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Tuesday
The First
Lesson
Judges 5:19-31
19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan
in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought
against Sisera.
21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the
river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings,
the pransings of their mighty ones.
23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly
the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of
the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite
be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter
in a lordly dish.
26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's
hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his
head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he
bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through
the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry
the wheels of his chariot?
29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to
herself,
30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every
man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey
of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework
on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
31 So
let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love
him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land
had rest forty years.
1st Lesson Questions -
Do God's enemies still perish, and are those who love Him treated as described in verse 31? Is our land having "rest forty years" now, also? (V. 31) RESOLVE.
The Second
Lesson
Luke 7:1-10
1 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the
people, he entered into Capernaum.
2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was
sick, and ready to die.
3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of
the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying,
That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from
the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him,
Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest
enter under my roof:
7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee:
but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers,
and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and
he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned
him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say
unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the
servant whole that had been sick.
2nd Lesson Questions -
Why was the centurion's faith so great? How does my faith stack up to his? RESOLVE.