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! the prophet" Also in Ps. cyi, "a, 30, 40,
They did not destroy the nations con.
rerning whom the Lord oonsmandesi them,
but were mingled among tie heather, and
/ learned thei- works. Therefore was the
/ wrath Of the Lord kindled against His pec-
/ pie, insomuch that He abhorred His own
4 inheritance His commands were plain,
but they were disobedient, and thus they
\ hindered Him from showing Himself
strong on their behalf II Chron. xvi, 50.
! At least six times ia Judges it Is said
that different tribes did not drive OUT the
inhabitants; hence, the visit Of this angel
| of the Lord to show them their sin, and If
/ possible, turn them 10 the Lord. All the
history of Israel is just picture Of the
| general character Of believers AT the pres
| emit time and in all ages and a contrast
with the character Of Him who is God s
Only Begotten. He could say, II delight
TO do Thy will. o my God. " Il do always
those things that please Him" Cps, xl, s.;
| John viii, 20.
3. "They shall be- as thorns in your sides,
and their gods shall be "a snare unto You. +"
! The only way for those who would follow
/ Jesus is 10 ''Deny self and take up the
cross. Love not the world, neither the
things that are in the world" Yet many
who say they are trying to live a Christian
life, ask if they cannot read good novel
occasionally, and once in awhile attend the
theater and dance just little, etc.g They
say, Eve must have relaxation and recrea
tion, and where shall we find its'
4. THE people lifted up their voice and
wept." They We're, as people, much Civ
en- to murmuring and rebclling and weep
| ing. How much sorrow there is in their
| weeping because they cannot have their
! own way, or how much real sorrow for
| sin only God could tell There Is a way of
fullness of joy which you will find in John
| XIV, IL; / John j. 4 Rom. XIV, 10, but it
can only be found in complete separation
TO God and To Him who gave up all for us.
5. "And they called the name OF that
| place Bochim, and they sacrificed there
unto the Lord" Bochim signifies "the
weepersn and is found only here and in
| verse l. Israel's days of weeping are not
| yet over, but the time will come when in
| Jerusalem the voice of weeping and crying
| shall be heard no more lisa ky, l9). Then
| shall they truly receive Him who is the
only sacrifice for sin even the Lord Jesus
| Christ, their Messiah Czech. xii 10; xiii, l.;
| lisa. TX, co. 2l)
| &, z. "And the people served the Lord all
J the days of Joshua" We now turn bacK
] TO the last days of Joshua and are remind
J cd of his heart searching and soul stirring
farewell address, in which he showed the
J impossibility of serving the Lord unless
| they meant il with the whole heart. All
] service must be in sincerity and in truth I;
/ all worship must he in spirit and in truth /;
| al must be ''unto the Lord " with single
l eve ,aAHis glory (Joshua xiii, IA; John iv,
"a. Col. iii, 23, gar Some helpful words on
seryicg are also found in l Thess. ii, A.;
Gal / %, ''Not as pleasing men, but God
I who trieth our hearts, III / yet pleased
] mel, l should not be the servant of
/ Christ" The people in .Ioshua's day serv-
| ed in sincerity and possessed and enjoyed
| the land, and the Lord who gave them the
! land So shall we enjoy the Lord and all
] the riches of His grace if we will serve in
( sincerity and truth.
8. And Joshua, the son of Nun, the
servant of the Lord, died, being an hun
| dred and ten years old. This verse and
! the next are almost identical with Joshua
| xiv, 20, 80, and the Holy Spirit does not
! repeat without reason. He says, "Ye
! shall know that have not done without
/ cause all that have DONE (Iczek. xiv, 23)
What better epitaph could any one have
| than, "a servant of the Lord. Consider
/ the beginnings Of the New Testament epis-
( ties and see how the writers delighted in
J this title.
/ 9. "And they buried him in the border
! of his inheritance in Timnath- heres. " He
/ having gone out to be with God, where he
has been well and happy ever since they
/ laid his body away till the resurrection.
! Death is an enemy which holds on to the
! bodies of the saints as long as possible, but
J he cannot harm the soul, for when he
! touches the body he only sets the soul free
I to be with God
10 "Another generation which knew
! not the Lord nor yet the works which He
! had done for Israel. " This makes us think
! of "the new king that knew not Joseph, :"
/ and of the one who said Il know not the
| Lord, neither will let Israel go" lex. /,
s; V, ~ There is difference between
( knowing about tho Lord and knowing the
/ Lord These people certainly knew about
| Him and His wonderful works, but had
! they known Him they would have trusted
and served Him (See John xvii, -.
IL. "And the children of Israel did evilin
! the sight Of the Lord and served Baalim. ,
! Baal means lord or master and is often
used in the plural as here. Baal and Ash
toreth were the chief male and female
deitios of the Phenicians and Canaanites.
lisa. XVI, 13, might sum up all idolatry,
80 Lord our God, other lords beside Thee
have had dominion over us. Many of us
must make tic same confession, and 1t Is
well for us when we can add, But by
Thee only will we make mention OF Thy
namen
IL. "And they forsook the Lord God. F"
See also verse 10, and chapter vi, 10, 49,.
The prophets have much TO say about Is
rael forsaking God. jeremiah expresses 1t
/ forcibly in chapter ii, 10, when the Lord
by his mouth says, My people have COM
mitted two evils; they have forsaken Me,
/ the fountain of living waters, and bcwed
! them out cisterns, broken cistcrns, that car
hold no water. " The contrast TO forsaking
is TO ''cleaye unto the Lord (Dcut. xxA.
| 10, 90; Joshua xiii, s: Acts Il, 23). A
knowledge Of the Lord and OF His great
love to Us will lead rs 20 clcaye unto Him
with purpose ii Le;lrt The only way is TO
! BE filed wiih the Spirit, F" then we will
not forsake Him.
l6. Nevertheless the Lord raised up
Judges which delivered thein out Of tho
hand of those that spoiled thea. Many
times did He deliver them, but they pro-
voked Him with their counsel and were
brought low for their iniquity. Neverthe-
less He regarded their aflliction when He
| heard their cry FPS cNi 10, 44(. The story