DECEMBER 22
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MORNING
Your work of faith.
HIS is the work of God, that ye
believe on him whom he hath sent.
Faith, if it hath not works, is dead,
being alone.--Faith . . . worketh by love.--He
that soweth to his flesh shall of the
flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth
to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap
life everlasting.--We are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus unto good
works, which God hath before ordained
that we should walk in them.--Who
gave himself for us, that he might redeem
us from all iniquity, and purify
unto himself a peculiar people, zealous
of good works.
We are bound to thank God always
for you, brethren, as it is meet, because
that your faith groweth exceedingly, and
the charity of every one of you all toward
each other aboundeth. Wherefore
also we pray always for you, that our
God would count you worthy of this
calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure
of his goodness, and the work of faith
with power.--It is God which worketh
in you both to will and to do of his good
pleasure.
1 THES.
1. 3. John 6. 29. Ja. 2. 17.--
Ga. 5. 6.--Ga. 6. 8.--Ep. 2. 10.--Tit. 2. 14.
2 Th. 1. 3, 11.--Phi. 2. 13.
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EVENING
Where is the promise of his coming?
NOCH, . . . the seventh from Adam,
prophesied of these, saying, Behold,
the Lord cometh with ten thousands of
his saints, to execute judgment upon all.--Behold,
he cometh with clouds; and
every eye shall see him, and they also
which pierced him: and all kindreds of
the earth shall wail because of him.
The Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of
the archangel, and with the trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise
first: then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in
the air: and so shall we ever be with
the Lord.
The grace of God that bringeth salvation
hath appeared to all men, teaching
us that, denying ungodliness and worldly
lusts, we should live soberly, righteously,
and godly, in this present world; looking
for that blessed hope, and the
glorious appearing of the great God and
our Saviour Jesus Christ.
2 PET.
3. 4. Jude 14, 15.--Re. 1. 7.
1 Th. 4. 16, 17. Tit. 2. 11-13.
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