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Friday
First Lesson
Ezekiel 39:21-29
21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen
shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that
I have laid upon them.
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their
God from that day and forward.
23 And
the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity
for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore
hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their
enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions
have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again
the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of
Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses
whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely
in their land, and none made them afraid.
27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered
them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in
the sight of many nations;
28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused
them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered
them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more
there.
29 Neither
will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out
my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
1st Lesson Questions:
Ezekiel 39:21-29. Has God hid His face from me? Why? (V. 23) Is God still hiding His face from His people? (V. 29) RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
John 7:25-36
25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom
they seek to kill?
26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him.
Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh,
no man knoweth whence he is.
28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both
know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself,
but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him,
because his hour was not yet come.
31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ
cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath
done?
32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning
him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to
take him.
33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you,
and then I go unto him that sent me.
34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither
ye cannot come.
35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that
we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the
Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
36 What
manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and
shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
2nd Lesson Questions:
John 7:25-36. When would V. 36 come to fruition? RESOLVE.