Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-07-19
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON III, THIRD QUARTER, IN
TeRNATlCNAL Sites, JULY Fl.

| Aaron, offered strange fire before the Lord,
which He commanded them not" The
last lesson told us of failure on the part of
Israeli this tells of failure in the priesthood.
Every man at his best state apart from
Cod is altogether vanity ops xxx, 81.
| This shall be fully seen when after 1000
years of the personal reign of Christ a host
of liars shall follow the father of lies when
he shall be released from the pit. See Rev.
Xxx, 10, and Ps. Xvi, 3, margin. After the
completion of the tabernacle, Aaron and
his four sons were consecrated to the priest
hood to minister unto the Lord in His APP
pointed way (Ex. xviii, l; Lev. viii, l, 2;
Elk. XXX, 81.
2 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 he 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, 10). 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.
3. Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is
it that the Lord spake, saying, | will be
sanctified in them that come nigh Me, and
before all the people l will be glorfed.
And Aaron held his peace" That they
vere to he q holy naonle unto the ord is
the oft renpated renuirenent from Ev viv
G. % UPWARDS. .Jesus Himself i'm His GREAT
intercessorv nrlver said. "For their saIes 7
sanctifv Myself that they also MIGHT he
snuctiGed throuob the truth" l1obn xvii
1W C. II. NJ SAYS that whether the fire
came to evnross annrovnl or disnleosuro
fine nriest bad only to ,vorsbin and that as
nriests of God we n,ust rise ernerior IN all
! the claims and Influences of noturn and of
earth When Ezekiers wife was taken
away bv a stroke. he WAS forbidden to cry
or moi1rn 0Ezek viv 1G-1N Vet Je.ns
went at the crave of Tazarus In ps ,,v,i,
@ we have "a naroIlpI to Anron's silence, ~
was dunb 7 onened not NV month becausa
tbou didst il ,, Soc also - ,lvi IN
4. > Come near. carry vour brethren
from before the sanctuary ont of thecann -
Thus their bodies. "a, in fine case of Ananias
and Sannhira. were buried but what about
! Nadab and Abihu2 We never burv neonle
strictly sppakinp-,ye burv the bodies or
/ tennles i'm which they soiourned for a son.
son. If has been a treat comfort tn npto
| think Of this since ever | prasned the fact
that if nv body ever has n burial will NOT
| be there that dav. but absent from the bodv
and present with the Lord. with Christ
which il far bsftpr Opbu u Or. II Gov =,
| g. There isa vast difference between being
cut off from further service ON earth as a
saved person. and being forever cut off from
/ all possibility of being saved. Some of the
/ believers Mt Corinth were sick and sorne
/ died. because of transmission n Cor vi
3M IT. is nlninlv stated i'm I Cor iii ii IL
| that it is possible TO have rewards for serv,
ice. and it is possible to lose ones works
and vet be saved
6. Uncover not your heads. neither rend
your clothes" Mourning olttimes has in
! it 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. If
we love our loved ones more than we love
| God. we are not worthy of Him. The preat-
est lover must have the greatest love. and
| in every dark and irving hour we must
| still hold to thjg-"Cod is love- and His
ways are lust and true.
Z And We snail lot 20 out from the
door of the tabernacle of the congreoation
| lest We die. fer the amounting oil of the
Lord is upon Won. B.cau.. the, wore tb,
anointed priests of theI.ord. chosen 10 min
lister unto Him. they were To keen them
selves wholly for Him. The Spirit say.
through Peter. that believers are q holy
priesthood. to offer M spiritual sacrifices
accountable to God bv Jesus Christ n Per
ii. ). o.: n royal priesthood tn sbow forth
His praises. In Eph. iv. 20 we read tbar
we are not to prieyetbe Iiolv Snirit Of God
by whom we are scaled unto the day Of re-,
demDtion We sbould never desire. in INV
way to 90 out from His service who hath
called us with such a holy callinp-never
in anv way be conformed IN The world
which lietb in the wicked one lint anointad
with the same Srirjt who anointed Him
walk in His step, Ding abont doing good
Acts \. 3S)
& 0 And the ord snake INTO Aaron
saving. Do not drink wine nor strono
drink thou nor tbv sons with thee when
We 90 into the tabernacle of the congre,,a-
tion. lest We die In This 40 called tom
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