Our Daily Bread — Friday 10th January — What Scripture Reveals
OUR DAILY BREAD DAILY DEVOTIONAL 10 JANUARY 2025 MESSAGE
Welcome to Today’s Daily Bread Devotional Message to inspire and bless you! Read, Study and, Meditate over and over again. Let the blessings of God rest upon you!
Today’s Topic: What Scripture Reveals
Bible in a Year: Genesis 25-26; Matthew 8:1-17
Bible Verse: Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. – 2 John 1:7
Today’s Scripture: 2 John 1:4-11
Insight: Love is a major theme of John’s writings, and he continues it here in his second letter. The apostle says, “I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another” (2 John 1:5). But in John’s gospel, he records Jesus telling His disciples, “A new command I give you: Love one another” (John 13:34).
Is the command to love old or new? It’s old, because Christ affirmed that the greatest two commands are to “love the Lord your God” (Matthew 22:37; see Deuteronomy 6:5) and “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39; see Leviticus 19:18). It’s also new because Jesus expanded the scope of these commands when He instructed His disciples to love each other “as I have loved you”—completely and sacrificially (John 13:34). “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples” (v. 35). By: Tim Gustafson
Our Daily Bread 10th January 2025 Devotional Today
In April 1817, a disoriented young woman was found wandering around in Gloucestershire, England, wearing exotic clothes and speaking an unknown language. Assuming she was a beggar, authorities placed her in prison. However, she convinced her captors that she was Princess Caraboo from the island of Javasu. For ten weeks, the community treated her as royalty until a boardinghouse keeper revealed that the woman was, in fact, a servant girl named Mary Willcocks.
We may wonder how this young woman deceived an entire community for almost three months. But the book of 2 John warns us that deception is nothing new as it mentions “many deceivers who . . . have gone out into the world” (1:7). These are people who deny that Jesus Christ came “in the flesh” (v. 7), or those who go beyond what Christ taught (v. 9)—proclaiming that the Bible isn’t adequate for us today. Both these types of deceivers can cause us to not “receive [our] full reward” (v. 8 nlt) and can even trick us into helping them in their work (v. 11).
No one likes to be deceived. The people of Gloucestershire didn’t lose much, just some clothing and a few meals. But the Bible says that the consequences of sin and deception continue to threaten us. As we engage with Scripture, God will help us avoid deception as we “walk in obedience to his commands” (v. 6). By: Brent Hackett
Reflect & Pray
How do you watch for false teachers today? What will help you read, reflect on, and respond to Scripture?
Dear Father, please help me to stand firm on the wisdom of Scripture and not be deceived.
Daily Bible Verse Prayer 5 January 2025 Sunday
