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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, December 20, 2009 11:56 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Monday December 21 > Day 355 > > 2 Peter 1 > 1-2I, Simon Peter, am a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ. I write this > to you whose experience > with God is as life-changing as ours, all due to our God's straight > dealing and the intervention of > our God and Savior, Jesus Christ. Grace and peace to you many times over > as you deepen in your > experience with God and Jesus, our Master. > Don't Put It Off > 3-4Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously > given to us by getting to > know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God. The best > invitation we ever > received! We were also given absolutely terrific promises to pass on to > you-your tickets to > participation in the life of God after you turned your back on a world > corrupted by lust. > 5-9So don't lose a minute in building on what you've been given, > complementing your basic faith > with good character, spiritual understanding, alert discipline, passionate > patience, reverent > wonder, warm friendliness, and generous love, each dimension fitting into > and developing the others. > With these qualities active and growing in your lives, no grass will grow > under your feet, no day > will pass without its reward as you mature in your experience of our > Master Jesus. Without these > qualities you can't see what's right before you, oblivious that your old > sinful life has been wiped > off the books. > > 10-11So, friends, confirm God's invitation to you, his choice of you. > Don't put it off; do it now. > Do this, and you'll have your life on a firm footing, the streets paved > and the way wide open into > the eternal kingdom of our Master and Savior, Jesus Christ. > > The One Light in a Dark Time > 12-15Because the stakes are so high, even though you're up-to-date on all > this truth and practice > it inside and out, I'm not going to let up for a minute in calling you to > attention before it. This > is the post to which I've been assigned-keeping you alert with frequent > reminders-and I'm sticking > to it as long as I live. I know that I'm to die soon; the Master has made > that quite clear to me. > And so I am especially eager that you have all this down in black and > white so that after I die, > you'll have it for ready reference. > 16-18We weren't, you know, just wishing on a star when we laid the facts > out before you regarding > the powerful return of our Master, Jesus Christ. We were there for the > preview! We saw it with our > own eyes: Jesus resplendent with light from God the Father as the voice of > Majestic Glory spoke: > "This is my Son, marked by my love, focus of all my delight." We were > there on the holy mountain > with him. We heard the voice out of heaven with our very own ears. > > 19-21We couldn't be more sure of what we saw and heard-God's glory, God's > voice. The prophetic Word > was confirmed to us. You'll do well to keep focusing on it. It's the one > light you have in a dark > time as you wait for daybreak and the rising of the Morning Star in your > hearts. The main thing to > keep in mind here is that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of private > opinion. And why? Because > it's not something concocted in the human heart. Prophecy resulted when > the Holy Spirit prompted men > and women to speak God's Word. > > 2 Peter 2 > Lying Religious Leaders > 1-2But there were also lying prophets among the people then, just as there > will be lying religious > teachers among you. They'll smuggle in destructive divisions, pitting you > against each other-biting > the hand of the One who gave them a chance to have their lives back! > They've put themselves on a > fast downhill slide to destruction, but not before they recruit a crowd of > mixed-up followers who > can't tell right from wrong. > 2-3They give the way of truth a bad name. They're only out for themselves. > They'll say anything, > anything, that sounds good to exploit you. They won't, of course, get by > with it. They'll come to a > bad end, for God has never just stood by and let that kind of thing go on. > > 4-5God didn't let the rebel angels off the hook, but jailed them in hell > till Judgment Day. Neither > did he let the ancient ungodly world off. He wiped it out with a flood, > rescuing only eight > people-Noah, the sole voice of righteousness, was one of them. > > 6-8God decreed destruction for the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. A mound > of ashes was all that was > left-grim warning to anyone bent on an ungodly life. But that good man > Lot, driven nearly out of his > mind by the sexual filth and perversity, was rescued. Surrounded by moral > rot day after day after > day, that righteous man was in constant torment. > > 9So God knows how to rescue the godly from evil trials. And he knows how > to hold the feet of the > wicked to the fire until Judgment Day. > > Predators on the Prowl > 10-11God is especially incensed against these "teachers" who live by lust, > addicted to a filthy > existence. They despise interference