Blended Readings

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Blended Reading Plan from Back to the Bible

Blended Reading Plan from Back to the Bible
Today's reading fron Job 22-24; 1 Corinthians 8

Job 22 from Adam Clarke Commentary
Eliphaz reproves Job for his attempts to clear his character and establish his innocence, 1-4. Charges him with innumerable transgressions; with oppressions towards his brethren, cruelty to the poor, hard-heartedness to the needy, and uncharitableness towards the widow and the orphan; and says it is on these accounts that snares and desolations are come upon him, 5-11. Speaks of the majesty and justice of God: how he cut off the ante-diluvians, the inhabitants of Sodom and the cities of the plain, 12-20. Exhorts him to repent and acknowledge his sins, and promises him great riches and prosperity, 21-30.

Job 23 from Adam Clarke Commentary
Job answers; apologizes for his complaining; wishes to plead his cause in the presence of his Maker, from whom he knows he should receive justice; but regrets that he cannot find him, 1-9. He, however, gives himself and his cause up to God, with the conviction of his own innocence, and God's justice and goodness, 10-14. He is, nevertheless, afraid when he considers the majesty of his Maker, 15-17.

Job 24 from Adam Clarke Commentary
Job asserts that there are various transgressors whose wickedness is not visited on them in this life; and particularizes the adjust and oppressive, 1-6; those who are cruel to the poor, 7-13; the murderer, 14; the adulterer, 15; thieves and plunderers, 16,17. Nevertheless they have an accursed portion, and shall die, and their memory perish, 18-20. He speaks of the abuse of power, and of the punishment of oppressors, 21-24; and asserts that what he has said on these subjects cannot be contradicted, 25.

Job 22 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 23 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 24 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Other Links
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on Job 1
Deffinbaugh on the man, Job
Malik-Intoduction to Job
Malik-Argument for Job
Piper on Job
Spurgeon on Job
Spurgeon, Edwards on Job
Stedman on Job

1Corinthians 8 with Commentaries, verse by verse

1Corinthians 8
The issue is food offered to idols. Some Christians were not bothered by buying meat offered to idols. Because they see the idols as nothing and there is only one God. However other Christians were bothered by this, when they saw them eating the food which was offered to idols. What should be done? Paul said to be considerate of the brother with the weak conscience. we should not let the weaker brother stimble. Paul said if he would cause someone to stumble, he would never eat meat again (v. 13). What about us? The controversy arises today about some Christians drinking or smoking. What should we do? We should not let our brother or sister stumble

Other Links
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 1-9
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 10-16
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on 1Corinthians
Index to Sermons by McArthur, Ryle, Edwards and Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Stedman on 1 Corinthians
Pett on 1Corinthians 1-7
Pett on 1Corinthians 8-16
Piper on 1Corinthians
Wallace on 1 Corinthians

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March 13 Readings

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Blended Reading Plan from Back to the Bible
Job 20-21; 1 Corinthians 7.20-40

Job 20 Zophar had a second discourse: the misery and ruin which await the wicked.

Job 21 Job's second reply to Zophar: He pleads to speak uninterrupted (v. 1-6), The wicked often prosper in this life (v. 7-16), a sovereign God does as He pleases with the righteous and wicked alike (v. 17-26), Job admitted that his friends did not agree with him.

Job 20 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 21 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Other Links
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on Job 1
Deffinbaugh on the man, Job
Malik-Intoduction to Job
Malik-Argument for Job
Piper on Job
Spurgeon on Job
Spurgeon, Edwards on Job
Stedman on Job

1Corinthians 7 with Commentaries, verse by verse

1Corinthians 7
Paul spoke about marriage in this chapter The status quo (v. 17-24), advice to those who are not married (v. 25-35), ascetism and marriage (v. 36-38), Counsels to widows (v. 39-40).

