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Friday
First Lesson
Jeremiah 6:1-8
1 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of
the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set
up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of
the north, and great destruction.
2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate
woman.
3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall
pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every
one in his place.
4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon.
Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening
are stretched out.
5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
6 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and
cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited;
she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
7 As
a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness:
violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is
grief and wounds.
8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee;
lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
1st Lesson Questions -
If I were to reflect upon and ponder my spiritual trek in this life a bit more than I do, would it be easier for me to know when a war is coming close to me? Would I cast out my wickedness a bit better than I do now? (V. 7) If so, why don't I ponder Christ more than I do? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
John 11:28-44
28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary
her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth
for thee.
29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto
him.
30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that
place where Martha met him.
31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted
her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out,
followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she
fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been
here, my brother had not died.
33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping
which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord,
come and see.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then
said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the
eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not
have died?
38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave.
It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus
said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that
was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for
he hath been dead four days.
40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou
wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead
was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank
thee that thou hast heard me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the
people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou
hast sent me.
43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus,
come forth.
44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with
graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus
saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
2nd Lesson Questions -
Why did Jesus weep? Was it because of what is said in verse 36 or because of their unbelief? What part of my spiritual life is all but dead so long that it, too, like Lazarus, stinketh? (V. 39) RESOLVE.