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Saturday
First Lesson
Jeremiah 10:1-13
1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house
of Israel:
2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and
be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed
at them.
3 For
the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out
of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the
axe.
4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with
nails and with hammers, that it move not.
5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must
needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them;
for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art
great, and thy name is great in might.
7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth
it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations,
and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
8 But
they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine
of vanities.
9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold
from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the
founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the
work of cunning men.
10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an
everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the
nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the
heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth,
and from under these heavens.
12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the
world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his
discretion.
13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters
in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the
ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth
forth the wind out of his treasures.
1st Lesson Questions -
Verses 3-5 describe the gods that people created during Jeremiah's time. What are today's idols like? What doctrine of vanities seems to be touted in our day? (V. 8) RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
Mark 12:13-17
13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the
Herodians, to catch him in his words.
14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know
that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest
not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth:
Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their
hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny,
that I may see it.
16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this
image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
17 And
Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that
are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they
marvelled at him.
2nd Lesson Questions -
Do I do "rendering" correctly in my life? (V. 17) RESOLVE.