Other Links
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 1-9
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 10-16
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on 1Corinthians
Index to Sermons by McArthur, Ryle, Edwards and Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Stedman on 1 Corinthians
Pett on 1Corinthians 1-7
Pett on 1Corinthians 8-16
Piper on 1Corinthians
Wallace on 1 Corinthians

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Monday, March 12, 2007

March 12 Readings

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Blended Reading Plan from Back to the Bible

Today's Readings Job 17-19; 1 Corinthians 7
The second cycle of speeches (Job 15-21)
Job 17
Job made an appeal to God against his friends' verdict.

Job 18
Bildad's made his second speech. he reproves Job as being proud and obstinate.

Job 19
Job made a second reply to Bildad. He reproves his friends.

Job 17 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 18 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 19 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Other Links
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on Job 1
Deffinbaugh on the man, Job
Malik-Intoduction to Job
Malik-Argument for Job
Piper on Job
Spurgeon on Job
Spurgeon, Edwards on Job
Stedman on Job

1Corinthians 7 with Commentaries, verse by verse

1Corinthians 7
Paul spoke about marriage in this chapter. The principles of marriage v. 1-9; the Christian and divorce v. 10-16, what to do in your current situation v. 17-24. counsel to the married v. 25-35, , asceticism and marriage v. 36-38, counsel to widows v. 39-40.

Other Links
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 1-9
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 10-16
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on 1Corinthians
Index to Sermons by McArthur, Ryle, Edwards and Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Stedman on 1 Corinthians
Pett on 1Corinthians 1-7
Pett on 1Corinthians 8-16
Piper on 1Corinthians
Wallace on 1 Corinthians

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Sunday, March 11, 2007

March 11 Readings

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Blended Reading Plan from Back to the Bible
Job 14-16; 1 Corinthians 6

Job 14: Job speaks to God, he speaks about mortality, the sinfulness of man and 'If a man dies, shall he live again? a question that man asks. Is there a resurrection? The answer is yes, Jesus died and rose again!

Job 15
The second cycle of speeches (Job 15-21)
Eliphaz second speech: job's own word condemns him (v. 1-6); Job is deluding himself (v. 7-11); Job is condemned before god (v. 12-16); The end of an evil man (v. 17-35)

Job 16
Job's second reply to Eliphaz: He charges his friends with unkindness (v. 1-5); He made the allegation that the Lord is angry with him (v. 6-17); His conscience is clear (v. 18-22)

Job 14 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 15 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 16 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Other Links
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on Job 1
Deffinbaugh on the man, Job
Malik-Intoduction to Job
Malik-Argument for Job
Piper on Job
Spurgeon on Job
Spurgeon, Edwards on Job
Stedman on Job

1Corinthians 6 with Commentaries, verse by verse

1Corinthians 6
Paul spoke about two issues. The first is lawsuits among belivers (v. 1-11) and the second is sexual immorality in the church (v. 12-20). Why should believers sue against each other and take their 'dirty laundry' in front of godless judges. He reminded them that the saints will judge the ungodly and the angels. In the second issue of sexual immorality in the church we have to realize that Corinth was well-known for its sexual immorality!Link to Cleveland Commentary on Sexual Immorality in 1Cor 6 According to the NIV Study Bible Corinth had twelve temple, among the most infamous was the temple of Aphrodite, the goddess of love where the worshppers practiced temple prostitution. Corinth was well known for its immorality that the immorality of Corinth become such that the Greek verb to "Corinthianize" came to mean 'to practice sexual immorality." In a setting like this, no wonder the church was plagued with sexual sins!
In verse 18 Paul exhorts us to flee sexual immorality just as Joseph fled Potiphar's wife!! The person who commits sexual immorarilty sins against HIS OWN BODY. Paul reminded us that the body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit, our bodies are not our own, it belongs to Christ and we are brought with a price. Today, we are plagued with sexual sins and temptations in the society. HIV-Aids, and all types of 'social diseases are rampant. There are more new sites created everyday which have pornographic content than non-pornographic content. We need to stay away from these sites, confess our sins to one another seek help and counseling!

