NEW TESTAMENT: Ephesians 5:1-16
OLD TESTAMENT: Isaiah 14,15,16
NEW TESTAMENT
Ephesians 5:1-16
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Living in the Light
5 Be ye (you) therefore followers of God, as dear children;
2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath (has) loved us, and hath (has) given himself (Himself) for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints (becoming believers);
(NOTE: fornication = voluntary sexual intercourse between unmarried persons or outside of marriage)
4 Neither filthiness (extreme dirtiness), nor foolish talking, nor jesting (joking), which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
5 For this ye (you) know, that no whoremonger (those who associate with prostitutes), nor unclean person, nor covetous (desirous) man, who is an idolater (false god worshipper), hath (has) any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh (comes) the wrath (extreme anger) of God upon the children of disobedience (children of Satan).
7 Be not ye (you) therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye (you) were sometimes darkness, but now are ye (you) light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove (rebuke) them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth (does) make manifest is light.
14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest (Awake you who are sleeping), and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee (you) light.
Living by the Spirit’s Power
15 See then that ye (you) walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16 Redeeming (Saving) the time, because the days are evil.
OLD TESTAMENT
Isaiah 14
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A Taunt for Babylon’s King
14 For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee (you) rest from thy (your) sorrow, and from thy (your) fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast (you were) made to serve,
4 That thou shalt (you shall) take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath (has) the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5 The Lord hath (has) broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
6 He who smote (struck) the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth (hinders).
7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
8 Yea (Yes), the fir trees rejoice at thee (you), and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art (you are) laid down, no feller is come up against us.
9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee (you) to meet thee at thy (your) coming: it stirreth (stirs) up the dead for thee (you), even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath (has) raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
10 All they shall speak and say unto thee (you), Art thou (Have you) also become weak as we? art thou (Have you) become like unto us?
11 Thy (Your) pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy (your) viols: the worm is spread under thee (you), and the worms cover thee (you).
12 How art thou (are you) fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou (are you) cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast (you have) said in thine (your) heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt (you shall) be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee (you) shall narrowly look upon thee (you), and consider thee (you), saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19 But thou art (you are) cast out of thy (your) grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
20 Thou shalt (You shall) not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast (you have) destroyed thy (your) land, and slain thy (kill your) people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 For I will rise up against them, saith (says) the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith (says) the Lord.
23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern (a large marshbird), and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom (broom) of destruction, saith (says) the Lord of hosts.
A Message for Assyria
24 The Lord of hosts hath (has) sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
27 For the Lord of hosts hath (has) purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
A Message about Palestina (Philistia)
28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
29 Rejoice not thou (you), whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee (you) is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy (your) root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant (kill your people who remained in a small number).
31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou (you), whole Palestina, art (are) dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath (has) founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
Isaiah 15
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A Message about Moab
15 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth (fails), there is no green thing.
7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth (escapes) of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
Isaiah 16
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A Message about Moab (continuation)
16 Send ye (you) the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy (your) shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth (do not betray the fugitive [to his pursuer]).
4 Let mine (my) outcasts dwell with thee (you), Moab; be thou (you) a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth (ceases, stops), the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye (you) mourn; surely they are stricken.
8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
9 Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee (you) with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy (your) summer fruits and for thy (your) harvest is fallen.
10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine (my) inward parts for Kirharesh.
12 And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
13 This is the word that the Lord hath (has) spoken concerning Moab since that time.
14 But now the Lord hath (has) spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an (a) hireling (paid worker), and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble (weak).
– End of daily reading for Oct 2 – Day 276
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DIAGRAM
> COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW BOOK (New Testament): Ephesians
BOOK OVERVIEW (New Testament): Ephesians (6 Chapters)
Timeline: About A.D. 60
Author: The apostle Paul.
Objective / Purpose: The apostle Paul wrote this book for the believers at Ephesus and, most likely, other Christians in western Asia Minor. Paul’s goal was to establish and equip the church for spiritual growth.
Audience / Attendees / Spectators / Listeners: Believers in the church at Ephesus and probably other Christians in western Asia minor.
> COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW BOOK (Old Testament): Nil
BOOK OVERVIEW (Old Testament): Isaiah (66 Chapters) (Original language: Hebrew)
Timeline: Between 739 and 681 B.C.
Author: Isaiah
Objective / Purpose: This book was written for Prophet Isaiah to announce a message of repentance. At that time, he was called to prophesy to the Kingdom of Judah.
Audience / Attendees / Spectators / Listeners: The people of Judah and Jerusalem.
> TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING TOPICS OVERVIEW:-
NEW TESTAMENT:-
Ephesians 5:1-16:-
1) Living in the Light
2) Living by the Spirit’s Power
OLD TESTAMENT:-
Isaiah 14:-
1) A Taunt for Babylon’s King
2) A Message for Assyria
3) A Message about Palestina (Philistia)
Isaiah 15:-
1) A Message about Moab
Isaiah 16:-
1) A Message about Moab (continuation)
> TODAY’S READING TOPICS (New Testament): Ephesians 5:1-16: 1) Living in the Light 2) Living by the Spirit’s Power
> TODAY’S READING TOPICS (Old Testament): Isaiah 14,15,16: 1) A Taunt for Babylon’s King 2) A Message for Assyria 3) A Message about Palestina (Philistia) 4) A Message about Moab 5) A Message about Moab (continuation)
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