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First Lesson
Ezekiel 34:17-25, 30-31
17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold,
I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he
goats.
18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good
pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of
your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must
foul the residue with your feet?
19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with
your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your
feet.
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even
I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.
21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed
all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them
abroad;
22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be
a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.
23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed
them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall
be their shepherd.
24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince
among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
25 And
I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the
evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely
in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them,
and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith
the Lord GOD.
31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am
your God, saith the Lord GOD.
1st Lesson Questions -
Has the covenant of peace been made? (V. 25) What is it? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
2 Timothy 2:1-15
1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ
Jesus.
2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses,
the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach
others also.
3 Thou
therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of
this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a
soldier.
5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned,
except he strive lawfully.
6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the
fruits.
7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in
all things.
8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised
from the dead according to my gospel:
9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evildoer, even unto bonds;
but the word of God is not bound.
10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that
they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with
eternal glory.
11 It
is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also
live with him:
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him,
he also will deny us:
13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny
himself.
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before
the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to
the subverting of the hearers.
15 Study
to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not
to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2nd Lesson Questions -
Am I a good soldier of Jesus Christ? (V. 3) What "hardness" have I endured? What must I do in order to become a better one? Do I believe verses 11-13? Am I living my life as if I believe them? What do I need to do, in order to more fully respond to Gods call? How do I accomplish verse 15? What do I need to stop doing? What do I need to start doing? RESOLVE.