Monday, March 5, 2012

Genesis 17:1-14 and Matthew 11:20-30 (NIV)

Genesis 17:1-14
1    When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
2    Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.”
3    Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
4    “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
5    No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
6    I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
7    I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
8    The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God.”
9    Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.
10  This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
11  You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.
12  For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring.
13  Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.
14  Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”

Matthew 11:20-30


Woe to Unrepentant Cities
20  Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
21  “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 
22  But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. 
23  And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. 
24  But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”


The Father Revealed The Son
26  At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
27  “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
28  “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 
29  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 
30  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”



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