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Thursday
First Lesson
Jeremiah 5:20-31
20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah,
saying,
21 Hear
now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which
have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my
presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea
by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the
waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though
they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they
are revolted and gone.
24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD
our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in
his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25 Your
iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have
withholden good things from you.
26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as
he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit:
therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds
of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless,
yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall
not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by
their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will
ye do in the end thereof?
1st Lesson Questions -
Am I using my eyes to see and ears to hear, or am I one of the foolish people? (V. 21) What good things have my sins withholden from me? (V. 25) RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
John 11:17-27
17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave
four days already.
18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs
off:
19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them
concerning their brother.
20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went
and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here,
my brother had not died.
22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God,
God will give it thee.
23 Jesus
saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in
the resurrection at the last day.
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:
he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
Believest thou this?
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the
Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
2nd Lesson Questions -
Did Martha understand what Jesus said to her? (V. 23, 25-26) Do I? RESOLVE.