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3-7God’s on his way again,retracing the old salvation route,Coming up from the south through Teman,the Holy One from Mount Paran.Skies are blazing with his splendor,his praises sounding through the earth,His cloud-brightness like dawn, exploding, spreading,forked-lightning shooting from his hand—what power hidden in that fist!Plague marches before him,pestilence at his heels!He stops. He shakes Earth.He looks around. Nations tremble.The age-old mountains fall to pieces;ancient hills collapse like a spent balloon.The paths God takes are olderthan the oldest mountains and hills.I saw everyone worried, in a panic:Old wilderness adversaries,Cushan and Midian, were terrified,hoping he wouldn’t notice them.* * *

8-16God, is it River you’re mad at?Angry at old River?Were you raging at Sea when you rodehorse and chariot through to salvation?You unfurled your bowand let loose a volley of arrows.You split Earth with rivers.Mountains saw what was coming.They twisted in pain.Flood Waters poured in.Ocean roared and reared huge waves.Sun and Moon stopped in their tracks.Your flashing arrows stopped them,your lightning-strike spears impaled them.Angry, you stomped through Earth.Furious, you crushed the godless nations.You were out to save your people,to save your specially chosen people.You beat the stuffingout of King Wicked,Stripped him nakedfrom head to toe,Set his severed head on his own spearand blew away his army.Scattered they were to the four winds—and ended up food for the sharks!You galloped through the Sea on your horses,racing on the crest of the waves.When I heard it, my stomach did flips.I stammered and stuttered.My bones turned to water.I staggered and stumbled.I sit back and wait for Doomsdayto descend on our attackers.* * *

17-19Though the cherry trees don’t blossomand the strawberries don’t ripen,Though the apples are worm-eatenand the wheat fields stunted,Though the sheep pens are sheeplessand the cattle barns empty,I’m singing joyful praise to God.I’m turning cartwheels of joy to my Savior God.Counting on God’s Rule to prevail,I take heart and gain strength.I run like a deer.I feel like I’m king of the mountain!(For congregational use, with a full orchestra.)

9Lift your hearts high, O Israel,with abandon, volunteering yourselves with the people—bless God!* * *

12Wake up, wake up, Deborah!Wake up, wake up, sing a song!On your feet, Barak!Take your prisoners, son of Abinoam!* * *

13-18Then the remnant went down to greet the brave ones.The people of God joined the mighty ones.The captains from Ephraim came to the valley,behind you, Benjamin, with your troops.Captains marched down from Makir,from Zebulun high-ranking leaders came down.Issachar’s princes rallied to Deborah,Issachar stood fast with Barak,backing him up on the field of battle.But in Reuben’s divisions there was much second-guessing.Why all those campfire discussions?Diverted and distracted,Reuben’s divisions couldn’t make up their minds.Gilead played it safe across the Jordan,and Dan, why did he go off sailing?Asher kept his distance on the seacoast,safe and secure in his harbors.But Zebulun risked life and limb, defied death,as did Naphtali on the battle heights.

10"Son of man, speak to Israel. Tell them, ‘You’ve said, "Our rebellions and sins are weighing us down. We’re wasting away. How can we go on living?"’

22The evening before the survivor arrived, the hand of God had been on me and restored my speech. By the time he arrived in the morning I was able to speak. I could talk again.

23,24God’s Message came to me: "Son of man, those who are living in the ruins back in Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man and he owned the whole country. But there are lots of us. Our ownership is even more certain.’

1And that’s about it, friends. Be glad in God!I don’t mind repeating what I have written in earlier letters, and I hope you don’t mind hearing it again. Better safe than sorry—so here goes.

2-6Steer clear of the barking dogs, those religious busybodies, all bark and no bite. All they’re interested in is appearances—knife-happy circumcisers, I call them. The real believers are the ones the Spirit of God leads to work away at this ministry, filling the air with Christ’s praise as we do it. We couldn’t carry this off by our own efforts, and we know it—even though we can list what many might think are impressive credentials. You know my pedigree: a legitimate birth, circumcised on the eighth day; an Israelite from the elite tribe of Benjamin; a strict and devout adherent to God’s law; a fiery defender of the purity of my religion, even to the point of persecuting the church; a meticulous observer of everything set down in God’s law Book.

20,21But there’s far more to life for us. We’re citizens of high heaven! We’re waiting the arrival of the Savior, the Master, Jesus Christ, who will transform our earthy bodies into glorious bodies like his own. He’ll make us beautiful and whole with the same powerful skill by which he is putting everything as it should be, under and around him.

13,14On the Sabbath, we left the city and went down along the river where we had heard there was to be a prayer meeting. We took our place with the women who had gathered there and talked with them. One woman, Lydia, was from Thyatira and a dealer in expensive textiles, known to be a God-fearing woman. As she listened with intensity to what was being said, the Master gave her a trusting heart—and she believed!

