Welcome to the first week of Bible In A Year. I hope everyone will use this opportunity to deepen their knowledge of God's word and, in the process, grow closer to Him. Every week I will post the scriptures we are scheduled to read. Just add your opinions, questions, etc., as a comment to the weekly reading assignment.
Here are this week's scriptures:
Day 1
Genesis 1-2
Day 2
John 1:1-3; Psalm 8; 104
Day 3
Genesis 3-5; Proverbs 8
Day 4
Genesis 6-7
Day 5
Genesis 8-9; Psalm 12
Day 6
Genesis 10 - 11
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ReplyDeleteThanks Gary! I really hope this facilitates great discussion.
ReplyDeleteJehovah's Witnesses and John 1:1 -- Probably everyone in our class has been visited by Jehovah's Witnesses at one time or another. Jehovah's Witnesses memorize lots of scripture and can quote many passages. Unfortunately, they quote their own translation (The New World Translation), which has numerous errors. John 1:1 is a great example. In our Bible, John 1:1 says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." The New World Translation of the Jehovah's Witnesses says, "In [the] beginning the Word was, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god." Note how the word, "a" was inserted. That is an important (and heretical) change because it suggests that Jesus is not God. No reputable scholars agree with the insertion of "a" in translating this passage. For more on this see: http://carm.org/religious-movements/jehovahs-witnesses/john-11-word-was-god
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying the fact it is putting the Bible into a parallel context. The gospel of John begins almost exactly like Genesis. In the beginning...God (the Word). That's it, plain and simple. No need to examine HOW that could be - just that it IS.
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying the fact it is putting the Bible into a parallel context. The gospel of John begins almost exactly like Genesis. In the beginning...God (the Word). That's it, plain and simple. No need to examine HOW that could be - just that it IS.
ReplyDeleteSorry. I was checking the different ways I can post the blog. I have an AIM account as well as Google but I see you guys used the Google "Blog This" as your primary. So I will be a "copy cat" and do the same! LOL
ReplyDeleteI love the term "good" that is expressed. I even checked other Bible versions and the words are the same. After completion, the term changes to "VERY good." I found that interesting how the completion was extremely satisfying to God. No evil or discord or chaos at this point.
ReplyDeleteThe reference of man leaving his father and mother to be with his wife, confirms Eve was a female. God did not say Adam could leave his mom and dad to be with his MAN.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed re-reading the Fall of Man. It was amazing how Adam blamed Eve, and Eve blamed the Serpent. However, God punished them all starting with the Serpent and working His way back to Adam.
ReplyDeleteI think the infusion of the Psalms chapters and Proverbs chapter enhances the profound act of Creation and its mysteriousness.
ReplyDeleteReading the Bible is sometimes like reading an intense novel or a complex television show. You miss some points on the first go-around and catch it when you see or read it again. It happened to me. I noticed that even after the banishment from the Garden of Eden, God still came down to fellowship with the humans He created. He even spoke to Cain and asked him what his downtrodden, sad face was all about. So, that physical relationship between God and Man was still very much present.
ReplyDeleteLamech killed a man. It was startling that before we even get to chapter five of the book of Genesis, two murders have been recorded. It is scary how quickly can sin flourished. I did appreciate the end of chapter four's mention that "man called upon the name of the Lord." There were some righteous still desiring fellowship with God.
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ReplyDeleteMan had become so evil, He had no choice but to destroy everything by flood. That just goes to show the intensity and how widespread sin had infected Man.
ReplyDeleteBy chapter 11, Man in general became quite cocky. Most became so evil (again - how powerful is this thing called SIN!!??) that egotism and pride spawned the idea to create an earthly kingdom that would supplant God's kingdom, dominating creation. In essence, this city with a Tower would displace and exclude God's kingdom with a godless one. I understand God's brilliance of mixing up Man's language. Wisdom (as Proverbs states) WAS there from the beginning - GOD'S Wisdom!
ReplyDeleteIt is funny how people can get so full of themselves that they forget about God. The thing is, many of us try to outdo God in our own lives, through our own achievements, and thereby justify ourselves. It's kind of a micro/personal version of what the people were trying to do collectively with the Tower of Babel.
ReplyDeleteYou got that right, Gary!
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ReplyDeleteSee ya tomorrow for some great conversation about what we have read so far. Adding the blog makes this a fun Bible reading experience!
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