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Wednesday
First Lesson
Ezekiel 37:1-14
1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the
spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley
which was full of bones,
2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there
were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And
I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto
them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause
breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon
you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall
live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there
was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together,
bone to his bone.
8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon
them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath
in them.
9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son
of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from
the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that
they may live.
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into
them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding
great army.
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole
house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our
hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause
you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land
of Israel.
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your
graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall
place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD
have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.
1st Lesson Questions: RESOLVE.
Ezekiel 37:1-14. Can these bones live? How?
Second Lesson
John 7:1-13
1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not
walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go
into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou
doest.
4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he
himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things,
show thyself to the world.
5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.
6 Then
Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time
is alway ready.
7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify
of it, that the works thereof are evil.
8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast:
for my time is not yet full come.
9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto
the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is
he?
12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him:
for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth
the people.
13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
2nd Lesson Questions:
John 7:1-13. What was Jesus' time? (V. 6) RESOLVE.