The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-07-14
GODS GREAT PROMISE.
LESSON III, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES. JULY IS.

XIII, 2O-ComfneDtary DJ Rev. cs NJ.
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Moses is now for the sixth time in the
mount with God After the Levites had
slain about three thousand because of
the sin concerning the golden calf Moses
said; I'VE have sinned a great sin, and
now / win 90 up unto the Lord Per-
adventure | shall make an atonement for
your sin" Ok. xxi, S0l How glorious
to see Jesus Christ, the prophet like unto
Moses, ascending up to Cod having made
atorenen. for the sins OF the whole world
q John Ii. p, q sufficient atonement for all,
but efficient Only for those who truly receive
Him In verse II il is written, 1.-The Lord
spake unto Moses face to face as man speak
eth unto his friend, " not that Moses saw God,
for mo man hath seen God at any time"
John i, 49,, and verse 20 of our lesson today,
"There shall no man see Me and i've" but
the intercourse of Noses with God was as
man with lis friend. Since Jesus has died
and risen again. and is ct the Fathers right
hand for US who believe in Him. our inter
course with God through Christ ought surely
to be as with friend; but how few seem to
know Him thus intimately; even His own re-
deemed seem more interested IL decking these
mortal bodies and In becoming intimate with
sinners like themselvea
II Bring up this people" When God
sent Moses unto Pharaoh, and Moses said
''Who am that should go unto Pharaoh.
and that | should bring forth the children Of
Israel out of Egyptp God said unto him,
Certainly | will be with thee' QEx. Iii,
l0-l2; but because of their sin God had now
said that He could not go up in the midst of
them, lest He consume them ". 3, and it is for
this reason that Moses now pleads for a guide
and a deliverer He pleads what God hes said:
Il know thee by name, and thou hast also
found grace in my sight" This is safe plead
ing, and sure of success. La Isa- xii 6
marginal reading1, we are called 1.-THE Lords
remembrances," and are urged to plead His
promises; and again, In Isa xiii, g. He
says: put me in remembrance; let us plead
together" The promises of God are bank
checks which we are TO indcrse and present
for payment, sure that they will DO honored.
for ''all the promises of God in Jesus Christ
are yea, and In Him Amen, unto the glory of
God by u.s." III Cor /, 20)
Is. 'Shew me now thy way, that may
know thee" 1t seems strange to hear enc
with whom God spoke face to face, praying
to know Him; it see;n~ strange to hear Paul
praying that l may know Him phil iii, 10);
but there is more in knowing God" than
appears ct first sight, and it is only those who
know Him best, as we think, who feel in their
hearts that they know Him so little Jesus
said: This is life eternal, to know thee,
the only true God, and Jesus Christ
whom thou hast sent. - John xvii, b.
Not to know about Him, but to know
Him personally, intimately as our own
enc
Saviour and Brother.
Il My presence shall go with thee, and
will give thee rest" THE angel of His
presence saved them; in His love and in His
pity He redeemed them" lisa. xiii, o. am
fully persuaded that il the promise contained
in our Golden Text for today was moro
fully understood and appreciated. be-
levers would be filed with power to
serve Christ and would prove true fellow
laborers with God His presence means full
ness of joy and perfect peace and rest
Why, then, have we not this power and Joy
and rest2 Simply because Israeis sin Is our
sin; they tempted God, they spako against
God, they believed not In God, and trusted
not In lis salvation" Ps. lxxviii, IS, 10,
22J
Is 81 and thy people" Twice In this
verse NO have this expression showing how
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Son of God identified Himself with rs by be-
coming man, par.&ker of flesh and blood,
and in all points telnp3g.6 Ike as we ere, cell
ing US His brethren. QIeb. ii, 1919
II. 'Thon hast found grace In my sight,
and know thee by narne." This Is the fifth
time IN this lesson for the first part OF this
sentence, and the second time for the last
part The name, in Scripture seems to in
dictate character, what The person is, and
that implies conduct, or what the person
does. The nan1o Of the Lord in xxxiv,
6, 7, confirms this view; also Gsa. xxi,
81, %, where Jacob tsuPplenterl becomes
Israel Ia prince of Cod, and many other
passages might be referred to
-. Gracious to whom l VIII be Gracio1sn
'He dooth according to His will in the army
of heaven, and among tie inhabitants Of the
earth, and none can stay Els hand or say
unto Him, What doest thou| Dan iv, So
II IS not for the clay to find fault With the
potter; bat oh, how we should rejoice that
He is not willing that any should perish
Ql Pet iii, o., and has said: Him that
couleth unto he VIII IN no wise cast out"
John Vi, 81 "Whosoever viii, let him take
the water Of lif5 freely" iRev. xxi, ~
know of nothing to prevent any one receiv-
ing His grace now and His glory by and by
%. Thou canst not see Ny face; for there
shall 10 man see Ne and live:" Dwelling
In light unapproachabla, whom no man hath
seen or can see." Il Tim. vi, 1G, r. W
blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall
see God" They saw God and did eat and
drink" CIatt. V, 8; Ex. xiv, IL There
Gre sorne apparent contradictions in the book,
but no real ones; Some things hard to be IN
derstood, which many vrest TO their own
destruction. There is milk for babes and
meat fer those of full eye, and abundance Of
light for ell Now We SEQ IN a mirror.
darkly; but then face to face; now know
in part; but then Shall know fully, even as
also have been known fully Let US yield
our bodies q living Cor. xii, i2, Z. W
sacrifice, not conforLned to this world. seDa-
rated unto Christ and His service, having
clean hands and puro heart and an eye to
His glory in everything; thus shall our ui1o,e
bodies be full of light and soon shall wo SEQ
Jesus.
81 Thou shalt stand upon tho rock" q.
VI ''He set my feet upon the rock and es-
tablished my going" Gs Il, 81 ''Tbe Lord
is my rock" (P2 xviii, 12J ''-That rock was
Christ" q Cor. Z, ~ II we ere doors Of
tho word we are building on the rock, but If
we ere only hearers we ere building On the
Stl--I eSi Si-N--4 surely PERISH tALaSI vi, IL
~. We cannot help others out of the rlire
unless our own feet are firmly planted on tho
rock; and if the miro is still on our feet,
while we may not fall off we arc apt to slip
%. "In cleft Of the rock" The name
Rock of Ages" is found in the marginal
reading of Isaiah XVI, j. To see the rock,
or know Of it, is not sufficient; we must stand
on II, relying wholly upon the merits OF the
Lord Jesus Christ. Then we are taught that
we are also ''in Christ" chosen, accepted.
blessed with all spiritual blessings in Him.
Eph. i, 800 Preserved in Jesus Christ"
Jude IL