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OVERCOME WITH WINE.
LESSON III, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JAN. ~.

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As most OF the verses in this lesson are
too long to quote in fell in these brief
notes | must beg the reader to peruse with
Bible in hand, as should always be done,
otherwise lesson helps may become a snare
and hindrance.
|. Woe to the crown OF pride, to the
drunkards of Ephraim, overcome
with wine" This is lesson OF warning
to the sensuous, self indulgent unbelievers
in lsrael-a curse pronounced upon them
instead of the blessing which might have
been theirs had they only been willing and
obedient Qsa, l. 10, 20) Observe how this
and the next three chapters begins with
"Woep then Behold righteous king
| (xXXii, y; another woe. a judgment. and
then the kingdom comes (XXXv, l-l0l
@ Behold the Lord hath mighty and
strong one, who shall east down to the
earth with the hand" Read verses i6, IL
and see what the mighty and strong one
might have been to them had they built
upon Him. but what He will be because OF
| their sin.
g. "The crown of pride, the drunkards Of
| Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet"
Nations and individuals choose their own
destiny II willing now to find their joy
in God and in His will, proving that R.s
love is better than wine Cant. i, y then
all the joys of His kingdom shall be theirs,
but if they prefer the joys OF the vine of
the earth they must expect to suffer the
wrath of God Rev xiv, Is, 10
L. And the glorious beauty which is on
the head OF the fat valley shall be "A fadi.g
flower" The terraced and uAu
riantly fruitful hills of Samaria are a
symbol of excessive worldly luxuriance
and pleasure Israel was placed in a land
flowing with milk and honey that she
might glorify God as the hor and giver
of every gift she enjoyed, but when she en-
joyed her luXuries and forgot God She only
wrought sorrow for herself discArdng rh
eternal for present joy which proved only
fading flower
D. I'm that day shah the Lord OF Hosts
be for crown Of glory, and for a diaaein
of beauty, unto the residue of His people
Unto the remnant who shall be left after
the Judgments have fallen God shall be an
eternal excelency They are spoken of ~
but a third part of the nation, but they
shall be His people and He win be their
God, Czech xiii ., 81, Not only shai, He be
their crown of glory, but they shall be His
crown of glory, and royal diadem in iiis
hand 0sa xii, 81
6, And for a spirit of judgment to
Him that sitteth in judgment, and for
strength to them that turn the battle to
the gate" lie will be wisdom to the rulers
who rule for Him, and He will be the
strength of all who fight for Him and drive
the enemy from their gates, The Lord is
God of judgment tor dscernmentJ chapter
xxx, Is, and all who rely upon Him will
81 = "a 4.
I But they also have erred through
wine, and through strong drink are out of
the way They err IN vision they stumble
in Judgment And these were the priests
and prophets who should have led the peo
pie in the sigbt way There is a wisdom
of this world vtic4 intoxicates and blinas
people to the truth of God, niany teachers
and preachers thus err aaG A:9inble now
adays and multitudes are led astray by
them. Test all oy lisa yii 20, r. V
s. For all tables are full of vomit and
fithness, so that there is no place clean"
As disgusting and abominabe ~ such re
suits of drunkenness are, so is all spiritual
unceanness and unholiness in the sight OF
God. AS "A refined and temperate person
abhors the company of the drunken and
profane. we may in some small uitaaufp
imagine how loathSOme to God mus bc lut
worldly and pleasure loving who bear HIS
name. He says He will spew them oul uf
His mouth tkev lii, l6)
O. Whom shall He teach KNOWLEDGE
and whom shall He make to understand
doctriuep them that are weaned from the
milk and drawn from the Breasts This
may be the sneer Of the drunkarls at tho
prophet, whom they think talks to them
as If they were children Or it may he the
Spirit of the Lord seeking such as He may
guide into the truth II the Mtter. we
cannot help thinking OF Paul's difficulty
with some believers (see | Cor lii, l. 2
Heb. v. l2-l4J. and praying that we may
not be babes like them. but able to elt
some strong meat
10 For precept must be upon precept.
precept upon precept line upon line, line
upon line. here n little and there a little
So blind are we to spiritual things, and SO
slow to learn that we must have the same
truths repeated over and over again Thus
the Saviour taught, and SO we must teach
also, with pa fence and perseverance, aud
loving kindness, relying upon the SPIRIT to
make us "apt to teach" III Tim. H. 24)
IL. For with stammerlng lips and An
other tongue will He speah to this people.
AS they stammer in their drunkenness. so
He will speak to them by those who in
their estimation are stammerers Paul
was considered 10y some to be. rs to his
bodily presence, weak, and as to his speech
contemplate Ql Cor. x, lO) SO also were
the prophets despised and hated because Of
the message they carried tJer xi. 10. Xxx, 81
IL "To whom He said, This il the rest
wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest,
and this is the refreshing Yet they would
He Il -,
fullness Of Joy. but His word was TO them
a weariness, n series of trivial commands
and they would not hear In quietness
and confidence might they live II they
would only return to and rest in Him, but
they would not Qsa. xxx, l5) SO also did
Jesus complain Of them.
13 "But the word OF the Lord was unto
them precept upon precept that
they might go and fall backward and be
broken and shared and taken" The same
Gospel gives life and causes death. giyfs
blessing or cursing, Joy or sorrow--the
first II received, the last If rejected (Il
Cor ii, ID, l6 Math. xiii, a. l5, Isa. vi, ..
l0) Let all who live only for the present.
and are thus Incorporate. whether given
TO wine or not, take heed TO this warning,
hear the word of the Lord and learn TO dc
light in Him
But we might also ask, Is it not as plain
ly written that Except a man be born
from above he cannot see the kingdom OF
God" John iii, 81, and yet multitndes OF
church goers and church members who
know nothing OF the new birth are vainly
dreaming OF safety and Of peace. II ia
written that without shedding OF blood
there is no remission, for II is the blood
that maketh atonement for the soul Heb
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