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Thursday
The First
Lesson
Daniel 3:1-7
1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height
was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he
set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes,
the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers,
the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces,
to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the
king had set up.
3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges,
the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers
of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication
of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they
stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people,
nations, and languages,
5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp,
sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall
down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king
hath set up:
6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour
be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound
of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds
of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell
down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the
king had set up.
1st Lesson Questions -
Daniel 3:1-7. In yesterday's lesson Nebuchadnezzar was in pretty good shape, but today we see that he "made an image of gold." (V. 1) What was his sin? Why did he commit it? Has a similar choice affected my life? How so? RESOLVE.
The Second
Lesson
Acts 21:27-36
27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which
were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all
the people, and laid hands on him,
28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth
all men every where against the people, and the law, and this
place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath
polluted this holy place.
29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an
Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and
they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith
the doors were shut.
31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the
chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down
unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers,
they left beating of Paul.
33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded
him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and
what he had done.
34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude:
and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded
him to be carried into the castle.
35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne
of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away
with him.
2nd Lesson Questions -
Are Christians still treated in this way today? Where? RESOLVE.