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First
Lesson
Genesis 1:1-19
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was
upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the
face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the
light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the
waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were
under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament:
and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the
morning were the second day.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together
unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together
of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding
seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose
seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed
after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in
itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the
heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for
signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven
to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the
day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars
also.
17 And
God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon
the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide
the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
1st Lesson Questions -
Why was the firmament of the heaven created? (V. 17) God created much in these four days. What have I done in the past four days, of which I could say that it was good? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
Mark 6:7-13
7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth
by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for their
journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their
purse:
9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into
an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.
11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye
depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony
against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable
for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that
city.
12 And
they went out, and preached that men should repent.
13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many
that were sick, and healed them.
2nd Lesson Questions -
Had I been one of the disciples, how would I have felt going on that trip? Is repentance still the message to be preached by the apostles? (V. 12) RESOLVE.