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Professor Horner’s Reading Plan
John 16; Exodus 25; 1 Corinthians 12; 1 Thessalonians2; Job 14; Psalms 112; Proverbs 14; Joshua 13; Isaiah 12; Acts 10
John 16
1“I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.
2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
3And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
4But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. The Work of the Holy Spirit “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
5But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
6But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
7Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
9concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;
10 concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer;
11 concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
12“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
13When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
14He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
15 All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
16 “A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me.”
17So some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ‘because I am going to the Father’?”
18So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We do not know what he is talking about.”
19Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’?
20Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.
21 When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.
22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
23 In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
24Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
25“I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.
26In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf;
27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
28 I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”
29His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech!
30Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God.”
31Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe?
32Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
33I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
Exodus 25
1The LORD said to Moses,
2“Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.
3And this is the contribution that you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze,
4blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats' hair,
5tanned rams' skins, goatskins, acacia wood,
6oil for the lamps, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense,
7onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.
8And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.
9Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.
10“They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
11You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold around it.
12You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
13You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
14And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them.
15The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it.
16And you shall put into the ark the testimony that I shall give you.
17“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
18And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat.
19Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends.
20The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
21And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.
22There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.
23“You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
24You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it.
25And you shall make a rim around it a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the rim.
26And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs.
27Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.
28You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, and the table shall be carried with these.
29And you shall make its plates and dishes for incense, and its flagons and bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold.
30And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.
31“You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
32And there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it;
33three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms, each with calyx and flower, on the other branch — so for the six branches going out of the lampstand.
34And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups made like almond blossoms, with their calyxes and flowers,
35and a calyx of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand.
36Their calyxes and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it a single piece of hammered work of pure gold.
37You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.
38Its tongs and their trays shall be of pure gold.
39It shall be made, with all these utensils, out of a talent of pure gold.
40And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.
1 Corinthians 12
1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
2You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.
3Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.
4Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
5and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;
6and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.
7To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
8For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
10to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
11All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
12For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
13For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body — Jews or Greeks, slaves or free — and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
14For the body does not consist of one member but of many.
15If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
16And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
17If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell?
18But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.
19If all were a single member, where would the body be?
20As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.
21The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
22On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
23and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,
24which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it,
25that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.
26If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
27Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
28And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
30Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
31But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.
Job 14
1“Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble.
2He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not.
3And do you open your eyes on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?
4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one.
5Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
6look away from him and leave him alone, that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day.
7“For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease.
8Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stump die in the soil,
9yet at the scent of water it will bud and put out branches like a young plant.
10But a man dies and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he?
11As waters fail from a lake and a river wastes away and dries up,
12so a man lies down and rises not again; till the heavens are no more he will not awake or be roused out of his sleep.
13Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would conceal me until your wrath be past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come.
15You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands.
16For then you would number my steps; you would not keep watch over my sin;
17my transgression would be sealed up in a bag, and you would cover over my iniquity.
18“But the mountain falls and crumbles away, and the rock is removed from its place;
19the waters wear away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so you destroy the hope of man.
20You prevail forever against him, and he passes; you change his countenance, and send him away.
21His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
22He feels only the pain of his own body, and he mourns only for himself.”
Psalms 112
1Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commandments!
2His offspring will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
3Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
5It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice.
6For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.
7He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.
8His heart is steady; he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.
9He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
10The wicked man sees it and is angry; he gnashes his teeth and melts away; the desire of the wicked will perish!
Proverbs 14
1The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.
2Whoever walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is devious in his ways despises him.
3By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
4Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.
5A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.
6A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.
7Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.
8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.
9Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance.
10The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.
11The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
13Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.
14The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.
15The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.
16One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.
17A man of quick temper acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated.
18The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends.
21Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.
22Do they not go astray who devise evil? Those who devise good meet steadfast love and faithfulness.
23In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
24The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the folly of fools brings folly.
25A truthful witness saves lives, but one who breathes out lies is deceitful.
26In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge.
27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.
28In a multitude of people is the glory of a king, but without people a prince is ruined.
29Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
30A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.
31Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.
32The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
33Wisdom rests in the heart of a man of understanding, but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools.
34Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
35A servant who deals wisely has the king's favor, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.
Joshua 13
1Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to possess.
2This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites
3(from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of the Avvim,
4in the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the boundary of the Amorites,
5and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath,
6all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians. I myself will drive them out from before the people of Israel. Only allot the land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.
7Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”
8With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them:
9from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon;
10and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the boundary of the Ammonites;
11and Gilead, and the region of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah;
12all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he alone was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); these Moses had struck and driven out.
13Yet the people of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites, but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.
14To the tribe of Levi alone Moses gave no inheritance. The offerings by fire to the LORD God of Israel are their inheritance, as he said to him.
15And Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the people of Reuben according to their clans.
16So their territory was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland by Medeba;
17with Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the tableland; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
18and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
19and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley,
20and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,
21that is, all the cities of the tableland, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses defeated with the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
22Balaam also, the son of Beor, the one who practiced divination, was killed with the sword by the people of Israel among the rest of their slain.
23And the border of the people of Reuben was the Jordan as a boundary. This was the inheritance of the people of Reuben, according to their clans with their cities and villages.
24Moses gave an inheritance also to the tribe of Gad, to the people of Gad, according to their clans.
25Their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites, to Aroer, which is east of Rabbah,
26and from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir,
27and in the valley Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, having the Jordan as a boundary, to the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth, eastward beyond the Jordan.
28This is the inheritance of the people of Gad according to their clans, with their cities and villages.
29And Moses gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It was allotted to the half-tribe of the people of Manasseh according to their clans.
30Their region extended from Mahanaim, through all Bashan, the whole kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities,
31and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. These were allotted to the people of Machir the son of Manasseh for the half of the people of Machir according to their clans.
32These are the inheritances that Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan east of Jericho.
33But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the LORD God of Israel is their inheritance, just as he said to them.
Isaiah 12
1You will say in that day: “I will give thanks to you, O LORD, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me.
2“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”
3With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
4And you will say in that day: “Give thanks to the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.
5“Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth.
6Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”
Acts 10
1At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort,
2a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God.
3About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God come in and say to him, “Cornelius.”
4And he stared at him in terror and said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.
5And now send men to Joppa and bring one Simon who is called Peter.
6He is lodging with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
7When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those who attended him,
8and having related everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
9The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.
10And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance
11and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth.
12In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air.
13And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.”
14But Peter said, “By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.”
15And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has made clean, do not call common.”
16This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.
17Now while Peter was inwardly perplexed as to what the vision that he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood at the gate
18and called out to ask whether Simon who was called Peter was lodging there.
19And while Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
20Rise and go down and accompany them without hesitation, for I have sent them.”
21And Peter went down to the men and said, “I am the one you are looking for. What is the reason for your coming?”
22And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say.”
23So he invited them in to be his guests. The next day he rose and went away with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.
24And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
25When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him.
26But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I too am a man.”
27And as he talked with him, he went in and found many persons gathered.
28And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean.
29So when I was sent for, I came without objection. I ask then why you sent for me.”
30And Cornelius said, “Four days ago, about this hour, I was praying in my house at the ninth hour, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing
31and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.
32Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Peter. He is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.’
33So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”
34So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,
35but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
36As for the word that he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all),
37you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed:
38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
39And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree,
40but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear,
41not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
42And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.
43To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
44While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word.
45And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles.
46For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared,
47“Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”
48And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.