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First Lesson
Genesis 6:5-8, 13-22
5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,
and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only
evil continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth,
and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from
the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping
thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have
made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before
me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and,
behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in
the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length
of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty
cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt
thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set
in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt
thou make it.
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the
earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from
under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt
come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy
sons' wives with thee.
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort
shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee;
they shall be male and female.
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind,
of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every
sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou
shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and
for them.
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so
did he.
1st Lesson Questions -
Throughout scripture God gives man innumerable chances for new beginnings. Have I received innumerable chances also? What was the last one He gave me? Did I take it? Who am I most like, Noah or his neighbours? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
Mark 7:14-23
14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto
them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
15 There
is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile
him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that
defile the man.
16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his
disciples asked him concerning the parable.
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also?
Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth
into the man, it cannot defile him;
19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly,
and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth
the man.
21 For
from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,
adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness,
an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
2nd Lesson Questions -
What came out of my life last week that defiled me? (V. 15) What's my status, regarding the things noted in Vs. 21-22? RESOLVE.