Two readings are chosen from the Scripture passages below, the first from the Old Testament, the second from the New Testament.
be freed from this sin.
"In truth, I see that God shows no partiality. Rather, in every nation whoever fears him and actsuprightly is acceptable to him. You know the word that he sent to the Israelites as he proclaimed peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all, what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree. This man God raised on the third day and granted that he be visible, not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name."
“I begin to see how true it is that God shows no partiality.
proclaimed through Jesus Christ who is Lord of all.
that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. How much more then, since we are now justified by his blood, will we be saved through him for the wrath. Indeed, if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, once reconciled, will we be saved by his life. Not only that, but we also boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
live and reign through the one man, Jesus Christ.
a single righteous act brought all men acquittal & life.
so through one man’s obedience all shall become just.
into his death? We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the father, we too might live in newness of life. For if we have grown into union with him through a death like his, we shall also be united with him in the resurrection. We know that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be done away with, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin. For a dead person has been absolved from sin. If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over him.
we too might live a new life.
we believe that we are also to live with Him.
death has no more power over Him.
or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword?
that comes to us in Christ Jesus, our Lord.
and none of us dies as his own master.
and when we die, we die as His servants.
Both in life and in death we are the Lord&apos;s.
We shall all have to appear before the judgment seat of God.
an account of himself before God.
hence the resurrection of the dead comes through a man also.
He will hand over the kingdom to God the Father.
it is clear that He who has made everything subject to Christ is excluded.
who made all things subject to Him, so that god may be all in all.
I am going to tell you a mystery.
in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet.
The sting of death is sin, and sin gets its power from the law.
being renewed day by day. For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to what is seen but to what is unseen; for what is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal. For we know that if our earthly dwelling, tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a dwelling not made with hands, eternal in heaven.
body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yet we are courageous, and we would rather leave the body and go home to the Lord.
receive recompense, according to what he did in the body, whether good or evil.
it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
to meet the Lord in the air. Thus we shall always be with the Lord.
there is no chaining the word of God!
to be found in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.
If we hold out to the end we shall also reign with Him.
murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
ought to lay down our lives for our brothers [and sisters].
I saw a large white throne and the one who was sitting on it. The earth and the sky fled from his presence and there was no place for them. I saw the dead, the great and the lowly, standing before the throne, and scrolls were opened. Then another scroll was opened, the book of life. The dead were judged according to their deeds, by what was written in the scrolls. The sea gave up its dead; then Death and Hades gave up their dead. All the dead were judged according to their deeds. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the pool of fire. This pool of fire is the second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the pool of fire. Then I saw a new heaven and anew earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
I, John, saw new heavens and a new earth.
had passed away, and the sea was no longer.
“Behold, God&apos;s dwelling is with the human race.