The Robert Murray M‘Cheyne
Bible Reading Plan
December 31
Private Reading
Malachi 4
Final Admonition
1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant
and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says
the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”
2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with
healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the
stall.
3 “You will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles
of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the Lord of hosts.
4 “Remember the law of Moses My servant, even the statutes and ordinances
which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel.
5 “Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming
of the great and terrible day of the Lord.
6 “He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the
hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the
land with a curse.”
John 21
Jesus Appears at the Sea of Galilee
1 After these things Jesus manifested Himself again to the disciples at the Sea
of Tiberias, and He manifested Himself in this way.
2 Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and
the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.
3 Simon Peter *?said to them, “I am going fishing.” They *?said to
him, “We will also come with you.” They went out and got into the
boat; and that night they caught nothing.
4 But when the day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples
did not know that it was Jesus.
5 So Jesus *?said to them, “Children, you do not have any fish, do you?” They
answered Him, “No.”
6 And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat
and you will find a catch.” So they cast, and then they were not able to
haul it in because of the great number of fish.
7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved *?said to Peter, “It is the
Lord.” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his outer
garment on (for he was stripped for work), and threw himself into the sea.
8 But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from
the land, but about one hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish.
9 So when they got out on the land, they *?saw a charcoal fire already laid and
fish placed on it, and bread.
10 Jesus *?said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have now caught.”
11 Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land, full of large fish, a hundred
and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.
Jesus Provides
12 Jesus *?said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples
ventured to question Him, “Who are You?” knowing that it was the
Lord.
13 Jesus *?came and *?took the bread and *?gave it to them, and the fish likewise.
14 This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after
He was raised from the dead.
The Love Motivation
15 So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus *?said to Simon Peter, “Simon,
son of John, do you love Me more than these?” He *?said to Him, “Yes,
Lord; You know that I love You.” He *?said to him, “Tend My lambs.”
16 He *?said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love
Me?” He *?said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He
*?said to him, “Shepherd My sheep.”
17 He *?said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter
was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And
he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus
*?said to him, “Tend My sheep.
Our Times Are in His Hand
18 “Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird
yourself and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch
out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not
wish to go.”
19 Now this He said, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And
when He had spoken this, He *?said to him, “Follow Me!”
20 Peter, turning around, *?saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them;
the one who also had leaned back on His bosom at the supper and said, “Lord,
who is the one who betrays You?”
21 So Peter seeing him *?said to Jesus, “Lord, and what about this man?”
22 Jesus *?said to him, “If I want him to remain until I come, what is
that to you? You follow Me!”
23 Therefore this saying went out among the brethren that that disciple would
not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, “If
I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?”
24 This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and wrote these things,
and we know that his testimony is true.
25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they *?were
written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself *?would not contain the
books that *?would be written.
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