Scriptures for 7-7-13

 

Deuteronomy 10:12-13, 17-21

12 "And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

13 and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I command you this day for your good?

17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.

18 He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.

19 Love the sojourner therefore; for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

20 You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve him and cleave to him, and by his name you shall swear.

21 He is your praise; he is your God, who has done for you these great and terrible things which your eyes have seen.

 

Galatians 6:1-10

¹My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted. 

²Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 

³For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves. 

⁴All must test their own work; then that work, rather than their neighbor's work, will become a cause for pride. 

⁵For all must carry their own loads.

⁶Those who are taught the word must share in all good things with their teacher. 

⁷Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. 

⁸If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit. 

⁹So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest-time, if we do not give up. 

¹⁰So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith.

 

John 8:31-39

31 Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples,

32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

33 They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham, and have never been in bondage to any one. How is it that you say, 'You will be made free'?"

34 Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a slave to sin.

35 The slave does not continue in the house for ever; the son continues for ever.

36 So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

37 I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.

38 I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father."

39 They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did,