Death Does Not Nullify Your Grace--Jan. 25, 2017

O God Most High, John the baptizer did not labor in vain,

did not spend his strength for nothing and vanity,

or die for nothing--and neither did Jesus.

Though they made you their refuge and dwelling place,

and evil did befall them--scourging, execution--

by no means does this nullify your grace,

for their cause was with you,

as was their reward.

Lectionary Readings

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

Isa. 49:1-12

Gal. 2:11-21

Mark 6:13-29

Selected Verses

Ps. 91:9-10

Because you have made the LORD your refuge,
          the Most High your dwelling place,
no evil shall befall you,
          no scourge come near your tent.

Isa. 49:4

But I said, “I have labored in vain,
          I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my cause is with the LORD,
          and my reward with my God.”

Gal. 2:21

I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

Mark 6:16

But when Herod heard of [the miracles performed by Jesus' disciples], he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.”

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