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GODS GREAT PROMISE.
LESSON III, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY is.

xiii, 2o-Commentary by Rev ID. NJ.
stearns.
CONDENSED from Lesson Helper Quarterly by
permission of II S Hoffman. Philadelphia pub
Usher.
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; aye have sinncd a great SIM and
now ] will go up unto the Lord. FER
adventure Shall make an atonement for
your SIM lex xxi, 3OO How glorious
to see Jesus Christ, the prophet like unto
Moses, ascending up to God, having made
atonement for the sins of the whole world
Il John ii, q, sufficient atonement for all,
but efficient only for those who tru y receive
Him. In verse IL it is written, 1.-THE Lord
spake unto Moses face to face as a man speak
eth unto his friend" not that Moses saw God,
for mo man hath seen God at any time"
John /, 49,, and verse 20 of our lesson today,
"There shall no man see Me and i've" but
the intercourse of Moses with God was
man with his friend Since Jesus has died
and risen again, and is at 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 in decking these
mortal bodies and in becoming intimate with
sinners like themselves
H. Bring up this neople." When God
sent Moses unto Pharaoh, and Moses said,
"Who am that should go unto Pharaoh,
md that should bring forth the children Of
Israel out of EgyptN God said unto him,
Certainly | will be with thee lex. iii,
lO-12 but because of their sin God had now
said that He could not go up in the midst of
them, lest He consume them " 81, and it is for
this reason that Moses now pleads for guide
and deliverer He pleads what God has said:
81 know thee by name, and thou hast also
found grace in my sight" This is safe plead
ing, and sure of success In lisa. xii, 6
marginal reading), we are called 1.-THE Lords
remembrances,' and are urged to plead His
promises; and again, in lsa. xiii, 26, He
says: Put me in remembrance, letus plead
together" The promises of God are bank
checks which we are to indorse and present
for payment, sure that they will be honored
for 'all the promises of God In Jesus Christ
are yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of
God by us" III Cor. i, 2O)
49, "Shew me now thy way, that may
know thee" 1t seems strange to hear one
with whom God spoke face to face. praying
to know Him; it seems strange to hear Paul
praying that | may know lin Phil. iii, 10) :
but there is more in knowing God" than
appears at 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, 81
Not to know about Him, but to know
Him personally, intimately. as our own
God and Father, and Jesus as our own
Saviour and Brother.
IA. MY presence shall go with thee, and l
will give thee rest" THE angel of His
presence saved them; IN His love and in His
pity He redeemed them" Qsa xiii, o. am
fully persuaded that if the promise contained
in our Golden Text for today was more
fully understood and appreciated, be
levers would he filled 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, Rave we not this power and Joy
and rest Simply cause lsraeI's sin is our
sin; "thcy tempted God, they spake against
God, they believed not III God. and trusted
not in His salvation. il. xviii, 49, 20,
22)
lG 81 and thy people" Twice in this
verse we have this expression showing how
Moses identified himself with the nation. The
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Ing us His brethren. Heb, H. l0-lS).
II. "Thou hast found grace in my sight
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:, conlrhs Viiis EIe" aiso cfeh, &N1li
g. 20 where 1"cop 'suppiahlel1 becomes
l9raei " princp Vi 'ouI, ana many othei
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