Church Anniversary

from whom the whole body, being fitly joined together and united, through the supply of every joint, according to the working in the measure of each single part, the increase of the body doth make for the building up of itself in love.

`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

`Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

Praise ye Jah! Praise ye God in His holy place, Praise Him in the expanse of His strength. — read the full passage →

he is like to a man building a house, who did dig, and deepen, and laid a foundation upon the rock, and a flood having come, the stream broke forth on that house, and was not able to shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.

And we build the wall, and all the wall is joined--unto its half, and the people have a heart to work.

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

For good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, to the age His kindness, And to generation and generation His faithfulness!

for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.

Be mindful of those leading you, who did speak to you the word of God, whose faith--considering the issue of the behaviour--be imitating,

`Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;

I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him.

for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please--Christ's servant I should not be.

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

Every one who is believing that Jesus is the Christ, of God he hath been begotten, and every one who is loving Him who did beget, doth love also him who is begotten of Him: — read the full passage →

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

for through faith we walk, not through sight--

And I declare to them the hand of my God that is good upon me, and also the words of the king that he said to me, and they say, `Let us rise, and we have built;' and they strengthen their hands for good.

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this <FI>is<Fi> unprofitable to you.

may we hold fast the unwavering profession of the hope, (for faithful <FI>is<Fi> He who did promise),

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

A Psalm. --A Song for the sabbath-day. Good to give thanks to Jehovah, And to sing praises to Thy name, O Most High, — read the full passage →

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise--in your hearts;

The two <FI>are<Fi> better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour. — read the full passage →

The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,

and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;

so also did the Lord direct to those proclaiming the good news: of the good news to live.

for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake.

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise--in your hearts; — read the full passage →

And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.

Praise ye Jah! Praise ye God in His holy place, Praise Him in the expanse of His strength.

<FI> Whoso<Fi> hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

<FI> Lamed.<Fi> To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens. — read the full passage →

this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;

which we have, as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and entering into that within the vail,

as, then, ye did receive Christ Jesus the Lord, in him walk ye, — read the full passage →

and now there doth remain faith, hope, love--these three; and the greatest of these <FI>is<Fi> love.

fire is continually burning on the altar, it is not quenched.

And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land, — read the full passage →

Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings <FI>are<Fi> burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!

He hath remembered to the age His covenant, The word He commanded to a thousand generations,

And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee--to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people <FI>is<Fi> my people, and thy God my God. — read the full passage →

Set <FI>it<Fi> , I pray you, to your heart, from this day and onwards, from the twenty and fourth day of the ninth <FI>month<Fi> , even from the day that the temple of Jehovah hath been founded, set <FI>it<Fi> to your heart.

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,

preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching,

And we ask you, brethren, to know those labouring among you, and leading you in the Lord, and admonishing you, — read the full passage →

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

Better to take refuge in Jehovah than to trust in man,

for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,

Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down--they tread upon it.

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, — read the full passage →

what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

for in Him we live, and move, and are; as also certain of your poets have said: For of Him also we are offspring.

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

let all your things be done in love.

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness. — read the full passage →

being rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught--abounding in it in thanksgiving.

`God, who did make the world, and all things in it, this One, of heaven and of earth being Lord, in temples made with hands doth not dwell,

Cause me to hear in the morning Thy kindness, For in Thee I have trusted, Cause me to know the way that I go, For unto Thee I have lifted up my soul.

In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving; — read the full passage →

`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

and Solomon built Him an house. — read the full passage →

Three things have been too wonderful for me, Yea, four that I have not known: — read the full passage →

And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea, — read the full passage →

As to the rest, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord; the same things to write to you to me indeed is not tiresome, and for you <FI>is<Fi> sure; — read the full passage →

the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words may not pass away.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

and you, the anointing that ye did receive from him, in you it doth remain, and ye have no need that any one may teach you, but as the same anointing doth teach you concerning all, and is true, and is not a lie, and even as was taught you, ye shall remain in him.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

A roll of the birth of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. — read the full passage →

being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God--living and remaining--to the age; — read the full passage →

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

and astonishment took all, and they were glorifying God, and were filled with fear, saying--`We saw strange things to-day.'

And I saw another strong messenger coming down out of the heaven, arrayed with a cloud, and a rainbow upon the head, and his face as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire, — read the full passage →

Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

because three are who are testifying <FI>in the heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these--the three--are one;

but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them; — read the full passage →