Thy Kingdom Come!
Verse of the week to live by:
“God is light, and in him is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5).
Bible Readings 2025, Week 46; Nov. 17-23
Nov. 17; Ezek. 13-15
1. Ezek. 13:1-2; “The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying, and say to those who prophesy from their own hearts: ‘Hear the word of the Lord!’”
Why did God command Prophet Ezekiel to prophesy against the prophets?
2. Ezek. 13:17; “And you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own hearts. Prophesy against them
What does the phrase “set your face against” mean?
3. Ezek. 14:9; “And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.”
Does God deceive prophets?
Nov. 18; Ezek. 16-17; 2 Pet. 2;
1. Ezek. 16:8; “When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, and you became mine.”
Where in the history of Israel did God find Israel at the age of love? What does the age of love mean?
2. 2 Pet. 2:1; “But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.”
How do false teachers bring about their swift destruction?
3. 2 Pet. 2:15; “Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing.”
What was the sin of Balaam?
Nov. 19; Ezek. 18-20; 2 Pet. 3
1. Ezek. 18:4; “Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.”
Where is God’s grace and mercy if the soul who sins dies?
2. Ezek. 18:20-21; “The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself. 21 “But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.”
Compare this passage with Ex. 34:7. How do you reconcile these two passages together?
3. 2 Pet. 3:5; “For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God.”
How was the Earth formed out of water and through water?
Nov. 20; Ezek. 21-22; 1 Jn. 1;
1. Ezek. 21:1-3; “The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel 3 and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am against you and will draw my sword from its sheath and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked.”
Did God kill both righteous and wicked?
2. 1 John 1:1; “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life.”
Who wrote the first letter of John?
3. 1 John 1:8; “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”
How does this passage help us understand our daily struggle against sin?
Nov. 21; Ezek. 23-25;
1. Ezek. 23:2; “Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.
What do the two women refer to?
2. Ezek. 24:1; “In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me.”
Nine year, in the tenth month of what year?
3. Ezek. 24:6; “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.”
What was this bloody city?
Nov. 22; Ezek. 26-27; 1 Jn. 2
1. Ezek. 27:1; “The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Now you, son of man, raise a lamentation over Tyre.”
Where was Tyre?
2. 1 John 2:3; “And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.”
What is the proof that we know the Lord? is the proof that we Know the Lord?
3. 1 John 2:18; “Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.”
What did Apostle John mean by “it is the last hour”?
Nov. 23; Ezek. 28-30; 1 Jn. 3
1. Ezek. 28:2; “The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God: “Because your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,’ yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god.”
Was Prophet Ezekiel talking about Satan in this passage?
2. Ezek. 29:3; “speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his streams, that says, ‘My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.’
Why did God describe Pharaoh as the great dragon?
3. 1 John 3:4; “Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.”
What is sin?