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First Lesson
Exodus 34:1-10, 29-35
1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone
like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words
that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto
mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the
mount.
3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be
seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds
feed before that mount.
4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses
rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as
the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables
of stone.
5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there,
and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD,
The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant
in goodness and truth,
7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression
and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting
the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's
children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth,
and worshipped.
9 And
he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let
my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people;
and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
10 And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people
I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth,
nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall
see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will
do with thee.
29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai
with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came
down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his
face shone while he talked with him.
30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold,
the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh
him.
31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of
the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he
gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him
in mount Sinai.
33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil
on his face.
34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him,
he took the veil off, until he came out. And he came out, and
spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the
skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the veil upon his face
again, until he went in to speak with him.
1st Lesson Questions -
What is it to be a stiff-necked people? (V. 9) Are there any within the Church today? How's my neck today? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
Hebrews 11:17-31
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and
he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten
son,
18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the
dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to
come.
21 By faith Jacob, when he was a-dying, blessed both the sons
of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing
of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his
bones.
23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of
his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they
were not afraid of the king's commandment.
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called
the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God,
than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures
in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king:
for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of
blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which
the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed
about seven days.
31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed
not, when she had received the spies with peace.
2nd Lesson Questions -
What have I done by faith? What ought I have, but decided not to do? RESOLVE.