father. Anyone who dishonors the Son, > dishonors the Father, for it > was the Father's decision to put the Son in the place of honor. > > 24"It's urgent that you listen carefully to this: Anyone here who believes > what I am saying right > now and aligns himself with the Father, who has in fact put me in charge, > has at this very moment > the real, lasting life and is no longer condemned to be an outsider. This > person has taken a giant > step from the world of the dead to the world of the living. > > 25-27"It's urgent that you get this right: The time has arrived-I mean > right now!-when dead men and > women will hear the voice of the Son of God and, hearing, will come alive. > Just as the Father has > life in himself, he has conferred on the Son life in himself. And he has > given him the authority, > simply because he is the Son of Man, to decide and carry out matters of > Judgment. > > 28-29"Don't act so surprised at all this. The time is coming when everyone > dead and buried will > hear his voice. Those who have lived the right way will walk out into a > resurrection Life; those who > have lived the wrong way, into a resurrection Judgment. > > 30-33"I can't do a solitary thing on my own: I listen, then I decide. You > can trust my decision > because I'm not out to get my own way but only to carry out orders. If I > were simply speaking on my > own account, it would be an empty, self-serving witness. But an > independent witness confirms me, the > most reliable Witness of all. Furthermore, you all saw and heard John, and > he gave expert and > reliable testimony about me, didn't he? > > 34-38"But my purpose is not to get your vote, and not to appeal to mere > human testimony. I'm > speaking to you this way so that you will be saved. John was a torch, > blazing and bright, and you > were glad enough to dance for an hour or so in his bright light. But the > witness that really > confirms me far exceeds John's witness. It's the work the Father gave me > to complete. These very > tasks, as I go about completing them, confirm that the Father, in fact, > sent me. The Father who sent > me, confirmed me. And you missed it. You never heard his voice, you never > saw his appearance. There > is nothing left in your memory of his Message because you do not take his > Messenger seriously. > > 39-40"You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think > you'll find eternal life > there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all > about me! And here I am, > standing right before you, and you aren't willing to receive from me the > life you say you want. > > 41-44"I'm not interested in crowd approval. And do you know why? Because I > know you and your > crowds. I know that love, especially God's love, is not on your working > agenda. I came with the > authority of my Father, and you either dismiss me or avoid me. If another > came, acting > self-important, you would welcome him with open arms. How do you expect to > get anywhere with God > when you spend all your time jockeying for position with each other, > ranking your rivals and > ignoring God? > > 45-47"But don't think I'm going to accuse you before my Father. Moses, in > whom you put so much > stock, is your accuser. If you believed, really believed, what Moses said, > you would believe me. He > wrote of me. If you won't take seriously what he wrote, how can I expect > you to take seriously what > I speak?" > > John 6 > Bread and Fish for All > 1-4After this, Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee (some call it > Tiberias). A huge crowd followed > him, attracted by the miracles they had seen him do among the sick. When > he got to the other side, > he climbed a hill and sat down, surrounded by his disciples. It was nearly > time for the Feast of > Passover, kept annually by the Jews. > 5-6When Jesus looked out and saw that a large crowd had arrived, he said > to Philip, "Where can we > buy bread to feed these people?" He said this to stretch Philip's faith. > He already knew what he was > going to do. > > 7Philip answered, "Two hundred silver pieces wouldn't be enough to buy > bread for each person to get > a piece." > > 8-9One of the disciples-it was Andrew, brother to Simon Peter-said, > "There's a little boy here who > has five barley loaves and two fish. But that's a drop in the bucket for a > crowd like this." > > 10-11Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." There was a nice carpet of > green grass in this place. > They sat down, about five thousand of them. Then Jesus took the bread and, > having given thanks, gave > it to those who were seated. He did the same with the fish. All ate as > much as they wanted. > > 12-13When the people had eaten their fill, he said to his disciples, > "Gather the leftovers so > nothing is wasted." They went to work and filled twelve large baskets with > leftovers from the five > barley loaves. > > 14-15The people realized that God was at work among them in what Jesus had > just done. They said, > "This is the Prophet for sure, God's Prophet right here in Galilee!" Jesus > saw that in their > enthusiasm, they were about to grab him and make him king, so he slipped > off and went back up the > mountain to be by himself. > > 16-21In the evening his disciples went down to the sea, got in the boat, > and headed back across the > water to Capernaum. It had grown quite dark and Jesus had not yet > returned. A huge wind blew up, > churning the sea. They were maybe three or four miles out when they saw > Jesus walking on the sea, > quite near the boat. They were scared senseless, but he reassured them, > "It's me. It's all right. > Don't be afraid." So they took him on board. In no time they reached > land-the exact spot they were > headed to. > > 22-24The next day the crowd that was left behind realized that there had > been only one boat, and > that Jesus had not gotten into it with his disciples. They had seen them > go off without him. By now > boats from Tiberias had pulled up near where they had eaten the bread > blessed by the Master. So when > the crowd realized he was gone and wasn't coming back, they piled into the > Tiberias boats and headed > for Capernaum, looking for Jesus. > > 25When they found him