Decisive Victory!
By Riqui Ricón*
How long, O Lord? wilt thou forget
me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall
I take counsel in my soul, having
sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy
be exalted over me? (Psalm 13:1-2, KJV)
I like Psalm 13 because it reminds me of how
I used to approach the Lord in prayer: with a victim mentality, clinging to my old nature.
Don't misunderstand me; I would come to Him sincerely, with my heart
in my hand, to ask Him "how much longer?" or "why
me?" and I even came to think or exclaim that what I was going through
wasn't fair.
I like Psalm
13 because it reminds me that I am in the middle
of a battle, and it helps me realize that when I put
myself in the position of a victim, I am giving ground to the enemy. My defeat
begins when I start to believe that I am not important to God, that I don't
deserve to be successful, and that, on the contrary, I deserve all the bad
things that happen to me.
You will begin to walk toward defeat the
moment Satan convinces you that God doesn't love you as much as He says, or that you don't deserve that Love.
For God so loved
the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John
3:16-17, KJV)
God loves you so much that He preferred to give up His own Son rather
than lose you!
See what great love the Father has
lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (1
John 3:1, NIV)
And yes, before
you didn't deserve
God's Love, but even so, He decided
to Love you, and now you are
no longer that old sinner you used to be; now you are a Beloved Child.
Fight the good fight of faith,
lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good
profession before many witnesses. (1 Timothy 6:12, KJV)
The Bible, which is the Word of God and cannot lie,
teaches you that you must fight the good fight of faith, that you must lay hold
of eternal life to which you have been called,
declaring as true the good things that God has promised you.
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for
wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there
be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (Matthew
7:13-14, KJV)
Fighting the good fight of faith means
blindly believing God, believing His Word,
and stopping paying attention to the problems and circumstances surrounding
you. It means believing God and His Word in such a way that you don't even
allow your emotions and feelings to dictate your mood. After all, if you can do
all things through Christ who strengthens you; if greater is He who is in you
than he who is in the world; if in all things you are more than a conqueror
through Him who loved you; if all things work together for good for those who
love God, then truly you have no reason to fear, or be anxious, or feel like a victim
of anything or anyone—unless you believe that He is not going to fulfill His Word.
Wide and broad is the path where you look at
circumstances; you weigh your options; you listen to the news and various opinions;
you balance your income
and expenses. Wide and broad is the path where you allow the spirit of fear and
doubt to steal your identity as a Child of the Living and True God. Wide and
broad is the path that leads you to FEEL like a victim and start crying out,
"How long!" "Why me!"
For ye have not received the spirit
of bondage again to fear; but ye have received
the Spirit of adoption, whereby
we cry, Abba, Father. (Romans 8:15, KJV)
Remember that God is not a man, that He
should lie; neither the son of man, that He should
repent: if He said it, then He will fulfill
it; if He spoke it, then He will execute it.
You are no longer a victim, and you must not allow circumstances, problems, illnesses, or other people to
put you in that position. You are a Born Again Child of God, bought and
redeemed at the price of the Blood of the Only Begotten Son of God, to be made
free and conformed to His image.
For this is how God loved the
world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his
Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. (John
3:16-17, NLT)
God loves you so much that He preferred to give up His own Son rather
than lose you. Now you are what God says in His Word that you are: healed, free, more than a conqueror, and one who
can do all things.
See how very much our Father loves
us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people
who belong to this world don’t recognize
that we are God’s children
because they don’t know him. (1 John 3:1, NLT)
You are a beloved Child
of your heavenly
Father, with whom you can speak in confidence and with all familiarity
say to Him: Abba, Papa, Daddy.
If thou wouldest seek unto God
betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; If thou wert pure and
upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy
righteousness prosperous. Though thy beginning
was small, yet thy latter
end should greatly
increase. (Job 8:5-7, KJV)
I hope you like Psalm 13 very much because
it is very similar to your life: although your beginning was small,
your latter end will be very great.
