Read the whole Bible in one year

Week 37, September 17, 2011:  “Prophet”

This week's Reading:  September 10th to 16th

Old Testament:  Isaiah 6:1 to 24:23
New Testament:  2 Corinthians 11:16 to Galatians 3:9
Psalms:  Psalm 54:1 to 60:12
Proverbs:  Proverbs 23:1 to 23:16

Old Testament

Isaiah 10:1-4 contains a condemnation of rulers who oppress the people.  What, if any, application does this passage have to modern society?

[1] You are doomed! You make unjust laws that oppress my people.  [2] That is how you keep the poor from having their rights and from getting justice. That is how you take the property that belongs to widows and orphans.  [3] What will you do when God punishes you? What will you do when he brings disaster on you from a distant country? Where will you run to find help? Where will you hide your wealth?  [4] You will be killed in battle or dragged off as prisoners. Yet even so the Lord's anger will not be ended; his hand will still be stretched out to punish.  Isaiah 10:1-4 (Good News Translation).

What are the “marks of a true apostle” that Paul is referring to in 2 Corinthians 12:12.  And why is Paul writing about this topic in the first place?

Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians

[11] I have made a fool of myself, but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.  [12] I persevered in demonstrating among you the marks of a true apostle, including signs, wonders and miracles. [13] How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!  2 Corinthians 12:11-13 (NIV)


*Beginning in January 2012, The Mens Breakfast group, will work toward becoming more like Christ, through study of "The Imitation of Christ" by Thomas, à Kempis.