Lessons                                                                       Bread of Life                                                         12 October 2024

Amos 5:6–7, 10–15

₆Seek the Lord and live,

         lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,

         and it devour, with none to quench it for Bethel,

₇O you who turn justice to wormwood

         and cast down righteousness to the earth! . . .

₁₀They hate him who reproves in the gate,

         and they abhor him who speaks the truth.

₁₁Therefore because you trample on the poor

         and you exact taxes of grain from him,

you have built houses of hewn stone,

         but you shall not dwell in them;

you have planted pleasant vineyards,

         but you shall not drink their wine.

₁₂For I know how many are your transgressions

         and how great are your sins—

you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe,

         and turn aside the needy in the gate.

₁₃Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time,

         for it is an evil time.

₁₄Seek good, and not evil,

         that you may live;

and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you,

         as you have said.

₁₅Hate evil, and love good,

         and establish justice in the gate;

it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,

         will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Psalm 90:12–17

₁₂So teach us to number | our days*

         that we may get a heart of | wisdom.

₁₃Return, O Lord! | How long?*

         Have pity on your | servants!

₁₄Satisfy us in the morning with your | steadfast love,*

         that we may rejoice and be glad | all our days.

₁₅Make us glad for as many days as you have af- | flicted us,*

         and for as many years as we have seen | evil.

₁₆Let your work be shown to your | servants,*

         and your glorious power to their | children.

₁₇Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,

         and establish the work of our hands up- | on us;*

         yes, establish the work | of our hands!

Hebrews 3:12–19

₁₂Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. ₁₃But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. ₁₄For we share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. ₁₅As it is said,

"Today, if you hear his voice,

do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

₁₆For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses? ₁₇And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? ₁₈And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient? ₁₉So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.

Mark 10:17–22

         ₁₇As [Jesus] was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" ₁₈And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. ₁₉You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'" ₂₀And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth." ₂₁And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." ₂₂Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.