But I have trusted
in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice
in thy salvation. I will sing
unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. (Psalm
13:5-6, KJV)
I hope you like Psalm 13 very much because
it is very similar to your life which,
despite having started in apparent failure, is now to be manifested in decisive
victory.
If you can believe,
ALL things are possible to him who
believes!
Let’s pray out loud:
Beloved heavenly Father, thank You very much
because today You have given me the answer and shown me the way to rise from
any type of defeat or failure. I have believed and received Your great Love
with which You have loved me. Thank You, Lord Jesus, for with Your Blood You
have made me free, and I can rise up to live that life You bought for me. The
thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy, but You, Jesus, have come to me
to give me life and life in
abundance. This is the Truth! Thank You, Father, for having lifted me from the
dust and misery; You have made me fit to share in the inheritance of the saints
in light; You have delivered me from the power of darkness and translated me
into the kingdom of Your beloved Son, Jesus, in whom I have redemption through
His blood, the forgiveness of all my sins. I am not a victim! I am no longer below, but above!
Now I am the head and not the tail! With all the authority Your Word gives me,
Almighty God, I declare myself healed of all disease, free from all oppression.
I receive the joy, the peace, and the Love that You give me, to make my life a
decisive victory! In the name of Jesus.
Amen.
Important Note:
How do I become a Child of God? How do I establish a relationship with the
Almighty?
Just say the following prayer
aloud, putting all your attention
and heart into what you are saying to God:
Lord Jesus, I believe that You are the Son of
God. That You came into this world, born
of the virgin Mary, to pay for all my sins, and I have
been a sinner. Therefore, today I say that I accept. I accept Your
sacrifice on the cross! I accept Your precious
Blood shed to the last drop out of love for me! I open my
heart to You and invite You in because I want, Lord Jesus, that from today
and forever You be my only and sufficient Savior, my God, my King, and
my Lord. Thank You, Almighty God, because with this simple prayer and
profession of faith I have passed from death to Life, I have been transferred
from darkness to Your marvelous Light. Today I have been Born Again! God, now I
am Your Child! Now You are my Father! I will never be alone again! I will never
live defeated again. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Three Recommendations:
What just happened by you recognizing Jesus Christ as the Lord and
Savior of your life, according
to God's Word, is that you have been Born Again. No longer
as an ordinary human being, subject to the law of sin and death, but now as a
legitimate and authentic Child of God, Born Again, exactly like Jesus Christ, who is now your Older Brother. Therefore,
I give you these three, very important, recommendations:
1.
Pray. Praying is talking with God. So, find a quiet
place where you can begin talking to Him about everything. Do it out loud, and you will notice
how God always responds to your heart.
2.
Read and meditate
on the Word of God. The Bible
is the Word of God, so
get a Bible and start reading and meditating on it. How do you begin? It’s very simple. Depending on the day,
look up the reading program “The
Bible in One Year” and do the corresponding readings. You can get this program at: Through The Bible In One Year (palabradehonor.org). You will notice
that the program is set up so you can print it as a booklet.
3.
In prayer with God, your Father, look for and join a
Christian church or congregation where the Word of God is taught based
on the Good News, which are
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Ricardo C. Peredo Jaime © 2020
Reading and Meditation on the Word of God
Do these daily readings, and by the end of one year you will have read the
entire Bible.
January13 Luke 11.29-54
/ Genesis 20 / Psalm
13
Luke
11.29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it,
but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be
to this generation.
31 The queen of the
south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and
condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment
with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
33 No man, when he hath lighted
a candle, putteth
it in a secret place,
neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in
may see the light.
34 The light of the
body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine
eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
36 If thy whole body
therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining
of a candle doth give thee light.
37 And as he spake,
a certain Pharisee
besought him to dine with him: and he
went in, and sat down to meat.
38 And when the Pharisee
saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed
before dinner.
39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees
make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your
inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
40 Ye fools,
did not he that made that which is without
make that which is
within also?
41 But rather
give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner
of herbs, and pass over judgment
and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other
undone.
