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Monday
The First
Lesson
1 Samuel 8:4-22
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together,
and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk
not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the
nations.
6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a
king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the
people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected
thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over
them.
8 According to all the works which they have done since the day
that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith
they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also
unto thee.
9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest
solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that
shall reign over them.
10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people
that asked of him a king.
11 And
he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign
over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself,
for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run
before his chariots.
12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains
over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap
his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments
of his chariots.
13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and
to be cooks, and to be bakers.
14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your
oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards,
and give to his officers, and to his servants.
16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants,
and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to
his work.
17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his
servants.
18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which
ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that
day.
19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel;
and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king
may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed
them in the ears of the LORD.
22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and
make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go
ye every man unto his city.
1st Lesson Questions -
Why did the people want a king? After hearing all the stuff that would accompany having a king (Vs. 11-18), the people still wanted one. What's that say about mankind? RESOLVE.
The Second
Lesson
Luke 13:1-9
1 There were present at that season some that told him of the
Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans
were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered
such things?
3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise
perish.
4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and
slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that
dwelt in Jerusalem?
5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise
perish.
6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted
in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found
none.
7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these
three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none:
cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year
also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou
shalt cut it down.
2nd Lesson Questions -
What fruit have I borne in the last year? RESOLVE.