GRACE UPON GRACE

 EXODUS 15:20-27 AND  MIRIAM THE PROPHETESS,   THE SISTER OF AARON,  TOOK A TIMBREL IN HER HAND;  AND ALL THE WOMEN WENT OUT  AFTER HER WITH  TIMBRELS AND WITH DANCES.  AND MIRIAM  ANSWERED THEM, SING YE TO THE LORD,  FOR HE HATH TRIUMPHED GLORIOUSLY;   THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER HATH HE THROWN INTO THE SEA. SO MOSES BROUGHT ISRAEL  FROM THE RED SEA, AND THEY  WENT OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS  OF SHUR; AND THEY WENT  THREE DAYS IN THE WILDERNESS,  AND FOUND NO WATER.   AND WHEN THEY CAME TO MARAH,  THEY COULD NOT  DRINK OF THE WATERS OF MARAH,  FOR THEY WERE BITTER:  THEREFORE THE NAME OF  IT WAS CALLED MARAH.  AND  THE PEOPLE MURMURED AGAINST MOSES, SAYING,  WHAT SHALL WE DRINK?  AND  HE CRIED UNTO THE LORD;  AND  THE LORD SHEWED HIM A TREE ,  WHICH WHEN HE HAD CAST  INTO THE WATERS,  THE WATERS WERE MADE SWEET:  THERE HE MADE FOR...

PSALM 112:1-10 PRAISE YE THE LORD.  BLESSED IS THE MAN  THAT FEARETH THE LORD, THAT DELIGHTETH GREATLY IN HIS COMMANDMENTS. HIS SEED SHALL BE MIGHTY UPON EARTH: THE GENERATION OF  THE UPRIGHT SHALL BE BLESSED.  WEALTH AND RICHES SHALL  BE IN HIS HOUSE:  AND HIS  RIGHTEOUSNESS ENDURETH FOR EVER.  UNTO THE UPRIGHT THERE  ARISETH LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS:  HE IS GRACIOUS,  AND FULL OF COMPASSION,  AND RIGHTEOUS.  A GOOD MAN SHEWETH FAVOUR,  AND LENDETH:  HE WILL GUIDE HIS  AFFAIRS WITH DISCRETION.  SURELY HE SHALL NOT  BE MOVED FOR EVER:  THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE  IN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE.  HE SHALL NOT BE AFRAID  OF EVIL TIDINGS:  HIS HEART IS FIXED,  TRUSTING IN THE LORD.  HIS HEART IS ESTABLISHED,  HE SHALL NOT BE AFRAID,  UNTIL HE SEE HIS  DESIRE UPON HIS ENEMIES. HE HATH DISPERSED,  HE HATH GIVEN TO THE POOR;  HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ENDURETH FOR...

JEREMIAH 8:1-5 AT THAT TIME,  SAITH THE LORD,  THEY SHALL BRING OUT  THE BONES OF  THE KINGS OF JUDAH,  AND THE BONES OF HIS PRINCES,  AND THE BONES OF THE PRIESTS,  AND THE BONES OF THE PROPHETS,  AND THE BONES OF  THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM,  OUT OF THEIR GRAVES:  AND   THEY SHALL SPREAD  THEM BEFORE  THE SUN,  AND THE MOON,  AND ALL THE HOST OF HEAVEN,  WHOM THEY HAVE LOVED,  AND WHOM THEY HAVE SERVED,  AND AFTER WHOM THEY  HAVE WALKED, AND WHOM THEY  HAVE SOUGHT, AND WHOM THEY  HAVE WORSHIPPED:  THEY SHALL NOT BE GATHERED,  NOR BE BURIED;  THEY SHALL BE FOR DUNG  UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.  AND DEATH SHALL BE  CHOSEN RATHER THAN  LIFE BY ALL THE RESIDUE  OF THEM THAT  REMAIN OF THIS EVIL FAMILY,  WHICH REMAIN IN ALL  THE PLACES WHITHER  I HAVE DRIVEN THEM,  SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS. MOREOVER THOU SHALT ...