43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost
seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the
markets.
44 Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves
which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
45 Then answered
one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master,
thus saying thou reproachest
us also.
46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens
grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your
fingers.
47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets,
and your fathers killed them.
48 Truly ye bear witness
that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they
indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets
and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this
generation;
51 From the blood of
Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple:
verily I say unto you, It shall be required
of this generation.
52 Woe unto you, lawyers!
for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye
hindered.
53 And as he said these things
unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees
began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many
things:
54 Laying wait for him, and seeking
to catch something
out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
Genesis
20 And Abraham journeyed
from thence toward
the south country,
and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
2 And Abraham
said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister:
and Abimelech king of
Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
3 But God came
to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a
man's wife.
4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said,
LORD, wilt thou slay also a
righteous nation?
5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself
said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my
heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
6 And God said unto him in a dream,
Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also
withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch
her.
7 Now therefore
restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray
for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou
shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
8 Therefore Abimelech
rose early in the morning,
and called all his servants, and told all these things in
their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
9 Then Abimelech
called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought
on me and on my kingdom a
great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham,
What sawest thou,
that thou hast done
this thing?
11 And Abraham
said, Because I thought, Surely
the fear of God is not in this
place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father,
but not the daughter of my
mother; and she became my wife.
13 And it came to
pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness
which thou shalt shew unto me;
at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
14 And Abimelech
took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham,
and restored him Sarah his wife.
15 And Abimelech
said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold,
I have given thy brother
a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a
covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she
was reproved.
17 So Abraham
prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife,
and his maidservants; and they bare children.
18 For the LORD had fast closed
up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's
wife.
Psalm
13 How long wilt thou forget
me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2 How long shall I take counsel
in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be
exalted over me?
3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep
the sleep of death;
4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against
him; and those that trouble
me rejoice when I am moved.
5 But I have trusted
in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice
in thy salvation.
6 I will sing unto the LORD, because
he hath dealt bountifully with me.
How long, O Lord? wilt thou forget
me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall
I take counsel in my soul, having
sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy
be exalted over me? (Psalm 13:1-2, KJV)
I like Psalm 13 because it reminds me of how
I used to approach the Lord in prayer: with a victim mentality, clinging to my old nature.
Don't misunderstand me; I would come to Him sincerely, with my heart
in my hand, to ask Him "how much longer?" or "why
me?" and I even came to think or exclaim that what I was going through
wasn't fair.
I like Psalm
13 because it reminds me that I am in the middle
of a battle, and it helps me realize that when I put
myself in the position of a victim, I am giving ground to the enemy. My defeat
begins when I start to believe that I am not important to God, that I don't
deserve to be successful, and that, on the contrary, I deserve all the bad
things that happen to me.
You will begin to walk toward defeat the
moment Satan convinces you that God doesn't love you as much as He says, or that you don't deserve that Love.
For God so loved
the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John
3:16-17, KJV)
God loves you so much that He preferred to give up His own Son rather
than lose you!
See what great love the Father has
lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (1
John 3:1, NIV)
And yes, before
you didn't deserve
God's Love, but even so, He decided
to Love you, and now you are
no longer that old sinner you used to be; now you are a Beloved Child.
Fight the good fight of faith,
lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good
profession before many witnesses. (1 Timothy 6:12, KJV)
The Bible, which is the Word of God and cannot lie,
teaches you that you must fight the good fight of faith, that you must lay hold
of eternal life to which you have been called,
declaring as true the good things that God has promised you.
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for
wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there
be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (Matthew
7:13-14, KJV)
Fighting the good fight of faith means
blindly believing God, believing His Word,
and stopping paying attention to the problems and circumstances surrounding
you. It means believing God and His Word in such a way that you don't even
allow your emotions and feelings to dictate your mood. After all, if you can do
all things through Christ who strengthens you; if greater is He who is in you
than he who is in the world; if in all things you are more than a conqueror
through Him who loved you; if all things work together for good for those who
love God, then truly you have no reason to fear, or be anxious, or feel like a victim
of anything or anyone—unless you believe that He is not going to fulfill His Word.
