Daily Devotional
By Pastor Jerry Teboe
A Closer Walk with Christ in 2026
Mountain Top Series 17
God’s Great Question
2 Peter 3:10-11
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 2Pe 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
As we come to an end of our study on mountain top experiences, we see that one day even the mountains as well as the rest of the earth will be gone. In our study today, we find that Peter is dealing with a prophecy of the future. The Bible has much to say about prophecy, and it would do us well to spend time considering what these prophecies mean for us now. The following will help us understand how important prophecy really is.
Approximately one-fourth of the Bible was prophetic when it was written.
Of the 333 prophecies concerning Christ, only 109 of them were fulfilled at His First Coming, leaving 224 yet to be fulfilled at His Second Coming.
There are a total of 1,527 Old Testament passages referring to the Second Coming.
In the New Testament, 330 verses refer directly to the Second Coming of Christ.
The Lord Himself refers to His return 21 times in Scripture.
One writer has said that the study of prophecy will expel our ignorance of the Scriptures, will excite us to share the gospel with others, and will bring us to worship the Holy God who knows the end from the beginning. So we should, as Paul admonished young Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:15, Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Therefore, with all this in mind as we see Peter speaking of the last days, he asks this question: What manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness? Because all of these things will be taking place, our response needs to be reflected in our walk with God and displayed in the Christ-reflecting character of one sold out to the Lord. Once we get to know and obey His Word, then we will experience the answer to God’s great question!
Bible Reading for the Year
January 29th, Exodus 19-21; Matthew 20:1-16
Prayer Needs
Please pray for Doris Langley who is in the hospital with very low blood pressure.
Please pray for Melva Jordan, Dr. Jordan’s wife. She will have a pacemaker and defibrillator put in on February 2nd.
Please continue to pray for Jennifer Teboe Buchamer. She will have a CT scan on February 4th and will see the doctor on February 6th at Duke. Pray for the tumor to shrink and that there will be no more cancer.
Please pray for Jackson Broome. They have chosen to go with chemotherapy which will begin on February 4th. The transplant will take place on February 11th.
Please pray for Ricky Hill, a coworker of Jeremy Hewitt, who has a tumor on his kidneys which is cancerous. He will have surgery on Feb 16th at Duke to remove the tumor. The doctor is hoping to save the kidney if possible.
Please pray for Missy Board, Jackie Whitehurst’s friend, who has lesions on her spinal cord.
Please pray for Marvin Silverthorne. He saw his eye doctor on January 20th. The doctor could not find any way that he could help Marvin. Please continue to pray much for his eyesight.
Please pray for Griselda Ramirez’s mother, Luisa. Her heart failure is getting much worse. Pray for wisdom for the doctors to be able to help her.
Please continue to pray for Beth Buchta that her hip will heal soon, and that she can begin to do a little more each day.
Pray for Anderson and Meredith Womble’s baby. The baby boy had heart surgery Monday. The surgery was long, almost 7 hours, but it went well. There is still a long way to go. Pray for a full recovery!
Please continue to pray for Phil Corey. Pray for his continual dialysis treatments.
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Pray for our Missionaries!
Sue Singleton and the mission in Cambodia
Dr. Joe Jordan and the CBM (Cross and Bible Ministries)
Travis and Caroline Fennessy – IBM missionaries to Southeast Asia