Other Links
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 1-9
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 10-16
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on 1Corinthians
Index to Sermons by McArthur, Ryle, Edwards and Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Stedman on 1 Corinthians
Pett on 1Corinthians 1-7
Pett on 1Corinthians 8-16
Piper on 1Corinthians
Wallace on 1 Corinthians

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Saturday, March 10, 2007

March 10 Readings

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Job 11-13; 1 Corinthians 5
Job 11 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 12 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 13 with Commentaries, verse by verse

In Job 11, we have the last of Job’s comforters visiting him. Zophar thought, like Eliphaz and Bildad, that all the troubles that Job faced was because of his sins. Zophar started to attack Job v. 2-3. He told Job that his punishment is less than he deserves (v. 6). He told Job if he put away his sins, his suffering would go away and he would be secure, and everything would be back to normal.

Job’s Fourth Speech in Job 12-14. We are just covering Job 12 and 13 today. He speaks to his three friends (12.2-13.19) and to God (13.20-14.22). Job insists that he is innocent!
In Job 12.2, he reacts with sarcasm at his comforters (verse 20). He spoke about the attributes of God 12.13-25. This section hinges around verse 13 “To God belongs wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.” According to Larry Richards, in the Complete Bible Handbook, “Now Job expressly states what he has before implied. Job knows as much about God as his friends. Job knows God’s attributes. But Job also knows that he is right! So his friends are being unfair, to side with God!

In Job 13 v. 1-12 Job expressed his frustration that his comforters are worthless (verse 12). According to the NIV Study Bible, Job calls the quacks (verse 4 and Job 16.2) and accuses them of partiality to God (since God is stronger than Job) since they told lies about Job (verse 708) One day God would examine them for their sins and punish them Verse 15 is a comforting verse for us today, “Though he slays me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.” Job is ready to state his case to God, he felt himself innocent since no sinner would come before God. He felt he would be vindicated before God.
In 13.20-28, he speaks to God. He want God to do two things for him (1) to withdraw his hands of punishment (verse 21) and (2) summon him to speak to him, that is start taking to Job again (verse 22). He asked God to point out his sins to him because these sins in Job’s mind caused him to suffer. He asked God why he hide His face from him, torment him write down bitter things against him, fasten his feet in shackles.

Other Links
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on Job 1
Deffinbaugh on the man, Job
Malik-Intoduction to Job
Malik-Argument for Job
Piper on Job
Spurgeon on Job
Spurgeon, Edwards on Job
Stedman on Job

1Corinthians 5 with Commentaries, verse by verse

1Corinthians 5
Church discipline is a term that was not practiced in the Corinthian church and is not practiced today. A man was sleeping with his father’s wife which implied his stepmother. The Old Testament prohibited this type of marriage (Lev 18.8; Deut 22.30; 27.20)The Corinthian Church had not excommunicated the offender.. Paul told them that he was with them in spirit and in the power of Jesus Christ. He urged them to hand the man over to Satan. (v. 5) This means, according to the NIV Study Bible, ‘Abandon this sinful man to the devil that he may afflict the man as he pleases’ This meant excommunicating him from the church. To expel him meant to put him into Satan’s territory and away from the influence of God. The rest of verse 5 said so that the sinful nature may be destroyed and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord The interpretation means once he is ostracized, he would repent and come back and forsake his wicked way, or another interpretation .would be Satan is allowed to bring physical affliction on the man, and this would lead him to repentance. He told them to avoid people who are sexually immoral. He did not mean people who are not Christians but people who are Christians!! He then finished with expel the wicked man from the church.

