1Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— 2and all the brothers and sisters with me,To the churches in Galatia:3Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.No Other Gospel6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!10Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.Paul Called by God11I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. 12I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.13For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. 14I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. 15But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased 16to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being. 17I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.18Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days. 19I saw none of the other apostles—only James, the Lord’s brother. 20I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.21Then I went to Syria and Cilicia. 22I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 23They only heard the report: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” 24And they praised God because of me.

A Prophecy Against Moab1A prophecy against Moab:Ar in Moab is ruined,destroyed in a night!Kir in Moab is ruined,destroyed in a night!2Dibon goes up to its temple,to its high places to weep;Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba.Every head is shavedand every beard cut off.3In the streets they wear sackcloth;on the roofs and in the public squaresthey all wail,prostrate with weeping.4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out,their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,and their hearts are faint.5My heart cries out over Moab;her fugitives flee as far as Zoar,as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.They go up the hill to Luhith,weeping as they go;on the road to Horonaimthey lament their destruction.6The waters of Nimrim are dried upand the grass is withered;the vegetation is goneand nothing green is left.7So the wealth they have acquired and stored upthey carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.8Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab;their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim,their lamentation as far as Beer Elim.9The waters of Dimon are full of blood,but I will bring still more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moaband upon those who remain in the land.1Send lambs as tributeto the ruler of the land,from Sela, across the desert,to the mount of Daughter Zion.2Like fluttering birdspushed from the nest,so are the women of Moabat the fords of the Arnon.3“Make up your mind,” Moab says.“Render a decision.Make your shadow like night—at high noon.Hide the fugitives,do not betray the refugees.4Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;be their shelter from the destroyer.”The oppressor will come to an end,and destruction will cease;the aggressor will vanish from the land.5In love a throne will be established;in faithfulness a man will sit on it—one from the house of David—one who in judging seeks justiceand speeds the cause of righteousness.6We have heard of Moab’s pride—how great is her arrogance!—of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;but her boasts are empty.7Therefore the Moabites wail,they wail together for Moab.Lament and grievefor the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.8The fields of Heshbon wither,the vines of Sibmah also.The rulers of the nationshave trampled down the choicest vines,which once reached Jazerand spread toward the desert.Their shoots spread outand went as far as the sea.9So I weep, as Jazer weeps,for the vines of Sibmah.Heshbon and Elealeh,I drench you with tears!The shouts of joy over your ripened fruitand over your harvests have been stilled.10Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards;no one sings or shouts in the vineyards;no one treads out wine at the presses,for I have put an end to the shouting.11My heart laments for Moab like a harp,my inmost being for Kir Hareseth.12When Moab appears at her high place,she only wears herself out;when she goes to her shrine to pray,it is to no avail.13This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab. 14But now the Lord says: “Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab’s splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble.”A Prophecy Against Damascus1A prophecy against Damascus:“See, Damascus will no longer be a citybut will become a heap of ruins.2The cities of Aroer will be desertedand left to flocks, which will lie down,with no one to make them afraid.3The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim,and royal power from Damascus;the remnant of Aram will belike the glory of the Israelites,”declares the Lord Almighty.4“In that day the glory of Jacob will fade;the fat of his body will waste away.5It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain,gathering the grain in their arms—as when someone gleans heads of grainin the Valley of Rephaim.6Yet some gleanings will remain,as when an olive tree is beaten,leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches,four or five on the fruitful boughs,”declares the Lord, the God of Israel.7In that day people will look to their Makerand turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.8They will not look to the altars,the work of their hands,and they will have no regard for the Asherah polesand the incense altars their fingers have made.9In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth. And all will be desolation.10You have forgotten God your Savior;you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress.Therefore, though you set out the finest plantsand plant imported vines,11though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,and on the morning when you plant them, you bring them to bud,yet the harvest will be as nothingin the day of disease and incurable pain.12Woe to the many nations that rage—they rage like the raging sea!Woe to the peoples who roar—they roar like the roaring of great waters!13Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters,when he rebukes them they flee far away,driven before the wind like chaff on the hills,like tumbleweed before a gale.14In the evening, sudden terror!Before the morning, they are gone!This is the portion of those who loot us,the lot of those who plunder us.A Prophecy Against Cush1Woe to the land of whirring wingsalong the rivers of Cush,2which sends envoys by seain papyrus boats over the water.Go, swift messengers,to a people tall and smooth-skinned,to a people feared far and wide,an aggressive nation of strange speech,whose land is divided by rivers.3All you people of the world,you who live on the earth,when a banner is raised on the mountains,you will see it,and when a trumpet sounds,you will hear it.4This is what the Lord says to me:“I will remain quiet and will look on from my dwelling place,like shimmering heat in the sunshine,like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”5For, before the harvest, when the blossom is goneand the flower becomes a ripening grape,he will cut off the shoots with pruning knives,and cut down and take away the spreading branches.6They will all be left to the mountain birds of preyand to the wild animals;the birds will feed on them all summer,the wild animals all winter.7At that time gifts will be brought to the Lord Almightyfrom a people tall and smooth-skinned,from a people feared far and wide,an aggressive nation of strange speech,whose land is divided by rivers—the gifts will be brought to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the Lord Almighty.

Psalm 58For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.1Do you rulers indeed speak justly?Do you judge people with equity?2No, in your heart you devise injustice,and your hands mete out violence on the earth.3Even from birth the wicked go astray;from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.4Their venom is like the venom of a snake,like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,5that will not heed the tune of the charmer,however skillful the enchanter may be.6Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!7Let them vanish like water that flows away;when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.8May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.10The righteous will be glad when they are avenged,when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.11Then people will say,“Surely the righteous still are rewarded;surely there is a God who judges the earth.”

Saying 1212Apply your heart to instructionand your ears to words of knowledge.

One Year Bible

September 14, 2025

Reading Plan

Devotional

Pastor Larry Stockstill

Isaiah 15:1-18:7

Galatians 1:1-24

Psalm 58:1-11

Prov. 23:12