In a Way, Your Accusers Were Right, Jesus--July 1, 2015

Lord Jesus, in a perverse way, your accusers were right--

all over the land, you did stir up the people, but it

was for good, not for ill.  And your apostles

continued the stirring in Samaria,

and who could count all

the saving deeds

performed in

your name over

the generations that

followed?  By awesome

deeds you have answered us

with deliverance.  You are the hope

of the ends of the earth, of the farthest seas.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 65; 147:1-11; 125; 91

1 Sam. 12:1-25

Acts 8:14-25

Luke 23:1-12

Selected Verses

Ps. 65:5

By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance,
          O God of our salvation;
you are the hope of all the ends of the earth
          and of the farthest seas. 

1 Sam. 12:7

"…Now therefore take your stand, so that I may enter into judgment with you before the LORD, and I will declare to you all the saving deeds of the LORD that he performed for you and for your ancestors.  …"  [Samuel to the people]

Acts 8:17

Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. 

Luke 23:5

But [the chief priests and the crowds were insistent and said, “[Jesus] stirs up the people by teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he began even to this place.”