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Friday
First Lesson
Ezekiel 18:1-4,19-23
1 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land
of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the
children's teeth are set on edge?
3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any
more to use this proverb in Israel.
4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also
the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall
die.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the
father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right,
and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely
live.
20 The
soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity
of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of
the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him,
and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath
committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful
and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall
not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath
done he shall live.
23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith
the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and
live?
1st Lesson Questions:
Ezekiel 18:1-4,19-23. Do I believe verse 20? How does - and has - that play out in my life? RESOLVE.
Second
Lesson
John 4:27-42
27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked
with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest
thou with her?
28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the
city, and saith to the men,
29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did:
is not this the Christ?
30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master,
eat.
32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not
of.
33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man
brought him ought to eat?
34 Jesus
saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me,
and to finish his work.
35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest?
behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields;
for they are white already to harvest.
36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto
life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may
rejoice together.
37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other
men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for
the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that
ever I did.
40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him
that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
41 And many more believed because of his own word;
42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy
saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is
indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
2nd Lesson Questions:
John 4:27-42. Just as He did with this woman, Jesus knows all about me, too. Do I remember that on a daily basis? What kind of meat do I eat in life? (V. 34) Is my calling to have the same kind of meat as Jesus? RESOLVE.