Daniel 9:1-11:1, 1 John 2:18-3:6, Psalm 121:1-8, Proverbs 28:27-28
Today is the second day of December, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian, it is great to be here with you. Gotta take off my coat, sorry, I got a little ahead of myself, welcome to the Global Campfire, it’s great to be here with you today, as we take our next step forward in the Scriptures. It’s the 2nd of December and today would’ve been my father’s birthday. So, I think of him today, as we move forward on our journey through the Scriptures. He’s been, he’s been gone for over 20 years now, but I think of him on his birthday, and so, in his honor, we read today Daniel chapter 9 verse 1, through 10 verse 21 today.
Commentary:
Okay, First John is a pretty short letter but it’s pretty power packed, and there are things for us to consider today about our doubts, about our unmet expectations. Think about, think about doubt, think about your spiritual doubt. What is it that kind of pulls us away into questioning and wondering and then doubt. So often we find unmet expectations there. God didn’t do what we asked Him to do, or He’s taking too long to do what we expect. So, we become impatient and then we become discontented and eventually we turn into doubt, and then that opens the door to deception, and then pretty soon our flame is extinguished. And we’ve probably seen this in our lives. Maybe we’ve even done this in our life. Some people just walk away, like this is a big joke. There is no God, He’s not coming through. And if He does come through, He’s not aware of what I’m going through. And so, people slide away or walk away in these situations, and maybe become bitter toward God, become anti-God. And that’s what we’re reading about the First John today. John says, dear children, this is the last hour, and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming. Even now, many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.