 JEREMIAH 6:25-30   GO NOT FORTH INTO THE FIELD , NOR WALK BY THE WAY ;  FOR THE SWORD OF THE ENEMY AND FEAR IS ON EVERY SIDE. O DAUGHTER OF MY PEOPLE,  GIRD THEE WITH SACKCLOTH,  AND WALLOW THYSELF IN ASHES:  MAKE THEE MOURNING,  AS FOR AN ONLY SON,  MOST BITTER LAMENTATION:  FOR  THE SPOILER SHALL  SUDDENLY COME UPON US.  I HAVE SET THEE  FOR A TOWER AND  A FORTRESS AMONG MY PEOPLE,  THAT THOU MAYEST KNOW  AND TRY THEIR WAY. THEY ARE ALL GRIEVOUS REVOLTERS ,   WALKING WITH SLANDERS : THEY ARE BRASS AND IRON ; THEY ARE ALL CORRUPTERS . THE BELLOWS ARE BURNED , THE LEAD IS CONSUMED OF THE FIRE ; THE FOUNDER MELTETH IN VAIN : FOR THE WICKED ARE NOT PLUCKED AWAY .   REPROBATE SILVER SHALL MEN CALL THEM , BECAUSE THE LORD HATH REJECTED THEM .   LOVE

ISAIAH 50:1-3 THUS SAITH THE LORD,  WHERE IS THE BILL OF YOUR MOTHER'S DIVORCEMENT, WHOM I HAVE PUT AWAY?  OR  WHICH OF MY CREDITORS IS IT  TO WHOM    I HAVE SOLD YOU?  BEHOLD, FOR YOUR INIQUITIES  HAVE YE SOLD YOURSELVES,  AND  FOR YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS  IS YOUR MOTHER PUT AWAY.  WHEREFORE, WHEN I CAME,  WAS THERE NO MAN?  WHEN I CALLED,  WAS THERE NONE TO ANSWER?  IS MY HAND SHORTENED AT ALL,  THAT IT CANNOT REDEEM?  OR  HAVE I NO POWER TO DELIVER?  BEHOLD, AT MY REBUKE  I DRY UP THE SEA, I MAKE THE RIVERS  A WILDERNESS:  THEIR FISH STINKETH,  BECAUSE THERE IS NO WATER,  AND DIETH FOR THIRST.  I CLOTHE THE HEAVENS WITH BLACKNESS, AND I MAKE SACKCLOTH THEIR COVERING. LOVE

JAMES 5:1-9 GO TO NOW, YE RICH MEN,  WEEP AND HOWL FOR YOUR  MISERIES THAT SHALL COME UPON YOU.  YOUR RICHES ARE CORRUPTED,  AND YOUR GARMENTS ARE MOTHEATEN.  YOUR GOLD AND SILVER IS CANKERED;  AND THE RUST OF THEM  SHALL BE A WITNESS AGAINST YOU,  AND SHALL EAT YOUR FLESH  AS IT WERE FIRE.   YE HAVE HEAPED TREASURE  TOGETHER FOR THE LAST DAYS.   BEHOLD, THE HIRE OF THE LABOURERS  WHO HAVE REAPED DOWN YOUR FIELDS,  WHICH IS OF YOU KEPT BACK BY FRAUD,  CRIETH: AND  THE CRIES OF THEM  WHICH HAVE REAPED  ARE ENTERED INTO  THE EARS OF THE LORD OF SABAOTH.  YE HAVE LIVED IN PLEASURE  ON THE EARTH, AND BEEN WANTON;  YE HAVE NOURISHED YOUR HEARTS,  AS IN A DAY OF SLAUGHTER.  YE HAVE CONDEMNED  AND KILLED  THE JUST;  AND HE DOTH NOT  RESIST YOU.   BE PATIENT THEREFORE,  BRETHREN, UNTO THE  COMING OF THE LORD.  BEHOLD, THE HUSBANDMAN...

