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Wednesday
First Lesson
Genesis 2:4-9, 16-25
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when
they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth
and the heavens,
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and
every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had
not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man
to till the ground.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole
face of the ground.
7 And
the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living
soul.
8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there
he put the man whom he had formed.
9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree
that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of
life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge
of good and evil.
16 And
the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the
garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt
not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt
surely die.
18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should
be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the
field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam
to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every
living creature, that was the name thereof.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the
air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was
not found an help meet for him.
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and
he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh
instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he
a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of
my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out
of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and
shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not
ashamed.
1st Lesson Questions -
What is the theological meaning of V. 7? How does that relate to me? It seems that the instructions God gave man in Vs. 16-17 are easily understood. If that is the case, then why do we go against God's directives time and again, even though it disconnects us from all that is good, holy and eternal? When was the last time I did such a dumb thing, and knew it right away? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
Mark 6:30-44
30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus,
and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they
had taught.
31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert
place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going,
and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and
ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came
together unto him.
34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved
with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having
a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto
him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far
passed:
36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about,
and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have
nothing to eat.
37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they
say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread,
and give them to eat?
38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And
when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon
the green grass.
40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes,
he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and
gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes
divided he among them all.
42 And they did all eat, and were filled.
43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and
of the fishes.
44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand
men.
2nd Lesson Questions -
How is the Gospel like the loaves and fishes? The feeding was a miracle. Have I experienced a miracle in my faith and life? What? Is my life any different because of it? RESOLVE.