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3-6How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.

7-10Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.

13,14It’s in Christ that you, once you heard the truth and believed it (this Message of your salvation), found yourselves home free—signed, sealed, and delivered by the Holy Spirit. This down payment from God is the first installment on what’s coming, a reminder that we’ll get everything God has planned for us, a praising and glorious life.

5Take me by the hand;Lead me down the path of truth.You are my Savior, aren’t you?

7Forget that I sowed wild oats;Mark me with your sign of love.Plan only the best for me, God!

11Keep up your reputation, God;Forgive my bad life;It’s been a very bad life.

1-5Moses, man of God, blessed the People of Israel with this blessing before his death. He said,God came down from Sinai,he dawned from Seir upon them;He radiated light from Mount Paran,coming with ten thousand holy angelsAnd tongues of firestreaming from his right hand.Oh, how you love the people,all his holy ones are palmed in your left hand.They sit at your feet,honoring your teaching,The Revelation commanded by Moses,as the assembly of Jacob’s inheritance.Thus God became king in Jeshurunas the leaders and tribes of Israel gathered.

12Benjamin:"God’s beloved;God’s permanent residence.Encircled by God all day long,within whom God is at home."

29Lucky Israel! Who has it as good as you?A people saved by God!The Shield who defends you,the Sword who brings triumph.Your enemies will come crawling on their belliesand you’ll march on their backs.

21Jesus looked him hard in the eye—and loved him! He said, "There’s one thing left: Go sell whatever you own and give it to the poor. All your wealth will then be heavenly wealth. And come follow me."

27Jesus was blunt: "No chance at all if you think you can pull it off by yourself. Every chance in the world if you let God do it."

52"On your way," said Jesus. "Your faith has saved and healed you."In that very instant he recovered his sight and followed Jesus down the road.

23-25"From out of David’s descendants God produced a Savior for Israel, Jesus, exactly as he promised—but only after John had thoroughly alerted the people to his arrival by preparing them for a total life-change. As John was finishing up his work, he said, ‘Did you think I was the One? No, I’m not the One. But the One you’ve been waiting for all these years is just around the corner, about to appear. And I’m about to disappear.’

26-29… of God, this message of salvation has been precisely targeted to …

32-35"And we’re here today bringing you good news: the Message that what God promised the fathers has come true for the children—for us! He raised Jesus, exactly as described in the second Psalm:My Son! My very own Son!Today I celebrate you!"When he raised him from the dead, he did it for good—no going back to that rot and decay for him. That’s why Isaiah said, ‘I’ll give to all of you David’s guaranteed blessings.’ So also the psalmist’s prayer: ‘You’ll never let your Holy One see death’s rot and decay.’

46,47… You’ll proclaim salvationto the four winds and …

48,49When the non-Jewish outsiders heard this, they could hardly believe their good fortune. All who were marked out for real life put their trust in God—they honored God’s Word by receiving that life. And this Message of salvation spread like wildfire all through the region.

22Who do you think it is you’ve insulted?Who do you think you’ve been bad-mouthing?Before whom do you suppose you’ve been strutting?The Holy One of Israel, that’s who!

31The remnant will come from Jerusalem,the survivors from Mount Zion.The Zeal of Godwill make it happen.

34I’ll shield this city, I’ll save this city,for my sake and for David’s sake.

8-10So don’t be embarrassed to speak up for our Master or for me, his prisoner. Take your share of suffering for the Message along with the rest of us. We can only keep on going, after all, by the power of God, who first saved us and then called us to this holy work. We had nothing to do with it. It was all his idea, a gift prepared for us in Jesus long before we knew anything about it. But we know it now. Since the appearance of our Savior, nothing could be plainer: death defeated, life vindicated in a steady blaze of light, all through the work of Jesus.

11,12This is the Message I’ve been set apart to proclaim as preacher, emissary, and teacher. It’s also the cause of all this trouble I’m in. But I have no regrets. I couldn’t be more sure of my ground—the One I’ve trusted in can take care of what he’s trusted me to do right to the end.

13,14So keep at your work, this faith and love rooted in Christ, exactly as I set it out for you. It’s as sound as the day you first heard it from me. Guard this precious thing placed in your custody by the Holy Spirit who works in us.

12The people came to Samuel then and said, "Where are those men who said, ‘Saul is not fit to rule over us’? Hand them over. We’ll kill them!"

13,14But Saul said, "Nobody is going to be executed this day. This is the day God saved Israel! Come, let’s go to Gilgal and there reconsecrate the kingship."

15They all trooped out to Gilgal. Before God, they crowned Saul king at Gilgal. And there they worshiped, sacrificing peace offerings. Saul and all Israel celebrated magnificently.

