(~) Bible Readings for Sunday January 30

Habakkuk 3:1-6,17-19
1 Corinthians 2:1-11
Matthew 5:13-20


Old Testament                     Habakkuk 3:1-6,17-19

A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk according to Shigionoth.
O LORD, I have heard of your renown,
          and I stand in awe, O LORD, of your work.
In our own time revive it;
          in our own time make it known;
          in wrath may you remember mercy.
God came from Teman,
          the Holy One from Mount Paran.           [Selah]
His glory covered the heavens,
          and the earth was full of his praise.
The brightness was like the sun;
          rays came forth from his hand,
          where his power lay hidden.
Before him went pestilence,
          and plague followed close behind.
He stopped and shook the earth;
          he looked and made the nations tremble.
The eternal mountains were shattered;
          along his ancient pathways
          the everlasting hills sank low.

Though the fig tree does not blossom,
          and no fruit is on the vines;
though the produce of the olive fails
          and the fields yield no food;
though the flock is cut off from the fold
          and there is no herd in the stalls,
yet I will rejoice in the LORD;
          I will exult in the God of my salvation.
GOD, the Lord, is my strength;
          he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
          and makes me tread upon the heights.

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments.

The Epistle                     1 Corinthians 2:1-11

When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the
mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know
nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I came to
you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. My speech and my
proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom, but with a
demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might rest
not on human wisdom but on the power of God.  Yet among the mature we do
speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of
this age, who are doomed to perish. But we speak Gods wisdom, secret and
hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the
rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written,  What no eye has seen,
nor ear heard,
          nor the human heart conceived,
what God has prepared for those who love him
these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit
searches everything, even the depths of God. For what human being knows
what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one
comprehends what is truly Gods except the Spirit of God.


The Gospel                     Matthew 5:13-20

Jesus said, You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste,
how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but
is thrown out and trampled under foot.  You are the light of the world. A
city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it
under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all
in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that
they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.  Do
not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come
not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and
earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass
from the law until all is accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of
the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will
be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and
teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell
you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees,
you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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