Assignment Two - the Book of John

"Read the Bible as if you were seeking for something of great value.
It is a good deal better to take a single chapter
and spend a month on it
than to read the Bible at random for a month."
---- D. L. Moody

To quote Tim LaHaye: "Like your first great need [that of the assurance of your salvation], the increase of your faith in general is vital to an effective Christian life. The best book in the Bible for that is the Gospel of John . . . John lived long enough to hear the teachings of heretics who began challenging the deity of Jesus Christ . . the apostle John, knowing that he was the only remaining eyewitness to the supernatural life of our Lord, set out in the Gospel that bears his name to include those events and teachings that leave no doubt as to the true identity of Jesus Christ. By the time you have read this book twice you will be in a good position to judge how well he accomplished his purpose."

We will take these next two weeks to read the Gospel of John twice. It is 21 chapters long. That means you could read around four chapters daily and not get behind.

This week's assignment:
Read the Gospel of John once. As you read your 3 - 4 daily chapters, keep your daily spiritual journal, and also make a list of the seven miracles John recorded that show Christ's supernaturalness.

Tim LaHaye concludes: " . . . in less than one month your faith will be well grounded in the Word of God and you will be ready to proceed to other books."

Anticipate this daily reading, and look forward to your journaling. We must not forget our daily prayer before reading. God will bless us in this, our spiritual adventure of reading the Bible. And then return to make a comment when it strikes you. :-)

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