Here is the reading plan for the week:
*Weekend: Matthew 11-13
*Monday: Matthew 14-18
*Tuesday: Matthew 19-23
*Wednesday: Matthew 24-25
*Thursday: Matthew 26-28
*Friday: Mark 1-3
There is a saying that the Bible is the story of salvation. The Old Testament details how flawed we are as people and how we are in need of a Savior. The New Testament is the coming of that Savior, His atonement for the sins of all human beings- past, present and future- and the reward for living in faith.
If you participated in the New Testament Challenge last fall, you are no doubt very familiar with the readings from here on through the end of the year. But please continue to be diligent in your reading. God has something to say to us each time we open our Bibles. That passage you dismissed last year as just another sentence may be the passage that you need to hear today to get through a certain obstacle.
Jesus has many things to say this week on a variety of topics: Why we should follow Him (11:28-30), divorce (19:1-12), the importance of money (19:16-30) and paying taxes ((22:15-22) among others.
It is extremely difficult to unpack this book in a short blog posting, so I will wrap it up here with this: Chapter 22, verses 34-40 sum up how we as Christians should live. Life is about relationships- not rules- and these specifics are about as clear as they could ever be...
Have a great week reading!!!
-Mike
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