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Wednesday
First Lesson
Jeremiah 15:1-9
1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before
me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out
of my sight, and let them go forth.
2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall
we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD;
Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword,
to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine;
and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the
sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven,
and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the
earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah,
for that which he did in Jerusalem.
5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall
bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?
6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward:
therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy
thee; I am weary with repenting.
7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I
will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since
they return not from their ways.
8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas:
I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men
a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly,
and terrors upon the city.
9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the
ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been
ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver
to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
1st Lesson Questions -
Will I be held accountable for my life actions and non-actions? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
Mark 12:38-44
38
And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes,
which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the
marketplaces,
39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms
at feasts:
40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long
prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
41 And
Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people
cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in
much.
42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two
mites, which make a farthing.
43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them,
Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in,
than all they which have cast into the treasury:
44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her
want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
2nd Lesson Questions -
Do I like salutations and long clothing? (V. 38) How freely do I give back to God? Am I more akin to the "many that were rich" or the widow? (V. 41) Why? RESOLVE.