The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-09

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The Lesson Outline.
THEME.-sin and Its Punishment.
Judgment fallen. VS. 6. l.
% The Human Agency. We.
t2) Tie Lords Oyerruling Providence.
u.-God's FaithfulLess. v -
u) Sent Ills Messengers
90 Tie Message
III Seven Stages Of sin. Va. ~. li-l7.
First Siep.-Unbeiief Feared 9th
er Gods. Z.
Second step-Worldiy Conformity
Walked in the statutes Of the
heather" vs.. s.
Third step-Secret Idol Worship.
Did secretly those things that
were not right against the LORD.
Va s-lA
Fourth tep.-Stubbornness They
would not hear, but hardened their
necks' They rejected His stat
utes. VS.. y. l..
FIN Step open Idol Worship
They left all the commandments
OF the Lord, their God. and macs
them molten images" 'Worsniped
a. the host Of heaven and served
Baal. v. 10
Sixth step.-S pirituaiism- They
used d.vinatious and eneEant-
ments. '. Il.
] ktNGutL STEP kAtE AtA4 ~ A4~A-s
sold themselves to DO evil. '. IL.
/ Comparing Scripture with Scripture.
Judgment Fallen-Sin has run
It's course. Sin, when II is finished,
bringeth forth death James Ills.
( The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and plenteous in mer-
~" But as surely as night closes in Oh
The longest day, 50 sin unrepenied Of
and persisted in at last feels the crush
ing force Of Gods judgments. For
He Nill rot always chide. neither will
lie keep His anger forever" Ps 1899.
The sixth verse states explicitly that
the king Of Assyria took Samaria and
carried Israel away" and vs.. IS de
clares that the Lord removed them
out OF His sight" This double declar.
alton emphasizes two things: % the
human agency; % the Divine provi-
dence. Ps. 76:lO.
lI--God's Faithfulness. VS.. 13.-Ir
tie midst Of the long enumeration Of
lsraels sins vss. III is injected this
testimony Of Gods faithfdlness The
sinner. If lost, perIshes in spite OF
God s efforts to save him. Eek. 33-1l
lII.-Seven Stages OF Sin First
Step-Unbelief.-"F Feared other Gods
Tvs. y. This may mean anything
which usurps the place Of God I'm
belief turns the heart from God.
Second Siep-Worldly Conformity
walked in the statutes of the
heather" Tvs. 81. God calls His chill
dren today TO separation from the
world. 2 Cor. 6:17; Jas 40; John 2: Is
Third Step-Secret Idol Worship
"Did secretly those things that were
not right against the Lord" tvs. 9-l2)
All. how many secret sins there are
that are fostering within. ultimately
10 break out in the open sore
Fourth Step tubbornness.-"They
would not hear. but hardened their
necks." They rejected His statutes"
tvss. 14-15). We had unbelief as the
first step away from God. then worldly
conformity. then secret indulgence in
the wicked practices OF the world. and
now stubbornness Notice how the
thirteenth verse. telling OF Gods faith
downward in the progress OF sin. and
that the fourth step marks the way in
which they received Gods messengers
and His message Stubbornness bars
The gate to repentance and plunges the
soul onward TO certain destruction.
Hear Gods opinion Of this sin. / Sam.
1928.
Fifth Step-Open Idol Worship
"They left all the commandments OF
the Lord. their God. and made them
molten images" They worshipped all |
the hosts OF Heaven and served Baal"
Tvs. 16). Stubborn refusal TO hear
Gods warning voice cuts the soul
loose from all restraint. Rom. 1924
Sixth Step - Spiritualism IL They |
used divinations and entertainments"
tvs. III. All the dark mysteries OF the |
DEVILS devices are included here. II
is the last step towards utter abadon-
ment to evil. Paul speaks OF "seduc.
ing spirits and doctrines OF devils"
I Tim. al.
Seventh Step-Utter Corruption.
"Sold themselves to do evil" Tvs. IN.
Study Rom 1:2l-22 in connection with
these seven steps in sin.
The face OF the Lord is against them
that do evil" God is a Spirit" and vet
the Holy Spirit. in speaking OF God to
men. uses terms that are comprehen-
sive and intelligent to the human mind.
THE face against one means
opposition. censure. condemnation.
Evil cannot abide in Gods presence any
more than darkness in the pure light
OF the sun. The evil doer. the self-lover
instead OF the lover OF God, is a rebel
against God and the Lords face IL
against him tRom. "a. 81. But Jesus
blood cIeanses from all sin, and turns
the face OF God in mercy towards the
sinner. Read all Of Peter 3:n