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

September 18, 2010

Text taken from the
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The Lectionary According to the Christian Seasons

1 Corinthians 15:35-49

35 But some man will say, "How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?" 36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, unless it die. 37 And that which thou sowest is not that body which shall be, but bare grain, by chance of wheat or of some other grain. 38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased Him, and to every seed his own body. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 40 There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. 

42 So also is the resurrection of the dead: It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written: "The first man Adam was made a living soul." The last Adam was made a quickening Spirit. 46 However that which is spiritual was not first, but that which is natural, and afterward that which is spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second Man is the Lord from Heaven. 48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 

Psalm 56

1 Be merciful unto me, O God, for man would swallow me up;
he, fighting daily, oppresseth me.
2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up,
for they are many that fight against me, O Thou Most High.
3 In the time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee.
4 In God I will praise His word,
in God I have put my trust;
I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

5 Every day they wrest my words;
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves,
they mark my steps as they lie in wait for my soul.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity?
In Thine anger cast down the people, O God.

8 Thou countest my wanderings;
put Thou my tears into Thy bottle: are they not in Thy book?
9 When I cry unto Thee, then shall mine enemies turn back!
This I know, for God is for me.
10 In God will I praise His word;
in the LORD will I praise His word.
11 In God have I put my trust; I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

12 Thy vows are upon me, O God;
I will render praises unto Thee.
13 For Thou hast delivered my soul from death;
wilt Thou not deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

Words of Worship - Luke 8:15

But that on the good ground are they that, in an honest and good heart, having heard the Word, keep it and bring forth fruit with patience.

Luke 8:4-15

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. 14 And that which fell among thorns are they that, when they have heard, go forth and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. 15 But that on the good ground are they that, in an honest and good heart, having heard the Word, keep it and bring forth fruit with patience.

Words of Wisdom - Proverbs 27:12

A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, 
but the simple pass on and are punished.

Jesus Speaks Morals & Values - Matthew 23:25-26

"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.