Open Word

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

Haggai 1:15b-2:9

Text not available in the Berean Standard Bible.

PSALM

Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21

A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.

Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.

Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.

One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—

the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.

The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.

The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.

He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.

The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.

My mouth will declare the praise of the LORD; let every creature bless His holy name forever and ever.

PSALM

Psalm 98

A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.

The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.

He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth — let your cry ring out, and sing praises!

Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp.

With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King.

Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.

Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy

before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Job 19:23-27a

Verse 23. I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book, Verse 24. by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever. Verse 25. But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth. Verse 26. Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. Verse 27. I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger.

PSALM

Psalm 17:1-9

A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.

May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.

You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.

As for the deeds of men — by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.

I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.

Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.

Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

SECOND READING

2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17

Verse 1. Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers, Verse 2. not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come. Verse 3. Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness — the son of destruction — is revealed. Verse 4. He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Verse 5. Do you not remember that I told you these things while I was still with you? Verse 13. But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth. Verse 14. To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Verse 15. Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter. Verse 16. Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope, Verse 17. encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.

GOSPEL

Luke 20:27-38

Verse 27. Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him. Verse 28. “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him. Verse 29. Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife but died childless. Verse 30. Then the second Verse 31. and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children. Verse 32. And last of all, the woman died. Verse 33. So then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.” Verse 34. Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. Verse 35. But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Verse 36. In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God. Verse 37. Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Verse 38. He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”