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Monday
First Lesson
Proverbs: 1:7-19
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools
despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not
the law of thy mother:
9 For
they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains
about thy neck.
10 My
son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let
us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those
that go down into the pit:
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses
with spoil:
14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15 My
son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from
their path:
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for
their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which
taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
1st Lesson Questions:
Proverbs 1:7-19. Are my parents instructions an ornament of grace (V. 9) around my neck? What sinners have attempted to entice me this past week? (V. 10) Do I walk in the way with them? (V. 15) Why? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
Ephesians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the
saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the
Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places
in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation
of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before
him in love:
5 Having
predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ
to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made
us accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness
of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according
to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might
gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in
heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated
according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after
the counsel of his own will:
12 That
we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in
Christ.
13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth,
the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed,
ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption
of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord
Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in
my prayers;
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the
knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye
may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches
of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward
who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead,
and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion,
and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also
in that which is to come:
22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be
the head over all things to the church,
23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in
all.
2nd Lesson Questions:
Ephesians 1. What is it to be predestinated (V. 5) by God? Am I? What for? How am I, in my life, the praise of Gods glory? (V. 12) What do I need to do in order to be more fully the praise of His glory? RESOLVE.