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Thursday
First Lesson
Isaiah 24:1-6,10-16a
1
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste,
and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants
thereof.
2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as
with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with
her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with
the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury,
so with the giver of usury to him.
3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for
the LORD hath spoken this word.
4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and
fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because
they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken
the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that
dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the
earth are burned, and few men left.
10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut
up, that no man may come in.
11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened,
the mirth of the land is gone.
12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with
destruction.
13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people,
there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning
grapes when the vintage is done.
14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty
of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name
of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs,
even glory to the righteous.
1st Lesson Questions:
Isaiah 24:1-6, 10-16a. Has V. 1 been done yet? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
1 Thessalonians 4:1-12
1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by
the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to
walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3 For
this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should
abstain from fornication:
4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel
in sanctification and honour;
5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which
know not God:
6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter:
because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also
have forewarned you and testified.
7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who
hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto
you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all
Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more
and more;
11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business,
and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and
that ye may have lack of nothing.
2nd Lesson Questions:
1 Thessalonians 4:1-12. What is fornication? (V. 3) How does this passage square with the sexual morality of the country in which I live? RESOLVE.