from true authority, preferring to > indulge in self-rule. > Insolent egotists, they don't hesitate to speak evil against the most > splendid of creatures. Even > angels, their superiors in every way, wouldn't think of throwing their > weight around like that, > trying to slander others before God. > 12-14These people are nothing but brute beasts, born in the wild, > predators on the prowl. In the > very act of bringing down others with their ignorant blasphemies, they > themselves will be brought > down, losers in the end. Their evil will boomerang on them. They're so > despicable and addicted to > pleasure that they indulge in wild parties, carousing in broad daylight. > They're obsessed with > adultery, compulsive in sin, seducing every vulnerable soul they come > upon. Their specialty is > greed, and they're experts at it. Dead souls! > > 15-16They've left the main road and are directionless, having taken the > way of Balaam, son of Beor, > the prophet who turned profiteer, a connoisseur of evil. But Balaam was > stopped in his wayward > tracks: A dumb animal spoke in a human voice and prevented the prophet's > craziness. > > 17-19There's nothing to these people-they're dried-up fountains, > storm-scattered clouds, headed for > a black hole in hell. They are loudmouths, full of hot air, but still > they're dangerous. Men and > women who have recently escaped from a deviant life are most susceptible > to their brand of > seduction. They promise these newcomers freedom, but they themselves are > slaves of corruption, for > if they're addicted to corruption-and they are-they're enslaved. > > 20-22If they've escaped from the slum of sin by experiencing our Master > and Savior, Jesus Christ, > and then slid back into that same old life again, they're worse than if > they had never left. Better > not to have started out on the straight road to God than to start out and > then turn back, > repudiating the experience and the holy command. They prove the point of > the proverbs, "A dog goes > back to its own vomit" and "A scrubbed-up pig heads for the mud." > > 2 Peter 3 > In the Last Days > 1-2 My dear friends, this is now the second time I've written to you, both > letters reminders to > hold your minds in a state of undistracted attention. Keep in mind what > the holy prophets said, and > the command of our Master and Savior that was passed on by your apostles. > 3-4First off, you need to know that in the last days, mockers are going to > have a heyday. Reducing > everything to the level of their puny feelings, they'll mock, "So what's > happened to the promise of > his Coming? Our ancestors are dead and buried, and everything's going on > just as it has from the > first day of creation. Nothing's changed." > > 5-7They conveniently forget that long ago all the galaxies and this very > planet were brought into > existence out of watery chaos by God's word. Then God's word brought the > chaos back in a flood that > destroyed the world. The current galaxies and earth are fuel for the final > fire. God is poised, > ready to speak his word again, ready to give the signal for the judgment > and destruction of the > desecrating skeptics. > > The Day the Sky Will Collapse > 8-9Don't overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good > as a thousand years, a > thousand years as a day. God isn't late with his promise as some measure > lateness. He is restraining > himself on account of you, holding back the End because he doesn't want > anyone lost. He's giving > everyone space and time to change. > 10But when the Day of God's Judgment does come, it will be unannounced, > like a thief. The sky will > collapse with a thunderous bang, everything disintegrating in a huge > conflagration, earth and all > its works exposed to the scrutiny of Judgment. > > 11-13Since everything here today might well be gone tomorrow, do you see > how essential it is to > live a holy life? Daily expect the Day of God, eager for its arrival. The > galaxies will burn up and > the elements melt down that day-but we'll hardly notice. We'll be looking > the other way, ready for > the promised new heavens and the promised new earth, all landscaped with > righteousness. > > 14-16So, my dear friends, since this is what you have to look forward to, > do your very best to be > found living at your best, in purity and peace. Interpret our Master's > patient restraint for what it > is: salvation. Our good brother Paul, who was given much wisdom in these > matters, refers to this in > all his letters, and has written you essentially the same thing. Some > things Paul writes are > difficult to understand. Irresponsible people who don't know what they are > talking about twist them > every which way. They do it to the rest of the Scriptures, too, destroying > themselves as they do it. > > 17-18But you, friends, are well-warned. Be on guard lest you lose your > footing and get swept off > your feet by these lawless and loose-talking teachers. Grow in grace and > understanding of our Master > and Savior, Jesus Christ. > > Glory to the Master, now and forever! Yes! > > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > 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.
