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First Sunday in Lent |
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The Temptation of Jesus |
Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be
tempted of Satan; Make speed to help thy servants who are
assaulted by manifold temptations; and, as thou knowest
their several infirmities, let each one find thee mighty to save;
through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for
ever. Amen
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Lesson - Deuteronomy 26:(1-4)5-11 |
First Fruits and Tithes
"When you come into the land which the LORD your God gives you for an
inheritance, and have taken possession of it, and live in it, you shall take
some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from
your land that the LORD your God gives you, and you shall put it in a
basket, and you shall go to the place which the LORD your God will choose,
to make his name to dwell there. And you shall go to the priest who is in
office at that time, and say to him, `I declare this day to the LORD your
God that I have come into the land which the LORD swore to our fathers to
give us.' Then the priest shall take the basket from your hand, and set it
down before the altar of the LORD your God. "And you shall make response
before the LORD your God, `A wandering Aramean was my father; and he went
down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number; and there he became a
nation, great, mighty, and populous. And the Egyptians treated us harshly,
and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage. Then we cried to the LORD
the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice, and saw our
affliction, our toil, and our oppression; and the LORD brought us out of
Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, with
signs and wonders; and he brought us into this place and gave us this land,
a land flowing with milk and honey. And behold, now I bring the first of the
fruit of the ground, which thou, O LORD, hast given me.' And you shall set
it down before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God; and
you shall rejoice in all the good which the LORD your God has given to you
and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the sojourner who is among you. |
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Epistle - Romans 10:(5-8a)8b-13 |
Salvation is for All
Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on
the law shall live by it. But the righteousness based on faith says, Do not
say in your heart, "Who will ascend into heaven?" (that is, to bring Christ
down) or "Who will descend into the abyss?" (that is, to bring Christ up
from the dead). But what does it say? The word is near you, on your lips and
in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach); because, if you
confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God
raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For man believes with his heart
and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved. The
scripture says, "No one who believes in him will be put to shame." For there
is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and
bestows his riches upon all who call upon him. For, "every one who calls
upon the name of the Lord will be saved." |
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Gospel - Luke 4:1-13 |
The Temptation of Jesus
And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by
the Spirit for forty days in the wilderness, tempted by the devil. And he
ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry. The
devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become
bread." And Jesus answered him, "It is written, `Man shall not live by bread
alone.'" And the devil took him up, and showed him all the kingdoms of the
world in a moment of time, and said to him, "To you I will give all this
authority and their glory; for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to
whom I will. If you, then, will worship me, it shall all be yours." And
Jesus answered him, "It is written, `You shall worship the Lord your God,
and him only shall you serve.'" And he took him to Jerusalem, and set him on
the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God,
throw yourself down from here; for it is written, `He will give his angels
charge of you, to guard you,' and `On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you strike your foot against a stone.'" And Jesus answered him, "It is
said, `You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'" And when the devil had ended
every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time. |
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