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Ember Wednesday
First Lesson
Wisdom 9:9-11, 17-18
9 And wisdom was with thee: which knoweth thy works, and was
present when thou madest the world, and knew what was acceptable
in thy sight, and right in thy commandments.
10 O send her out of thy holy heavens, and from the throne of
thy glory, that being present she may labour with me, that I
may know what is pleasing unto thee.
11 For she knoweth and understandeth all things, and she shall
lead me soberly in my doings, and preserve me in her Dower.
17 And
thy counsel who hath known, except thou give wisdom, and send
thy Holy Spirit from above?
18 For so the ways of them which lived on the earth were reformed,
and men were taught the things that are pleasing unto thee, and
were saved through wisdom.
1st Lesson Questions -
Was I reformed and saved by wisdom today? (V. 17, 18) RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
Acts 5:12-28
12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders
wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord
in Solomon's porch.
13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the
people magnified them.
14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes
both of men and women.)
15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets,
and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow
of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
16 There came also a multitude out of the cities round about
unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed
with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with
him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with
indignation,
18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the
common prison.
19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors,
and brought them forth, and said,
20 Go,
stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of
this life.
21 And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early
in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they
that were with him, and called the council together, and all
the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison
to have them brought.
22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison,
they returned, and told,
23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and
the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had
opened, we found no man within.
24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and
the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto
this would grow.
25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom
ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the
people.
26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them
without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should
have been stoned.
27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council:
and the high priest asked them,
28 Saying,
Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this
name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine,
and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
2nd Lesson Questions -
Would I have done what the angel said to do, had he been speaking to me in verse 20? If I were Peter, how would I have felt as the high priest spoke? (V. 28) RESOLVE.