Nothing False in Jesus--March 25, 2019

Jesus,

we are guilty

of much wrong doing,

but there is nothing false in you;

you justify the ungodly--we trust in you.

Lord, dwell in our hearts; keep our going out

and our coming in, from this time on

and for evermore.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 119:73-80; 145; 121; 6

Jer. 7:1-15

Rom. 4:1-12

John 7:14-36

Selected Verses

Ps. 121:8

The LORD will keep
          your going out and your coming in
          from this time on and for evermore.

Jer. 7:6-7a

…if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt, then I will dwell with you in this place…  [The LORD, speaking through the prophet]

Rom. 4:5

But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.

John 7:18

"…Those who speak on their own seek their own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is nothing false in him.  …"  [Jesus, in the temple, to those astonished at his teaching]