Post-o-Matic 3.16† 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2009 Morning “You will recognize them by their fruits.” Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.—Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water. Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.—Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation. “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.”—“The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.”—What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Matt. 7:20; 1 John 3:7; Jas. 3:11-13; 1 Pet. 2:12; Matt. 12:33; Matt. 12:35; Isa. 5:4 (Read full verses...) Evening I will make the place of my feet glorious. Thus says the LORD: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool.”—“But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built!” “Thus says the LORD of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts. . . . The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts.” I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. . . . And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.” Isa. 60:13; Isa. 66:1; 2 Chron. 6:18; Hag. 2:6, 7, 9; Rev. 21:1, 3 (Read full verses...) << Nov 18 | Nov 19 | Nov 20 >> Excerpted from Daily Light on the Daily Path ©2002 Crossway Books, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Posted on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0800 at http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/daily.light/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
