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Sunday
First Lesson
Isaiah 56:1-8
1
Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my
salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that
layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it,
and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself
to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me
from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry
tree.
4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths,
and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls
a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will
give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the
LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his
servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it,
and taketh hold of my covenant;
7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful
in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called
an house of prayer for all people.
8 The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith,
Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered
unto him.
1st Lesson Questions:
Isaiah 56:1-8. How am I doing, in reference to keeping judgment and doing justice? (Verse 1). How can I do better? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
John 2:13-25
13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and
doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them
all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured
out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence;
make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal
of thine house hath eaten me up.
18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign showest
thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and
in three days I will raise it up.
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in
building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered
that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture,
and the word which Jesus had said.
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast
day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which
he did.
24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew
all men,
25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew
what was in man.
2nd Lesson Questions:
John 2:13-25. What would I have thought, had I been in the temple that day? Does God's house of prayer and worship need to be cleansed by Christ today, too? Of what? RESOLVE.