The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-11-11
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
LESSON WI. FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATloNAl SERIES, NOV. IS.
1sxt Of the Lesson. Kings n. i-e-Msm
DRY vsrssA Z. 5-Golden Text. Prov. \.
s3-Commsntary by the Rev. ID. M.
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DRY vsrsss, Z. 5-Golden Text, Prov. \,
s3-Commentary By the Rev. ID. M.
stsarns.
l. Sit came to pass, when Solomon
mad hnislSd the building of the house Of
the Lord, and the kings house. and all
soiomon's desire which he was pleased to
no. According To verse 10 the work oc-
cupied 20 years, and during all this time
Hiram king Of Tyre, helped him with
cedar and fir trees and with gold, according
60 all his desire (verselD For this service
Solomon gave Hiram as kind OF present
70 cities In Galilee, which, when Hiram
saw, were not pleasing unto him, and he
called them Cabul, or displeasing oversees
(Sl-l3). IL Is impossible To please every
zone. and the great joy of real servant of
the Lord Is that he seeks not TO please men,
but God, who trieth our hearts (Gal. 4, 10;
Thess ii, ~. Concerning all this work
IT Is written that Solomon made all that
came into his heart and prospcrously effect
ed 1t Oh Chron. vii, IL This was wholly
due TO the blessing of the Lord, which
maketh rich and to which toll addeth moth
ing prov. x, 20, II. V, margin). The
temple Is suggestive of the New Jerusalem,
the Bride. the Lambs wife. which Is TO
&come down from God out Of heaven and be
center and source of blessing TO all ma
tions on the millennial earth 1t is now
being builded and will be the pure and
eternal home of the redeemed out of all ma
tions. At the building of Solomon's tenn
pie there was neither hammer nor AK nor
any tool of iron heard In the house while 1t
was building, for the stones were made
ready before they were brought thither q
Kings vi, y. Believers are the living stones
In the living temple and are all made ready
down here in the quarries Of daily life be-
fore brought to the place of building q
Pet. ii, 81. When we receive the Lord
Jesus, we are by His blood made fit 70 enter
heaven (Col. i, 12), but by all His healings
with us from that. time we are being pre-
pared for our place In His temple. There
Is not trial nor blow too many in all
the daily life, but needs be- for every
one.
2 "That the Lord appeared to Solomon
the second time, as He had appeared unto
him at Gideon" At Gideon the Lord had
said to him, ASK what 1 shall give thee
Il Kings iii, 81. And the Lord was so
pleased to have him ask only for wisdom
that He gave him both riches and honor
which he had not asked (verse l3). Now,
oieSi ~ sNaio iiO oPpNehio "a NNNphu OiiiiC w
bless him yet more. Our Lord Jesus came
the first time TO give wisdom and right
eousness to all who will accept Him. He
will come the second time, without sin
unto salvation, to bestow the completeness
of His redemption q Cor. 1, 30; Heb. tx,
2s). He is ever the same great giver, Civ.
ing grace and glory TO all who receive Him.
3. And the Lord said unto him, have
heard thy prayer and thy supplication that
thou hast made before Me. - When we ask
anything according TO His will we know
that He heareth us, and knowing that He
has heard us we know that we have the
petitions we desired of Him q. John V,
IA, 15.) The Lord accepted the house to
put His name there, and assured Solomon
that His eyes and His heart would be there
perpetually. There is something very COM
forting in this for every believer, for If we
present our bodies according to Rom. xii,
/, 2, we may be sure that He accepts the
sacrifice, and IL His name and eyes and
heart would be upon building of wood
and stone, how much more will they be
upon every member of the church which Is
the body of Christ.
4. And If thou wilt walk before Me-
as David, thy father, walked, In integrity
of heart, and in uprightness, to do accord
ing to all that / have commanded thee. 4"
Compare chapters ii, 4; vi, 12; XIV, 3. To
walk before God in truth with all the heart
is the sum Of Christian living. To Abram
God said, walk before Me and be thou
perfect" (Gen. xvii, d. The Lord being
with us (Math. xviii, 20), it only requires
that we steadfastly believe 1t, and trust
Him to live out His life in us, according
to Gal ii, 20. A walk with God implies
agreement, humility and full control of
the Spirit, but If we are only willing God
will do Ii (Amos i'll, 3; Mic vi, s; John
ii, 6; III Cor. vi, 16).
3. Then will establish the throne of
thy kingdom upon Israel forever, as I
promised to David, thy father" The
promise to David was unconditional that
his throne would be established forever I'll
Sam. vii, 12, 49,. 1t will be fulfilled In
Solomon IL he will walk before God with
a perfect heart; II not, it will have TO wait
for some other who will so do. The king
has not yet sat on David's throne who
completely filled the bill, but He lives and
waits for it, and will do 1t when He shall
come the second time. See lisa. TX, 8, Z;
Luke l. Be, 89; Jer. xiii, 5, 8; Acts Ii, 80.
6, z. IF We shall at all turn from fol-
lowing Me then will cut of Israel out OF
the land which 1 have given them, and
Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
among all people" The Lord had said
about the same thing To Moses In Deut.
Nv, 26, 81, and 1887, and for over Is CEN
turtles the world has seen IL fulfilled, for
they continued as a nation to despise His
word and misuse His prophets until there
was no remedy OH Chron. xxxvi, 16).
When in the fullness Of time the Son of God
HIMSELF came to be their Saviour and King
they cast Him out and killed Him, saying
1--WE have no king but Cesar. Hence for
all these centuries since our Lord was
crucified the land has been desolate and
Jerusalem trodden down of the gentiles.
8, o. why hath the Lord done thus I'M
TO this land and to this house? Because
they forsook the Lord their God, who
brought forth their fathers out of the land
of Egypt Thus, said the Lord, would
people ask and be answered when they
should see the desolations of the city and
the land, and so it has been. Whether the
Lord deals with Israel OF with the church,
He desires to show the abundance which
He has for and lovesSo give TO His people,
that He may be known and trusted in, To
His glory and His peoples good. See in
Deut xviii, IA, the fullness of blessing
which was within Israel's reach simply on