Daily Devotional
By Pastor Jerry Teboe
MIRACLES IN 2025
God’s Great Truth
2 Peter 1:19
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 2Pe 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 2Pe 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
As we consider a short study of prophecy from the book of 2 Peter, we find some of the questions that are asked when it comes to the prophetic word are, “How can we know that the Word of God is true? How did we get the Scriptures from the Lord, and were the writers consistent in delivering the eternal message without error?”
Our portion today is the key to answering those questions. God was in control of all the Word of God as it was written. He used men who were servants of the Almighty Lord who would let God lead them. This truth is evident and explained in verse 20, Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
This means that no person was allowed to develop his own personal view of a biblical truth and expound it. There are writings called the Apocrypha; in those we see men declaring what they wanted to write, but their writings are not consistent with the Bible. They are private interpretations that sound good but are not divinely inspired.
The true Scriptures came as men of God were led and taught by His Holy Spirit. They declared God’s truth, and He allowed them to convey that truth using their own words. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
The veracity of the Scriptures was maintained as the Holy Spirit moved in each of them, and, as such, the Lord was able to conserve His message throughout the whole Bible.
There were over forty writers who were involved in giving us the Scriptures, but there was only one Author, God. The whole process took over 1400 years, and it was none other than God’s Holy Spirit supervising and declaring God’s Holy Word through those faithful servants who were chosen to reveal God’s plan of redemption to a lost and dying world. This is how we know that we have God’s great truth in our hands today. Let’s read it, study it, and live it. It is truly The Holy Word of God, the Bible!
Bible Reading for the Year
December 27th, Revelation 7-10
December 28th, Revelation 11-13
Prayer Needs
Praise the Lord!! Bill Jones was able to go home from the hospital!
Praise the Lord for Anderson and Meredith Womble, friends of Donna Dixion. The doctors feel it is time for the baby to come. They will deliver the baby Monday or Tuesday. Pray for a healthy birth.
Please continue to pray for Jennifer Teboe Buchamer. She completed 19 of the 28 radiation treatments. So far, she is tolerating them pretty well. Please pray for the tumor to shrink.
Please continue to pray for Beth Buchta. She had a hip replacement, on November 25th. She saw her orthopedic doctor, and he explained she really had a hip revision which is more serious and will take much rest and recuperation time.
Please pray for Jackson Broome as he goes to Duke to discuss a new treatment plan.
Please pray for Marvin Silverthorne. He will see his eye doctor on January 20th.
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