Thy Kingdom Come!
Verse of the week to live by:
“We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28).
Bible Readings 2025, Week 26; June 23-29.
June 23; Job 5-6; Rom 7
1. Job 5:17; “Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.”
Where in Hebrews is a similar passage found? How do you personally understand this passage?
2. Romans 7:15; “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.”
Why was Paul unable to do what is good?
3. Romans 7:24; “What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?”
What did Paul mean by “body of death”?
June 24; Job 7-9;
1. Job 7:1; “Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers?”
What is the meaning of “their days like those of hired laborers”?
2. Job 7:21; “Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins?
For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.”
Did God truly not forget Job’s sin? Why did Job say that?
3. Job 9:33; “If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together.
How did Jesus fulfill Job’s desire in this passage?
June 25; Job 10-11; Rom 8
1. Job 11:13-15; “Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him, if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent, then, free of fault, you will lift up your face; you will stand firm and without fear.”
How accurate is this statement?
2. Romans 8:1; “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
Since there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, does this mean they will face no judgment at the end?
3. Romans 8:28; “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
What does Paul mean when he says 'in all things'?
June 26; Job 12-14; Rom 9
1. Job 13:24; “Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?”
Did God hide His face from Job and consider him His enemy?
2. Romans 9:3-4; “For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people, those of my own race, 4 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption to sonship; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises.”
Did Paul continue to consider himself a Jew after his encounter with Christ?
3. Romans 9:13; “Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
“Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.
How should we understand the passage that says God hated Esau?
June 27; Job 15-17; Rom 10
1. Job 15:16; “How much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,
who drink up evil like water!”
What did Job mean by they “drink up evil like water”?
2. Romans 10:9; “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
What does it personally mean to you that 'Jesus is Lord'?
3. Romans 10:15; “And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
Where in Isaiah is this passage found, and how did Paul apply it to the Christian mission?
June 28; Job 18-19
1. Job 18:5; “The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.”
What is the “lamp of the wicked”?
2. Job 19:4; “If it is true that I have gone astray, my error remains my concern alone.”
Did Job go astray?
3. Job 19:25-27; “I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; 27 I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another.”
How does this passage demonstrate the doctrine of resurrection in the Old Testament?
June 29; Job 20-22; Rom 11
1. Job 21:7; “Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?”
Where in Psalms is a similar question found? Why did Job ask this question?
2. Romans 11:11; “Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.”
How do you understand this passage in the light of God’s plan of salvation to Gentiles? Did the salvation to the Gentiles come by chance or according to God’s plan?
3. Romans 11:26; “In this way all Israel will be saved. As it is written: “The deliverer will come from Zion.”
What did Paul mean by “all Israel will be saved”?