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Thursday
The First
Lesson
Zechariah 7:8-14
8 And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
9 Thus
speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and
show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger,
nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother
in your heart.
11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder,
and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they
should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath
sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great
wrath from the LORD of hosts.
13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would
not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD
of hosts:
14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations
whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that
no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant
land desolate.
1st Lesson Questions -
Zechariah 7:8-14. How am I doing in regard to verses 9-10? RESOLVE.
The Second
Lesson
Acts 10:1-23
1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion
of the band called the Italian band,
2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which
gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.
3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day
an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is
it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are
come up for a memorial before God.
5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname
is Peter:
6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea
side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed,
he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier
of them that waited on him continually;
8 And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent
them to Joppa.
9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh
unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about
the sixth hour:
10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while
they made ready, he fell into a trance,
11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto
him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and
let down to the earth:
12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth,
and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing
that is common or unclean.
15 And
the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath
cleansed, that call not thou common.
16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again
into heaven.
17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which
he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from
Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before
the gate,
18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter,
were lodged there.
19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him,
Behold, three men seek thee.
20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting
nothing: for I have sent them.
21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from
Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the
cause wherefore ye are come?
22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one
that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of
the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee
into his house, and to hear words of thee.
23 Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow
Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied
him.
2nd Lesson Questions -
Acts 10:1-23. Have I ever called common what God has cleansed? (V. 15) Why? RESOLVE.