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Thursday
First Lesson
Genesis 29:1-13, 18-20
1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the
people of the east.
2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there
were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well
they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's
mouth.
3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the
stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the
stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they
said, Of Haran are we.
5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And
they said, We know him.
6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well:
and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that
the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and
go and feed them.
8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered
together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth;
then we water the sheep.
9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's
sheep: for she kept them.
10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of
Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's
brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the
well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and
that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.
13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob
his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him,
and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban
all these things.
18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven
years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than
that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto
him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
1st Lesson Questions -
Will Jacob be given Rachel? Could a man marry his mother's brother's daughter today? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
1 Corinthians 7:1-17
1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good
for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Nevertheless,
to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let
every woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise
also the wife unto the husband.
4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and
likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but
the wife.
5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for
a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and
come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man
hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another
after that.
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for
them if they abide even as I.
9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better
to marry than to burn.
10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let
not the wife depart from her husband:
11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled
to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath
a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him,
let him not put her away.
13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and
if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
14 For
the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving
wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean;
but now are they holy.
15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or
a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called
us to peace.
16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy
husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save
thy wife?
17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath
called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
2nd Lesson Questions -
What is fornication? (V. 2). What AM I doing this Lent, which is extraordinary, spiritually speaking? Do I believer verse 14? RESOLVE.