Thy Kingdom Come!
Verse of the week to live by:
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness” (2 Tim. 3:16).
Bible Readings 2025, Week 41; Oct. 6-12
Oct.6; Isa 29-31; 2 Tim. 3;
1. Is. 29:13; “And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men.”
What are the results of drawing near to God with mouth and lips, but hearts are far from Him?
2. 2 Tim.3:16; “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.”
How do you understand that “All Scripture is breathed out by God”?
3. 2 Tim.3:17; “That the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”
Who is the “man of God”?
Oct.7; Isa 32-33
1. Is. 32:15; “For the palace is forsaken, the populous city deserted; the hill and the watchtower will become dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks; until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.”
Do you see any relationship between this passage and Acts 2?
2. Is. 33:24; “And no inhabitant will say, “I am sick”; the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.”
What is the relationship between illness & sin?
3. Is. 33:24; “And no inhabitant will say, “I am sick”; the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.”
Do you see a fulfillment of this passage in Rev. 21?
Oct. 8; Isa 34-36; 2 Tim. 4
1. Is. 35:3; “Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.”
Where in the Book of Hebrews do we find a fulfillment of this passage?
2. Is. 35:5-6; “Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.”
Did Jesus fulfill this prophecy? Please refer to Luke 7.
3. 2 Tim. 4:10; “For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.”
Who was Demas?
Oct. 9; Isa 37-38; Tit. 1
1. Is. 37;
Who was King Hezekiah? Where in 2 Kings, and 2 Chronicles do we find the story of King Hezekiah?
2. Is. 38:1-8; “In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not recover.” 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3 and said, “Please, O Lord, remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah: 5 “Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. 6 I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and will defend this city. “This shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he has promised: 8 Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps.” So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined.”
Do our prayers change God’s mind?
3. Tit. 1; “Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began 3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.”
Who was Titus?
Oct. 10; Isa 39-41
1. Is. 39:3-8; “Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? And from where did they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come to me from a far country, from Babylon.” 4 He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing in my storehouses that I did not show them.” Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord of hosts: 6 Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the Lord. 7 And some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” 8 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my days.”
Was this the only reason for exile?
2. Is. 40:3-5; “A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 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. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
Where in the Gospels do we find a fulfillment of this passage? Please refer to the gospel of Mark.
3. Is. 40:27-31; “Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord,and my right is disregarded by my God”? Have you not known? Have you not heard?The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
Was this passage a prophecy about the return from the Exile or our daily walk with the Lord?
Oct. 11; Isa 42-43; Tit. 2
1. Is. 42:1-4; “Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street.”
Who is the servant of the Lord?
2. Is. 42:8; “I am the Lord; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.”
Please read Phil 2:9-11. Does Phil. 2:9-11 and Is. 42:8 prove that Jesus is God?
3. Tit. 2:1; “But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. 2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.”
What is the sound doctrine?
Oct. 12; Isa 44-46; Tit. 3;
1. Is. 44:28; “who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and he shall fulfill all my purpose’; saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.”
Who was Cyrus?
2. Is. 45:22; “Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.”
Explain this passage?
3. Tit. 3:1; “Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.”
Do we have to be submissive and obey rulers in everything? Please refer to Rom. 13.