Other Links
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 1-9
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 10-16
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on 1Corinthians
Index to Sermons by McArthur, Ryle, Edwards and Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Stedman on 1 Corinthians
Pett on 1Corinthians 1-7
Pett on 1Corinthians 8-16
Piper on 1Corinthians
Wallace on 1 Corinthians

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Thursday, March 08, 2007

March 9 Readings

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Blended Reading Plan from Back to the Bible
Job 8-10; 1 Corinthians 4
Job 8 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 9 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 10 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Job 8
Bildad the Shuhite started the conversation with Job by calling him a windbag. Bildad argues if Job was innocent, God is not unjust so Job and his family are suffering because of sin. God would restore to him everything that he lost. (v.6). Bildad is a traditionalist he cited the wisdom of previous generations (v. 8-19). v 20-22 Bidad emphasize restoration v. 20-22. He tells Job that he should plead for mercy, God would restore him. Again the emphasis here is that Bildad did not know the FULL picture of what was happening to Job. Let us be careful not to jump to the wrong conclusion about suffering. There are two sides to the coin. Man’s side and God’s side. Paul said in 1 Corinthians 4.5 that we should not judge anything before the appointed time we should wait until the Lord comes.

Job 9 It was not only God’s wisdom, but also His power. (9.2-13). How can mere man compete with God in power? We have all this high technology, Doppler radar, supercomputer and we cannot predict the weather accurately much less control the weather! In v. 14-35 , Job envision himself being summoned into a court room. God was summoned in to answer Job charges against Him but God would not answer. Even if Job was right how would he answer God. He would be crushed and overwhelmed.. Job was not a match for God.! In said in v. 33, if there was someone to arbitrate between him and God, someone to remove God’s rod for him. This verse does not imply the mediatorship of Christ rather someone who would speak on his behalf.

Job 10 God agrees with his comforters that he must be wicked before God. (v. 1-7) He saw himself as the work of God’s hand in the three trades used in Biblical times, (v. 8-12) as the potter and the clay (v.8), the curdling of cheese, and the making of cloth. In v.13 –17, notice the three Ifs, that God was watching him if he sinned and ready to punish him. He was full of shame and drowned in his affliction even if he was innocent. God would stalk him like a lion and showed him His mighty powers. God had brought new witnesses against him, increased His anger against him. This was a different God he knew from his past experiences when God had blessed him! Job said that he wanted to die again (v. 18-22).

The book of Job has been a struggle for me to understand what Job was going through and I confess that when I read this book I feel helpless and inadequate before God.

Other Links
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on Job 1
Deffinbaugh on the man, Job
Malik-Intoduction to Job
Malik-Argument for Job
Piper on Job
Spurgeon on Job
Spurgeon, Edwards on Job
Stedman on Job

1Corinthians 4 with Commentaries, verse by verse

1Corinthians 4
Paul said that people should regard the apostles as servants of Christ entrusted with the SECRET THINGS of God. What are these secret things? According to the NIV Study Bible: These are things that human wisdom cannot discover but that are now revealed by God to his people. 1cor 4.5 “Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts; and then each man's praise will come to him from God.” (NASB)

It is easy to jump to conclusion about things going on in our lives and other people lives without understanding the full picture. For example we have seen in the life of Job that Job and his friends who try to comfort him did not get the full picture of why he was suffering. They did not realize that sin was not the reason that Job was suffering.

Paul then talked to the Corinthian church about the what it cost apostles to do the ministry. He was sarcastic in verse 8 that the Corinthian church was rich but in actuality they were poor. He used several paradoxes in verse 10 This is similar to the Church in Laodicea (Rev 3.18-19). In verse 11-13, Paul spoke about the conditions they faced in Ephesus, to the present when he was writing this epistle. He then said in verse 16 ‘Therefore I urge you to imitate me’. Paul was that confident in the Lord to urge them to use him as a model in their lives, to emulate him. He was sending Timothy to teach them how to live the way how Paul live. That is a very noble ambition for us to have that people would live the way we live! Let us hope, with God’s grace, that we set good examples for them.
Paul then warned those who were arrogant, believing that Paul would come to Corinth to correct the problems at the church. We need to realize that the Kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. The apostle Peter was full of talk that he would not deny Jesus three times, but he did! After Pentecost, the Holy Spirit made cowardly Peter bold and articulate leading to the conversion of three thousand and made him effective in his ministry.