16-18One day, on our way to the place of prayer, a slave girl ran into us. She was a psychic and, with her fortunetelling, made a lot of money for the people who owned her. She started following Paul around, calling everyone’s attention to us by yelling out, "These men are working for the Most High God. They’re laying out the road of salvation for you!" She did this for a number of days until Paul, finally fed up with her, turned and commanded the spirit that possessed her, "Out! In the name of Jesus Christ, get out of her!" And it was gone, just like that.

29-31The jailer got a torch and ran inside. Badly shaken, he collapsed in front of Paul and Silas. He led them out of the jail and asked, "Sirs, what do I have to do to be saved, to really live?" They said, "Put your entire trust in the Master Jesus. Then you’ll live as you were meant to live—and everyone in your house included!"

1The Song—best of all songs—Solomon’s song!

4Take me away with you! Let’s run off together!An elopement with my King-Lover!We’ll celebrate, we’ll sing,we’ll make great music.Yes! For your love is better than vintage wine.Everyone loves you—of course! And why not?

8If you can’t find me, loveliest of all women,it’s all right. Stay with your flocks.Lead your lambs to good pasture.Stay with your shepherd neighbors.

12,13"Now promise me by God. I showed you mercy; now show my family mercy. And give me some tangible proof, a guarantee of life for my father and mother, my brothers and sisters—everyone connected with my family. Save our souls from death!"

14"Our lives for yours!" said the men. "But don’t tell anyone our business. When God turns this land over to us, we’ll do right by you in loyal mercy."

15,16She lowered them down out a window with a rope because her house was on the city wall to the outside. She told them, "Run for the hills so your pursuers won’t find you. Hide out for three days and give your pursuers time to return. Then get on your way."

14The man shot back: "Who do you think you are, telling us what to do? Are you going to kill me the way you killed that Egyptian?"Then Moses panicked: "Word’s gotten out—people know about this."* * *

19"An Egyptian," they said, "rescued us from a bunch of shepherds. Why, he even drew water for us and watered the sheep."

24God listened to their groanings.God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

4-6Every time I think of you—and I think of you often!—I thank God for your lives of free and open access to God, given by Jesus. There’s no end to what has happened in you—it’s beyond speech, beyond knowledge. The evidence of Christ has been clearly verified in your lives.

10I have a serious concern to bring up with you, my friends, using the authority of Jesus, our Master. I’ll put it as urgently as I can: You must get along with each other. You must learn to be considerate of one another, cultivating a life in common.

18-21The Message that points to Christ on the Cross seems like sheer silliness to those hellbent on destruction, but for those on the way of salvation it makes perfect sense. This is the way God works, and most powerfully as it turns out. It’s written,I’ll turn conventional wisdom on its head,I’ll expose so-called experts as shams.So where can you find someone truly wise, truly educated, truly intelligent in this day and age? Hasn’t God exposed it all as pretentious nonsense? Since the world in all its fancy wisdom never had a clue when it came to knowing God, God in his wisdom took delight in using what the world considered stupid—preaching, of all things!—to bring those who trust him into the way of salvation.

7A curse on their uncontrolled anger,on their indiscriminate wrath.I’ll throw them out with the trash;I’ll shred and scatter them like confetti throughout Israel.

8-12You, Judah, your brothers will praise you:Your fingers on your enemies’ throat,while your brothers honor you.You’re a lion’s cub, Judah,home fresh from the kill, my son.Look at him, crouched like a lion, king of beasts;who dares mess with him?The scepter shall not leave Judah;he’ll keep a firm grip on the command staffUntil the ultimate ruler comesand the nations obey him.He’ll tie up his donkey to the grapevine,his purebred prize to a sturdy branch.He will wash his shirt in wineand his cloak in the blood of grapes,His eyes will be darker than wine,his teeth whiter than milk.

18I wait in hopefor your salvation, God.

6,7Don’t you realize it is God you are treating like this?This is crazy; don’t you have any sense of reverence?Isn’t this your father who created you,who made you and gave you a place on Earth?Read up on what happened before you were born;dig into the past, understand your roots.Ask your parents what it was like before you were born;ask the old-ones, they’ll tell you a thing or two.

15-18… mocked the Rock of his salvation. …

39-42"Do you see it now? Do you see that I’m the one?Do you see that there’s no other god beside me?I bring death and I give life, I wound and I heal—there is no getting away from or around me!I raise my hand in solemn oath;I say, ‘I’m always around. By that very life I promise:When I sharpen my lightning swordand execute judgment,I take vengeance on my enemiesand pay back those who hate me.I’ll make my arrows drunk with blood,my sword will gorge itself on flesh,Feasting on slain and captive alike,the proud and vain enemy corpses.’"

43Celebrate, nations, join the praise of his people.He avenges the deaths of his servants,Pays back his enemies with vengeance,and cleanses his land for his people.

