Dec.15
Hosea
13, 14
Hos
13:1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in
Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died.
Hos
13:2 Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten
images of their silver, even idols according to their own
understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of
them, 'They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.'
Hos
13:3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist, and like the dew
that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the
whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the
chimney.
Hos
13:4 "Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you
shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.
Hos
13:5 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
Hos
13:6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were
filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten
me.
Hos
13:7 Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk
by the path.
Hos
13:8 I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and
will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like
a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.
Hos
13:9 You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against
your help.
Hos
13:10 Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your
cities? And your judges, of whom you said, 'Give me a king and
princes?'
Hos
13:11 I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away
in my wrath.
Hos
13:12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up.
Hos
13:13 The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an
unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn't come to the opening of
the womb.
Hos
13:14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them
from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your
destruction? "Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.
Hos
13:15 Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will
come, the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; and his
spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will
plunder the storehouse of treasure.
Hos
13:16 Samaria will bear her guilt; for she has rebelled against her
God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in
pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open."
Hos
14:1 Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because
of your sin.
Hos
14:2 Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, "Forgive
all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips
like bulls.
Hos
14:3 Assyria can't save us. We won't ride on horses; neither will we
say any more to the work of our hands, 'Our gods!' for in you the
fatherless finds mercy."
Hos
14:4 "I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely;
for my anger is turned away from him.
Hos
14:5 I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the
lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.
Hos
14:6 His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive
tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
Hos
14:7 Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain,
and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of
Lebanon.
Hos
14:8 Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and
will take care of him. I am like a green fir tree; from me your fruit
is found."
Hos
14:9 Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is
prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and
the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
Dec. 15
1 John 5
1Jn 5:1 Whoever
believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the
Father also loves the child who is born of him.
1Jn 5:2 By this we know
that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his
commandments.
1Jn 5:3 For this is the
love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not
grievous.
1Jn 5:4 For whatever is
born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has
overcome the world: your faith.
1Jn 5:5 Who is he who
overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of
God?
1Jn 5:6 This is he who
came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but
with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because
the Spirit is the truth.
1Jn 5:7 For there are
three who testify:
1Jn 5:8 the Spirit, the
water, and the blood; and the three agree as one.
1Jn 5:9 If we receive
the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is God's
testimony which he has testified concerning his Son.
1Jn 5:10 He who
believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who
doesn't believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed
in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.
1Jn 5:11 The testimony
is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his
Son.
1Jn 5:12 He who has the
Son has the life. He who doesn't have God's Son doesn't have the
life.
1Jn 5:13 These things I
have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that
you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to
believe in the name of the Son of God.
1Jn 5:14 This is the
boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according
to his will, he listens to us.
1Jn 5:15 And if we know
that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the
petitions which we have asked of him.
1Jn 5:16 If anyone sees
his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God
will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a
sin leading to death. I don't say that he should make a request
concerning this.
1Jn 5:17 All
unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.
1Jn 5:18 We know that
whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who was born of God keeps
himself, and the evil one doesn't touch him.
1Jn 5:19 We know that
we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
1Jn 5:20 We know that
the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we
know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus
Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
1Jn 5:21 Little
children, keep yourselves from idols.