Daily Bible Reading for January 1 & 2, 2023

      The following Bible readings are taken from the website, Oneyearbibleonline.com. If you follow this reading plan you will read through the whole Bible in one year. I highly encourage you to do so. Also, the sermons below each section are ones that I have chosen from the website, Sermonaudio.com.

Genesis 1:1-4:26 (Audio):

Recommended sermon on Genesis 1:1: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

• Six Days & the Eisegesis Problem, by Ken Ham

The following sermons are on all or part of Genesis 1:26 & 27: "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."

1. Soul Care and Body Care, by Dr. David P. Murray
2. Identity - Who Am I and Where Did I Come From? by Dr. Ian Brown

Sermons on Genesis 2:

1. The Junk DNA Takes a Well Deserved Hit, A Review of The Myth of Junk DNA, by Jeffrey Tompkins [Text: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 1]
2. The Junk DNA Takes a Well Deserved Hit, A Review of The Myth of Junk DNA, by W. J. Mencarow [Text: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 1]
3. The Nature of Sin, Part 1, by Dr. Joel Beeke [Text: Genesis 22:25-3:7]
4. The Nature of Sin, Part 2, by Dr. Joel Beeke [Text: Genesis 22:25-3:7]

Sermons on Genesis 3:

1. Motherhood: The Christian Woman's Highest Calling, by Rev. Cornelis (Neil) Pronk [Text: Genesis 313-20; 1 Timothy 2]
2. God's First Words to the First Sinner, by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) [Text: Genesis 3:9]
3. Adam, Where Art Thou? by Dr. David P. Murry [Text: Genesis 3:9]
4. The First Gospel Sermon, by Dr. Allen Cairns [Text: Genesis 3:1-19]
5. The Gospel of the Devil: Believe it Not! by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014) [Text: Genesis 3:4]

Matthew 1:1-3:6 (Audio):

The following sermons are on Matthew 1:1: "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham."

1. Lessons From the Family Tree of Christ, by Rev. Lawrence J. Bilkes
2. The Genealogy of Christ, by Dr. Joel Beeke

The following sermons are on Matthew 1:21: "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS, for he shall save his people from their sins."

1. What is Holiness? Preached Under the Gospel Tent in a Rain Storm, by Evangelist Rolfe Barnard (1904-1969)
2. Limited Atonement, Salvation, God's Decrees, God's Sovereignty, Calvinism, Arminianism, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson
3. The True Way of Keeping Christmas, by George Whitefield (1714-1770)
4. His Name is Jesus, by Rev. Hans Overduin
5. Joseph's Role in the Virgin Birth, by Dr. David P. Murray

The following sermons are on Matthew 1:23: "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us."

1. The Significance of the Virgin Birth, by Dr. Alan Cairns
2. The Mystery of God Incarnate, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton
3. The Prophecy of Immanuel, by Rev. Henk Bergsma

Sermons on Matthew 3:

1. God Commands Men to Repent, by Evangelist Rolfe Barnard (190-1969) [Text: Matthew 3:1-3]
2. The Descent of the Holy Spirit on Christ at His Baptism, by Dr. Alan Cairns [Text: Matthew 3; Mark 3; Acts 10:38]

Psalm 1 & 2 (Audio):

The following sermons are on Psalm 1:

1. The Way of the Righteous and the Way of the Wicked, by Rev. Jan Neels [Text: Psalm 1]
2. Most Loving Counsel from God with Another Year, by Rev. Hans Overduin [Text: Psalm 1; Psalm 32]

The following hymn is based on Psalm 1: That Man is Blessed Who Fearing God

The following sermons are on Psalm 2:8: "Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession."

1. God's Sovereignty and Our Praying, by Rev. Ian Goligher
2. Reaching the Heathen, by Rev. Stephen Hamilton
3. How Christ Will Turn Tumult into Triumph, by Rev. Noel Hughes

The following hymn is based on Psalm 2: Wherefore Do the Nations Rage? 

Proverbs 1:1-9 (Audio): 

Recommended sermon: The Simple, The Scorner, The Stubborn Fool, The Sensible, by Rev. Gordon Dane [Text: Proverbs 1:5,22]