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Wednesday
First Lesson
Jeremiah 5:10-19
10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full
end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S.
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt
very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither
shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in
them: thus shall it be done unto them.
14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak
this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and
this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel,
saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation,
a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest
what they say.
16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty
men.
17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which
thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy
flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig
trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou
trustedst, with the sword.
18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make
a full end with you.
19 And
it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the
LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer
them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in
your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not
yours.
1st Lesson Questions -
Did the declaration of verse 19 come true? What strangers did the house of Israel and the house of Judah serve, in a land that was not theirs? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
John 11:1-16
1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the
town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and
wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold,
he whom thou lovest is sick.
4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death,
but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified
thereby.
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two
days still in the same place where he was.
7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea
again.
8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought
to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any
man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light
of this world.
10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there
is no light in him.
11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our
friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of
sleep.
12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he
had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the
intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
16 Then
said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples,
Let us also go, that we may die with him.
2nd Lesson Questions -
What did Thomas mean in verse 16? Is death part of belief? How so? What kind of death? Does man always have such a hard time understanding God? RESOLVE.