Lessons                                                                       Bread of Life                                                               13 June 2020

Exodus 19:2–8

₂They set out from Rephidim and came into the wilderness of Sinai, and they encamped in the wilderness. There Israel encamped before the mountain, ₃while Moses went up to God. The LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel: ₄You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. ₅Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; ₆and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

₇So Moses came and called the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him. ₈All the people answered together and said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do.” And Moses reported the words of the people to the LORD.

Romans 5:6–15

₆For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. ₇For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— ₈but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ₉Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. ₁₀For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. ₁₁More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

₁₂Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— ₁₃for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. ₁₄Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.

₁₅But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.

Matthew 9:35—10:8

₃₅And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. ₃₆When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. ₃₇Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; ₃₈therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

₁And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. ₂The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; ₃Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ₄Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

₅These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, ₆but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ₇And proclaim as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ ₈Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.