Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-08-16

LESSON WI, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. 1e.

Text of the Lesson, Deut. vi, 3-15-Mem-
DRY Verses, 3-5-GoIden Text, Deut. viii
1O--Commentary by the Rev. ID. NJ
stearns.
3. Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe
TO do it, that it may be well with thee
in the land that floweth with milk and
honey" Compare verse and chapter V, 90,
83, on obedience in order to blessing. Then
see vi, %, lit shall be our righteousness If
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 the blood of the passover
lamb and by His mighty power. The sim
ncr must accept Christ as the end of the
law for righteousness (Bom. X, ~ before
the righteousness of the law can be full
| filled in Him (Rom. viii, 3, -. On hear
ing and doing compare also Math. vii, "a
%; Jas. i, 22; l John iii, z; Rev. xix, s,
r. V.
I. "Hcar, o Israel, the Lord our God is
one Lord The Lord Jesus quoted these
| very words, as recorded in Mark xii 30,
/ in connection with summary of the Ten
| Commandments We might read it thus:
Jehovah, our Elohim, is one jehovah "
/ The word "elohim" is a plural word like
seraphim aud chcrubim and is at least
suggestive of plurality of persons, Fa-
thcr, son and Holy Spirit (NIath. xviii,
lg). The oneness of the three is seen in
John X 30, and xiv, 16; also by compar-
ing verses and 4 of Actsv This Jehovah
shall yet be king over all the earth Czech.
xiv, o.
D. "And thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thine heart" We feel per-
fcctly safe in saying that only one man
ever lived who did this thoroughly and al
ways Even the man Christ Jesus the
God man, God manifest in the flesh. None
but He could ever say, 81 do always those
things that please the Father" (Iohn Wit
29) But He verify did love God with al
His heart and soul and might. If we haze
received Him as our Saviour and Lord He
in us will fulfill the righteousness Of the
law, and love is the fulfilling of the law,
such love as is described in Rom. xiii, 10;
l Cor xiii, A..
6. "And these words which l command
thee this disy shall be in thine heart"
Not merely in our heads that we may be
able to repeat Them like the lawyer of
/ Luke X, 81, rs, who answered right, but in
the center of our being, affecting our whole
life. One has said, "Thy word have hid
in mine heart, that might not sin against
Thee" (Ps. elk, ID Ezekiel was command
ed to receive the words in his heart and
then go and speak them TO the children of
Israel (lzck. ill., 10, ID.
Z. And thou shalt teach them diligent-
ly unto thy children" See a repetition of
this verso in chapter Xi, 10. What God de-
sired of Israel He still desires for He
changes not But what IA peculiar house
hold that would he where the word of God
/ y
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 pecul-
lar for Jesus sake. at any cost?
8, .. AS prominent as if ON hand and
forehead and door or gateposts y heart
full of Him and His word and His service,
heart wholly and only for Him, of whom
it is said; "Whcn thou gocst, He shall lead
thee. When thou slcepcst, He shall keep
thee, and when thou awakcst He shall talk
with thee tProv. vi. 22). a heart that de-
lights in tie word Of God and mcd:tates
there in day and night ops. l. ~ a heart
out of the abundance of which the Spirit
can freely talk of Him whom He delights
to glorify & nth. xii 81; John xvi, 14).
Paul was n chosen vessel to bear His name
(Acts iX, 49, and we must be rs manifest
81 a.
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