7-11The invaders charge.They climb barricades. Nothing stops them.Each soldier does what he’s told,so disciplined, so determined.They don’t get in each other’s way.Each one knows his job and does it.Undaunted and fearless,unswerving, unstoppable.They storm the city,swarm its defenses,Loot the houses,breaking down doors, smashing windows.They arrive like an earthquake,sweep through like a tornado.Sun and moon turn out their lights,stars black out.God himself bellows in thunderas he commands his forces.Look at the size of that army!And the strength of those who obey him!God’s Judgment Day—great and terrible.Who can possibly survive this?

15-17Blow the ram’s horn trumpet in Zion!Declare a day of repentance, a holy fast day.Call a public meeting.Get everyone there. Consecrate the congregation.Make sure the elders come,but bring in the children, too, even the nursing babies,Even men and women on their honeymoon—interrupt them and get them there.Between Sanctuary entrance and altar,let the priests, God’s servants, weep tears of repentance.Let them intercede: "Have mercy, God, on your people!Don’t abandon your heritage to contempt.Don’t let the pagans take over and rule themand sneer, ‘And so where is this God of theirs?’"* * *

28-32"And that’s just the beginning: After that—"I will pour out my Spiriton every kind of people:Your sons will prophesy,also your daughters.Your old men will dream,your young men will see visions.I’ll even pour out my Spirit on the servants,men and women both.I’ll set wonders in the sky aboveand signs on the earth below:Blood and fire and billowing smoke,the sun turning black and the moon blood-red,Before the Judgment Day of God,the Day tremendous and awesome.Whoever calls, ‘Help, God!’gets help.On Mount Zion and in Jerusalemthere will be a great rescue—just as God said.Included in the survivorsare those that God calls."

1A Message. God’s Word to Israel through Malachi:

2,3God said, "I love you."You replied, "Really? How have you loved us?""Look at history" (this is God’s answer). "Look at how differently I’ve treated you, Jacob, from Esau: I loved Jacob and hated Esau. I reduced pretentious Esau to a molehill, turned his whole country into a ghost town."

5"Yes, take a good look. Then you’ll see how faithfully I’ve loved you and you’ll want even more, saying, ‘May God be even greater, beyond the borders of Israel!’* * *

15All here want to be remembered to you. Say hello to our friends in the faith. Grace to all of you.

1-3I heard a sound like massed choirs in Heaven singing,Hallelujah!The salvation and glory and power are God’s—his judgments true, his judgments just.He judged the great Whorewho corrupted the earth with her lust.He avenged on her the blood of his servants.Then, more singing:Hallelujah!The smoke from her burning billows upto high Heaven forever and ever and ever.

6-8Then I heard the sound of massed choirs, the sound of mighty rapids, the sound of strong thunder:Hallelujah!The Master reigns,our God, the Sovereign-Strong!Let us celebrate, let us rejoice,let us give him the glory!The Marriage of the Lamb has come;his Wife has made herself ready.She was given a bridal gownof bright and shining linen.The linen is the righteousness of the saints.

17,18I saw an Angel standing in the sun, shouting to all flying birds in Middle-Heaven, "Come to the Great Supper of God! Feast on the flesh of kings and captains and champions, horses and their riders. Eat your fill of them all—free and slave, small and great!"

1-8Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to God, giving voice together,I’m singing my heart out to God—what a victory!He pitched horse and rider into the sea.God is my strength, God is my song,and, yes! God is my salvation.This is the kind of God I haveand I’m telling the world!This is the God of my father—I’m spreading the news far and wide!God is a fighter,pure God, through and through.Pharaoh’s chariots and armyhe dumped in the sea,The elite of his officershe drowned in the Red Sea.Wild ocean waters poured over them;they sank like a rock in the deep blue sea.Your strong right hand, God, shimmers with power;your strong right hand shatters the enemy.In your mighty majestyyou smash your upstart enemies,You let loose your hot angerand burn them to a crisp.At a blast from your nostrilsthe waters piled up;Tumbling streams dammed up,wild oceans curdled into a swamp.

12,13You stretched out your right handand the Earth swallowed them up.But the people you redeemed,you led in merciful love;You guided them under your protectionto your holy pasture.

25So Moses cried out in prayer to God. God pointed him to a stick of wood. Moses threw it into the water and the water turned sweet.

1-3So come on, let’s leave the preschool fingerpainting exercises on Christ and get on with the grand work of art. Grow up in Christ. The basic foundational truths are in place: turning your back on "salvation by self-help" and turning in trust toward God; baptismal instructions; laying on of hands; resurrection of the dead; eternal judgment. God helping us, we’ll stay true to all that. But there’s so much more. Let’s get on with it!

9-12I’m sure that won’t happen to you, friends. I have better things in mind for you—salvation things! God doesn’t miss anything. He knows perfectly well all the love you’ve shown him by helping needy Christians, and that you keep at it. And now I want each of you to extend that same intensity toward a full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish. Don’t drag your feet. Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them.

8A good person is saved from much trouble;a bad person runs straight into it.

19Take your stand with God’s loyal community and live,or chase after phantoms of evil and die.