Wide and broad is the path where you look at
circumstances; you weigh your options; you listen to the news and various opinions;
you balance your income
and expenses. Wide and broad is the path where you allow the spirit of fear and
doubt to steal your identity as a Child of the Living and True God. Wide and
broad is the path that leads you to FEEL like a victim and start crying out,
"How long!" "Why me!"
For ye have not received the spirit
of bondage again to fear; but ye have received
the Spirit of adoption, whereby
we cry, Abba, Father. (Romans 8:15, KJV)
Remember that God is not a man, that He
should lie; neither the son of man, that He should
repent: if He said it, then He will fulfill
it; if He spoke it, then He will execute it.
You are no longer a victim, and you must not allow circumstances, problems, illnesses, or other people to
put you in that position. You are a Born Again Child of God, bought and
redeemed at the price of the Blood of the Only Begotten Son of God, to be made
free and conformed to His image.
For this is how God loved the
world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his
Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. (John
3:16-17, NLT)
God loves you so much that He preferred to give up His own Son rather
than lose you. Now you are what God says in His Word that you are: healed, free, more than a conqueror, and one who
can do all things.
See how very much our Father loves
us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people
who belong to this world don’t recognize
that we are God’s children
because they don’t know him. (1 John 3:1, NLT)
You are a beloved Child
of your heavenly
Father, with whom you can speak in confidence and with all familiarity
say to Him: Abba, Papa, Daddy.
If thou wouldest seek unto God
betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; If thou wert pure and
upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy
righteousness prosperous. Though thy beginning
was small, yet thy latter
end should greatly
increase. (Job 8:5-7, KJV)
I hope you like Psalm 13 very much because
it is very similar to your life: although your beginning was small,
your latter end will be very great.
But I have trusted
in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice
in thy salvation. I will sing
unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. (Psalm
13:5-6, KJV)
I hope you like Psalm 13 very much because
it is very similar to your life which,
despite having started in apparent failure, is now to be manifested in decisive
victory.
If you can believe,
ALL things are possible to him who
believes!
Let’s pray out loud:
Beloved heavenly Father, thank You very much
because today You have given me the answer and shown me the way to rise from
any type of defeat or failure. I have believed and received Your great Love
with which You have loved me. Thank You, Lord Jesus, for with Your Blood You
have made me free, and I can rise up to live that life You bought for me. The
thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy, but You, Jesus, have come to me
to give me life and life in
abundance. This is the Truth! Thank You, Father, for having lifted me from the
dust and misery; You have made me fit to share in the inheritance of the saints
in light; You have delivered me from the power of darkness and translated me
into the kingdom of Your beloved Son, Jesus, in whom I have redemption through
His blood, the forgiveness of all my sins. I am not a victim! I am no longer below, but above!
Now I am the head and not the tail! With all the authority Your Word gives me,
Almighty God, I declare myself healed of all disease, free from all oppression.
I receive the joy, the peace, and the Love that You give me, to make my life a
decisive victory! In the name of Jesus.
Amen.
Important Note:
How do I become a Child of God? How do I establish a relationship with the
Almighty?
Just say the following prayer
aloud, putting all your attention
and heart into what you are saying to God:
Lord Jesus, I believe that You are the Son of
God. That You came into this world, born
of the virgin Mary, to pay for all my sins, and I have
been a sinner. Therefore, today I say that I accept. I accept Your
sacrifice on the cross! I accept Your precious
Blood shed to the last drop out of love for me! I open my
heart to You and invite You in because I want, Lord Jesus, that from today
and forever You be my only and sufficient Savior, my God, my King, and
my Lord. Thank You, Almighty God, because with this simple prayer and
profession of faith I have passed from death to Life, I have been transferred
from darkness to Your marvelous Light. Today I have been Born Again! God, now I
am Your Child! Now You are my Father! I will never be alone again! I will never
live defeated again. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Three Recommendations:
What just happened by you recognizing Jesus Christ as the Lord and
Savior of your life, according
to God's Word, is that you have been Born Again. No longer
as an ordinary human being, subject to the law of sin and death, but now as a
legitimate and authentic Child of God, Born Again, exactly like Jesus Christ, who is now your Older Brother. Therefore,
I give you these three, very important, recommendations:
1.
