For all flesh is as grass,
and all the glory of man as the flower of grass.
The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever.
And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies,
and all evil speakings, as newborn babes,
desire the sincere milk of the Word,
that ye may grow thereby:
if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
(I Peter 1:24-2:3)
The Word for the YEAR--
Titus 3:4-7 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour
toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done,
but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration,
and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which He shed on us abundantly through
Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being justified by His grace, we should
be made heirs according to the hope of Eternal Life.
The Word for the month--
Romans 5:8,9 But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now
justified by His blood,
we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
The Word for the day--
Romans 4:15,16
Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be
by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to
that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of
Abraham; who is the father of us all,
Hear the entire chapter--
Romans 4
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the
flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath
whereof
to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? Abraham
believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him
that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to
him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly,
his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth
the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without
works,
saying, Blessed
are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed
is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision
only,
or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to
Abraham for righteousness. How was it then reckoned? when he was in
circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in
uncircumcision. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the
righteousness of the faith which
he had yet
being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that
believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be
imputed unto them also: and the father of circumcision to them who are
not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that
faith of our father Abraham, which
he had being
yet uncircumcised. For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world,
was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if they which are of the law
be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be
by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to
that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of
Abraham; who is the father of us all, (as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed,
even
God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as
though they were. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might
become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken,
So shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his
own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet
the deadness of Sara's womb: he staggered not at the promise of God
through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and
being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to
perform. And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it
was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; but for
us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised
up Jesus our Lord from the dead; who was delivered for our offences, and
was raised again for our justification.
--
I
Corinthians 15:3,4 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I
also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the
scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day
according to the scriptures:
Romans 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
I Peter 5:11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