DEUTERONOMY 7:9-13 KNOW THEREFORE  THAT THE LORD THY GOD,  HE IS GOD, THE FAITHFUL GOD,  WHICH KEEPETH  COVENANT AND MERCY  WITH THEM THAT  LOVE  HIM AND KEEP  HIS COMMANDMENTS  TO A THOUSAND GENERATIONS; AND REPAYETH THEM  THAT HATE HIM TO THEIR FACE,  TO DESTROY THEM:  HE WILL NOT BE SLACK  TO HIM THAT HATETH HIM,  HE WILL REPAY HIM TO HIS FACE. THOU SHALT THEREFORE KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS, AND THE STATUTES,  AND THE JUDGMENTS,  WHICH I COMMAND  THEE THIS DAY, TO DO THEM. WHEREFORE IT SHALL COME TO PASS,  IF YE HEARKEN TO THESE JUDGMENTS,  AND KEEP, AND DO THEM,THAT THE LORD THY GOD SHALL KEEP UNTO THEE  THE COVENANT AND THE MERCY  WHICH HE SWARE UNTO THY FATHERS: AND HE WILL LOVE THEE,  AND BLESS THEE, AND MULTIPLY THEE:  HE WILL ALSO BLESS THE FRUIT OF THY WOMB, AND THE FRUIT OF THY LAND,  THY CORN, AND THY WINE,  AND THINE OIL, THE INCREASE  OF THY KINE, A...

HEBREWS 9:21-28 MOREOVER,  HE SPRINKLED WITH BLOOD  BOTH  THE TABERNACLE AND ALL THE VESSELS  OF THE MINISTRY.  AND ALMOST ALL THINGS  ARE BY THE LAW  PURGED WITH BLOOD,  AND  WITHOUT SHEDDING OF  BLOOD IS NO REMISSION.  IT WAS THEREFORE NECESSARY  THAT  THE PATTERNS OF THINGS  IN THE HEAVENS  SHOULD BE PURIFIED  WITH THESE;  BUT THE HEAVENLY  THINGS THEMSELVES WITH  BETTER SACRIFICES THAN THESE.  FOR CHRIST  IS NOT ENTERED INTO THE HOLY PLACES MADE WITH HANDS,  WHICH ARE  THE FIGURES OF THE TRUE;  BUT INTO HEAVEN ITSELF,  NOW  TO APPEAR IN  THE PRESENCE OF GOD FOR US:  NOR YET THAT HE SHOULD  OFFER HIMSELF OFTEN,  AS THE HIGH PRIEST  ENTERETH INTO THE HOLY PLACE  EVERY YEAR WITH BLOOD OF OTHERS; FOR THEN MUST HE OFTEN  HAVE SUFFERED SINCE  THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD:  BUT NOW ONCE  IN THE END OF THE WORLD...

ISAIAH 54:1-4 SING, O BARREN, THOU THAT DIDST NOT BEAR; BREAK FORTH INTO SINGING, AND CRY ALOUD, THOU THAT DIDST NOT TRAVAIL WITH CHILD:   FOR MORE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE DESOLATE THAN THE CHILDREN OF THE MARRIED WIFE, SAITH THE LORD. ENLARGE THE PLACE OF THY TENT, AND LET THEM STRETCH FORTH THE CURTAINS OF THINE HABITATIONS:  SPARE NOT, LENGTHEN THY CORDS, AND STRENGTHEN THY STAKES; FOR THOU SHALT BREAK FORTH ON THE RIGHT HAND AND ON THE LEFT; AND THY SEED SHALL INHERIT THE GENTILES, AND MAKE THE DESOLATE CITIES TO BE INHABITED. FEAR NOT;  FOR THOU SHALT NOT BE ASHAMED: NEITHER BE THOU CONFOUNDED;  FOR THOU SHALT NOT BE PUT TO SHAME: FOR THOU SHALT FORGET  THE SHAME OF THY YOUTH,  AND SHALT NOT REMEMBER  THE REPROACH OF  THY WIDOWHOOD ANY MORE. LOVE