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: Monday, November 02, 2009 9:28 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Tuesday November 3 > Day 307 > > John 7-9 (The Message) > > John 7 > 1-2 Later Jesus was going about his business in Galilee. He didn't want to > travel in Judea because > the Jews there were looking for a chance to kill him. It was near the time > of Tabernacles, a feast > observed annually by the Jews. > 3-5His brothers said, "Why don't you leave here and go up to the Feast so > your disciples can get a > good look at the works you do? No one who intends to be publicly known > does everything behind the > scenes. If you're serious about what you are doing, come out in the open > and show the world." His > brothers were pushing him like this because they didn't believe in him > either. > > 6-8Jesus came back at them, "Don't crowd me. This isn't my time. It's your > time-it's always your > time; you have nothing to lose. The world has nothing against you, but > it's up in arms against me. > It's against me because I expose the evil behind its pretensions. You go > ahead, go up to the Feast. > Don't wait for me. I'm not ready. It's not the right time for me." > > 9-11He said this and stayed on in Galilee. But later, after his family had > gone up to the Feast, he > also went. But he kept out of the way, careful not to draw attention to > himself. The Jews were > already out looking for him, asking around, "Where is that man?" > > 12-13There was a lot of contentious talk about him circulating through the > crowds. Some were > saying, "He's a good man." But others said, "Not so. He's selling snake > oil." This kind of talk went > on in guarded whispers because of the intimidating Jewish leaders. > > Could It Be the Messiah? > 14-15With the Feast already half over, Jesus showed up in the Temple, > teaching. The Jews were > impressed, but puzzled: "How does he know so much without being schooled?" > 16-19Jesus said, "I didn't make this up. What I teach comes from the One > who sent me. Anyone who > wants to do his will can test this teaching and know whether it's from God > or whether I'm making it > up. A person making things up tries to make himself look good. But someone > trying to honor the one > who sent him sticks to the facts and doesn't tamper with reality. It was > Moses, wasn't it, who gave > you God's Law? But none of you are living it. So why are you trying to > kill me?" > > 20The crowd said, "You're crazy! Who's trying to kill you? You're > demon-possessed." > > 21-24Jesus said, "I did one miraculous thing a few months ago, and you're > still standing around > getting all upset, wondering what I'm up to. Moses prescribed > circumcision-originally it came not > from Moses but from his ancestors-and so you circumcise a man, dealing > with one part of his body, > even if it's the Sabbath. You do this in order to preserve one item in the > Law of Moses. So why are > you upset with me because I made a man's whole body well on the Sabbath? > Don't be nitpickers; use > your head-and heart!-to discern what is right, to test what is > authentically right." > > 25-27That's when some of the people of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this the one > they were out to kill? > And here he is out in the open, saying whatever he pleases, and no one is > stopping him. Could it be > that the rulers know that he is, in fact, the Messiah? And yet we know > where this man came from. The > Messiah is going to come out of nowhere. Nobody is going to know where he > comes from." > > 28-29That provoked Jesus, who was teaching in the Temple, to cry out, > "Yes, you think you know me > and where I'm from, but that's not where I'm from. I didn't set myself up > in business. My true > origin is in the One who sent me, and you don't know him at all. I come > from him-that's how I know > him. He sent me here." > > 30-31They were looking for a way to arrest him, but not a hand was laid on > him because it wasn't > yet God's time. Many from the crowd committed themselves in faith to him, > saying, "Will the Messiah, > when he comes, provide better or more convincing evidence than this?" > > 32-34The Pharisees, alarmed at this seditious undertow going through the > crowd, teamed up with the > high priests and sent their police to arrest him. Jesus rebuffed them: "I > am with you only a short > time. Then I go on to the One who sent me. You will look for me, but you > won't find me. Where I am, > you can't come." > > 35-36The Jews put their heads together. "Where do you think he is going > that we won't be able to > find him? Do you think he is about to travel to the Greek world to teach > the Jews? What is he > talking about, anyway: 'You will look for me, but you won't find me,' and > 'Where I am, you can't > come'?" > > 37-39On the final and climactic day of the Feast, Jesus took his stand. He > cried out, "If anyone > thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Rivers of living water will brim > and spill out of the depths > of anyone who believes in me this way, just as the Scripture says." (He > said this in regard to the > Spirit, whom those who believed in him were about to receive. The Spirit > had not yet been given > because Jesus had not yet been glorified.) > > 40-44Those in the crowd who heard these words were saying, "This has to be > the Prophet." Others > said, "He is the Messiah!" But others were saying, "The Messiah doesn't > come from Galilee, does he? > Don't the Scriptures tell us that the Messiah comes from David's line and > from Bethlehem, David's > village?" So there was a split in the crowd over him. Some went so far as > wanting to arrest him, but > no one laid a hand on him. > > 45That's when the Temple police reported back to the high priests and > Pharisees, who demanded, "Why > didn't you bring him with you?" > > 46The police answered, "Have you heard the way he talks? We've never heard > anyone speak like this > man." > > 47-49The Pharisees said, "Are you carried away like the rest of the > rabble? You don't see any of > the leaders believing in him, do you? Or any from the Pharisees? It's only > this crowd, ignorant of > God's Law, that is taken in by him-and damned." > > 50-51Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus earlier and was both a ruler > and a Pharisee, spoke > up. "Does our Law decide about a man's guilt without first listening to > him and finding out what he > is doing?" > > 52-53But they cut him off. "Are you also campaigning for the Galilean? > Examine the evidence. See if > any prophet ever comes from Galilee." > > Then they all went home. > > John 8 > To Throw the Stone > 1-2 Jesus went across to Mount Olives, but he was soon back in the Temple > again. Swarms of people > came to him. He sat down and taught them. 3-6The religion scholars and > Pharisees led in a woman who > had been caught in an act of adultery. They stood her in plain sight of > everyone and said, "Teacher, > this woman was caught red-handed in the act of adultery. Moses, in the > Law, gives orders to stone > such persons. What do you say?" They were trying to trap him into saying > something incriminating so > they could bring charges against him. > 6-8Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger in the dirt. They kept at > him, badgering him. He > straightened up and said, "The sinless one among you, go first: Throw the > stone." Bending down > again, he wrote some more in the dirt. > > 9-10Hearing that, they walked away, one after another, beginning with the > oldest. The woman was > left alone. Jesus stood up and spoke to her. "Woman, where are they? Does > no one condemn you?" > > 11"No one, Master." > > "Neither do I," said Jesus. "Go on your way. From now on, don't sin." > > You're Missing God in All This > 12Jesus once again addressed them: "I am the world's Light. No one who > follows me stumbles around > in the darkness. I provide plenty of light to live in." > 13The Pharisees objected, "All we have is your word on this. We need more > than this to go on." > > 14-18Jesus replied, "You're right that you only have my word. But you can > depend on it being true. > I know where I've come from and where I go next. You don't know where I'm > from or where I'm headed. > You decide according to what you can see and touch. I don't make judgments > like that. But even if I > did, my judgment would be true because I wouldn't make it out of the > narrowness of my experience but > in the largeness of the One who sent me, the Father. That fulfills the > conditions set down in God's > Law: that you can count on the testimony of two witnesses. And that is > what you have: You have my > word and you have the word of the Father who sent me." > > 19They said, "Where is this so-called Father of yours?" > > Jesus said, "You're looking right at me and you don't see me. How do you > expect to see the > Father? If you knew me, you would at the same time know the Father." > > 20He gave this speech in the Treasury while teaching in the Temple. No one > arrested him because his > time wasn't yet up. > > 21Then he went over the same ground again. "I'm leaving and you are going > to look for me, but > you're missing God in this and are headed for a dead end. There is no way > you can come with me." > > 22The Jews said, "So, is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means > by 'You can't come with > me'?" > > 23-24Jesus said, "You're tied down to the mundane; I'm in touch with what > is beyond your horizons. > You live in terms of what you see and touch. I'm living on other terms. I > told you that you were > missing God in all this. You're at a dead end. If you won't believe I am > who I say I am, you're at > the dead end of sins. You're missing God in your lives." > > 25-26They said to him, "Just who are you anyway?" > > Jesus said, "What I've