Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-08-17
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON WI, THIRD QUARTER. INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. IS.

Text of the Lesson, Deut. vi. 3-15-Mexs-
Org Verses. 3-5-coiden Text. Dsrs. s.:i
Commentary by tho Rev. ID. II
stearns.
g. sHcar, therefore, O Israel, and observe
to do it, that 1t may be svcil with thee
In the land that flowci a with milk and
honey. y Compare verse Is and chapter v. 90
SO, on obedience in order TO blessing. Then
see vi, %, lit shall be orr righteousness il
we observe TO do all these commandments
before the Lord our God We must re-
member that God gave them no command
ments to keep until He had redeemed them
from Egypt by tho blood CT the passover
lamb and by His mighty power. The sin
ner must accept Christ as the end OF tho
law for righteousness from. K, ~ before
the Righteousness of the law can be full
filed in Him from. viii. 8, ~. On hear
Ing and doing compare also Math. vii, "a
e.; Jas. !, ~; / John Iii, &; Rev. xix, s.
r. V.
A. "Hcar, o Israel the Lord our God is
one Lord " Tho Lord Jesus quoted these
very words, as recorded in Mark xii, 20.
In connection with a summary Of the Ten
Commandments. We might read ii thus.
:" Jehovah, our Elohinl, is one Jehovah. "
The word 'elohim'' is plural word Ike
seraphim and chcrubim and is nj least
suggestive Of a plurality of persons, Fa-
ther, Son and Holy Spirit (Ma,h. xviii,
19). The oneness Of the three Is seen in
John K, so, and xiv ID also by compar-
ing verses 8 and of Actsv. This jehovah
shall yet be king over all the earth Czech.
xiv, %.
s. .And thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with oil thine heart" We feel per-
fectly safe in saying that only ono man
ever lived who did this thoroughly and al
ways Even tho man Christ Jesus, tho
God man, God manifest in tho flesh. None
but He could ever say, II do always those
things that please tho Father (John will,
20). But He verify did love God with all
His heart and soul and might. II we have
received Him as our Saviour and Lord, He
In us viii fulfill tho righteousness Of tho
law, and love is the fulfilling of the law,
such love as Is described in Rom. xiii, 10;
Cor. xiii, Al.
6. Sand these words which command
thee this day shall be in thine heart"
Not merely in our heads that we may be
able 10 repeat them, like the lawyer 81
Luke x, 81. 2S, who answered right, but In
the center of our being, affecting our whole
life. Ono has said. THY word havo hid
In mine heart, that l might not sin against
Thee Cps. elk, I'D. Ezekiel was command.
ed to receive the words In his heart and
then go and speak them TO the children OF
Israel (Ezek. iii, 10, III.
z. And thou shalt teach them diligent-
ly unto thy children" SEQ repetition Of
this verse In chapter ri. TO- What God de-
sired of Israel IIo still desires, for He
changes not. But what peculiar house
hold that would be where the word of God
and the works Of God were the one and
continual topic of conversation What
peculiar person he or she would be who
would be always talking Of the word OF
God Would you like to be so very pccul-
lar for Jesus sake. at any costY
8, o. As prominent as II ON hand and
forehead and door or gatoposts. A heart
full of Him and His word and His service.
a heart wholly and only for Him, Of whom
1t is said: when thou goest, He shall lead
thee. When thou slecpcst, He shall keep
thee, and when thou awakest He shall talk
with thee (Proy vi, 22). A heart that do
lights In the word Of God and medtatcs
there in day and night FPS, |. p, a hears
out of the abundance OF which tho Spirit
to glorify (Afnth. xii, "a; John xvi, 14).
Paul was n chosen vessel TO bear His name
(Acts TX, 15), and we must be as manifest
ly His at all times as If we had His
name written on our foreheatls (Rev xiv,
/; xii, ~. Where we would not like TO
bear that naine we may NOT go,
TO- ssAnd it shall be when the Lord thy
God shall have brought thee unto the
land" As in verse 20 He brought them
out of Egypt, that He might bring them
into tho land, and what He purposes Is
sure TO DO accomplished lisa, xly, 24).
These purposes may seem to be delayed by
mans unbelief, and a new generation may
have to be raised up, but every purpose
Of the Lord shall be performed der vi, 29).
IL. Cities and houses and wells and
vineyards and olive trees, which they
neither built, nor dug, nor planted; all
free gift from God to them. He gave, they
received 1t Is even so with us who now
believe in the Lord Jesus. Salvation full
and free Is ours through Him who loved
US, apart from any works Of ours.
IL. "Bowarc lest thou forget the Lord,
which brought thee forth out of the land
of Egypt, from the house OF bondage" (so
also chapter viii, ~. And yet that was
the very thing they did. They forgot His
works and His wonders, aud remembered
not His hand (Ps. xviii, II, AZ. When
we have fear lest wp may lack some good
thing, or lean upon an arm of flesh rather
than upon God, we are guilty of forgetting
Him of whom II Is written, '.Iic that
spared not His own Son, but delivered
Him up for us all, how shall He not with
Him also freely give us all tlingsf" (Rom.
viii, 32.)
I3. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God
and serve Him, and shalt swear by His
Name" See this more fully stated In
chapter K, IL, 20. The fear Of the Lord Is
fountain Of life; therefore be thou In the
fear of the Lord all the day long prov.
xiv, ~; xiii, ~. He who lives In the
fear Of the Lord will not do aught that Is
not right and good In His sight Verse 49,.
He who serves the Lord In sincerity and
truth tJoshua xiv, 14) will never think OF
mans frown or favor, but will seek only
to please Him in all things. His inotta
win be- ''Study to show myself approved
unto God"
Ia. tYe shall not go after other gods
jehovah is the true God the living God,
and king Of eternity (Jer. K, 10, margin);
all other so called gods are but vanity. Hc
brought them out Of Egypt (Deut. V, 81.
He alone Is worthy TO be praised. They
We're chosen to be special people unto
Him above all people tDeut. vii, 81, peo-
pie for His own possession, that they
might make Him Name. Yet after all
His loving kindness, they had TO confess,
10 Lord cur God, other lords beside thee
have had dominion over us lisa. XVI, l3l.
Is. For the Lord thy God Is q jealous
God among you" Just seven times Is God
said to be jealous lex. Xxx, 8; xxxiv, IA;
Deut. ~, "a; Y, 8; VI, Is; Joshua xiv, 10,
Nah. !, p. The same word Is translated
Hzealous, and also bought" or "pur-
chased 1t is surely reasonable thing
that one should uso ms be pleases and pos
sess for his own use that which he has
purchased. See Ex. XIV, 10; Ps. lxxiy, 2,
and compare Titus II, "a, r. ", and Jas
iy, 5, X. v, margin. Let US acknowledge
that we arc al. His for His pleasure.