The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-08-16
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VII, THIRD QUARTER. INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, AUG. 10.

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3. Hear therefore, o Israel, and observe
10 do IL. that IL may be we'll with thee
In the land that fioweth with milk and
honey" Compare verse 8 and chapter v, 29,
93, on obedience in order to blessing. Then
see vi, 25, 1T shall be our righteousness II
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 SIN
ner must accept Christ as the end OF the
law for righteousness (Rom. x, ~ before
the righteousness of the law can be full
filled in Him rom. viii, 8, ~. On hear
ing and doing compare also Math. vii, "a
e.; Jas. /, ~; John iii, q; Rev. xix, 8,
r. ".
L. Hear O Israel the Lord our God is
one Lord" Tho Lord Jesus quoted these
very words, IA recorded in Mark xii, 20,
In connection with summary Of the Ten
Commandments. We might read 1t thus:
Jehovah, our Elohim, Is one jehovah
The word "elohim" Is plural word like
Beraphim and cherubim and Is at least
suggestive of plurality of persons, Fa-
ther, Son and Holy Spirit (Math. xviii,
l9). The oneness Of the three Is seen In
John K, 30, and xiv, is; also by compar-
ing verses and of Acts v. This Jehovah
shall yet be- king over all the earth Czech.
xiv, 81.
5. "And thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thine heart" We feel per-
fectly 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 sSy, II do always those
things that please 1se Father" (John viii,
29). But He verify did love God with all
His heart and soul and might. If we have
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;
1 Cor. xiii, Al
g. And these words which command
thee this day 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, 2S 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" ops. elk, ~. Ezekiel was command
cd to receive the words in his heart and
then go and speak them TO the children Of
Israel (Ezek. iii, 10, ID.
7. "And thou shalt teach them diligent-
ly unto thy children" See repetition Of
this verse in chapter XII, 10. What God de-
sired of Israel He 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 a
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?
3, 9. As prominent as If on hand and
forehead and door or gateposts. A heart
full Of Him and His word and His service,
a heart wholly and only for Him, of whom
it Is said: when thou gocst, He shall lead
thee When thou sleepest, He shall keep
thee, and when thou awakest He shall talk
with thee" prov. vi, 22). A heart that de-
lights in the word of God and meditates
there in day and night FPS. i, 81 A heart
out of the abundance of which the Spirit
can freely talk of Him whom He delights
to glorify (Math xii, 81; John xvi, IA
Paul was chosen vessel TO bear His name
ACTS tx, 15l, and we must be as manifest
ly His at all times as if we had His
name written on our forehcads (Rey. xiv,
/ xxi, A.. Where we would not like to
bear that name we may not go.
10. And IL shall be when the Lord thy
God shall have brought thee unto the
land" AS In verse % He brought them
out of Egypt, that He might bring them
into the land, and what He purposes is
sure to be accomplished lisa. xiv, 2).
These purposes may seem to be delayed by
mans unbclief, and a new generation may
have to De raised up, but every purpose
of the Lord shall be performed" (Jer. vi, 29).
IL. Cities and houses and wells and
vineyards and olive trees, which they
neither built, nor dug, nor planted; all a
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. Beware lest thou forget the Lord
which brought thee forth out of the land
of Egypt, from the house of bondage" $50
also chapter viii, ID. And yet that was
the very thing they did. They forgot His
works and His wonders, and remembered
not His hand ops. xviii, IL, 42). When
we have fear lest we may lack some good
thing, or lean upon an arm of flesh rather
than upon God, we are guilty Of forgetting
Him of whom it is written, He that
spared not His own Son, but delivered
Him up for Us all, how shall He not with
Him also freely give us all things?" rom.
viii, 3D.
10. "Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God
and serve Him, and shalt swear by His
Name" SEQ this more fully stated in
chapter K, 12, 20, The fear of the Lord is
a fountain of life; therefore be thou in the
fear of the Lord all the day long prov.
xiv, 81; 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 Joshua xiv, 14) will never think of
mans frown or favor, but will seek only
to please Him in all things. His motto
will DO, STUDY to shew myself approved
unto God.
IA. Eye 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. He
brought them out of Egypt Deut. v, 81.
He alone is worthy to be praised. They
were chosen to be special people unto
Him above all people Deut vii, 81, peo-
pie for His own possession, that they