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Friday
The First
Lesson
2 Samuel 15:30-16:4
30 And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept
as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot:
and all the people that was with him covered every man his head,
and they went up, weeping as they went up.
31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators
with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel
of Ahithophel into foolishness.
32 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of
the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite
came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou
shalt be a burden unto me:
34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will
be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto,
so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat
the counsel of Ahithophel.
35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests?
therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear
out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar
the priests.
36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz
Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall
send unto me every thing that ye can hear.
37 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came
into Jerusalem.
1 And
when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba
the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled,
and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches
of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of
wine.
2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And
Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on;
and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and
the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
3 And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba
said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said,
Today shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my
father.
4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained
unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that
I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.
1st Lesson Questions -
Who was Mephibosheth? (V.1) RESOLVE.
The Second
Lesson
2 Corinthians 5:1-10
1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were
dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon
with our house which is from heaven:
3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
4 For
we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not
for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality
might be swallowed up of life.
5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God,
who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
6 Therefore
we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home
in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from
the body, and to be present with the Lord.
9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may
be accepted of him.
10 For
we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every
one may receive the things done in his body, according to that
he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
2nd Lesson Questions -
Does verse 4 describe me? Do I always remember that while I am at home in the body I am absent from the Lord? (V. 6) Is it easy to forget? Am I ready for the event described in verse 10? What do I need to do today, in order to be ready? RESOLVE.