1-4Regarding the relief offering for poor Christians that is being collected, you get the same instructions I gave the churches in Galatia. Every Sunday each of you make an offering and put it in safekeeping. Be as generous as you can. When I get there you’ll have it ready, and I won’t have to make a special appeal. Then after I arrive, I’ll write letters authorizing whomever you delegate, and send them off to Jerusalem to deliver your gift. If you think it best that I go along, I’ll be glad to travel with them.

13,14Keep your eyes open, hold tight to your convictions, give it all you’ve got, be resolute, and love without stopping.

20All the friends here say hello.Pass the greetings around with holy hugs!

11"Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches. Christ-conquerors are safe from Devil-death."

17"Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches. I’ll give the sacred manna to every conqueror; I’ll also give a clear, smooth stone inscribed with your new name, your secret new name."

19"I see everything you’re doing for me. Impressive! The love and the faith, the service and persistence. Yes, very impressive! You get better at it every day.

17Jesus said, "Why do you question me about what’s good? God is the One who is good. If you want to enter the life of God, just do what he tells you."

21"If you want to give it all you’ve got," Jesus replied, "go sell your possessions; give everything to the poor. All your wealth will then be in heaven. Then come follow me."

26Jesus looked hard at them and said, "No chance at all if you think you can pull it off yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it."

8Then David prayed to God, "Shall I go after these raiders? Can I catch them?"The answer came, "Go after them! Yes, you’ll catch them! Yes, you’ll make the rescue!"

11,12Some who went on came across an Egyptian in a field and took him to David. They gave him bread and he ate. And he drank some water. They gave him a piece of fig cake and a couple of raisin muffins. Life began to revive in him. He hadn’t eaten or drunk a thing for three days and nights!

15David asked him, "Can you take us to the raiders?""Promise me by God," he said, "that you won’t kill me or turn me over to my old master, and I’ll take you straight to the raiders."

13,14When Jesus got the news, he slipped away by boat to an out-of-the-way place by himself. But unsuccessfully—someone saw him and the word got around. Soon a lot of people from the nearby villages walked around the lake to where he was. When he saw them coming, he was overcome with pity and healed their sick.

27But Jesus was quick to comfort them. "Courage, it’s me. Don’t be afraid."

29,30He said, "Come ahead."Jumping out of the boat, Peter walked on the water to Jesus. But when he looked down at the waves churning beneath his feet, he lost his nerve and started to sink. He cried, "Master, save me!"

22-24One day he and his disciples got in a boat. "Let’s cross the lake," he said. And off they went. It was smooth sailing, and he fell asleep. A terrific storm came up suddenly on the lake. Water poured in, and they were about to capsize. They woke Jesus: "Master, Master, we’re going to drown!"Getting to his feet, he told the wind, "Silence!" and the waves, "Quiet down!" They did it. The lake became smooth as glass.

48Jesus said, "Daughter, you took a risk trusting me, and now you’re healed and whole. Live well, live blessed!"

52,53Everyone was crying and carrying on over her. Jesus said, "Don’t cry. She didn’t die; she’s sleeping." They laughed at him. They knew she was dead.

6-11Could it be any clearer? Our old way of life was nailed to the cross with Christ, a decisive end to that sin-miserable life—no longer captive to sin’s demands! What we believe is this: If we get included in Christ’s sin-conquering death, we also get included in his life-saving resurrection. We know that when Jesus was raised from the dead it was a signal of the end of death-as-the-end. Never again will death have the last word. When Jesus died, he took sin down with him, but alive he brings God down to us. From now on, think of it this way: Sin speaks a dead language that means nothing to you; God speaks your mother tongue, and you hang on every word. You are dead to sin and alive to God. That’s what Jesus did.

5This, in essence, is the message we heard from Christ and are passing on to you: God is light, pure light; there’s not a trace of darkness in him.

6,7If we claim that we experience a shared life with him and continue to stumble around in the dark, we’re obviously lying through our teeth—we’re not living what we claim. But if we walk in the light, God himself being the light, we also experience a shared life with one another, as the sacrificed blood of Jesus, God’s Son, purges all our sin.

8-10If we claim that we’re free of sin, we’re only fooling ourselves. A claim like that is errant nonsense. On the other hand, if we admit our sins—simply come clean about them—he won’t let us down; he’ll be true to himself. He’ll forgive our sins and purge us of all wrongdoing. If we claim that we’ve never sinned, we out-and-out contradict God—make a liar out of him. A claim like that only shows off our ignorance of God.

20,21"Therefore God says, ‘I am against all the devices and techniques you use to hunt down souls. I’ll rip them out of your hands. I’ll free the souls you’re trying to catch. I’ll rip your magic bracelets and scarves to shreds and deliver my people from your influence so they’ll no longer be victimized by you. That’s how you’ll come to realize that I am God.

22,23"‘Because you’ve confounded and confused good people, unsuspecting and innocent people, with your lies, and because you’ve made it easy for others to persist in evil so that it wouldn’t even dawn on them to turn to me so I could save them, as of now you’re finished. No more delusion-mongering from you, no more sermonic lies. I’m going to rescue my people from your clutches. And you’ll realize that I am God.’"