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9th Sunday After Trinity
The First
Lesson
Ezekiel 14:1-11
1 Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat
before me.
2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart,
and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face:
should I be inquired of at all by them?
4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the
Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his
idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity
before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer
him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;
5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because
they are all estranged from me through their idols.
6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away
your faces from all your abominations.
7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that
sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth
up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of
his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire
of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him
a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of
my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing,
I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out
my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people
Israel.
10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the
punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of
him that seeketh unto him;
11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither
be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that
they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord
GOD.
1st Lesson Questions -
God called Israel time and again to repentance. What is repentance? RESOLVE.
The 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 -
How am I doing in reference to brotherly love? (V.9) RESOLVE.