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Thursday
The First
Lesson
Genesis 19:1-3,12-17,24-28
1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in
the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them;
and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into
your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet,
and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said,
Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him,
and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did
bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law,
and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in
the city, bring them out of this place:
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is
waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent
us to destroy it.
14 And
Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his
daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD
will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto
his sons in law.
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot,
saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are
here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and
upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters;
the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth,
and set him without the city.
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad,
that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither
stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou
be consumed.
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone
and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all
the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a
pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where
he stood before the LORD:
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the
land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country
went up as the smoke of a furnace.
1st Lesson Questions -
Lot's sons-in-law thought he was jesting. (V. 14) Do people think I am jesting, in matters of faith? Why? Is there a parallel between life today and life in the days of Sodom? RESOLVE.
The Second
Lesson
1 Corinthians 1:1-17
1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will
of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are
sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that
in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both
theirs and ours:
3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from
the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God
which is given you by Jesus Christ;
5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance,
and in all knowledge;
6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ:
8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless
in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship
of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no
divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together
in the same mind and in the same judgment.
11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by
them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions
among you.
12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul;
and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye
baptized in the name of Paul?
14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I
know not whether I baptized any other.
17 For
Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not
with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made
of none effect.
2nd Lesson Questions -
1 Corinthians 1:1-17. Why did Paul say that the cross of Christ would be emptied of its power through his preaching the gospel via the wisdom of words? (V. 17) RESOLVE.