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Friday
The First
Lesson
Ecclesiasticus 16:17-30
17
Say not thou, I will hide myself from the Lord: shall any remember
me from above? I shall not be remembered among so many people:
for what is my soul among such an infinite number of creatures?
18 Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, the deep, and
the earth, and all that therein is, shall be moved when he shall
visit.
19 The mountains also and foundations of the earth be shaken
with trembling, when the Lord looketh upon them.
20 No heart can think upon these things worthily: and who is
able to conceive his ways?
21 It is a tempest which no man can see: for the most part of
his works are hid.
22 Who can declare the works of his justice? or who can endure
them? for his covenant is afar off, and the trial of all things
is in the end.
23 He that wanteth understanding will think upon vain things:
and a foolish man erring imagineth follies.
24 My son, hearken unto me, and learn knowledge, and mark my
words with thy heart.
25 I will shew forth doctrine in weight, and declare his knowledge
exactly.
26 The works of the Lord are done in judgment from the beginning:
and from the time he made them he disposed the parts thereof.
27 He garnished his works for ever, and in his hand are the chief
of them unto all generations: they neither labour, nor are weary,
nor cease from their works.
28 None of them hindereth another, and they shall never disobey
his word.
29 After this the Lord looked upon the earth, and filled it with
his blessings.
30 With all manner of living things hath he covered the face
thereof; and they shall return into it again.
1st Lesson Questions -
Do I think I can hide from God? (V. 17) RESOLVE.
The Second
Lesson
Matthew 4:1-11
1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to
be tempted of the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was
afterward an hungered.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son
of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live
by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the
mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth
him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself
down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning
thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any
time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt
the Lord thy God.
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain,
and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory
of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou
wilt fall down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is
written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt
thou serve.
11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered
unto him.
2nd Lesson Questions -
Jesus knew precisely what the devil was up to, with each of these temptations - the first (V. 3), the second (V. 6) and the third (V. 9) What stops me from being as insightful about Old Scratch? RESOLVE.