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--
Galatians 3:9
So then they which be of Faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
Hear the entire chapter--
Galatians 3
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey
the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth,
crucified among you? This only would I learn of you, Received ye the
Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so
foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the
flesh? Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if
it be yet in vain. He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you,
doeth he it
by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Even as Abraham
believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the
children of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would
justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto
Abraham,
saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed
is
every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the
book of the law to do them. But that no man is justified by the law in
the sight of God,
it is
evident: for, The just shall live by faith. And the law is not of
faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. Christ hath
redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it
is written, Cursed
is every
one that hangeth on a tree: that the blessing of Abraham might come on
the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of
the Spirit through faith. Brethren, I speak after the manner of men;
Though
it be but a man's covenant, yet
if it be
confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. Now to Abraham and
his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of
many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say,
that the covenant, that was
confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and
thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of
none effect. For if the inheritance
be of the law,
it is no more of promise: but God gave
it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore then
serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made;
and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not
a mediator of one, but God is one.
Is
the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had
been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness
should have been by the law. But the scripture hath concluded all
under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to
them that believe.
But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the
faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our
schoolmaster
to bring us unto
Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is
come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For ye are all the
children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have
been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor
Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor
female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye
be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
--
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.
