January 10, 2015 -- 2 Timothy 4

2 Timothy 4

Thank you for listening, understanding and passing this along.

January 9, 2015 -- 2 Timothy 3

2 Timothy 3

January 8, 2015 -- 2 Timothy 2

2 Timothy 2

January 7, 2015 -- 2 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 1

January 6, 2015 -- 1 Timothy 6

1 Timothy 6

This concludes the reading of Paul's epistle to Timothy.  So much instruction was given that many preachers devote years to preaching messages to their current congregants on the wisdom that Paul spoke in such simple and straight forward ways.  I only pray that you may listen and seek to find a few nuggets to add the richness of your own faith through the hearing of The Word.

January 5, 2015 1 Timothy 5

1 Timothy 5

The Scientific Death of JESUS

At the age of 33, Jesus was condemned to the death penalty.

At the time crucifixion was the "worst" death. Only the worst
criminals condemned to be crucified. Yet it was even more dreadful for Jesus,
unlike other criminals condemned to death by crucifixion, Jesus was to
be nailed to the cross by His hands and feet.

Each nail was 6 to 8 inches long.

The nails were driven into His wrist. Not into His palms as is commonly portrayed. There's a tendon in the wrist that extends to the shoulder.

The Roman guards knew that when the nails were being hammered into the wrist, that tendon would tear and break, forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to support himself so that He could breathe. Both of His feet were nailed together.


Thus He was forced to support Himself on the single nail

that impaled His feet to the cross.

Jesus could not support himself with His legs

because of the pain, so He was forced to alternate

between arching His back then using his legs

just to continue to breathe.

Imagine the struggle, the pain, the suffering, the courage.

Jesus endured this reality for over 3 hours.
Yes, over 3 hours!

Can you imagine this kind of suffering?

A few minutes before He died,
Jesus stopped bleeding.

He was simply pouring water from his wounds.

>From common images, we see wounds to His hands

and feet and even the spear wound to His side...

But do we realize His wounds were actually made in his body.

A hammer driving large nails through the wrist,

the feet overlapped and an even larger nail

hammered through the arches,

then a Roman guard piercing His side with a spear.

But before the nails and the spear,

Jesus was whipped and beaten.

The whipping was so severe that it tore the flesh from His body.

The beating so horrific that His face was torn

and his beard ripped from His face.

The crown of thorns cut deeply into His scalp.

Most men would not have survived this torture.

He had no more blood to bleed out,

only water poured from His wounds.

The human adult body contains about 3.5 liters
(just less than a gallon) of blood.

Jesus poured all 3.5 liters of his blood;

He had three nails hammered into His members;

a crown of thorns on His head and, beyond that,

a Roman soldier who stabbed a spear into His chest.

All these without mentioning the humiliation

He passed after carrying His own cross for almost 2 kilometers,

while the crowd spat in his face and threw stones

(the cross was almost 30 kg of weight, only for its higher part,

where His hands were nailed).

Jesus had to endure this experience,

so that you can have free access to God.

So that your sins could be "washed" away.

All of them, with no exception!
Don't ignore this situation.

JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOU!

1 Timothy 4

1 Timothy 3

1 Timothy 2

2015: The Year of Reading the Bible

During the physical year of our Lord 2015, I will be reading the Bible daily using several formats.

I began  a 90 day Challenge to completely read the Bible online using a plan on YouVersion on December 27, 2014.  If I can stay up to date on that I will complete the first read thru by March 30, 2015.

Next I committed to read daily with my bride, Karen, each day, using a physical Bible I purchased at a local Bible Bookstore in Loveland, CO.

On January 2, 2015 God planted a seed in my brain to read, record my reading, and post to Facebook daily that recording in the Message version.  This Video is the beginning of that year + long journey.  The videos are not edited in any way, nor are they professionally created. It's just me reading while being filmed by my laptop.

I prayerfully will continue this journey with encouragement from friends and family across the USA.