GRACE UPON GRACE

John 14:14 IF YE SHALL ASK  ANY THING IN MY NAME,  I WILL DO IT.  LOVE

1 THESSALONIANS 1:1-10 PAUL, AND SILVANUS,  AND TIMOTHEUS, UNTO  THE CHURCH OF THE THESSALONIANS  WHICH IS IN GOD   THE FATHER  AND IN THE LORD   JESUS CHRIST:  GRACE BE UNTO YOU,  AND  PEACE,  FROM OUR FATHER,  AND  THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.   WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD ALWAYS FOR YOU ALL,   MAKING MENTION  OF YOU  IN OUR PRAYERS;  REMEMBERING  WITHOUT CEASING  YOUR WORK OF FAITH,  AND  LABOUR OF LOVE,  AND  PATIENCE OF HOPE  IN OUR LORD  JESUS CHRIST,   IN THE SIGHT OF  GOD AND OUR FATHER;  KNOWING, BRETHREN BELOVED, YOUR ELECTION OF GOD. FOR OUR GOSPEL  CAME NOT UNTO YOU  IN WORD ONLY,  BUT ALSO  IN  POWER,  AND  IN  THE HOLY GHOST,  AND  IN  MUCH ASSURANCE;  AS YE KNOW  WHAT MANNER OF MEN ...

Psalm 82:1-8   GOD STANDETH IN THE  CONGREGATION  OF THE MIGHTY;   HE JUDGETH  AMONG THE  gods.   HOW LONG  WILL YE JUDGE  UNJUSTLY,  AND  ACCEPT THE PERSONS  OF THE WICKED?   SELAH.  DEFEND THE POOR  AND  FATHERLESS:  DO JUSTICE  TO THE AFFLICTED  AND  NEEDY.  DELIVER THE POOR  AND  NEEDY:  RID THEM OUT  OF  THE HAND  OF  THE WICKED.   THEY KNOW NOT,   NEITHER WILL  THEY UNDERSTAND;  THEY WALK ON  IN DARKNESS;   ALL THE FOUNDATIONS  OF THE EARTH  ARE OUT OF COURSE.  I HAVE SAID, YE ARE GODS;  AND  ALL OF YOU  ARE CHILDREN  OF  THE MOST HIGH.  BUT YE  SHALL DIE LIKE MEN, AND  FALL LIKE ONE  OF THE PRINCES.   ARISE, O GOD,  JUDGE THE EARTH:   FOR  THOU SHALL  INHERIT ALL NATION...

1 CORINTHIANS 8:1-13 NOW  AS TOUCHING THINGS  OFFERED UNTO IDOLS,   WE KNOW   THAT WE ALL  HAVE KNOWLEDGE.  KNOWLEDGE  PUFFETH UP,   BUT  CHARITY EDIFIETH.   AND   IF ANY MAN THINK  THAT HE KNOWETH  ANY THING,  HE KNOWETH NOTHING  YET AS HE OUGHT  TO KNOW.   BUT IF  ANY MAN  LOVE GOD,   THE SAME IS  KNOWN OF HIM.  AS CONCERNING  THEREFORE THE EATING  OF THOSE THINGS  THAT ARE  OFFERED IN SACRIFICE  UNTO IDOLS,  WE KNOW THAT  AN IDOL IS NOTHING  IN THE WORLD,  AND  THAT THERE IS  NONE OTHER  GOD BUT ONE.   FOR THOUGH THERE  BE THAT ARE CALLED  gods,  WHETHER  IN HEAVEN OR IN EARTH,   (AS THERE BE  gods  MANY, AND  lords  MANY,)  BUT   TO US  THERE IS ONE GOD,...

ISAIAH 43:4-15 SINCE THOU WAST  PRECIOUS IN MY SIGHT, THOU HAST  BEEN HONOURABLE, AND  I HAVE LOVED THEE:   THEREFORE WILL  I GIVE MEN FOR THEE,  AND  PEOPLE FOR THY LIFE.   FEAR NOT:  FOR I AM WITH THEE: I WILL BRING THY SEED   FROM  THE EAST,   AND  GATHER THEE   FROM  THE WEST;  I WILL SAY TO  THE NORTH,  GIVE UP;   AND TO THE SOUTH,   KEEP NOT BACK:  BRING MY SONS FROM AFAR,  AND  MY DAUGHTERS  FROM THE  ENDS OF THE EARTH;    EVEN EVERY ONE  THAT IS CALLED  BY MY NAME:  FOR  I HAVE CREATED HIM  FOR MY GLORY,  I HAVE FORMED HIM;  YEAH,  I HAVE MADE HIM.  BRING FORTH THE BLIND  PEOPLE THAT HAVE EYES,  AND  THE DEAF THAT HAVE EARS.   LET ALL THE NATIONS  BE GATHERED TOGETHER,   AND   LET THE PEOPLE  BE ASSEMBLED: ...