Other Links
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 1-9
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 10-16
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on 1Corinthians
Index to Sermons by McArthur, Ryle, Edwards and Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Stedman on 1 Corinthians
Pett on 1Corinthians 1-7
Pett on 1Corinthians 8-16
Piper on 1Corinthians
Wallace on 1 Corinthians

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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

March 8 Readings

You can also check out all these Reading Plans Blogs to go through the Bible in a year from Back to the Bible Reading Lists:the Chronological Reading Plan blog; OT and NT Together blog; Historical Readings blog; Blended Readings blog and Beginning to End blog In addition, there is the Theophilus1 blog in the One Year Bible format

Blended Reading Plan from Back to the Bible
Job 5-7; 1 Corinthians 3
Job 5 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 6 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 7 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Job 5.1-7 Eliphaz thought that Job was acting like a fool. In v. 8-16, Eliphaz spoke of God's goodness and Justice. In v. 17-26 he spoke about the blessedness of the man whom God disciplines. This must have been hard for Job to hear since he lost everything and his children. But the reality was that he was not under God's discipline but that he was innocent. Eliphaz gave some good theology that was not applicable to Job. Sometime friends think they are helping but in reality, it best that they give no advice!

In Job 6, Job responds to Eliphaz. Job said that he had spoken a little harshly in chapter 3 and would like some sympathy from Eliphaz. In v. 4, Job said that the arrows of the mighty were in him. This is a very common phrase used in the Old Testament, meaning that God is pointing his arrow of judgment on him (Deut 32.23; Psa 7.13; 38.2). Job had agreed with Eliphaz that the righteous would suffer when they sinned. In v. 14 he said to Eliphaz that his friends were of no comfort to him.

In Job 7, Job turns his complaints now to God. In v. 1-5, he spoke of how hard life is, in v. 6-10, he spoke of how life is fragile, and spoke about death. In verse 17-18 Job said "What is man that you make so much of him, that you give him so much attention that you examine him every morning and test him every moment." This is not what the Psalmist said in Psa 8.4. In this case, God is interested in man to scrutinize him unmercifully and nitpick at his smallest sins. God is NOT like this, Job was just complaining. When we complain we say unreasonable things about God and our fellow-human beings.

Other Links
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on Job 1
Deffinbaugh on the man, Job
Malik-Intoduction to Job
Malik-Argument for Job
Piper on Job
Spurgeon on Job
Spurgeon, Edwards on Job
Stedman on Job
With the Word Commentary-Warren Wiersbe
Wycliffe Bible Commentary
Keil & Delitzsch Commentaries on the Old Teatament
J. Vernon McGee Commentaries
Evangelical Commentary on the Old Testament

1Corinthians 3 with Commentaries, verse by verse

1Corinthians 3, Paul spoke about divisions in the church. This was caused because they were worldly (this was repeated three times in v. 1-3). Paul was the planter and Apollos the waterer, with the Corinthian church being the field, but God is the one who makes the church grows.. They were just mere men doing God's work and each will be rewarded for what they do. Because of that there should be no divisions.
In verse 10, He also told them that he had built a foundation for them to grow, and this was Jesus Christ. He warned them to be careful what building materials (works) they use on that foundation because on the Day, the works will be revealed by fire, and the fire will burn up the works that are useless. He then reminded them in verse 16, that their bodies are the temple of the living God, and that God's Holy Spirit lives in that body. He warned if any body destroys the temple, God will destroy them. He finally presented the paradox of the wisdom of the world is foolishness with God so there should be no boasting from men. Jeremiah 9.23-24

Other Links
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 1-9
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 10-16
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on 1Corinthians
Index to Sermons by McArthur, Ryle, Edwards and Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Stedman on 1 Corinthians
Pett on 1Corinthians 1-7
Pett on 1Corinthians 8-16
Piper on 1Corinthians
Wallace on 1 Corinthians

Expositor's Bible Commentary
Pulpit Bible Commentary on the New Testament
With the Word Commentary NT-Warren Wiersbe

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This Posting is NOT a commentary of the passages read today but it is a devotional. Please send a comment if something spoke to you today from the passages, links or thoughts that I have shared with you.

