Thursday, August 30, 2103

Image of Christ Not Made by Hands

Fasting: No fastVigilJulian: August 16

Epistle

2 Corinthians 4.1-6

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1Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;Log in to add notes

2But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.Log in to add notes

3But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:Log in to add notes

4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.Log in to add notes

5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.Log in to add notes

6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.Log in to add notes

Epistle — Image

Colossians 1.12-18

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12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:Log in to add notes

13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:Log in to add notes

14In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:Log in to add notes

15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:Log in to add notes

16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:Log in to add notes

17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.Log in to add notes

18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.Log in to add notes

Gospel

Matthew 24.13-28

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13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.Log in to add notes

14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.Log in to add notes

15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)Log in to add notes

16Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains:Log in to add notes

17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:Log in to add notes

18Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.Log in to add notes

19And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!Log in to add notes

20But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:Log in to add notes

21For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.Log in to add notes

22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.Log in to add notes

23Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.Log in to add notes

24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.Log in to add notes

25Behold, I have told you before.Log in to add notes

26Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.Log in to add notes

27For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.Log in to add notes

28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.Log in to add notes

Gospel — Image

Luke 9.51-56; Luke 10.22-24

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51And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,Log in to add notes

52And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.Log in to add notes

53And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.Log in to add notes

54And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?Log in to add notes

55But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.Log in to add notes

56For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.Log in to add notes

22All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.Log in to add notes

23And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:Log in to add notes

24For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.Log in to add notes