said from the start. I have so many things to say > that concern you, > judgments to make that affect you, but if you don't accept the > trustworthiness of the One who > commanded my words and acts, none of it matters. That is who you are > questioning-not me but the One > who sent me." > > 27-29They still didn't get it, didn't realize that he was referring to the > Father. So Jesus tried > again. "When you raise up the Son of Man, then you will know who I am-that > I'm not making this up, > but speaking only what the Father taught me. The One who sent me stays > with me. He doesn't abandon > me. He sees how much joy I take in pleasing him." > > 30When he put it in these terms, many people decided to believe. > > If the Son Sets You Free > 31-32Then Jesus turned to the Jews who had claimed to believe in him. "If > you stick with this, > living out what I tell you, you are my disciples for sure. Then you will > experience for yourselves > the truth, and the truth will free you." > 33Surprised, they said, "But we're descendants of Abraham. We've never > been slaves to anyone. How > can you say, 'The truth will free you'?" > > 34-38Jesus said, "I tell you most solemnly that anyone who chooses a life > of sin is trapped in a > dead-end life and is, in fact, a slave. A slave is a transient, who can't > come and go at will. The > Son, though, has an established position, the run of the house. So if the > Son sets you free, you are > free through and through. I know you are Abraham's descendants. But I also > know that you are trying > to kill me because my message hasn't yet penetrated your thick skulls. I'm > talking about things I > have seen while keeping company with the Father, and you just go on doing > what you have heard from > your father." > > 39-41They were indignant. "Our father is Abraham!" > > Jesus said, "If you were Abraham's children, you would have been doing > the things Abraham did. > And yet here you are trying to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the > truth he got straight from > God! Abraham never did that sort of thing. You persist in repeating the > works of your father." > > They said, "We're not bastards. We have a legitimate father: the one and > only God." > > 42-47"If God were your father," said Jesus, "you would love me, for I came > from God and arrived > here. I didn't come on my own. He sent me. Why can't you understand one > word I say? Here's why: You > can't handle it. You're from your father, the Devil, and all you want to > do is please him. He was a > killer from the very start. He couldn't stand the truth because there > wasn't a shred of truth in > him. When the Liar speaks, he makes it up out of his lying nature and > fills the world with lies. I > arrive on the scene, tell you the plain truth, and you refuse to have a > thing to do with me. Can any > one of you convict me of a single misleading word, a single sinful act? > But if I'm telling the > truth, why don't you believe me? Anyone on God's side listens to God's > words. This is why you're not > listening-because you're not on God's side." > > I Am Who I Am > 48The Jews then said, "That clinches it. We were right all along when we > called you a Samaritan and > said you were crazy-demon-possessed!" > 49-51Jesus said, "I'm not crazy. I simply honor my Father, while you > dishonor me. I am not trying > to get anything for myself. God intends something gloriously grand here > and is making the decisions > that will bring it about. I say this with absolute confidence. If you > practice what I'm telling you, > you'll never have to look death in the face." > > 52-53At this point the Jews said, "Now we know you're crazy. Abraham died. > The prophets died. And > you show up saying, 'If you practice what I'm telling you, you'll never > have to face death, not even > a taste.' Are you greater than Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! > Who do you think you are!" > > 54-56Jesus said, "If I turned the spotlight on myself, it wouldn't amount > to anything. But my > Father, the same One you say is your Father, put me here at this time and > place of splendor. You > haven't recognized him in this. But I have. If I, in false modesty, said I > didn't know what was > going on, I would be as much of a liar as you are. But I do know, and I am > doing what he says. > Abraham-your 'father'-with jubilant faith looked down the corridors of > history and saw my day > coming. He saw it and cheered." > > 57The Jews said, "You're not even fifty years old-and Abraham saw you?" > > 58"Believe me," said Jesus, "I am who I am long before Abraham was > anything." > > 59That did it-pushed them over the edge. They picked up rocks to throw at > him. But Jesus slipped > away, getting out of the Temple. > > John 9 > True Blindness > 1-2 Walking down the street, Jesus saw a man blind from birth. His > disciples asked, "Rabbi, who > sinned: this man or his parents, causing him to be born blind?" 