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Saturday
First Lesson
Genesis 35:1-7, 16-20
1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell
there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee
when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
2 Then
Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him,
Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and
change your garments:
3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there
an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress,
and was with me in the way which I went.
4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in
their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears;
and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities
that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the
sons of Jacob.
6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that
is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him.
7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el:
because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face
of his brother.
16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little
way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard
labour.
17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the
midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she
died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called
him Benjamin.
19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which
is Beth-lehem.
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar
of Rachel's grave unto this day.
1st Lesson Questions -
What strange gods does man now serve? (V. 2) Which ones are in the midst of the American people? Which are close to me in my life? What am I doing about it? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
1 Corinthians 9:1-14
1 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ
our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
2 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you:
for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
4 Have we not power to eat and to drink?
5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as
other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth
a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth
a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same
also?
9 For
it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the
mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care
for oxen?
10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no
doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope;
and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his
hope.
11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing
if we shall reap your carnal things?
12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we
rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer
all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things
live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the
altar are partakers with the altar?
14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the
gospel should live of the gospel.
2nd Lesson Questions -
1 Corinthians 9:1-14 Where, in the Old Testament, is the directive contained in verse 9? (Use an annotated Bible.) RESOLVE.