Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-07-17
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson IlI.-Third Quarter, For
July q, 1907.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES
rsx. Of the Lesson, Ex. Xxx, 12-17'
Memory Verses, 12-f7-colden Text,
Lev. xix, 18--commentary PrePared
nv Rev. D, M. Stearns.

known as the second table OF the law
or our duty to our fellow man, sum-
med I'D In the Golden Text, Inou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyselt'
which our Saviour quoted to the law
yer in Matt xxi, 80, and which is also
qiyen in Rom. xiii, 8, Gs a summary OF
the same, and in the next verse we
are told that Glove is the fulhlllng OF
the law" Let us remember as In the
last lesson, that God gave no laws 10
Israel until He had shown them bis
love and power by redeeming tnem
from Egypt. The message when we
are TO carry is that Of John Iii, IL, and
when people see the love OF Goo 10
them. really see and believe II, they
will want to love and please Him.
The Spirit will claim His own prop
ertv and impress upon such hearts
that like DaniePs friends, they can
not bow down to any but the true
God dan. i'll, II, 49,. We snail Dy
tho Shirt of God in us live out the
life of the lesson today, winch our
lord Himself has explained to US IN
Matt. as referring to the inward
norts where the Lord desires truth
FPS. II. c. Next to God come our
earthly parents to be honored anu
oheved. See Jer. xxXv, IS. 10; Eph. vi.
2: Prov. /, 8, and contrast EX. XXI, TO-
Prov. xxx. II; Deut. XXI, IL, Il.
In Matt. x. 81, we learn that to love
father and mother more than the LORD
is not right In Matt. V, Il, ", WIN
John lii. Is, we are taught that
hatred is murder in the sight OF Co..
and in Cain and Herodias we see now
hatred or an inward grudge led 70
murder The Saviour's teaching con-
corning the seventh commandment Is
chat a lustful look is guilt in that re-
spect Matt. V, 2S). and with 1t we
might put 1.-THE thought of foolishness
Is sin" With the eighth command
ment remember Eph. Nv, %; mess
iv. 6. and consider that it is possible
even to rob God (Mal. Ill, y. IL we
rcnder TO God less than seventh OF
orr time and q tenth of our income,
we are robbing God, and there are On
or WAYS. AS to the next, If there Is the
love that thinketh no evil there VIII
| mover he false witness bearing q Cor.
kill 81. In Zech. vii, 10; viii, II, we are
forbidden to imagine evil In our hearts
against a brother or neighbor. In
Ps. Iii. 4, 3, see what God says OF de-
ceitful tongue. On cOvetousness see
Hab. II. 9: Luke xii, 10; Col Ill, 0.
The young man Of Luke XVIII, IL
thought that he had kept all these.
Paul also thought that he had done
well in reference to the righteousness
of the law. but this tenth command
ment opened his eyes Phil. lii, @; Rom
vii. Z, III. In Jas. Ii, 10, we read tnat
"whosoever shall keep the whole law
and vet offend In one point he is guilty
of all" and In view Of the light thrown
mon these commands by our LORD
| Himself there is no one in his r1ghl
mind who would dare to think that he
had kept the law and possessed the
righteousness that God requires. II
we are not righteous, we are un'
| righteous. and "the "unrighteous
shall not inherit the kingdom OF God
IL Cor vi, 81, but Christ was made
sin for US that we might be made the
righteousness of God in Him, and He
is the end Of the law for righteousness
TO every one that believeth Oh. Cor V
81: Rom. X, A.. Concerning all who
trulv receive Him it is written, "Oi
Him are We In Christ Jesus, who OF
God is made unto us wisdom and right
eousness and sanctification and re
demption, that. according as 1t Is writ
ten. He that glorieth let him glory II
the Lord" q Cor. /, 80, 81.
The Lord Jesus, God manifest in TIT
flesh. is the only man who ever per
fectly kept the law Of God. He coul'
trulv saw. 81 delight to do Thy will, {
my God; yea, Thy law is within m.
heart" ops. XII, 8; Heb. x, Z, 1O. Let u
understand more fully our lesson story
The people standing afar Off oversees IL
21) because of the thunderings an
|
smoking mountain. heard the voice
God and were fraid and begged tina
God might not speak to them excep
through Moses, yet they promised I
do all that God had said xix, 8; XIV
y. We shall see in next weeks lesso
how they did L. They did not know
that the natural man, the carnal mine
, is not subject to the law Of God an
never can be: neither did they seem
know that the natural man remain
even in the redeemed. but must D
reckoned dead that the new life ma
have the right of way Rom. vi ii
Gal. ii, 20. is great verse to be II
a eelved and lived out in this connection
also ii Cor. iv, 10. IL.
In connection with this lesson
seems necessary to glance onward
a chapter xiv. the end of this secti0l
where Moses goes up into the mouI
with God and remains forty days an
forty nights. receiving the Ten Con
mandments written with the finger
God on two tables of stone which ais
were the work of God (Ex. XXI, /
16. Not even the elders nor AarC
was allowed to go up to God In ii
mount. but Moses alone drew near
!. the thick darkness where God was *
n 2f; xiv. II, 10, 10, 49,. Joshua we
n with him farther than the rest xxi
! 49,. but how far we are not told, y
II we know that he remained with
near Moses till his return (xxxii, ~,
:, In next lesson.
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