Lessons Bread of Life 2 March 2024
Exodus 20:1–17
1And God spoke all these words, saying,
2"I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
3"You shall have no other gods before me.
4"You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
8"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
12"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
13"You shall not murder.
14"You shall not commit adultery.
15"You shall not steal.
16"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17"You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."
Psalm 19
1The heavens declare the glo- | ry of God,*
and the sky above proclaims his | handiwork.
2Day to day | pours out speech,*
and night to night reveals | knowledge.
3There is no speech, nor | are there words,*
whose voice | is not heard.
4Their measuring line goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end | of the world.*
In them he has set a tent | for the sun,
5which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his | chamber,*
and, like a strong man, runs its | course with joy.
6Its rising is from the end of the heavens,
and its circuit to the | end of them,*
and there is nothing hidden | from its heat.
7The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviv- | ing the soul;*
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the | simple;
the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing | the heart;*
the commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening | the eyes;
9the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring for- | ever;*
the just decrees of the Lord are true,
and righteous alto- | gether.
10More to be desired are they than gold,
even | much fine gold;*
sweeter also than honey
and drippings of the | honeycomb.
11Moreover, by them is your | servant warned;*
in keeping them there is | great reward.
12Who can dis- | cern his errors?*
Declare me innocent from | hidden faults.
13Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion | over me!*
Then I shall be blameless,
and innocent of great trans- | gression.
14Let the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable | in your sight,*
O Lord, my rock and my re- | deemer.
1 Corinthians 1:18–31
18The word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written,
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart."
20Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. 22For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. 30He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption. 31Therefore, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."
John 2:13–22
13The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade." 17His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."
18So the Jews said to him, "What sign do you show us for doing these things?" 19Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." 20The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?" 21But he was speaking about the temple of his body. 22When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.