The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-11-11
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON WI, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, NOV. 10.
reAt of the Lesson, III Kings All, Ais.
Memory Verses, 0-12-GOlden Text,
Neh. n, 3o-Commentary Prepared
by Rev. ID. NJ. stearns.

All that had been accomplished thus
far In saving Joash from the rage Of
Athaliah, in keeping him safely and in
having him anointed king was through
the faithfulness of Jehoiada, the priest,
and his wife, Jehoshabeath, showing us
how much may be accomplished for
God 10y a faithful, fearless, devoted
man or woman. Jehoiaoa lived 10 be
100 years old and when lie died they
buried him in the city of David among
the kings because he had done good in
Israel both toward God and toward His
house I'll Chron. xiv, 10, 10. His
name signifies known Of Jehovah" and
that is better than to be known and
honored OF all men. To be truly the
Loro's and TO live for Him is every
thing All else is nothing, no matter
how men may praise it. While Joash
had such counselor he did right in the
sight of the Lord, but not perfectly, for
the high places were not taken away,
and the people still sacrificed and burn
ed incense there oversees >, >. The BIZ
BILE records only one who always and in
everything Gid right before God.
Under the teaching and guidance Of
Jehoiada the young king was minded to
repair the house OF the Lord and TO that
end sent priests and Levites into all the
cities of judah to gather money for the
work and they were commanded to
hasten ii, for the SONS of Athdliah, that
wicked woman, had broken up the
house of God and had bestowed the
dedicated things upon Baalim. But six
teen years passed, and the house was
not repaired. There was something of
God and something of man in this;
hence the delay, for mans way Of do
Ing always binders Gods work. 1t was
no doubt Of God TO repair the temple,
but TO 20 after the people for the money
with which TO do this was not the
Lords way: hence it failed. | cannot
believe that we are to wait upon people
individually for money with which to
carry on His work. yet there is SO much
Of it done and SO many ways devised 10
get money from all sorts of people TO
this end.
/ believe it to be all wrong. | do not
wonder that the priests under the re-
proof of Joash would consent neither TO
receive money nor to repair the house
oversees G-S). So the kings plan failed.
But now see a better way At the sug-
gestion of Jehoiada a chest with hole
in the lid of ii is placed beside the altar
at the entrance to the house of the
Lord. and willing people brought their
offerings 20 1t. and thus money was
gathered in abundance day by day.
Again and again the chest was emptied
and put back in its place to receive
more. All the princes and all the peO-
pie rcjoiced and brought i'm and cast in
to the chest until tLey had made an
end SO the workmen wrought, and the
work was perfected by them. and they
set the house of God i'm his state and
strengthened IT, The over-eors Of the
work were unusually faithful, for those
who gave them the money with which
To pay the workmcn kept no reckoning
with them verse 10.
Compare carefully the account in ii
CLron xiv. with our lesson for today.
The work being finished, they offered
burnt offerings in the house Of the Lord
continually all the days of Jahoiada Oh
Chron xiv. IA. apd thus the Lord was
honored again in lis own house which
had been so desecrated by the ungodly,
and all through faithful Jehoiada and
his house. If we will say as Joshua
did, AS for me and my house, we will
l - oil
will surely bless us and make us "A
blessing to many. The heart of this
lesson is the house Of the Lord its des-
ecration and restoration.
Both tabernacle and temple, built for
( God to dwell in among His people (EX.
/ XIV, 81. were typical of the True Taber-
! nacle, Jesus Christ CHeb. viii, /, p, and
every good priest and prophet and king
is also a type of Him in whom God
dwelt perfectly. The church is now
His dwelling place on earth. not any
building made with hands nor any so
called denomination but the company
/ OF all true believers wherever found,
and all who are true believers are eX-
pected to yield themselves and their
/
make use Of them TO gather from all ma
tons the members of His body who are
not yet gathered that so the temple may
be finished and the kingdom come.
There is very great need for Jehoia-
das who Will fearlessly and faithfully
honor the Lord alone Individual be-
levers are also temples of the Lord, and
there is great need of such as are will
ing to be wholly cOnsecrated 10 Him q
Cor vi. 10. 20; III Cor vi, 1913, whose
constant motto is. What wilt thou.
Lord = where wilt thouT and whose
whole heart says gladly. Whose l am
and whom | serve (Acts is g; Luke
xxi, 9; Acts xvii. 23l. 1t was sad
day for Joash when the good priest. his
faithful counselor. died, for then came
the princes Of judah and persuaded the
king 10 forsake the house of the Lord
and serve groves and idols, and, al
though the Lord sent prophets to turn
the people again to Himself, the people
would not give ear. and the king went
so far as TO cause 10 he stoned to death
Zechariah. the son of Jehoiada, because
by the spirit Of God he reproved their
sin.
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