The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-11-08
CONQUEST OF CANAAN.
LESSON VI, FOURTH ouAaTER, IN
TERNATloNAL SERIES, NoN. II.


LESSON VI, FOURTH ouAaNER, IN
TERNATIoNAL SERIES, KeN. II.
Text of the Lesson. Josh xiv. B~15-Cc.n.
nit Verses 1o-11-Golden Test, i's.
xuvii, s-Commentary by I:es d. Nj.
Stearns.
condensed from Lesson Helper Cqterly, by
permission of h S. Hoffman, Phiian aphia, pub
lisher.l
After the defeat of Israel at AZ because of
the sin of Achan, then followed he discov-
cry and conviction of the transgsessor, and
the putting to death by stoninx of Achan
AID all his family, and the bur1iing by fire
of the stolen silver, gold and garment and
| all that belonged to him In the xa1ley Of
| Achor. Thus wrath was turned away from
| Israel and then, at the Lords ctsnfhand, all
| the men of war went up against II and took
| it, and the rest Of the history is Succession
of great victories, until thirty one. kings
have been slain and their cities sdestroyed.
| g. Gas the Lord commanded Moses. so the
| children of Israel did, and they divided the
land" Although there remained yet very
much LAND to be possessed txiii, ~. yet it
! had all been conquered and dividM, and il
only remained for each tribe saJw TO fully
possess its own territory which had been as
| signed to it. How slothful and disobedsent
they were in this matter is hint-d at au eh.s
I xviii, g. and more fully deserits - Ass - Il
results IA the beck 1f Jts res 1sras7 als.. u
In this respect are but pictures of our own;
we who are believers In Jesus Christ have
been made by virtue of His merits children
| of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ,
and we ought to have perfect rest and peace
and manifest in our lives that we have fell
lowship, real, joyous and soul satisfying,
with the Father and the Son by the Holy
Spirit. Now how many Christians do we
| know who seem to live as children Of King;
restful, happy, peaceful, and having constant
| victory over all enemies, as if they really
! lived in Beulah landa
6. "The children of Judah came unto
Joshua in Gilgal" 1t was from Gilgal,
j where the reproach of Egypt had been rolled
away, that Joshua set out on all those vic
torious expeditions ", 8; tx, 6; K, Z, 8, Is,
| 43) teaching US that if we would have con-
| slant victory we must ever go forth believ
ing that there Is no condemnation to them
that are in Christ.
s'Caleb the son of Jephumeh, the Kene-
| Ziten We are first introduced to him in
Numbers xiii, 6, as one of the twelve spies,
and in that and the following chapter as the
one who with Joshua brought good report
and encouraged the people to go right UP
and possess the land. The testimony of the
Lord concerning him is ''My servant, Caleb,
who followed me fully" (Num. xiv, "a
T. 81 brought him word; as it was in mine
heart" Probably the ten also brought
Moses word as it was in their hearts; the
difference was in the hearts of the ten and
(t.,I1 HIT. IL,
were ready to obey Him; the other ten did
not believe God and consequently disobeyed
| Him. We do well to remember that the
Lord looketh upon the heart; He searcheth
all hearts and understandeth all the imagin-
alton of the thoughts q Sam. xvi, z.
s. "My brethren that went up with me,
made the heart of the people melt" Their
report caused the people TO faint and be dis
couraged, because they called their atten-
ton to the difficulties and thus shut out God.
'But l wholly followed the Lord my God"
and thus the difficulties were not seen, for
Gcd is greater than ali that can be against
u.s.
u.s. In Heb. xii, Q, we are taught to run with
patience looking unto Jesus, and the expires
sion: 'Looking unto Jesus" signifies look
ing with such undivided attention that He
shall fill all our souls vision and we shall see
"Jesus only" Thus we shall be strong in the
Lord and help to make others strong.
o. ''The land whereon thy feet have trod-
den shall be thine inheritance" This was
the promise on which he had lived for forty
five years; we find it referred to in Deut.
i, 36; he was evidently fully persuaded that
it would in due time be fulfilled. Thus all
the worthies of Heb xi believed God and
waited patiently for the fnlfillment Of His
| e a
that they died in faith, not having received
the promises; and that they without US shall
not be made perfect, and not until He that
shall come will come, will the promised in
heritance be theirs and ours. Qieb. <, 35-3377
xi, 13, 50, 4o.)
10. 1.-The Lord hath kept me alive as He
aaid." All power is His, who is the
faithful promiser, and because of
His faithfulness none of His re-
deemed can perish. Not one good
thing shall fail of all that He has prom
ised; all shall be fulfilled and it shall
all be as He says. Blessed are they that be-
lieve, for they shall be filled with joy and
peace. Josh. Xxx, 15; Rom. XIV, 13)
IL. 81 am as strong this day as was in the
day that Moses sent me-" How grand to
hear this old man of S5 thus talking about
his strength for war, nothing daunted by the
difficulties before him, but relying upon and
. |
feels as young and strong as he did forty-tive
years before.
12. "Give me this mountain-the Lord
with me, | shall be abe to drive them out.
Although the cities were great and fenced,
!, and there were giants there, he heeds it not,
but believing that nothing was too hard for
the Lord, in whom he trusted, and on whom
he relied, he asks Joshua for this mount
ain. Oh, for a faith like this, which
reckons not on ones own strength, bu;
on the strength OF an Almighty One who says
Lo, am with you always, and all power Is
| given unto me in heaven aud on EARTH
13 Joshua blessed him" Confidence III
God always brings a blessing, and one that
is real and lasting. blessed is the man that
trusteth in tho Lord, and whose hope the
Lord is. He sent His angel and delivered
His servants that trusted in Him. NO man
ner of hurt was found upon Him, because
} He believed in His God Blessed is she that
| believed. Blessed are they that have not
seen, and yet have believed. der. xvii, 2
Dan. iii, 2S; vi, 23; Lu. i, As; John Xxx, ~
, ''And gave unto Caleb, Hebron for an inner
itance." Hebron IS one of the most interest
ing spots in all Palestine it is about twenty
/ miles south of Jerusalem, and about the
same distance north of Beersheba. There
, Abram dwelt and Sbuilt an altar unto the
Lord after Lot was separated from Him
there Sarah died, and Abram bought tht
} cave of Machpelah, in which to bury her
} there Isaac sojourned and died; there in tina
cave lie buried Abraham ana pardh, isaac
and Rehekab, sIaSob and Leah, and at thi
very day the place is most sacredly guarded
SO that stranger cannot enter its precinct
nor look into it. (Gen. xiii, Is; xiii, 2, 10
xxxv, 27-29; xix, 81; |. 49,
Il. because he wholly followed the Lort
God of Israel" Not only in the world t
! come, but very often in this present world, i
] there q great feWarl TO those who follow tn
/ Lord even In this dfspeiisatton; but We mus
wait for the next one before we can hope {
s inherit the earth, for it T. still under th
I curse, an evil world, and not fit for hol
> people; IN il we are still to expect muc
, tribulation. Notwithstanding the ours
: which abounds on every side and in ever
i form, we may however have great peace an
wonderful foretastes of glory if we will only
like Caleb, follow the Lord fully, and nc
afar off, as Peter did before he denied hi
0 Master Study the following texts upon fo
: lowing Jesus: Matt. IL, 10; x, 9;viii, %; XIV
"a; xix, 21; John j, 4S; xii, 26; xxi, 10, q.
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