back across the sea, they said, "Rabbi, when did you > get here?" > > 26Jesus answered, "You've come looking for me not because you saw God in > my actions but because I > fed you, filled your stomachs-and for free. > > The Bread of Life > 27"Don't waste your energy striving for perishable food like that. Work > for the food that sticks > with you, food that nourishes your lasting life, food the Son of Man > provides. He and what he does > are guaranteed by God the Father to last." > 28To that they said, "Well, what do we do then to get in on God's works?" > > 29Jesus said, "Throw your lot in with the One that God has sent. That kind > of a commitment gets you > in on God's works." > > 30-31They waffled: "Why don't you give us a clue about who you are, just a > hint of what's going on? > When we see what's up, we'll commit ourselves. Show us what you can do. > Moses fed our ancestors with > bread in the desert. It says so in the Scriptures: 'He gave them bread > from heaven to eat.'" > > 32-33Jesus responded, "The real significance of that Scripture is not that > Moses gave you bread > from heaven but that my Father is right now offering you bread from > heaven, the real bread. The > Bread of God came down out of heaven and is giving life to the world." > > 34They jumped at that: "Master, give us this bread, now and forever!" > > 35-38Jesus said, "I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me > hungers no more and thirsts > no more, ever. I have told you this explicitly because even though you > have seen me in action, you > don't really believe me. Every person the Father gives me eventually comes > running to me. And once > that person is with me, I hold on and don't let go. I came down from > heaven not to follow my own > whim but to accomplish the will of the One who sent me. > > 39-40"This, in a nutshell, is that will: that everything handed over to me > by the Father be > completed-not a single detail missed-and at the wrap-up of time I have > everything and everyone put > together, upright and whole. This is what my Father wants: that anyone who > sees the Son and trusts > who he is and what he does and then aligns with him will enter real life, > eternal life. My part is > to put them on their feet alive and whole at the completion of time." > > 41-42At this, because he said, "I am the Bread that came down from > heaven," the Jews started > arguing over him: "Isn't this the son of Joseph? Don't we know his father? > Don't we know his mother? > How can he now say, 'I came down out of heaven' and expect anyone to > believe him?" > > 43-46Jesus said, "Don't bicker among yourselves over me. You're not in > charge here. The Father who > sent me is in charge. He draws people to me-that's the only way you'll > ever come. Only then do I do > my work, putting people together, setting them on their feet, ready for > the End. This is what the > prophets meant when they wrote, 'And then they will all be personally > taught by God.' Anyone who has > spent any time at all listening to the Father, really listening and > therefore learning, comes to me > to be taught personally-to see it with his own eyes, hear it with his own > ears, from me, since I > have it firsthand from the Father. No one has seen the Father except the > One who has his Being > alongside the Father-and you can see me. > > 47-51"I'm telling you the most solemn and sober truth now: Whoever > believes in me has real life, > eternal life. I am the Bread of Life. Your ancestors ate the manna bread > in the desert and died. But > now here is Bread that truly comes down out of heaven. Anyone eating this > Bread will not die, ever. > I am the Bread-living Bread!-who came down out of heaven. Anyone who eats > this Bread will live-and > forever! The Bread that I present to the world so that it can eat and live > is myself, this > flesh-and-blood self." > > 52At this, the Jews started fighting among themselves: "How can this man > serve up his flesh for a > meal?" > > 53-58But Jesus didn't give an inch. "Only insofar as you eat and drink > flesh and blood, the flesh > and blood of the Son of Man, do you have life within you. The one who > brings a hearty appetite to > this eating and drinking has eternal life and will be fit and ready for > the Final Day. My flesh is > real food and my blood is real drink. By eating my flesh and drinking my > blood you enter into me and > I into you. In the same way that the fully alive Father sent me here and I > live because of him, so > the one who makes a meal of me lives because of me. This is the Bread from > heaven. Your ancestors > ate bread and later died. Whoever eats this Bread will live always." > > 59He said these things while teaching in the meeting place in Capernaum. > > Too Tough to Swallow > 60Many among his disciples heard this and said, "This is tough teaching, > too tough to swallow." > 61-65Jesus sensed that his disciples were having a hard time with this and > said, "Does this throw > you completely? What would happen if you saw the Son of Man ascending to > where he came from? The > Spirit can make life. Sheer muscle and willpower don't make anything > happen. Every word I've spoken > to you is a Spirit-word, and so it is life-making. But some of you are > resisting, refusing to have > any part in this." (Jesus knew from the start that some weren't going to > risk themselves with him. > He knew also who would betray him.) He went on to say, "This is why I told > you earlier that no one > is capable of coming to me on his own. You get to me only as a gift from > the Father." > > 66-67After this a lot of his disciples left. They no longer wanted to be > associated with him. Then > Jesus gave the Twelve their chance: "Do you also want to leave?" > > 68-69Peter replied, "Master, to whom would we go? You have the words of > real life, eternal life. > We've already committed ourselves, confident that you are the Holy One of > God." > > 70-71Jesus responded, "Haven't I handpicked you, the Twelve? Still, one of > you is a devil!" He was > referring to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. This man-one from the > Twelve!-was even then getting ready > to betray him. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
