[20220704] Daily Bible Reading — Day 336

04
Jul

Galatians 5:16-26; Ezekiel 1; Psalm 148

Galatians 5:16-26

Listen to Galatians 5

16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 
17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 
24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Ezekiel 1

Listen to Ezekiel 1

1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 
2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity, 
3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. 
4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 
5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. 
6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 
7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. 
8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. 
9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. 
10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. 
11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. 
12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. 
13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 
14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. 
15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. 
16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 
17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. 
18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. 
19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 
20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 
21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 
22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. 
23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. 
24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. 
25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. 
26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. 
27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. 
28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

Psalm 148

Listen to Psalms 148

1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. 
2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. 
3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. 
4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. 
5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. 
6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. 
7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: 
8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word: 
9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: 
10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: 
11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: 
12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: 
13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. 
14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.

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