The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
LESSON IN, SECOND QUARTER, IN
TERNATIONAL sERIES, MAY %.
Text of the Lesson, Ex. iii, 1920
Memory Verses, IO-I2-GOIden Text,
lisa. Ali, 1O-Commentary by the Rev.
ID. VI. Stearns.

10. Come now. therefore, and / will
send thee unto Pharaoh. that thou
mayest bring forth my people. the chill
dren of Israel, out of Egypt" We are in
this lesson about eighty years farther on
than in the last. for Moses remained at
the court of Pharaoh till he was forty,
and then forsaking Egypt he kept sheep
in indian for forty years (Acts vii. %.
SOD. He is now at Mt. Horeb and God
| is talking to him out of the burning
bush-the bush that burned with fire
and was not consumed (verse p, so
| suggestive of Israels whole history. To
| understand this lesson il is necessary to
read acts VII. 21-34; Heb. xi. 24-2I
II. And Moses said unto God, Who
am that / should go unto Pharaoh, and
that 1 should bring forth the children of
Israel out of Egypt" Three great is
i'm one little sentence show that Moses
did not take in the greater 1 Of the pre-
| vious verse. When he was forty he sup
posed that the people of Israel would
have understood that he was their de-
! liverer (acts vii, %. but he was then
| running before he was sent. Now when
God would send him he is unwilling to
go. Such is man even at his best.
II. And He said. Certainly I will be
with thee, and this shall be token unto
thee that 1 have sent thee When thou
| hast brought forth the people out of
| Egypt, We shall serve God upon this
mountain" The great lesson Of our life
! is TO learn that we are nothing. but that
God is everything. The promise Of
| His presence is to my mind the great
est of all promises for this present life
/ Consider IL we'll as il was afterward
| given to Joshua, to Gideon, to jeremiah
and 10 the apostles by the Lord Him
self GOSH l. .; Judg. vi. 10: Jer. 1, s. 10;
comes with greatest power in the words
| Of our golden text and Isa xii 49,
10 And Moses said unto God. Be
| hold when | come unto the children of
Israel and shall say unto them, The God
of your fathers hath sent me unto you.
and they shall say unto me. What is His
name? What shall l say unto them?"
| This was far greater consideration
than the who am T. of verse Il. Moses
now asks God: Whom shall l say that
you are?" Jesus was always saying that
| the Father sent Him. You will find Him
| referring to il over thirty times in the
| gospel by John. In His prayer He said
| concerning the apostles, LAS Thou hast
| sent Me into the world" John xvii. 1S).
How little we seem to appreciate ii!
IA. And God said unto Moses. / am
| that am. And He said, Thus shalt thou
| say unto the children of Israel, l am
| hath sent me unto you" Some one has
| compared this great name of God to a
! blank check for any amount, like the
promise of John xiv, IA. IF We shall ask
| anything in my name. 1 will do it,"
See Jesus filling il in such passages
| as John vi. as. 81; viii, -; xiv, 8; XIV, l,
and often where we read 4 am He" it
is really Il am" the He being in ital-
| les, as in John iv, 26; viii "A. IS.
| Is. THE Lord God of your fathers,
| the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac
and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto
| you. This is my name forever, and this
| is my memorial unto all generations"
| 1t seems to refer TO His covenant with
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to give them
| the land ops. cv, SID, a covenant which
| is as lasting as his covenant with day
and night DER. XXXiii. %. 26). and which
| He will yet fulfill with His whole heart
! and soul der. xxi, AID.
10 Go gather the elders Of Israel to-
| gether and say unto them, The Lord God
| of your fathers, the God Of Abraham, of
| Isaac and Of Jacob, appeared unto me,
| saying, l have surely visited you and
] seen that which is done to you in Egypt
| What God says He will do is as sure
/ as If it was already done Qsa. xiv, "A,
| 20. He had said He would visit them
| and bring them out of bondage Gen.
| XIV, Il; l, pa. His covenants are on His
1
Sam xiii 81. and though we may fail
| He abideth faithful. There is nothing
| done to His people which He does not
/ count as done to Himself whether il be
good or bad Czech. H.. 81.
II. And / have said, l will bring you
| up out Of the aftiiction Of Egypt unto a
] land flowing with milk and honey" See
| also verse s and chapters xiii. 8; XXXiii.
/ 8. 1t may have seemed to Israel for
many a long day that God had forgotten
| them, and that their Affections were more
| than they could bear. but hear Him in
verse Z, Il have surely seen the atflic-
ton Of My people and have heard their
| cry. for / know their sorrows" SO today
| He sees all the sufferngs of His afflicted
| people and of the oppressed everywhere,
| and He will deliver, but He urges pa
| thence till He comes Jas. V. Z. 81.
| Is. and they shall harken to Thy
| voice. and thou shalt come. thou and
| the elders Of Israel. unto the king Of
| Egypt and ye shall say unto him, The
| Lord God of the Hebrews hath met
| with US" The rest Of the verse states
| the request they were TO make Of the
| king Of Egypt. It was Jehovah Himself
! who was giving all this TO Moses out of
| the midst of the bush that burned with
| fire, but was not consumed Oversees and
| A. It was however, only when Moses
| turned aside TO see the strange sight
| that God spoke with him. There are
| many strange things in our daily lives
out Of which God would speak 10 us II
| we would but turn aside a moment to
| hear His voice. He tries again and
| again 10 gain our attention, but we are
too busy 10 hear.
| 10. "And / am sure that the king of
| Egypt will not let you go-no, not by
a mighty hand" And so Il turned out.
| for when Moses and Aaron went TO
| Pharaoh with the message from the Lord
his answer was. 81 know not the Lord
| neither will l let Israel go" chapter V,
| p. The Lord searcheth all hearts and
1 understandeth all the imaginations OF
| the thoughts q Chron. XXXiii, 81, yet He
does not compel but leaves each one
| free To obey or disobey as they think
best. He is not willing that any should
perish QI Pet. iii. 81.
20. "And 1 will stretch out my hand
and smite Egypt with all my wonders
which | will do I'm the midst thereof and
| after that he will let you go" Pharaoh
| hardened his heart and refused TO hum
BILE himself before God chapters tx. "a;
X. -. The Lord hardened Pharaoh's
| heart by laying upon him commands
| which he would not obey *, 20, p; Xi,
| 9. 100, and this led TO multiplying the
| Lords wonders Greater wonders than
| those OF Pharaoh's time are yet to be
wrought I'm connection with the restora-
ton OF Israel from all lands. and a worse
| than Pharaoh is yet to be dealt with. but
| the whole earth shall yet be filled with
the glory Of God mic. vii, 10. l6; jer.
xiii. Z. 8: Rev. xiii. 8. 6; xvii. IA; Ps.
! lxNii, IS. 49,.
4 lad. HIN