From: ngninja@baptist.email   
      
   Bible Reading for November 27   
      
   Romans Chapter 11   
      
   1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am   
   an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.   
      
   2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what   
   the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against   
   Israel, saying,   
      
   3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and   
   I am left alone, and they seek my life.   
      
   4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself   
   seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.   
      
   5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to   
   the election of grace.   
      
   6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no   
   more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise   
   work is no more work.   
      
   7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the   
   election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded   
      
   8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of   
   slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not   
   hear;) unto this day.   
      
   9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a   
   stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:   
      
   10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their   
   back alway.   
      
   11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but   
   rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to   
   provoke them to jealousy.   
      
   12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the   
   diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?   
      
   13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the   
   Gentiles, I magnify mine office:   
      
   14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh,   
   and might save some of them.   
      
   15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what   
   shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?   
      
   16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root   
   be holy, so are the branches.   
      
   17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild   
   olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the   
   root and fatness of the olive tree;   
      
   18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not   
   the root, but the root thee.   
      
   19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be   
   graffed in.   
      
   20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by   
   faith. Be not highminded, but fear:   
      
   21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also   
   spare not thee.   
      
   22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which   
   fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his   
   goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.   
      
   23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed   
   in: for God is able to graff them in again.   
      
   24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature,   
   and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much   
   more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their   
   own olive tree?   
      
   25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this   
   mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in   
   part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.   
      
   26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come   
   out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:   
      
   27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.   
      
   28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as   
   touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.   
      
   29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.   
      
   30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained   
   mercy through their unbelief:   
      
   31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy   
   they also may obtain mercy.   
      
   32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy   
   upon all.   
      
   33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!   
   how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!   
      
   34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?   
      
   35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him   
   again?   
      
   36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be   
   glory for ever. Amen.   
      
   Romans Chapter 12   
      
   1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye   
   present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which   
   is your reasonable service.   
      
   2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the   
   renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and   
   acceptable, and perfect, will of God.   
      
   3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among   
   you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to   
   think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of   
   faith.   
      
   4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the   
   same office:   
      
   5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one   
   of another.   
      
   6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to   
   us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;   
      
   7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on   
   teaching;   
      
   8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it   
   with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy,   
   with cheerfulness.   
      
   9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to   
   that which is good.   
      
   10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour   
   preferring one another;   
      
   11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;   
      
   12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;   
      
   13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.   
      
   14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.   
      
   15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.   
      
   16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but   
   condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.   
      
   17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the   
   sight of all men.   
      
   18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.   
      
   19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto   
   wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.   
      
   20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him   
   drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.   
      
   21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.   
      
   Romans Chapter 13   
      
      
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