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--
Romans 5:1-5 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ: by Whom also we have access by faith into
this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
And not only
so, but we glory
in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and
patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed;
because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost
which is given unto us.
The Word for the month--
Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the
law, but by the Faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus
Christ, that we might be justified by the Faith of Christ, and not by
the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be
justified.
The Word for the day--
Acts 13:39
And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Hear the entire chapter--
Acts 13
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and
teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of
Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch,
and Saul. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost
said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called
them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid
their hands on them, they sent
them away.
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and
from thence they sailed to Cyprus. And when they were at Salamis,
they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they
had also John to
their
minister. And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they
found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name
was
Bar-jesus: which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a
prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the
word of God. But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by
interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the
faith. Then Saul, (who also
is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, and said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief,
thou child of the devil,
thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord
is
upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season.
And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went
about seeking some to lead him by the hand. Then the deputy, when he
saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the
Lord. Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to
Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and
went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. And after
the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent
unto them, saying,
Ye men
and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with
his
hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. The
God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people
when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm
brought he them out of it. And about the time of forty years suffered
he their manners in the wilderness. And when he had destroyed seven
nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. And after that he gave
unto them
judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel
the prophet. And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them
Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of
forty years. And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David
to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have
found David the
son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. Of this man's seed hath God according to
his
promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: when John had first
preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people
of Israel. And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye
that I am? I am not
he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of
his feet I am not worthy to loose. Men
and
brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you
feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. For they that
dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet
the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have
fulfilled
them in condemning
him. And though they found no cause of death
in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took
him down from the tree, and laid
him
in a sepulchre. But God raised him from the dead: and he was seen
many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who
are his witnesses unto the people. And we declare unto you glad
tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, God
hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised
up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my
Son, this day have I begotten thee. And as concerning that he raised
him up from the dead,
now no
more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the
sure mercies of David. Wherefore he saith also in another
psalm,
Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. For David,
after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on
sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: but he, whom
God raised again, saw no corruption.
Be it known unto you therefore, men
and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
and by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the
prophets; Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a
work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a
man declare it unto you. And when the Jews were gone out of the
synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to
them the next sabbath. Now when the congregation was broken up, many
of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who,
speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the
word of God. But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled
with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul,
contradicting and blaspheming. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and
said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been
spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves
unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. For so hath
the Lord commanded us,
saying,
I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be
for salvation unto the ends of the earth. And when the Gentiles heard
this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as
were ordained to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was
published throughout all the region. But the Jews stirred up the
devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised
persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their
coasts. But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and
came unto Iconium. And the disciples were filled with joy, and with
the Holy Ghost.
--
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:
Revelation
1:5b,6 Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own
blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to
him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Romans 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