21Count on this: The wicked won’t get off scot-free,and God’s loyal people will triumph.

25They said, "You’ve saved our lives! Master, we’re grateful and glad to be slaves to Pharaoh."

29,30When the time came for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said, "Do me this favor. Put your hand under my thigh, a sign that you’re loyal and true to me to the end. Don’t bury me in Egypt. When I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me alongside them.""I will," he said. "I’ll do what you’ve asked."

31Israel said, "Promise me." Joseph promised.Israel bowed his head in submission and gratitude from his bed.

2"Yes, indeed—God is my salvation.I trust, I won’t be afraid.God—yes God!—is my strength and song,best of all, my salvation!"

3,4Joyfully you’ll pull up buckets of waterfrom the wells of salvation.And as you do it, you’ll say,"Give thanks to God.Call out his name.Ask him anything!Shout to the nations, tell them what he’s done,spread the news of his great reputation!

5,6"Sing praise-songs to God. He’s done it all!Let the whole earth know what he’s done!Raise the roof! Sing your hearts out, O Zion!The Greatest lives among you: The Holy of Israel."

1Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you.

7-10You were running superbly! Who cut in on you, deflecting you from the true course of obedience? This detour doesn’t come from the One who called you into the race in the first place. And please don’t toss this off as insignificant. It only takes a minute amount of yeast, you know, to permeate an entire loaf of bread. Deep down, the Master has given me confidence that you will not defect. But the one who is upsetting you, whoever he is, will bear the divine judgment.

13-15It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don’t use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that’s how freedom grows. For everything we know about God’s Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That’s an act of true freedom. If you bite and ravage each other, watch out—in no time at all you will be annihilating each other, and where will your precious freedom be then?

1-6I’m overwhelmed with sorrow!sunk in a swamp of despair!I’m like someone who goes to the gardento pick cabbages and carrots and cornAnd returns empty-handed,finds nothing for soup or sandwich or salad.There’s not a decent person in sight.Right-living humans are extinct.They’re all out for one another’s blood,animals preying on each other.They’ve all become experts in evil.Corrupt leaders demand bribes.The powerful richmake sure they get what they want.The best and brightest are thistles.The top of the line is crabgrass.But no longer: It’s exam time.Look at them slinking away in disgrace!Don’t trust your neighbor,don’t confide in your friend.Watch your words,even with your spouse.Neighborhoods and families are falling to pieces.The closer they are—sons, daughters, in-laws—The worse they can be.Your own family is the enemy.* * *

14-17Shepherd, O God, your people with your staff,your dear and precious flock.Uniquely yours in a grove of trees,centered in lotus land.Let them graze in lush Bashanas in the old days in green Gilead.Reproduce the miracle-wondersof our exodus from Egypt.And the godless nations: Put them in their place—humiliated in their arrogance, speechless and clueless.Make them slink like snakes, crawl like cockroaches,come out of their holes from under their rocksAnd face our God.Fill them with holy fear and trembling.* * *

18-20Where is the god who can compare with you—wiping the slate clean of guilt,Turning a blind eye, a deaf ear,to the past sins of your purged and precious people?You don’t nurse your anger and don’t stay angry long,for mercy is your specialty. That’s what you love most.And compassion is on its way to us.You’ll stamp out our wrongdoing.You’ll sink our sinsto the bottom of the ocean.You’ll stay true to your word to Father Jacoband continue the compassion you showed Grandfather Abraham—Everything you promised our ancestorsfrom a long time ago.

8-12Summing up: Be agreeable, be sympathetic, be loving, be compassionate, be humble. That goes for all of you, no exceptions. No retaliation. No sharp-tongued sarcasm. Instead, bless—that’s your job, to bless. You’ll be a blessing and also get a blessing.Whoever wants to embrace lifeand see the day fill up with good,Here’s what you do:Say nothing evil or hurtful;Snub evil and cultivate good;run after peace for all you’re worth.God looks on all this with approval,listening and responding well to what he’s asked;But he turns his backon those who do evil things.

13-18If with heart and soul you’re doing good, do you think you can be stopped? Even if you suffer for it, you’re still better off. Don’t give the opposition a second thought. Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master. Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you’re living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy. Keep a clear conscience before God so that when people throw mud at you, none of it will stick. They’ll end up realizing that they’re the ones who need a bath. It’s better to suffer for doing good, if that’s what God wants, than to be punished for doing bad. That’s what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others’ sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones. He went through it all—was put to death and then made alive—to bring us to God.

19-22He went and proclaimed God’s salvation to earlier generations who ended up in the prison of judgment because they wouldn’t listen. You know, even though God waited patiently all the days that Noah built his ship, only a few were saved then, eight to be exact—saved from the water by the water. The waters of baptism do that for you, not by washing away dirt from your skin but by presenting you through Jesus’ resurrection before God with a clear conscience. Jesus has the last word on everything and everyone, from angels to armies. He’s standing right alongside God, and what he says goes.