February

 

  • February 2nd - February 8th (Week 6)

    1. Opportunities for further reading - Week #6

      Acts 2, Acts 8, Romans 6, Galatians 3, Colossians 2, 1st Peter 3, - Passages about baptism

      Deuteronomy 18 – The promise of a prophet like Moses that prompts the second question of the of the Jewish Priests in John 1:21

      Genesis 17 – When God made a covenant with Abraham he changed his (and Sarah’s name) there is a parallel here with Peter, ~first among the Apostles being renamed as the Church age dawns.

      Psalm 32 – Jesus’ greeting for Nathaniel sounds like Psalm 32:2

      Genesis 28 – Jesus appears to be referencing Jacob’s dream in John 1:51

      Psalm 69 – the passage Jesus’ disciples recognize as related to Jesus’ clearing of the Temple

  • February 9th - February 15th (Week 7)

    Opportunities for further reading - Week #7

    1st Peter 1, - see v.23 in relation to John 3:3

    Colossians 3 – this chapter directly explores the implications of being “born again” or as Colossians puts it “raised with Christ”

    Titus 3 – further discussion on “rebirth” found in John 3

    Numbers 21 – The account of Moses lifting us a snake in the wilderness which Jesus refers to in John 3

    Ephesians 5 – discussion of deeds done in darkness/light related to John 3:20

    2nd John – short letter about the truth that Jesus came in the flesh

  • February 16th - February 22nd (Week 8)

    • John 4 (:1-54)

      Opportunities for further reading - Week #8

      2nd Kings 17, - a history for why the people of Samaria were despised by Jews

      Genesis 33, 48 & Joshua 24 – a history of the land (near Sychar, a.k.a. Shechem in OT)  which is the setting for the woman at the well

      Jeremiah 2 – the Israelites had rejected the living water of God for wells they had dug on their own (v. 13)

      Revelation 21-22 – the promise of living water to all in Gods full-eternal kingdom (heaven)

      Deuteronomy 11 & Joshua 8 – Mt. Gerazim is the mountain referred to in John 4:20

      1st John 4 – “savior of the world” as in John 4:42

  • February 23rd - February 29th (Week 9)

Opportunities for further reading - Week #9

Isaiah 9 - the prophecy pertaining to Zebulun referenced in Matthew 4

Leviticus 25 – instructions related to the year of jubilee (see Luke 4:19)

Isaiah 58 & 61 – contain the words cited by Jesus in the synagogue of Nazareth  

1st Kings 16-18 & 2nd Kings 5 – The first half of the account of Ahab, Elijah, and the widow of Zarephath, also Elisha and Naaman  both referenced by Jesus in Luke 4

Leviticus 14 – Instructions regarding the process of cleansing from skin disease to which Jesus refers in Mark 1:44