Pray. Praying is talking with God. So, find a quiet
place where you can begin talking to Him about everything. Do it out loud, and you will notice
how God always responds to your heart.
2.
Read and meditate
on the Word of God. The Bible
is the Word of God, so
get a Bible and start reading and meditating on it. How do you begin? It’s very simple. Depending on the day,
look up the reading program “The
Bible in One Year” and do the corresponding readings. You can get this program at: Through The Bible In One Year (palabradehonor.org). You will notice
that the program is set up so you can print it as a booklet.
3.
In prayer with God, your Father, look for and join a
Christian church or congregation where the Word of God is taught based
on the Good News, which are
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Ricardo C. Peredo Jaime © 2020
Reading and Meditation on the Word of God
Do these daily readings, and by the end of one year you will have read the
entire Bible.
January13 Luke 11.29-54
/ Genesis 20 / Psalm
13
Luke
11.29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it,
but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be
to this generation.
31 The queen of the
south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and
condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment
with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
33 No man, when he hath lighted
a candle, putteth
it in a secret place,
neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in
may see the light.
34 The light of the
body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine
eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
36 If thy whole body
therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining
of a candle doth give thee light.
37 And as he spake,
a certain Pharisee
besought him to dine with him: and he
went in, and sat down to meat.
38 And when the Pharisee
saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed
before dinner.
39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees
make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your
inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
40 Ye fools,
did not he that made that which is without
make that which is
within also?
41 But rather
give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner
of herbs, and pass over judgment
and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other
undone.
43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost
seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the
markets.
44 Woe unto you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves
which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
45 Then answered
one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master,
thus saying thou reproachest
us also.
46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens
grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your
fingers.
47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets,
and your fathers killed them.
48 Truly ye bear witness
that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they
indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets
and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this
generation;
51 From the blood of
Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple:
verily I say unto you, It shall be required
of this generation.
52 Woe unto you, lawyers!
for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye
hindered.
53 And as he said these things
unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees
began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many
things:
54 Laying wait for him, and seeking
to catch something
out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
Genesis
20 And Abraham journeyed
from thence toward
the south country,
and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
2 And Abraham
said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister:
and Abimelech king of
Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
3 But God came
to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a
man's wife.
4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said,
LORD, wilt thou slay also a
righteous nation?
5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself
said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my
heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
6 And God said unto him in a dream,
Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also
withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch
her.
7 Now therefore
restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray
for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou
shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
8 Therefore Abimelech
rose early in the morning,
and called all his servants, and told all these things in
their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
9 Then Abimelech
called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought
on me and on my kingdom a
great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham,
What sawest thou,
that thou hast done
this thing?
11 And Abraham
said, Because I thought, Surely
the fear of God is not in this
place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father,
but not the daughter of my
mother; and she became my wife.
13 And it came to
pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness
which thou shalt shew unto me;
at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
14 And Abimelech
took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham,
and restored him Sarah his wife.
15 And Abimelech
said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold,
I have given thy brother
a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a
covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she
was reproved.
17 So Abraham
prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife,
and his maidservants; and they bare children.
18 For the LORD had fast closed
up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's
wife.
Psalm
13 How long wilt thou forget
me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2 How long shall I take counsel
in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be
exalted over me?
3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep
the sleep of death;
4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against
him; and those that trouble
me rejoice when I am moved.
5 But I have trusted
in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice
in thy salvation.
6 I will sing unto the LORD, because
he hath dealt bountifully with me.
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