Read the whole Bible in one year
Week 38, September 24, 2011:   “A Voice in the Wilderness”

This week's Reading: September 17 to 23
Old Testament:  Isaiah 25:1 to 43:13
New Testament:  Galatians 3:10 to Ephesians 2:22
Psalms:  Psalm 61:1 to  67:7
Proverbs:  Proverbs 23:17 to 23:35

Old Testament

Did Isaiah have Jesus in mind in Chapter 40?

Isaiah 40:3-5

[3] A voice cries:
"In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
[4] Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
[5] And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together,
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."

cf. Matthew 3:3 (RSV)  For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight."

New Testament

Do all Christians have the same role in home, church and society?

Galatians 3:25-29
[25] But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,
[26] for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
[27] For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
[28] There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
[29] And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.






Beginning in January 2012:  The Mens Breakfast group, will work toward becoming more like Christ, through study of this classic book by Thomas à Kempis.