The Indiana State sentinel., 1894-06-20


Gen. x10ii. 2G. Il Will not let thee so.
! except thou bless me-" The first part OF
this lesson shows Us Jacob filled with a
sense Of his unworthiness. yet pleading
and clinging to the promises Of God. Tho
second part shows us Jacob with his thigh
out of joint, helpless 10 resist any longer
clinging in his weakness and conscious
need 10 the Mighty one and obtaining
that which he sought. The whole lesson
teaches us how to obtain power with God
| and men. Here is found the word 'Is~
rael' for the first time
Lesson II.-Discord In Jacobs Family
| Gen. xxxvii, I'D. Golden Text (Gen.
xiv, %, See that ye fall not out by the
| way" Here we see Jacobs special love
f, for Joseph, the beloved RacheIs frstborn,
and are warned of the danger OF having
! favorites among the children. But we sea
! also the special love Of God 10 Joseph i1
! exalting him above father. mother and
! brethren, and choosing him 70 be a great
deliverer, and before God, who cannot err
\ we blow with alteration. FOR none can sayf
10 Him, what doest thou?"
| Lesson III-Joseph Sold Into Egypti
| CCien. xxxvii, 1880. Golden Text Gen 4
! 2O, eye thought evil against ne, but God3
meant it unto good Joseph now entersl
/ upon his road 10 royalty, which meanst
death to father, mothers, brothers. sisters,l
home and friends, self and the world. 10,
! find ones all in God. It is the way OF tho
cross and means much suffering and long
] suffering with patience and 10yfulnesst
! (CoL iv, ID. If we see Gods Instruments
we shall be sorely cast down and discOur-
! aged, but if We see God rather than lis,
Instruments, as Joseph did, al VIII be
/ well.
Lesson IV.-Joseph Ruler in Egypt
! (Gen. XII 8S-4S) Golden Text u Sam. H.,
/ so. ''Them that honor Ne I VIII hon.
! or" The twenty years humiliation and
/ suffering, the false accusations and i'm.
| prisonment are now past and the
| dreams are about TO be fulfilled. Josephf
! can now say from his position as ruler,i
! in the ioy of his gentle bride and his
/ two sons, "God hath made me forget all
| my toll; God hath caused me 70 be fruit
/ ful" (Gen. XII, 51-50. Through all his
sufferings he was prosperous, for God
| was with him Gen. xxx, =, ID but II
did not look SO to the human eyes. See
| the application to Us in Rom. Viii, -;
John iii. >.
Lesson v.-Joseph Forgiving His
! Brethren Gen. xiv, 1-15)- Golden Text
( duke xvii, -, "If thy brother trespass
| against thee, rebulke him. and If he re-
pent forgive him." The sin of twenty
! years is at last uncovered and brought
! home to them, but there is forgiveness
| for them. They see now the reality ana
; fulfillment of the dreams they despisedi
| and they bow down TO their brother Jo-
/ seph as their great and only delVerer-
| When the Jews again look upon their
! brother Jesus, after perhaps ZVVJ years
/ since they saw Him last on the cross
I and needed not His cries, they viii ind
/ a wonderful parallel 10 the history or
Joseph.
J Lesson VI.-Joseph's Last Days Gen
! |, 1926. Golden Text prov. iv, 80. The
path of the just is as the shining light,
/ that shlneth more and more unto the
J perfect day." Still misunderstood by
/ his brethren after SO great kindness, ha
/ has again TO comfort them and reassure
/ them of his unChanglng love. II We
| have treated Jesus IN any degree Ike
! this, let US be ashamed and question
| His love no longer, but with implicit
( confidence make Him glad by our faith
| in Him. See Heb. Xl, ., as lifting
! close to this story.
/ Lesson VII-IsraeI in Egypt O1X. /,
LID. Golden Text (Ps. CNZiV, 50, Our
/ help is in the name Of the Lord" We
| now come to the book Of redemption, but
| before the deIverance we must see the
/ bondage. Th3 word TO Abraham con-
! cerning the affiictiOn Of his seed is being
! fulfilled (Gen. Ky, 80, but the words OF
| deliverance are just as true, and they
/ also shall be fulfilled This is again the
story OF the cross-humiliation before eN-
altatiOn.
/
/ eek ii, 1-1W. Golden Text G's. Xci, 80,
| 'I will deliver him and honor him. !"
| Here is God working, even through HIS
| enemies. to accomplish His purposes
| Those who fight against Him are all un-
/ consciously made to further His ends 10
| their own confusion. Consider Jochebed's
| faith and it's reward in the light Of Heb.
| xi, %. Let your own heart fear no eNll,
| IF God be for Us, who can be against
| us?" Consider the three arks of script
/ ~ vT-hfe this * the second each
/ made to preserve its contents. We are
| preserved in Christ dude ID.
| Lesson IX-AIoses Sent as q Deliverer
| OEx. iii, 1920. Golden Text Qsa xii, 10,
! Fear thou not for I am with thee"
/ Moses at the age Of forty thought that
! Israel would see in him their deliverer,
| but at the age of eighty he is slow 10
! obey the call of God and asks, Who am
I that 1 should go?' The great lesson
| for US is TO hear God say: I am; I viii
| send thee; I will be with thee We are
nothing except as we are messengers or
! God. The one who sends US Is every
| thing, and His message is every ything.
| We are nothing except In so far as We
carry His message correctly and in his
Lesson x-The Passover Instituted
| I'EX xii. LID. Golden text q Cor. V,
! ., Christ, our passover, is sacrificed for
| us The great lessons here are the
/ safety OF the firstbOrn under the blood
! and their occupation as saved ones; teach.
/ ing us 50 strikingly that ii is the blood
| alone that saves. but there Is no safety
| for us unless we are under fl; then as
saved ones we are continually 10 feed
upon Him who saves US. even as He said,
| ''He that eateth Me, even he shall live
! by Ne"
! Lesson XT-Passage Of the Red sea
| O1x. xiv, 1929. Golden text Qieb. ii.
| 29). ''3y faith they passed through the
! Red sea-" In the cloud we see God as
Israeps light and shield and guide and
| avenger. In the incident of the lesson
| see how God leads His people into diff
| culties that He may show His power on
| their behalf: that He may be glorihed
! When we find ourselves in straits and
| see no way out let Us stand still and see
| the salvation of the Lord. Consider that
| He who divided the sea is our God. the
! creator Of heaven and earth and there
! Is nothing too hard for Him DER. NXxii
10.
| Lesson XTT-The anointed king, mis-
| sionary lesson Qs, ii, LID. Golden
| text. Cps ii, 81. ASK Of Me. and / shall
| give thee the heathen for thine Inherit
| anee" This is the picture Of the Lord
| God Of Jacob and Joseph and Moses, Is
| rael's great deliverer and Messiah. who
| will in due time be king over all the
J earth. but not until He shall have re-
ceived His bride, the church. and re-
] turned with her for the salvation OF
| Israel and Judgment of the nations