The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-10
THE SUNDAY BIBLE SCHOOL
Lesson in the International Series
for November 13, 1o04-"Joash
Repairs the Temple"


lie covered perloo Oi aDout 90 year..
Il was begun early In Joash's reign, and ne
reigned 10 years--S7S-S40 b. @.
PLACE.-Jerusalem
Tho Lesson Outline.
THEME: :-f,spairing the Lords Temples.
|. A Temple to Be RepaAred.-vs. 4-S
"a The Repairs Ordered.-vs. 4. :.
(2) The Work kNeglccted.-v. g.
(S) Failure Apparent.-vs. Z, ..
II. A Temple Repaired.-vs. els.
~ Planning the Work and WORKING
the Plan.--vs Q, 10.
(2) Workmen Engaged.-vs. IL, IL.
(3) The Work Completed.-vs. IL, II
az Faithful Dealing.-v. IL.
Scripture with Scripture.
I. A Temple to Be Repaired.-Un-
der the six years reign OF Athaliah
the priests of Baal had despoiled the
temple and made breaches in Its walls.
In such condition It was unsightly and
dishonoring to God. There Is another
temple that needs repairing. The tenn
pie Of the body, Cor. 3:16-17. All.
how sin has made breaches in the walls
and despoiled It OF its treasure and de-
stroyed its beauty. Read some OF the
ugly conditions found in the temple OF
the body as enumerated in Gal. 6:lS-2l.
The condition Of the temple Is known.
There are some marks Of the despoiler
upon our lives Man is conscious OF the
fact Of sin in his life and heart. And to
the extent that sin is there, to that ex-
tent Is the body temple defiled.
(1) The Repairs Ordered, VS.. 4, o.
Let the priests repair the breaches OF
the house, wheresoever any breacn
shall be found" This was.the order OF
the king to those In charge Of the tenn
pie and he designated how they were
to obtain the needed money to carry
on the work, v. 4. Gods command to
the keepers of this temple Of the. body
Is: "Be ye holy, for am holy" Lev.
11:44; 1872; Pet. 1:15, 16; Matt. 6:4S.
The king had right to order the tenn
pie repaired, nay, 1t was his duty to SO
do. God as the Creator and Ruler OF
! man has right, nay, He must demand
that the temple SCARED and marred by
sin be repaired.
(2) The Work Neglected, v. 6.
"But--the priests had not repaired the
breaches in the house." And this after
% years. Day after day, week after
| week, month after month, year after
year rolled by and still nothing was
done. The intentions of the priests
undoubtedly we're good. They meant to
obey the kings orders but kept put
ting 1t off The devil wins more vic
tories through that one plea of to-mor-
row than In any other way. Not many
| want the dsfigured temples. Few there
are but that expect some day to begin
the repair work, but oh, how long II
goes undone. The breaches are not re-
paired.
(3) Failure Apparent, VS.. Z, g.
Joash called his priests to account and
God calls man to account for his neg
fect, Heb. 3:7, 8. Joash was not will.
ing to let the matter rest where 1t was
and God is not willing in the face OF
mans failure to stop there. He calls
man to account. He brings him face
to face with his utter failure. But tht
temple is to be repaired. Where the
priests failed the king takes hold ant
pushes the work to completion, and
where man has failed God is ready to
supervise and accomplish the repairing
Of this temple of the body.
II. A Temple Repaired. CD Plan
ming the Work and Working the Plan
vs. 8, 10.-The king now assumes &C.
tive direction Of the work. as is appar.
ent from the account in Q Chron. "a
Jehoiada acted as the kings chiel
agent Specialization marked this sec,
ond effort at repairing the temple. A
special fund with specific purpose was
raised. 1t was to be applied to tht
definite work Of repairing the temple
The people were glad and eager to give
when they understood that their gift
would be applied directly to the temple
repairing. The reason a great deal o
J reform work fails Is because It Is made
so broad and general that 1t never get!
anywhere or does anything and conse
quently does not win the confidence Of
favor of the people. The king had |
clean cut plan, and he worked the plal
. vigorously. The reason great man!
body temples are not repaired is becaus
! the effort is so general and broad tina
It is not workable. The only plan whicl
will work is Gods plan. Mans plan
have always failed. We need to adop
} Gods plan. Eph. 2:10, and then le
God work the plan. Phil. 2:1S.
(2) Workmen Engaged, vs. II, 12.-
Trained hands to do particular work
What are Gods agents in repairing tn
body temple? The Crucifed Saviour
Whose blood clears away the rubbis
of sin. John III; The Holy Spirit
Rom. S:26; The VIII, for Christ an
His Spirit can do nothing for q ma
! unless the will is surrendered Jas. All
Heb. 1851.
(3) The Work Completed. VS.. 13, Il
Phil. 1:6; Eph. 4:13; John 3:2.
: az Faithful Dealing, v. 15.-God, int
! Whose hands we commit ourselves wi
+, prove faithful. Thess. 5:24; 2 Thes,
3:3; Q Tim. 1872; Cor. 1918.
Q The Golden Text.
: I'VE will not forsake the house Of on
Q God" What is involved in this pledge
D ~ Identification with God. The oil
Jewish temple was Gods dwelling plac