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SEPTEMBER 29
I did not hide My face from shame and The generation of the upright will be
spitting. blessed.
3 Wealth and riches will be in his house,
7 “For the Lord GOD will help Me;
Therefore I will not be disgraced; 4 And his righteousness endures forever.
Unto the upright there arises light in
Therefore I have set My face like a flint, the darkness;
And I know that I will not be ashamed.
He is gracious, and full of compassion,
and righteous.
Proverbs 26:13–15
50:6 My back…My cheeks…My face. The 13 The lazy man says, “There is a lion
Servant remained obedient though provoked in the road!
to rebel by excessively vile treatment. Jesus A fierce lion is in the streets!”
fulfilled this prophecy by remaining submis- 14 As a door turns on its hinges,
sive to the Father’s will (Matt. 26:67; 27:26,30; So does the lazy man on his bed.
Mark 14:65; 15:19; Luke 22:63; John 18:22). 15 The lazy man buries his hand
in the bowl;
50:7 set My face like a flint. So sure was He of It wearies him to bring it back
the Lord God’s help that He resolutely deter- to his mouth.
mined to remain unswayed by whatever hard-
ship might await Him (Ezek. 3:8,9). Jesus Ephesians 1:1–23
demonstrated this determination in setting
His face to go to Jerusalem to be crucified Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of
(Luke 9:51). 1God,
To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faith-
ful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father
8 He is near who justifies Me;
Who will contend with Me? and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Let us stand together. Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every
Who is My adversary? spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in
Let him come near Me. 4
9 Surely the Lord GOD will help Me; Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the
Who is he who will condemn Me? foundation of the world, that we should be
holy and without blame before Him in love,
Indeed they will all grow old like 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by
a garment;
The moth will eat them up. Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good
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pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory
10 “Who among you fears the LORD? of His grace, by which He made us accepted in
Who obeys the voice of His Servant? the Beloved.
Who walks in darkness 7 In Him we have redemption through His
And has no light? blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to
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Let him trust in the name of the LORD the riches of His grace which He made to
And rely upon his God. abound toward us in all wisdom and pru-
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11 Look, all you who kindle a fire, dence, having made known to us the mystery
Who encircle yourselves with sparks: of His will, according to His good pleasure
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Walk in the light of your fire and in the which He purposed in Himself, that in the
sparks you have kindled— dispensation of the fullness of the times He
This you shall have from My hand: might gather together in one all things in
You shall lie down in torment. Christ, both which are in heaven and which
are on earth—in Him. In Him also we have
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Psalm 112:1–4 obtained an inheritance, being predestined
P raise the LORD! according to the purpose of Him who works
all things according to the counsel of His will,
Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, 12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be
Who delights greatly in His to the praise of His glory.
13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard
commandments.
the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation;
2 His descendants will be mighty on earth; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed
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