(Psalm 1)
Happy are those who reject the advice of evil men,
who do not follow the example of sinners
or join those who have no use for God.
Instead, they find joy in obeying the Law of the Lord,
and they study it day and night.
They are like trees that grow beside a stream,
that bear fruit at the right time,
and those leaves do not dry up.
They succeed in everything they do.
But evil men are not like this at all,
they are like straw that the wind blows away.
Sinners will be condemned by God
and kept apart from God’s own people.
The righteous are guided and protected by the Lord,
but the evil are on the way to their doom.
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
25.3 The Word of God Produces Good Fruits
(Isaiah 55:10-13)
“My word is like the snow and the rain
that come down from the sky to water the earth..
They make the crops grow and provide
seed for planting and food to eat.
So also will be the word that I speak--
it will not fail to do what I plan for it;
it will do everything I send it to do.
“You will leave Babylon with joy,
you will be led out of the city in peace.
The mountains and hill burst into singing,
and the trees will shout for joy.
Cypress trees will grow where now there are briers;
myrtle trees will come up in place of thorns.
This will be a sign that will last forever,
a reminder of what I, the Lord, have done.”
“My word is like the snow and the rain
that come down from the sky to water the earth..
They make the crops grow and provide
seed for planting and food to eat.
So also will be the word that I speak--
it will not fail to do what I plan for it;
it will do everything I send it to do.
“You will leave Babylon with joy,
you will be led out of the city in peace.
The mountains and hill burst into singing,
and the trees will shout for joy.
Cypress trees will grow where now there are briers;
myrtle trees will come up in place of thorns.
This will be a sign that will last forever,
a reminder of what I, the Lord, have done.”
25.2 Peace Is The Fruit Of Justice
(Isaiah 32:15b-20)
The wasteland will become fertile, and the fields will produce rich crops. Everywhere in the land righteousness and justice will be done. Because everyone will do what is right, there will be peace and security forever. God’s people will be free from worries, and their homes peaceful and safe. (But hail will fall on the forests, and the city will be torn down.) How happy everyone will be with plenty of water for the crops and safe pasture everywhere for the donkeys and cattle.
25.1 Fruits of Nature Are Good
(Genesis 1:11-12)
Then he commanded, “Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit”- and it was done. So the earth produced all kinds of plants, and God was pleased with what he saw.
Then he commanded, “Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit”- and it was done. So the earth produced all kinds of plants, and God was pleased with what he saw.
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