Tested Like Us, yet without Sin--March 30, 2013

 Our Lord Jesus, for us a high priest,

but one who is able to sympathize

with our weaknesses, tested as we

have been tested, yet without sin,

you set your mind on the Spirit

in life and peace; and you

committed your spirit

into the Father's hand.

You did not inscribe

your words in a book

or engrave them on a rock,

but they are written in our hearts.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 43; 149; 31; 143

Job 19:21-27a

Heb. 4:1-16

Rom. 8:1-11

Selected Verses

Ps. 31

Into your hand I commit my spirit;
          you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God.

Job 19:23-24

 “O that my words were written down!
          O that they were inscribed in a book!
O that with an iron pen and with lead
          they were engraved on a rock for ever!  …"

[Job to his 'friends']

Heb. 4:15

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin.

Rom. 8:6

To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.