TTB Event 100 – John Has A Vision Of The End

12/29 – Revelation 1:9-20; 2; 3:1-22
12/30 – Revelation 12; 13
12/31 – Revelation 21; 22

CliffsNotes: Jesus wins.

TTB Event 99 – The Last Living Apostle Writes

12/26 – John 1:1-18; 1 John 1:1-4; 4:1-4; 2 John 7
12/27 – John 15:1-17; 17:6-26
12/28 – 1 John 4:7-21

Merry Christmas: Love one another.

9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. (1 John 4:9-11 NIV)

If only we would simply do this…

TTB Event 98 – The Church Is Encouraged

12/23 – James 1:2-8; 2:5-7; 5:7-20
12/24 – Hebrews 1:1-4; 3:1-6; 4:14-16; 11:32-40; 12:1-11
12/25 – 1 Peter 3:8-22; 4:7-19

What better encouragement is there than this?

14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are–yet was without sin. 16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. (Hebrews 4:14-16 NIV)

Good stuff.

TTB Event 97 – False Teaching Is Confronted

12/18 – Colossians 1:15-20; 2:16-23
12/19 – 1 Timothy 1:3-7; 4:1-8
12/20 – 2 Timothy 3
12/21 – 2 Peter 2
12/22 – Jude

A few questions to ponder… What makes up false teaching? Could you identify false teaching? Should everyday, ordinary people be able to identify it? What do these passages say about false teaching?

Angels, holidays, customs, specific Christian leaders, etc. all have a place in the Bible and in our lives. That is, they have an proper place, a place relative to Jesus Christ. If our focus is on these things and not on Christ… if we spend our time placing our hopes and energy on these things and not on Jesus Christ, we may be misleading ourselves.

I have found it a bit distressing the amount of time spent focused on these peripheral items. In particular, the amount of value and credence given to “leading” Christian men and women. The disproportionate quoting of these people and not the direct quoting of scripture is an indication of the precarious position into which we put ourselves.

These people are fallen and imperfect; redeemed, yes, but still vulnerable to misunderstandings, temptations, and sin. In these passages, Paul warns of people who will seem like good messengers of a pure message. On the other hand, the Word of God is inerrant, pure, and able to bring you to salvation.

14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:14-17 NIV)

If Paul, the great evangelist and missionary, centered Timothy back on the scriptures, we would do well to do the same thing. The only way to know if you are experiencing a false teacher is to know God’s Word well.

We really have no excuse… God’s Word is available to us. We simply need to invest the time.

TTB Event 96 – Life of Jesus Recorded

12/11 – Matthew 1
12/12 – Matthew 2
12/13 – Mark 1
12/14 – Mark 14:43-52
12/15 – Luke 2:1-20
12/16 – Luke 7:36-50; 8:1-3
12/17 – Luke 17:11-19; 19:1-27; Acts 1:1-2

TTB Event 95 – Paul’s Imprisonment In Rome

12/01 – Acts 21:17-36
12/02 – Acts 25
12/03 – Acts 28:17-31
12/04 – Ephesians 2
12/05 – Philippians 1:12-30; 4:4-13
12/06 – Colossians 1:15-29
12/07 – Philemon
12/08 – 1 Timothy 6:3-21
12/09 – Titus 1:5-16; 2:1-15
12/10 – 2 Timothy 4

TTB Event 94 – Paul’s Letters

11/25 – 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20; 3:1-6
11/26 – 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
11/27 – 2 Thessalonians 3:6-14
11/28 – 1 Corinthians 1:10-17; 3:1-11; 10:23-24, 31-33
11/29 – 2 Corinthians 13
11/30 – Romans 1:11-17; 3:21-31; 6:1-14