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Quinquagesima Sunday
First Lesson
Wisdom 7:7-14
7 Wherefore I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called
upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
8 I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, and esteemed riches
nothing in comparison of her.
9 Neither compared I unto her any precious stone, because all
gold in respect of her is as a little sand, and silver shall
be counted as clay before her.
10 I loved
her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of
light: for the light that cometh from her never goeth out.
11 All good things together came to me with her, and innumerable
riches in her hands.
12 And I rejoiced in them all, because wisdom goeth before them:
and I knew not that she was the mother of them.
13 I learned diligently, and do communicate her liberally: I
do not hide her riches.
14 For
she is a treasure unto men that never faileth: which they that
use become the friends of God, being commended for the gifts
that come from learning.
1st Lesson Questions -
Within the context of my prayer time, how often do I ask God for wisdom? Do I love godly wisdom above health and beauty? (Vs. 10) RESOLVE.
The Second
Lesson
John 15:1-17
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and
every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring
forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto
you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit
of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except
ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me,
and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without
me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and
is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire,
and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask
what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so
shall ye be my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue
ye in my love.
10 If
ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I
have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain
in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have
loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his
life for his friends.
14 Ye
are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth
not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all
things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto
you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained
you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit
should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in
my name, he may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
2nd Lesson Questions -
How has my fruit been this past week - bountiful or a bit rotten? Why? Am I attached to the true vine? Where? Am I abiding in the love of Christ? (V. 10) Which commandments am I ignoring? Using the definition in verse 14, am I a friend of Christ Jesus? RESOLVE.