Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-08-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSEN vll. THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
RATIONAL SERIES. AUG. IS.


Org Verse. r. Golden Text. fsa- x.::i.
o. Commentary By the Esv. d. II.
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:. "And Joshua said Snso Inc people.
Sanctify yourselves, fer toniorzosE tac Lord
Will 10 wondess among you- " HOSES did,
and his body was buried. Joshua sue
coded Lin, and having I'D tho PEOPLE 10
the river jordan they are now about 10
r;.ss ove- iaio tho hoazs cf tho lard Of
peaia:se. has h,,sssss fer it w-ss harvest tii,:r
AID .jar;aa osegslaFvci i's banks tyc-ss
i51 Naea Tie I.a.t icaSs as E,-spl' -.
difficulty. IL is ti.es - may SLOW His
power and be g,cGificd in theis. Tie ouc
thing for the people Is 10 sanetiis ihein-
selves, or put away every se.sshi:incc Ct
evil, rs On tho night VIXEN they carie ogt.
of Egypt they put eway all heaven oNt of
their houses.
6. ssT@ke up tho ark OF the covenant ard
pass over bclore the people" The ark is
ment ioned Ten times IN this chapter. IL
was the symbol Of His presence, and Ills
presence was everything. Instead Of jour
neying in the midst Of them. AZ ordinarily
{ it now went ahead ef ;he.la, and tlegc was
to be about half mile hetweon it and
them, that thcy Rlght know the way TO
60, for ''ihcy Had not rasscd this way
heretofore (vcrsa a. We mast take Gaze
to follow Jesus closely and faily. for d
may truly 10 said CT each day, .Ye Lave
rot passed this way hcTctoforc."
Z. ''Thnt AL Israel may know that as
was with Moses 50 VIII be with thee. "
Z Therefore lie would magnify Joshua ard
He did tchapfer iv, 10 and Joshua, was
( honorcd because Of Sod with him. 1t was
God that WAS inagnilicd. but Joshua was
the chosen carthcn vessel. The same thing
was seen in Gal i, Is, "A, when in Paul
I Christ was revealed, and God was glori-
fed. Paul's ambition was that Christ
! should be magnifod in His body whether
/ By life or By death (Phil. !, sol.
I s. Stand still ia Jordan" Tho priests
( bearing tho a-iS wcrc 90 step into tho water
/ ere it would divide oversees l3, I5), rot
1 as at the Rod sea when tho waters divided
I ere the people came close 10 them He
Z guides as often che stcp ct q time and we
must tai.o orc step Gre we sec the nost
1 one, and sometimes w0 must step right
i into the waters 'Whon thou iassest
through tho wators, win be with thoe.
8. Come hi,ler, and hcar tho words OF
! tho Lord your God +" This Is the great
and Fundamental thing--to hear what God
has spoken. Whatever mouth or hand tho
/ Lord may use, it Is God Himself who
I speaks and wori;s Il was 50 in Christ
4 John xiv, i0); it was 50 In tho PROP hets
I (Heb. /, l, =; IL Pet. |, sll; il will be 50
still in every vessel that is wholly lis
1 (Alath, X, 90; Phil. II, 1S).
I 10. "Tho living God Il among you, and
I Ho viii without fail drive out from before
I you tie Canmni,cs, etc. All other M.
/ lions yscrshiped Idols, lie works OF mems
4 hands, but the POPULARITY OF Israel w,.s
I that their Lord was tho true God, tho llv-
1 ing God, the King Of eternity (,Jcr. x 100
/ The dividing Of Jordan and every other
mighty work of God In Israel was that
Israel first and then all tho people OF tho
earth might know the hand Of the Lord,
that Il Is mighty and fear the Lord God
forever tehal.er III, 2i).
IL. ''Bchnld the ark of tho covenant Of
the Lord Of all tho earth passolh over be-
fore you into Jordan. l think this is the
I first time that in connection with the ark
4 tho Lord Is called "ihc Lord If all tho
earth" But He is frequently called by
this namo as we go on Ia tho book FPS.
| Xvii, 5; lisa, liv, 5, Mo. ~, l3; Zech.
/ in, II; vi, -. In Gen. xiv, 10, %, He is
I tho Nos High God, Iossegsor Of heaven
ard GARTH His purposes of grace arc
worldwide, and they are worldwide in
connection with ISRAEL, for see lisa. xvii,
O. Nun. xiv, 20, 81
II. "Now, therefore, take you IL men
ont Of the tribes Of Israel, out Of every
4 tribe Iaaa. The story Of these fe men
1 is found In the first nine verses OF the
next chapter. Their commission was TO
I Il far ~.
Jordan and set item up in the FIRST resting
place In tho land, This they did at Gil.
| gal and Joshua also set up IL stones In
tho midst Of Jordan, where the feet Of the
priests stood (chGptcr iv, 0, 20). The 12
under the waters Of Jordan and the IL at
7 Gilgal arc very suggestive Of our union
with Christ in death and resurrection. Old
/ things passed away; all things become
new Oh Cor. Y, ~.
10. "1t shall como 70 pass" This verse
gives tho promise and assurance. Tho next
three give tho fulnllment To make tho
promise as real rs possible we must imag-
inc ourselves on the margin Of rushing
river in tho timo of frcshet, and as we
gaze upon tho mighty waters one among
4 rs says that as soon as the feet If certain
men, duly appointed, shall touch tho wa.
tcrs the river Will divide, Tie upper waters
/ piling up In a heap and the rest flowing
away, leaving the bed OF the riyer dry
/ Could you believe word like tlIstS
l4-l6. "And it came to pass. What
God says is as good as done, for the Lord
Of Hosts hath sworn, saying Surely ms
have thought, so shall it como 20 pass, and
as have rurposcd, 50 shall ii stand' lisa,
xiv, 24). And see Jor. xxi, II, in refer
cnce to nothing being too hard or wonder
/ ful for The Lord. 1t came to pass exactly
MS the Lord said it would, and the people
| passed over right against Jericho Tho
people OF Jericho had heard how the Lord
had divided the Rcd sea fur Israel fchapter
/ il, 10) but now they saw for themselves
the mighty power Of the God Of Jacob.
1 Yet liahab ard her house were the only
ones who piohtcd by the lesson Soinc poo
| pie talk about the laws Of nature as il Sod
/ bound Himself always TO be subject 10 and
work only under control Of these laws.
/ But by what law viii d river cease 10 flow
| aud pile its waters up In u heap and stay
so for timer Instead If laws let us con-
slider Him who controls and Is superior to
all laws; who does as He pleases in hcav-
en-, earth and sea Cps cxxxv, @. and has
perfect control Of fire, air, Garth and sea.
| Say Lord control mo, too, for THY glory.
II. "The priests that bear the ark Of
tho covenant Of tho Lord stood firm on
I d,y ground IN the midst Of Jordan, They
did this until all were clean passed over,
and everything was finished that the Lord
had said tiv, 10, III. Eycn If they march
ed a hundred abreast there would be over
/ five miles OF them to pass over, and even
/ though they hasted dv, l0) it would take
many hours. Observe the words, Until
everything was finished, and compare the
double "Not one thing hath failed, . Of
| chapter xiii, H. Our High Priest will
I finish al that concerns rs, and not one
thing can fail Of all that He has spoken.
Jordan was twice divided after tltis III
Kings II, 9, ~, and the Lord did Tor two
men, and for one man, what He had done
for a nation. Be not afraid. Only believe.