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16 You, Lord, are our father. Were Abraham not to know us, nor Israel
to acknowledge us, You, LORD, are our father, our redeemer you are
named forever. 17 Why do you let us wander, O LORD, from your
ways, and harden our hearts so that we fear you not? Return for the
sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage. 19 Too long have we
been like those you do not rule, who do not bear your name. Oh, that
you would rend the heavens and come down, with the mountains
quaking before you,
64,2 While you wrought awesome deeds we could not hope for, 3
such as they had not heard of from of old. No ear has ever heard, no
eye ever seen, any God but you doing such deeds for those who wait
for him. 4 Would that you might meet us doing right, that we were
mindful of you in our ways! Behold, you are angry, and we are sinful;
5 all of us have become like unclean men, all our good deeds are like
polluted rags; We have all withered like leaves, and our guilt carries
us away like the wind. 6 There is none who calls upon your name,
who rouses himself to cling to you; For you have hidden your face
from us and have delivered us up to our guilt. 7 Yet, O LORD, you are
our father; we are the clay and you the potter: we are all the work of
your hands.
The focus is on the return of the Lord.
Commentary
This is a prayer of the people of
Israel asking the Lord to return to
them.
(64,2)
R. (4) Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we
shall be saved.
Commentary
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I give thanks to my God always on
your account for the grace of God bestowed on you in
Christ Jesus, 5 that in him you were enriched in every
way, with all discourse and all knowledge, 6 as the
testimony to Christ was confirmed among you, 7 so that
you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for
the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8 He will keep
you firm to the end, irreproachable on the day of our
Lord Jesus (Christ). 9 God is faithful, and by him you
were called to fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our
Lord.
The focus is on the end articulated as the revelation and
the day of the Lord.
Commentary:
This is a letter addressed
to God-fearing Christians.
The reading talks about
the coming of the Lord:
Commentary:
The command to be
watchful is repeated
3x. (vv. 33,35,37)
Except the 3rd, all the
commands have their
own explanations.
The pattern of the first
two commands: watch,
because you do not
know when
Vigilance is associated
with work and
diligence (v.34), not
sleeping and being
idle (v.36).
No prayer life
Living apart from God
No sense of the Lords
coming
Commercialism
Consumerism
Secularistic
Toxic and stressful
celebrations
Suggested Songs