The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-14

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ID. VI. Stearns.
L. And the Lord said Shall I hide
from Abraham that thing which I do
As we have choice between a temper
ance and a missionary lesson, | unhesi-
tatingly choose the latter, believing that
the greater includes the less. and also
firmly believing that if individual Chris
tians and churches. societies and sunday
schools would only yield fully TO the
Lord that He might through them ac-
compish all His pleasure in preaching
the gospel to every creature, not only
would the Lord be greatly rejoiced. His
elect church FASTENED to completion. but
these same individual believers. church
es. societies and Sunday-schools would
know the blessing of the Lord as never
before. These five verses of this lesson
are i'm connection with the visit Of the
Lord and the angels TO Abraham under
the oaks of Mamre and the approaching
destruction Of the cities of the plain. 1t
is most suggestive missionary topic, as
the same Lord who said, Shall / hide
from Abraham that thing which / do
said also some 500 years later, when
here on earth in His humiliation, "As it
was in the days of Lot they did eat,
they drank they bought. they sold, they
planted. they bUilded. but the same day
that Lot went out Of Sodom il rained
fire and birthstone from heaven and de-
stIoyed them all Even thus shall il be
/ in the day when the Son of Man is re-
vealed'' luke xvii. 2S30, and now over
500 years still later those who are Abb
raham's seed by faith in Christ Jesus
tCial. iii. 90. with this thing not hid from
h INN
storm that is surely coming and the vel
fare of people about them as if the Lord
had never uttered these words. Please
do read Prov. xiv. IL, u; Eek. XXXill,
80
Is. Seeing that Abraham shall surely
! become a great and mighty nation. and
| all the nations of the earth shall be
| blessed in him" As 10 the far-reaching
| blessing, see chapters xii. 3. and xii u
! Although il was not fully revealed TO
abraham just how this glorious result
was to be accomplished, it is not hidden
| from as TO whom has been given the
! New Covenant as we'll as the Old. The
New opens with the statement that Jesus
! Christ is the son Of David, the son of
| Abraham CAiatt l. u. and goes on To
| show that He is the one of whom Moses
| in the law and the prophets did write
| that though he was rejected by Israel,
| to whom He specially came. yet He SUI
fered and died and rose again according
! to the scriptures that While the kingdom
/ is postponed because Of the rejection of
! the king He is by the preaching of the
| gospel Of His grace gathering from all
/ nations an elect company who shall reign
/ with Him as His bride when He shall
/ bless all nations through His elect, re-
| stored and holy nation, Israel duke xiv,
! 25-2I: XIX, IL; Acts iii, 1921; Ky, f4-lf)
| The national conversion of Israel will b.
| accomplished when they look upon Him
! whom they have pierced, He shall
/ return in power and glory, bringing His
/ bride with Him; then shall they be smit-
! ten with true conviction of sin, like Saul
! on the way to Damascus. and shall well
! come their rejected Messiah. saying:
| This is Jehovah. We have waited for
| Him; we shall be glad and rejoice in his
! salvation Then shall Israel blossom
| and bud and fill the face OF the world
| with fruit. See Zech. xii, 10; xiii, /; Isa
10. For / know him That will COM
mand his children and his household aft
| er him, and they shall keep the way of
| the Lord, 10 do justice and judgment,
J that the Lord may bring upon Abraham
| that which He hath spoken of him"
/ The Lord knoweth each Of us thorough
/ ~, even to our thoughts and imasinE-
/ tons Fps. CxXXlX. IA; ChrUn. xviii. ~,
| and He knows what He can accomplish
| through US, and whether We will walk
| in His way or not BY disobedience we
| hinder Him from accomplishing His
| pleasure in and through us. If we were
only willing and Obedient we would in
every true sense eat the the good Of the
land and be nlled with the fairness of
His house lisa. l. 10; Ps. Xxi 13 l6;
| xxxXvi. 81. The way of the Lord is as
high above our ways as heaven is above
] the earth lisa ~. s. %. yet vain man
| clings to his own thoughts and ways,
| and thus knows neither the Lord $
! thoughts nor counsel Mic. iv ~. Much
M ST d fC fn6 nv n
| dividuals and churches by not knowing
! the Lords way and purpose.
20. And the Lord said. Because the
| cry Of Sodom and Gomorrah is great,
| and because their sin is very grievOus.'
| All sin cries unto God. and He hears
| the cry of all the oppressed. THE voice
| of thy brothers blood criest unto Me
! from the ground" Gen. iv, 10) The
| cries of the oppressed reapers enter into
the ears OF the Lord of Hosts JAS. Y,
| -. His eyes and ears open to all things
| On earth. but because He is long suffer-
| ing He tarries to the utmost if perchance
| He may lead men 20 repentance and de-
| liver them from eternal loss III Pet. iii,
3; Job xNXiii. %, 500. And while judg-
ment is restrained He gives us the priv
| ilege of interceding for men as Abra-
| ham did. and Of beseeching men TO be
| reconciled to God III Cor. V, 20).
| p. II will go down now and see
! whether they have done altogether ac-
| cording to the cry of il. which is come
| unto me. and if not / will know" He
| never Furnishes without cause, nor with
out due and patient investigation. "Ye
| shall know that ] have not done with
| out cause all that 1 have done in it.
saith the Lord Cod Q1zek. xiv, 23) Be
| fore the Lord Jesus shall be revealed
| from heaven with His mighty angels
i'm flaming fire, taking vengeance on
them that know not God and that obey
| not the gospel of our Lord Jesus III
| Tbess i 81 there win be a judgment
| of the saints for their service (Rom. xiv.
| 10: II Cor Y. fO, and as there is a pos
/ sibility of much work being burned up
| q Cor iii. 1910. I for one desire to
| keep the way of the Lord and have Him
work in me both to will and to do of His
! good pleasure phil ii, 49,.