3-5Jesus > said, "You're asking the > wrong question. You're looking for someone to blame. There is no such > cause-effect here. Look > instead for what God can do. We need to be energetically at work for the > One who sent me here, > working while the sun shines. When night falls, the workday is over. For > as long as I am in the > world, there is plenty of light. I am the world's Light." > 6-7He said this and then spit in the dust, made a clay paste with the > saliva, rubbed the paste on > the blind man's eyes, and said, "Go, wash at the Pool of Siloam" (Siloam > means "Sent"). The man went > and washed-and saw. > > 8Soon the town was buzzing. His relatives and those who year after year > had seen him as a blind man > begging were saying, "Why, isn't this the man we knew, who sat here and > begged?" > > 9Others said, "It's him all right!" > > But others objected, "It's not the same man at all. It just looks like > him." > > He said, "It's me, the very one." > > 10They said, "How did your eyes get opened?" > > 11"A man named Jesus made a paste and rubbed it on my eyes and told me, > 'Go to Siloam and wash.' I > did what he said. When I washed, I saw." > > 12"So where is he?" > > "I don't know." > > 13-15They marched the man to the Pharisees. This day when Jesus made the > paste and healed his > blindness was the Sabbath. The Pharisees grilled him again on how he had > come to see. He said, "He > put a clay paste on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see." > > 16Some of the Pharisees said, "Obviously, this man can't be from God. He > doesn't keep the Sabbath." > > Others countered, "How can a bad man do miraculous, God-revealing things > like this?" There was a > split in their ranks. > > 17They came back at the blind man, "You're the expert. He opened your > eyes. What do you say about > him?" > > He said, "He is a prophet." > > 18-19The Jews didn't believe it, didn't believe the man was blind to begin > with. So they called the > parents of the man now bright-eyed with sight. They asked them, "Is this > your son, the one you say > was born blind? So how is it that he now sees?" > > 20-23His parents said, "We know he is our son, and we know he was born > blind. But we don't know how > he came to see-haven't a clue about who opened his eyes. Why don't you ask > him? He's a grown man and > can speak for himself." (His parents were talking like this because they > were intimidated by the > Jewish leaders, who had already decided that anyone who took a stand that > this was the Messiah would > be kicked out of the meeting place. That's why his parents said, "Ask him. > He's a grown man.") > > 24They called the man back a second time-the man who had been blind- and > told him, "Give credit to > God. We know this man is an impostor." > > 25He replied, "I know nothing about that one way or the other. But I know > one thing for sure: I was > blind . . . I now see." > > 26They said, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" > > 27"I've told you over and over and you haven't listened. Why do you want > to hear it again? Are you > so eager to become his disciples?" > > 28-29With that they jumped all over him. "You might be a disciple of that > man, but we're disciples > of Moses. We know for sure that God spoke to Moses, but we have no idea > where this man even comes > from." > > 30-33The man replied, "This is amazing! You claim to know nothing about > him, but the fact is, he > opened my eyes! It's well known that God isn't at the beck and call of > sinners, but listens > carefully to anyone who lives in reverence and does his will. That someone > opened the eyes of a man > born blind has never been heard of-ever. If this man didn't come from God, > he wouldn't be able to do > anything." > > 34They said, "You're nothing but dirt! How dare you take that tone with > us!" Then they threw him > out in the street. > > 35Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and went and found him. He > asked him, "Do you believe > in the Son of Man?" > > 36The man said, "Point him out to me, sir, so that I can believe in him." > > 37Jesus said, "You're looking right at him. Don't you recognize my voice?" > > 38"Master, I believe," the man said, and worshiped him. > > 39Jesus then said, "I came into the world to bring everything into the > clear light of day, making > all the distinctions clear, so that those who have never seen will see, > and those who have made a > great pretense of seeing will be exposed as blind." > > 40Some Pharisees overheard him and said, "Does that mean you're calling us > blind?" > > 41Jesus said, "If you were really blind, you would be blameless, but since > you claim to see > everything so well, you're accountable for every fault and failure." > > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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. 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