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Tuesday
First Lesson
Genesis 1:20-2:3
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving
creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth
in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that
moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their
kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that
it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and
fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature
after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the
earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle
after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth
after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over
the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created
he him; male and female created he them.
28 And
God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,
and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over
the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every
living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing
seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree,
in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it
shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the
air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein
there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it
was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it
was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth
day.
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host
of them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made;
and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had
made.
3 And
God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that
in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
1st Lesson Questions -
When God was done creating, He saw that it was very good. Is it still so today? How is man doing, in his charge to be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth, and subdue it? (V. 28) Which of these charges are we most weak in doing? Do I refrain from all work on the seventh day? (V. 3) RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
Mark 6:14-29
14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:)
and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and
therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him.
15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is
a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I
beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John,
and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's
wife: for he had married her.
18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to
have thy brother's wife.
19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have
killed him; but she could not:
20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and
an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many
things, and heard him gladly.
21 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday
made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates
of Galilee;
22 And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced,
and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto
the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it
thee.
23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I
will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I
ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and
asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger
the head of John the Baptist.
26 And
the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for
their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded
his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
28 And
brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and
the damsel gave it to her mother.
29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up
his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
2nd Lesson Questions -
What was the damsel's name? (V. 28) How often have I seen men do things they shouldn't- for an oath's sake? (V. 26) Have I ever done so? RESOLVE.