Thursday, September 28, 2023
4"Now what have you against me, O Tyre and Sidon
and all you regions of Philistia? Are you repaying me for something I have
done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own
heads what you have done. 5For you took my silver and my gold and
carried off my finest treasures to your temples. 6You sold the
people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, that you might send them far from
their homeland.
7"See, I am going to rouse them out of the
places to which you sold them, and I will return on your own heads what you
have done. 8I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of
Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away." The
LORD has spoken.
9Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war!
Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and attack. 10Beat
your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the
weakling say, "I am strong!" 11Come quickly, all you
nations from every side, and assemble there.
Bring down your
warriors, O LORD!
12"Let the nations be roused; let them advance
into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations
on every side. 13Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come,
trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow-- so great
is their wickedness!"
14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 15The sun
and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine. 16The LORD
will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the sky will
tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the
people of Israel.
Psalm
85
1For the
director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. You showed favor to your
land, O LORD; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. 2You forgave the
iniquity of your people and covered all their sins. [Selah] 3You set
aside all your wrath and turned from your fierce anger. 4Restore us
again, O God our Savior, and put away your displeasure toward us. 5Will
you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger through all
generations? 6Will you not revive us again, that your people may
rejoice in you? 7Show us your unfailing love, O LORD, and grant us
your salvation. 8I will listen to what God the LORD will say; he
promises peace to his people, his saints-- but let them not return to folly. 9Surely
his salvation is near those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land.
10Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss
each other. 11Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and
righteousness looks down from heaven. 12The LORD will indeed give
what is good, and our land will yield its harvest. 13Righteousness
goes before him and prepares the way for his steps.
Romans
14:13-23
13Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one
another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle
in your brother's way. 14As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I am fully
convinced that no food is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as
unclean, then for him it is unclean. 15If your brother is distressed
because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your
eating destroy your brother for whom Christ died. 16Do not allow
what you consider good to be spoken of as evil. 17For the kingdom of
God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy
in the Holy Spirit, 18because anyone who serves Christ in this way
is pleasing to God and approved by men.
19Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads
to peace and to mutual edification. 20Do not destroy the work of God
for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat
anything that causes someone else to stumble. 21It is better not to
eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to
fall.
22So whatever you believe about these things keep
between yourself and God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by
what he approves. 23But the man who has doubts is condemned if he
eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come
from faith is sin.
Romans
15:1-7
1We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of
the weak and not to please ourselves. 2Each of us should please his
neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3For even Christ did not
please himself but, as it is written: "The insults of those who insult you
have fallen on me." 4For everything that was written in the
past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement
of the Scriptures we might have hope.
5May the God who gives endurance and encouragement
give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, 6so
that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
7Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted
you, in order to bring praise to God.
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