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

March 7 Readings

You can also check out all these Reading Plans Blogs to go through the Bible in a year from Back to the Bible Reading Lists:the Chronological Reading Plan blog; OT and NT Together blog; Historical Readings blog; Blended Readings blog and Beginning to End blog In addition, there is the Theophilus1 blog in the One Year Bible format

Blended Reading Plan from Back to the Bible
Job 3-4; 1 Corinthians 2
Job 3 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 4 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Job 3
Job mourns about the day of his birth. He wanted to die in his misery. He asked the question WHY? See the questions in Job 3:11-12 "Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire? 12 "Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I should suck? (NASB) 16, Job 3:16 Or why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?(NIV) Job 3:20 "Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul, Job 3:23 Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?(NIV). Job was not the only one in the Bible who questioned God about the predicament he was in . Another example is Jeremiah Jer 20:14 Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me not be blessed! 15 Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, who made him very glad, saying, "A child is born to you-- a son!" 16 May that man be like the towns the LORD overthrew without pity. May he hear wailing in the morning, a battle cry at noon. 17 For he did not kill me in the womb, with my mother as my grave, her womb enlarged forever. 18 Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?

But he DID NOT curse God. Job, after all is a human being in his suffering and complains to God but he was true to God.

Job 4
Sometimes when your friends come to give you advice, it is not an advice but accusations. They do not see the situation you are in as fully as how God sees you. God knows what is going on. Man does not. This was the situation with Job. Eliphaz the Temanite came to Job to comfort him. Eliphaz asked him why wasn't he living the way how he tells his friends how to live. He probably hinted that he was a hypocrite. (v.1-6). He then told Job that he reap what he sowed (Job 3.8, Gal 6.7-8). Lastly he shared the mystical dream that he claimed he had. He was basing his advice on this dream to give Job. He did not based his advice on the Word of God.

Other Links
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on Job 1
Deffinbaugh on the man, Job
Malik-Intoduction to Job
Malik-Argument for Job
Piper on Job
Spurgeon on Job
Spurgeon, Edwards on Job
Stedman on Job
1Corinthians 2 with Commentaries, verse by verse

1Corinthians 2
Paul told the Corinthians in verse 2 "For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified." Paul got straight to the point, he made Jesus Christ the only subject of his teaching and preaching with the Corinthians. It is so easy to get sidetracked on a lot of issues in evangelism and discipleship in the church. But if you stay focus on Jesus, then everything will fall in place.
The Corinthians pride themselves on having wisdom. Paul pointed out to them. that there was a wisdom for the mature. It was God's secret wisdom which comes from the Holy Spirit. Paul was not going to teach the things of men but of God. He said if the rulers had this wisdom, they would not have crucifed Jesus Christ, the Lord of Gloty. He taught about the Spirit: 10b The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. The Spirit that he talked about does not come from the world but from God. What about us? Do we rely on our own wisdom and strenght to live the Christian life. Well if we do, we are bound for failure. It is the Spirit who enables us to see the things of God and to understand what God wants to reveal to us.

Other Links
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 1-9
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 10-16
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on 1Corinthians
Index to Sermons by McArthur, Ryle, Edwards and Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Stedman on 1 Corinthians
Pett on 1Corinthians 1-7
Pett on 1Corinthians 8-16
Piper on 1Corinthians
Wallace on 1 Corinthians

Jesus Saves
This Posting is NOT a commentary of the passages read today but it is a devotional. Please send a comment if something spoke to you today from the passages, links or thoughts that I have shared with you.

Monday, March 05, 2007

March 6 Readings

You can also check out all these Reading Plans Blogs to go through the Bible in a year from Back to the Bible Reading Lists:the Chronological Reading Plan blog; OT and NT Together blog; Historical Readings blog; Blended Readings blog and Beginning to End blog In addition, there is the Theophilus1 blog in the One Year Bible format

Blended Reading Plan from Back to the Bible
Job 1-2; 1 Corinthians 1
Job 1 with Commentaries, verse by verse
Job 2 with Commentaries, verse by verse

