Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-07-20
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON III. THIRD QUARTER, M
TERNATloNAL SERIES, July n.


anee Lesson, = Memory Verses s-iI.
Golden Text. Lev. :. Commentary By
the Rev. ID. NJ. stearns.
/. "And Nadab and Ab:hu. the sons Of
Aaron. offered strange ere before the Lord,
which He commanded them not The
last lesson told us of failure on the part OF
Israel; this tells OF failure in the priesthood
Every man at his best state tapart from
God is altogether vanity (f's xxx, 81.
This shall be fully seen when after 1000
years OF the personal reign Of Christ host
of liars shalt follow the father of lies when
be shall be released from the pit. See Rev.
*, 10, and Ps Xvi. 3. margin. After the
completion OF the tabernacle, Aaron and
his four sons were corsecrated to the priest
hood to minister unto the Lord in His sp-
pointed way eek. xviii. l; Lev. viii. ], .;
Elk. XXX, -.
Q And there went out fire from the Lord
and devoured them, and they died before
the Lord Thus at the very beginning of
the priesthood Jehovah made it very plain
that lie would have whole hearted service
or none So also at the beginning of the
church in the case of Ananias and Sap
phira (Acts v, 5. lo) He showed plainly
how He hates deceit and half heartedness.
He does not often judge SO swiftly and ter
ribly, but such cases show us His mind on
these things and how He will act in the
Judgment
8. Then Moses said unto Aaron. This is
1t that the Lord spake, saying, will be
sauctiiied 10 them that come nigh Me, and
before all the people l will be glorified
And Aaron held his peace That they
were to be a holy people unto the Lord is
the oft repeated requirement from Elk. xix,
6, 90 EDWARDS. Jesus Himself in His great
microscopy prayer said, For their sakes i
sanetify Myself that they also might be
sanctified through the truth John xvii,
10Y c. II. NJ says that whether the IRE
came to express approval or displeasure
the priest had only to worship. and that as
priests Of God we must rise superior 10 all
the claims aud influences of nature and Of
earth. When Ezekiel's wife was taken
away by stroke, he was forbidden 10 cry
or mourn (Ezek. xiv, l6-lS). Yet Jesus
wept at the grave of Lazarus. In Ps. xxx,
8, we have parallel to Aaron's silence. II
was dumb, opened not my mouth because
thou didst itn See also Ps. XVI, 10.
4, s. Come near, carry your brethren
from before the sanctuary out Of the camp"
Thus their bodies. as in the case of Ananias
and Sapphira, were buried, but what about
Nadab and Abihu? We never bury people.
strictly speaking-we bury the bodies or
temples In which they sojourned for sea
SON. 1t has been great comfort to me TO
think OF this since ever grasped the fact
that il my body ever has burial will net
be there that day, but absent from the body
and present with the Lord, with Christ,
which is far better-kPhil. /, 81, %; III Cor. V.
81. There ism vast difference between being
cut off from further service ON earth as a
saved person, and being forever cut off fror,
all possibility of being saved. Some Of the
believers at Corinth were sick, aud some
died, because of transgression (l Cor. XII,
So) 1t is plainly stated in Cor. iii, IA, Is,
that it is possible to have rewards for serv-
ice ard it is possible to lose ones works
and yet De saved.
6. Uncover not your heads, neither rend
your clothes.n Mourning Outlines has in
ii a large element of rebellion against God
This we must desperately resist. lest we
find fault with God. We must. even take
sides with God, even though his chasten-
ings fall on those who are dearest to us. l..
we love our loved ones more than we love
God, we are not worthy of Him. The great.
est lover must have the greatest love, and
in every dark and trying hour we must
still hold to ths-"God is love- and His
ways are just and true.
Z. "And ye shall not go out from the
door of the tabernacle Of the congregation,
lest ye die. for the amounting oil Of the
Lord is upon you" Because they were the
anointed priests of the Lord, chosen to min
lister unto Him, they were to keep them
selves wholly for Him. The Spirit says,
through Peter, that believers are holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices
acceptable TO God by Jesus Christ Il Pet,
ii, 5, 81; a royal priesthood to show forth
His praises In Eph. iv, 80, we read that
we are not to grieve the Holy Spirit OF God,
by whom we are sealed unto the day of re
demption. We should never desire in any
way to 60 out from His service who hath
called US with such a holy calllng--never
in any way be conformed to the world
which lieth in the wicked one, but anointed
with the same Spirit who anointed Him
walk in His steps, going about doing good
(Acts X, 3S).
s, O. And the Lord spake unto Aaron,
saying, Do not drink wine nor strong
drink, thou nor thy sons with thee, when
ye go into the tabernacle Of the congl ega-
ton, lest ye die" In this so called tenn
perance lesson we only now at the close Of
the lesson come upon the strong drink ques-
ton, and here it is in the form of prohis
bition laid upon the servants of the Lord
when on duty. A good word for the I'M
saved who are given to drink is found in
| Cor. vi, 10, Nor thieves nor covetous
nor drunkards shall inherit the kingdom
Of God" A good word for saved people in
clined TO indulge themselves IS that in Rom,
xiv, q, 1T is good neither to eat flesh, nor
to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy
brother stumbleth or is offended or is made
weak" The story of Rechabites in Jer
xxxv is a helpful one in this connection.
As believers we are to live only unto Him
who loveth us" and do all 70 the glory Of
God'' (Rev. i, 5, r. "; / Cor. x, 3D. This
should settle all difficulties.
10. "And that ye may put difference be.
tween holy and unholy, and between uD-
clan and clean.n They were, as a whole
nation, severed from other people, that they
might be the Lords (Ley. Xxx, 26). la
Egypt and the night they left Egypt, the
Lord put difference between His people
and those who were not His (Ex. viii, %:
XII, u. BY nature aud by practice all are
sinners. aHd there is no difference rs to the
fact (Ron. iii, q, 2S) till the sinner receives
Jesus and comes under the blood. then lac
becomes saved sinner. aud because Of this
should have done with the uuclean and un.
holy.
IL. And that ye may teach His children
If Israel all the statues which the Lord hath
spoken unto them BY the hand OF Mosesn
fhc order is always Doing and teaching
Mark vi. &c; Acts / u. Unless we our
selves are holy in otis lives, our advice 70
others will not hays much weight, for we
will then lie like the Pharisees, who say
but do not (Aiath. xxifi, 81. But II, like
Levi, we walk with God in peace and e1n ty,
we shall turn many away from iniquity
NAL. ii. O..