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--
Ephesians 2:4-7 But God, Who is rich in mercy, for His great love
wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us
together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised
us up together, and made
us sit together in heavenly
places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace in
His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
The Word for the month--
Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that
like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father,
even so we also should walk in newness of Life.
The Word for the day--
Romans 6:7-9
For
he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we
believe that we shall also live with Him: knowing that Christ being
raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over
Him.
Hear the entire chapter--
Romans 6
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may
abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer
therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus
Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by
baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by
the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we
shall be also
in the likeness of
his resurrection: knowing this, that our old man is crucified with
him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
For
he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we
believe that we shall also live with him: knowing that Christ being
raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over
him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he
liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be
dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it
in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members
as
instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God,
as those that are alive from the dead, and your members
as
instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion
over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then?
shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God
forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey,
his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of
obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the
servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine
which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the
servants of righteousness. I speak after the manner of men because of
the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members
servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield
your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. For when ye were
the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye
then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those
things
is death. But now being
made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto
holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin
is death; but the gift of God
is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
--
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.
