When We Judge by Human Standards--Feb. 7, 2018

God, when we judge by human standards,

we often find it difficult to distinguish

which is the path that sinners tread,

which advice is from the wicked.  

If we try to avoid being scoffers,

then often the Jacobs deceive us.

In these things we seek your guidance;

by your mercies we present ourselves

 to you as a living sacrifice, praying

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in the name of Jesus that you

will find us acceptable.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 89:1-18; 147:1-11; 1; 33

Gen. 27:1-29

Rom. 12:1-8

John 8:12-20

Selected Verses

Ps. 1:1

Happy are those
          who do not follow the advice of the wicked,
or take the path that sinners tread,
          or sit in the seat of scoffers…

Gen. 27:22-23

So Jacob went up to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."  He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him. 

Rom. 12:1

I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

John 8:15

"…You judge by human standards; I judge no one.  …"  [Jesus to the Pharisees]

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