COMMENTARY

Lesson 1: Deuteronomy 34:1-12 (C)
The Lord buried Moses. At age 120 Moses' life comes to an end. For forty years he led God's people from Egypt to the Promised Land which he was permitted to see but not enter. In all of history he probably was the only human buried by the Lord. His greatest accomplishment was his face-to-face experience with God.

Lesson 1: Exodus 33:20-26 (RC); Exodus 22:21-27 (E)
The first and great commandment.

Lesson 2: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 (C, E)
In spite of opposition, Paul had the courage to preach the gospel to the Thessalonian church. Paul tells why his visit to the church at Thessalonica was not in vain. In Philippi he suffered much by having been whipped, put in stocks, and imprisoned. With courage he preached to the Thessalonians in spite of inten…