Daily Scripture Reading for the
Liturgical Calendar Year
(beginning the 1st Sunday of Advent)

September 17, 2010

Text taken from the
Third Millennium Bible^® (TMB^®)
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The Lectionary According to the Christian Seasons

1 Corinthians 15:12-20

12 Now if Christ is preached, that He rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 and if Christ be not risen, then our preaching is vain, and your faith is also vain. 15 Yea, and we are found to be false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up, if so it be that the dead rise not. 16 For if the dead rise not, then is Christ not raised; 17 and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 

20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of those who slept. 

Psalm 17

1 Hear the right, O LORD; attend unto my cry!
Give ear unto my prayer, which goeth not out of feigned lips.
2 Let my sentence come forth from Thy presence;
let Thine eyes behold things with equity.

3 Thou hast tested mine heart;
Thou hast visited me in the night;
Thou hast tried me and shalt find nothing;
I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
4 Concerning the works of men,
by the word of Thy lips I have been kept from the paths of the destroyer.
5 Uphold my goings in Thy paths,
that my footsteps slip not.

6 I have called upon Thee, for Thou wilt hear me, O God;
incline Thine ear unto me and hear my speaking.
7 Show Thy marvelous lovingkindness, O Thou that savest by Thy right hand them that put their trust in Thee
from those that rise up against them.

8 Keep me as the apple of the eye;
hide me under the shadow of Thy wings,
9 from the wicked that oppress me,
from my deadly enemies who compass me about.
10 They are enclosed in their own fat;
with their mouth they speak proudly.
11 They have now encompassed us in our steps;
they have set their eyes, bowing down to the earth,
12 like a lion that is greedy for his prey,
even as a young lion lurking in secret places.

13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint them! Cast them down;
deliver my soul from the wicked by Thy sword,
14 from men which are Thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world that have their portion in this life,
and whose belly Thou fillest with Thy hid treasure:
They are full of children,
and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

15 As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness;
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness.

Words of Worship - Matthew 11:25

"I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

Luke 8:1-13

1 And it came to pass afterward that He went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the Kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him, 2 and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, 3 and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who ministered unto Him from their substance.

4 And when many people had gathered together and had come to Him out of every city, He spoke by a parable:

5 "A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock, and as soon as it had sprung up, it withered away because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it. 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up and bore fruit a hundredfold."

And when He had said these things, He cried,

"He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!"

9 And His disciples asked Him, saying, "What might this parable mean?" 10 And He said,

"Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God; but to others in parables, that

'seeing they might not see,
and hearing they might not understand.'

11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the Word of God. 12 Those by the wayside are they that hear; then cometh the devil and taketh away the Word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 13 The seed on the rock are they that, when they hear, receive the Word with joy, but they have no root: they for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. 

Words of Wisdom - Wisdom of Solomon 16:26

that Thy children, O Lord, whom Thou lovest, might know that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth man, 
but that it is Thy word, which preserveth them that put their trust in Thee. 

Jesus Speaks Morals & Values - Matthew 15-24

"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

"Woe unto you, ye blind guides, who say, `Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.' Ye fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And ye say, `Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is liable.' Ye fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it and by Him that dwelleth therein. And he that shall swear by Heaven, sweareth by the throne of God and by Him that sitteth thereon.

"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law: judgment, mercy, and faith. These ought ye to have done and not to leave the other undone. Ye blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!