(~) Bible Readings for Sunday March 7th
Second Sunday in Lent
Genesis 15:1-12,17-18
Philippians 3:17-4:1
Luke 13:(22-30)31-35
Old Testament Genesis 15:1-12,17-18
The word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, "Do not be afraid, Abram,
I am your shield; your reward shall be very great." But Abram said, "O
Lord GOD, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of
my house is Eliezer of Damascus?" And Abram said, "You have given me no
offspring, and so a slave born in my house is to be my heir." But the word
of the LORD came to him, "This man shall not be your heir; no one but your
very own issue shall be your heir." He brought him outside and said, "Look
toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then he
said to him, "So shall your descendants be." And he believed the LORD; and
the LORD reckoned it to him as righteousness. Then he said to him, "I am
the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land
to possess." But he said, "O Lord GOD, how am I to know that I shall
possess it?" He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female
goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young
pigeon." He brought him all these and cut them in two, laying each half
over against the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. And when
birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. As the
sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a deep and
terrifying darkness descended upon him. When the sun had gone down and it
was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these
pieces. On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your
descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river,
the river Euphrates."
The Epistle Philippians 3:17-4:1
Brothers and sisters, join in imitating me, and observe those who live
according to the example you have in us. For many live as enemies of the
cross of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now I tell you even
with tears. Their end is destruction; their god is the belly; and their
glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things. But our
citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a
Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He will transform the body of our
humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the
power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and
crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.
The Gospel Luke 13:(22-30)31-35
[Jesus went through one town and village after another, teaching as he
made his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few be
saved?" He said to them, "Strive to enter through the narrow door; for
many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. When once the
owner of the house has got up and shut the door, and you begin to stand
outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us,' then in
reply he will say to you, 'I do not know where you come from.' Then you
will begin to say, 'We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our
streets.' But he will say, 'I do not know where you come from; go away
from me, all you evildoers!' There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth
when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the
kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrown out. Then people will come from
east and west, from north and south, and will eat in the kingdom of God.
Indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be
last."] Some Pharisees came and said to Jesus, "Get away from here, for
Herod wants to kill you." He said to them, "Go and tell that fox for me,
'Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow,
and on the third day I finish my work. Yet today, tomorrow, and the next
day I must be on my way, because it is impossible for a prophet to be
killed outside of Jerusalem.' Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills
the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired
to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her
wings, and you were not willing! See, your house is left to you. And I
tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say, 'Blessed
is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
Ninure Saunders aka Rainbow Christian
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