Job 1-Job’s First Test
This is from God’s perspective. God met with the angels in heaven. Satan had joined them God asked Satan where did he come from. Satan said roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it. (James 4.7, 1peter 5.8-10. God said to Satan in verse 8,“Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil”Notice that God has a hedge of protection around Job, and Satan, the accuser, cannot do anything to Job (or to us) without God’s permission. God permitted Job to take away all his possessions and his children from him. This came through a series of events. Even though Job lost everything and his children, Job BLESSED God he did not curse God. “Naked I came from my mother’s womb and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.” We need to realize that all things happen in our lives are UNDER GOD’S CONTROL. From learn we should learn that anything we have, we cannot take with us.(Col 3.2-4). Where is your treasure is, there is your heart also (Matt 6.19-24). What Job was saying is YOU CANNOT TAKE ANYTHING YOU HAVE IN LIFE WITH YOU EXCEPT YOUR FAITH!! “If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.”-C.S. Lewis

Job 2-Job’s Second Test
God met with the angels in heaven, another time. Satan had joined them God asked again Satan where did he come from. Satan said roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it. (James 4.7, 1Peter 5.8-10. God said to Satan in verse 8,“Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil” Notice that God has a hedge of protection around Job, even though Job had lost his children and everything. and Satan, the accuser, cannot do anything to Job (or to us) without God’s permission. God permitted Satan to cover Job with sores all over his body, but he could not kill him. Job was in so much misery that he had to use a piece of pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes. Job’s wife told him to curse God and die. Job told her that she was a foolish woman. “Shall we accept good from God and not trouble. Job DID NOT curse God despite the fact that he lost his children, everything, and was now in pain covered with sores. Job did not sin.

Other Links
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on Job 1
Deffinbaugh on the man, Job
Malik-Intoduction to Job
Malik-Argument for Job
Piper on Job
Spurgeon on Job
Spurgeon, Edwards on Job
Stedman on Job

1Corinthians 1 with Commentaries, verse by verse

1Corinthians
The Church in Corinth was the model church for having PROBLEMS. There were disunity, fornication, laxity in church discipline, members taking other members to court, people getting drunk at the Lord’s table and spiritual gifts. All churches have problems, it is how the churches SOLVE the problems that make them good churches. In Chapter 1, after Paul gave the introduction, he thanked God for them, it was a remarkable prayer (v. 4-9) even for this church with problems. LINK with Gleaning from Paul Pink. Paul jumped into the issue of division. He rebuked them for the assembly having divided into factions (v.10-17) of Paul, Apollos, Cephas and Christ!
He appealed for them to be united (v.10).
Paul then spoke about the cross which is a paradox. It is foolish to those who were perishing and to those who were saved it is the power of God. The foolishness of God is wiser than the wisdom of God and the weakness of man’ strength (v. 25). Paul used a variety of paradoxes to let the Corinthians and (us) realize that God is at work in our lives. He said at the end that we should boast of the Lord. This was essentially what Jeremiah sais in Jeremiah 9.24, “Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth for in these I delight,” declares the Lord.

Other Links
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 1-9
Calvin on 1 Corinthians 10-16
Dr. Thomas Constable Study Notes is a PDF file, open with Adobe Acrobatic Reader
Deffinbaugh on 1Corinthians
Index to Sermons by McArthur, Ryle, Edwards and Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Spurgeon on 1Corinthians
Stedman on 1 Corinthians
Pett on 1Corinthians 1-7
Pett on 1Corinthians 8-16
Piper on 1Corinthians
Wallace on 1 Corinthians

Jesus Saves
This Posting is NOT a commentary of the passages read today but it is a devotional. Please send a comment if something spoke to you today from the passages, links or thoughts that I have shared with you.

Blended Readings

Thursday, March 22, 2007

March 22 Readings

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

March 21 Readings

Monday, March 19, 2007

March 20 Readings

Sunday, March 18, 2007

March 19 Readings

Saturday, March 17, 2007

March 18 Readings

Friday, March 16, 2007

March 17 Readings

March 16 Readings

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

March 15 Readings

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

March 14 Readings