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Friday
First Lesson
Isaiah 31
1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses,
and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen,
because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy
One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call
back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers,
and against the help of them that work iniquity.
3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh,
and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both
he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall
down, and they all shall fail together.
4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and
the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds
is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice,
nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of
hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem;
defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve
it.
6 Turn
ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver,
and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you
for a sin.
8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty
man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but
he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his
princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose
fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
1st Lesson Questions:
Isaiah 31. How am I like the children of Israel mentioned in V. 6? That is, how have I revolted against God? Why? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning
them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which
have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so
them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we
which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall
not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and
the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so
shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
2nd Lesson Questions:
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Do I believe this? Do I live my life as if I believe it? RESOLVE.