Twenty-Eight Days of Unwrapping Christmas – Day Twelve, Thursday, December 12th , 2013
This Week’s Theme – Jesus Christ, the Suffering Servant of God
This Week’s Verse to Remember – Mark 10:45 – “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Today’s Devotional Reading and Assignment
Please Read and compare Mark 1:1 and Matthew 1:1-17
What is different between these two passages?
Why doesn’t Mark include a genealogy based on fact that Matthew reveals Jesus as King and Mark reveals Him as a Servant?
Please also read Isaiah 61:1-3 and Luke 22:27
Quote of the Day – “Mark wrote primarily for Roman readers, and his emphasis is on Jesus Christ as the Servant of God. One of his key words is “straightway” (immediately), used forty-one times in the book. Mark portrays Jesus as the Servant of God constantly on the go and meeting the needs of all kinds of people.” – Dr. Warren Wiersbe in Wiersbe’s Expository New Testament Outlines.
Twenty Eight Days of Unwrapping Christmas – Day Eleven, Wednesday, December 11th , 2013
This Week’s Theme – Jesus Christ, the Suffering Servant of God
This Week’s Verse to Remember – Mark 10:45 – “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Today’s Devotional Reading and assignment
Please Read Isaiah 52:13 -53:12
What is the description of the Servant in these verses?
Why did He go through what He went through?
Please also read Isaiah 11:1
Quote of Day – “This is the last and most memorable of the 4 Messiah/Servant songs (cf. 42:1–9; 49:1–13; 50:4–11). This section contains unarguable, incontrovertible proof that God is the author of Scripture and Jesus the fulfillment of messianic prophecy. The details are so minute that no human could have predicted them by accident and no imposter fulfilled them by cunning. Clearly this refers to Messiah Jesus, as the NT attests.” – Dr. John McArthur in The McArthur Study Bible.
Twenty-Eight Days pf Unwrapping Christmas – Day Ten, Tuesday, December 10th , 2013
This Week’s Theme – Jesus Christ, the Suffering Servant of God
This Week’s Verse to Remember – Mark 10:45 – “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Today’s Devotional Reading and assignment
Please Read Galatians 4:4-5
When did Jesus come?
Who sent Him?
How did He come?
Why did He come?
Please also read Matthew 20:28 and Galatians 3:13
Quote of the Day – “But . . . God marks the fact that divine intervention brought hope and freedom to mankind. As a human father chose the time for his child to become an adult son, so the heavenly Father chose the time for the coming of Christ to make provision for people’s transition from bondage under Law to spiritual sonship. This “time” was when the Roman civilization had brought peace and a road system which facilitated travel; when the Grecian civilization provided a language which was adopted as the lingua franca of the empire; when the Jews had proclaimed monotheism and the messianic hope in the synagogues of the Mediterranean world. It was then that God sent His Son, the preexistent One, out of heaven and to earth on a mission. The “Son” was not only Deity; He was also humanity as the expression born of a woman indicates. Dr. Donald K. Campbell in the Bible Knowledge Commentary
Website regarding Ronnie Smith, teacher slain in Benghazi
The website is http://austinstone.org/ronnie – You also find on that site how you can contribute the family.
Twenty Eight Days of Unwrapping Christmas – Day Nine, Monday, December 9th , 2013
This Week’s Theme – Jesus Christ, the Suffering Servant of God
This Week’s Verse to Remember – Mark 10:45 – “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Today’s Devotional Reading and Assignment
Please Read Philippians 2:5-8
What mind are we commanded to have?
What was Jesus’ position?
What did He do and how did He do it?
What was the extent of His obedience?
Please also read John 13:1-17
Quote of the Day – “These statements indicate that Christ became a man, a true human being. The words “made Himself nothing” are, literally, “He emptied Himself.” “Emptied,” from the Greek kenoō, points to the divesting of His self-interests, but not of His deity. “The very nature of a servant” certainly points to His lowly and humble position, His willingness to obey the Father, and serve others. He became a man, a true human being. “Likeness” suggests similarity but difference. Though His humanity was genuine, He was different from all other humans in that He was sinless” – Dr. Robert P. Lightner in the Bible Knowledge Commentary
Twenty-Eight Days of Unwrapping Christmas – Day Eight, Sunday, December 8th , 2013
This Week’s Theme – Jesus Christ, the Suffering Servant of God
This Week’s Verse to Remember – Mark 10:45 – “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Today’s Devotional Reading and Assignment
Please Read Psalm 40:6-8 and Hebrews 10:5-10
When in the life of Christ is the author referring to?
What is Christ’s attitude at this time?
Please read the following verses and note the time in Jesus’ life and the attitude
Passage Attitude Time
Luke 2:42&49
John 6:38
Mark 14:36
Quote of the Day – “Verses 6-8 take on a greater significance when cited in Hebrews 10:5-7 where the writer contrasted Christ’s perfect obedience with the insufficiency of the Mosaic sacrifices. The words are applied to Christ’s Incarnation to fulfill God’s purpose for Him as prescribed in the book.” – Dr. Allen P. Ross in The Bible Knowledge Commentary
Video link to today’s sermon at Calvary Chapel
Twenty-Eight Days Unwrapping Christmas – Day Seven, Saturday, December 7th , 2013
This Week’s Theme – Jesus Christ, Our Lord and King
This Week’s Verse to Remember – Matthew 2:1-2 – “Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”
Today’s Devotional Reading and Assignment
Please read Revelation 19:11-16
How does Jesus Christ come to earth in these verses?
What does He come to do?
What is written on His garment?
Please also read Zechariah 14:1-9
Quote of the Day – What a thrilling scene this is! Just to read it makes goose pimples come out all over me. This is the great climactic event toward which all things in this world are moving today. It is the coming of Christ to the earth. – Dr. J. Vernon McGee in Thru the Bible .
Twenty-Eight Days of Unwrapping Christmas – Day Six, Friday, December 6th , 2013
This Week’s Theme – Jesus Christ, Our Lord and King
This Week’s Verse to Remember – Matthew 2:1-2 – “Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”
Today’s Devotional Reading and Assignment
Please read Matthew 2:16-23
How did Herod respond to the not hearing back from the wise men?
When did Jesus come back?
Please also read Numbers 24:8 and Hosea 11:1
Quote of the Day – “It’s essential to get Jesus out of the land of Egypt and back up into Israel. The most important reason is that He has been born under the Law, and He is to live under the Mosaic Law. He is the only One who really ever kept it. He must get out from under the influence of Egypt. He is not to be raised down there as Moses had been and as the children of Israel had been when they were becoming a nation down in Egypt.” – Dr. Warren Wiersbe in Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines of the New Testament .
