Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-07-19
International 9rsson.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON ", THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JULY 81.

Ex. Xxx. documentary Prepared by
Rev. ID. NJ. Stearns.
copyright, 1902. by American Press Asso-
ciation.]
/. Up, make US gods. which shall so be-
fore US.
The topic Of our lesson is "Worship-
ing the Golden Calf" and. although
the whole chapter is assigned as q
study. lack of space will necessitate
limiting our comments to the verses to
be printed as the lesson. l-G, 3O-3o.
Some one has said that whenever we
turn away from leaning exclusively
upon God either for salvation or for
the necessities of the daily path we are
virtually saying. Up. make us gods
This is equal 10 rejection of God.
These people had not seen Moses nor
heard from God for several weeks.
and. forgetting their promise to obey.
they fail to trust.
2. 3. And Aaron said unto them. Break
off the golden earrings and bring
them unto me.
When Moses went up into the mount
to be alone with God. he said to the
elIers. Aaron and Hur are with you,
and he referred the people to them as
counsclors in his absence. Aaron was
Moses mouth or spokesman. and Mo-
SEES w;,s to him instead of God (EX. w.,
IL; VII. u; but. Moses being absent,
he. like false prophet. speaks out or
his own heart this evil advice (Jer.
xiii. lG,. He has no word Of warming
or help for them as from God.
4. These be thy gods o Israel. which
brought thee up out Of the land or Egypt
What lie. what blasphemy. what
dishunOr to the living God! Has Aaron
lost his reason! He certainly has l1st
faith In God. See In III Thess. II, 10,
IL, the awful consequences Of turning
away from the truth. Instead Of re-
ceiving from their hands the gold to
make an idol. they should have re-
ceived from his mouth the living words
of the living God. Through him who
should have led them to the God Of
glory they changed their glory into the
similitude of un OK (Ps. cvi. 20,.
S. And when Aaron saw 1t he built an
altar before 1t.
See this sin repeated In the case OF
JeroDoam and the very words OF Aaron
used Il Kings xii. %. 33,. This Is all
the work of the devil from beginning
to end. and so Is everything like 1t In
the churches and among the people of
God today. God Is Spirit. and they
that worship Him must worship Him
in spirit and in truth John iv. 24'.
6. The people sat down to eat and to
drink and rose up 10 play
See Cor X. I. and it would be well
to read the whole chapter. Is it not
on the same line Of things when in
houses built for the worship Of God
people bearing the name Of Christ meet
to eat und drink and be entertained or
amused? In the next two verses the
Lord. while speaking to Moses. calls
the people Moses people which he
brought out Of Egypt and says. They
have turned aside quickly out Of the
way which commanded them." They
were not acting like the people Of God;
they were not IN His way. See Ps.
cxix. /; John xiv. &: Josh. i. I. The Lord
suggests that He destroy the whole
nation and make Of Moses new ma
ton. Moses intercedeS for the people
as the Lords people and Is heard. He
comes down from the mount. breaks
the tables. burns the calf. grinds 1t to
powder. scatters it upon the water and
makes the people drink it.
30. will go up unto the Lord. Perad-
venture | shall make an alonement for
your sin.
Thus he puts himself between the
sinners and God as a mediator, con-
Tossing their sin and seeking atone
ment, which implies Judgment upon
sin. See what is written of Phinehas
making an atoncment in Mum. XIV,
1913. Remember Lev. xvii, IL. and
that it Is the blood that maketh atone
ment for the soul and see Him, the
prophet like unto Moses (Deut. xviii,
49,, who, taking the sinners place and
allowing all sin to be laid upon Him.
did by bearing our sins in His own
body on the tree make atonement suf-
icient for the sins Of the whole world.
81. Oh. this people have sinned a great
sin!
All sin Is great, and even the thought
Of foolishness Is sin prov. xiv. 81,
but some sins are more heinous than
others. The Lord Jesus Himself spoke
Of sin that hath never forgiveness at
the same time that He spoke Of the
forgiveness Of all manner Of sins ex-
cept this particular sin (Mark I'LL.
2S-3O). The sin that overtops all 9th
ers is the rejection Of Christ. the Son
Of God This is the sin that causes
souls to perish (.TOhn iii, 49,.
a2. And If not. blot me. pray Thee. out
of Thy book which Thou hast written.
He Is willing to suffer in their stead,
If necessary, in order to save them.
The same spirit is seen in Paul on
behalf Of the same people Israel (Rom.
TX. 81. The reality is seen in Jesus
Christ. who was actually made curse
for them and for us.
33 Whosoevcr hath sinned against Me
him will blot out Of My book.
In Rev Xxx. 12. and Nal. iii, 16. we
read of several books. but what book
is referred to In our lesson perhaps we
may not know in this our time Of par
tial knowledge q Cor. xiii, 0, l2).
"a. 35 Behold. Mine angel shall go before
thee.
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