The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-29

Lesson Fourth Quarter, For
Oct. |, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text Of the Lesson, Eek. III, 1921.
Memory Verses, f7-1s--GoIden Text,
Eek. Ill, 17--Commentary Prepared
BY Rev. q. Nj. Stearns.
It Is most helpful to consider these
men who were truly sent Of God and
who faithfully delivered His messages
The heart OF all their messages was
the one to whom they all bare witness
facts K, 48); the one whom Ezekiel saw
as man upon throne q, 26); the one
for whom the throne OF David still
waits, who win be King over all the
earth and rule the world in righteous
ness (Luke !, 80. S3; Zech. xiv, 81.
Ezekiel was one OF the captfves I'm
Babylon, and. like Daniel, he was there
for his own good and the good Of 9TH
ers Ger. xiv, 81, that he might turn
the people to God. The hand of the
Lord was specially upon him, as II is
said at least seven times q, 3; fiji, IL.
a.; viii, 1; xxxiii. %; xxxvii, j; xl, ~,
and by the Spirit OF the Lord he saw
visions Of God. heavenly things az IN
chapter 1, and things at Jerusalem on
earth as In chapter wifi, things then
taking place or about to take place as
in chapter xii, and things yet future
as In chapter xxxvii
When we have become children Of
God by receiving the Lord Jesus
Christ there Is nothing we need so
much as to be filed with the Holy
Spirit and have the hand of God upon
us. controlling. guiding, working. II
we are In His hand for His pleasure,
inasmuch as the pleasure of the Lord
shall prosper I'm His hand Isa. lii, 10)
It win prosper through us IL we are
only willing and obedient
The aim Of every believer who ID
right with God must be the glory OF
God, that God in all things may be
glorified and the time OF His kingdom
FASTENED q Pet ", III. 13: v, 1O). In
chapter ! the prophet saw the likeness
OF the glory OF the Lord In the cloud.
and fire and brightness, and the living
creatures, and the wheels and the
throne over all with the man upon 1t
chapter /, 3: XVI, 28). In chapter
Y, 20 he tells as that he knew the
living creatures were the cherubim,
and / believe that Adam and Eve and
the antediIuvian believers saw In the
cherubim In Eden symbols OF what re-
deemed ones shall be In the kingdom.
Before II Is time to teach this lesson
] hope to have ready a booklet on ''The
Cherubim." 1t Is only as we are filled
with visions of God and glory that we
can be His faithful witnesses here IN
this ungodly world. There Ia rebellion
against God on every side as truly as
IN the days Of Esslziel chapters Il, SO;
iii, N, and the word or truth Is not
popular. Tt is even according to Fsa.
xxx, ell, bat IL Spirit filed and be
holding the glory we shall not be
moved by what we see and hear all
about up
Az the Lords messenger or watch
man Ezekiel was 10 hear the word at
Ills mouth and give them warning
from Him (varse 1T). His orders were:
Speak NY words unto them whether
they win hear OF whether they viii
forbearp Eat this ron and 60 speak
unto the house Of Israel" Speak with
MY words unto them. All NY words
receive In thine heart and 90 and tell
them, thus saith the Lord God I'll,
III. 1. A. 10. Ill. The messenger OF the
Lord must never get up bis own mes
sage nor speak from his own heart
merely. but he must eat the words 81
thu Lord according to this lesson and
Jer. NV, 16: Rev. <. Sill Like this
and John III Patnnog, we VIII
ind the word sweet 10 our taste, but
afterward bitter tiii. 3. 14), Tor there
VIII be an opposition to 1t on the part
of many which viii enable Ii to sym.
DatEize with jeremiah Ia his expert
ance of chapter ~, $40 May there
also be III us such burning that NE
cannot hnt speak the words az truth.
however much We may BE- tempted not
to do 50 (Acts IN, 20).
The prophets seven days astonish.
nent fverse 49, reminds us of Jobs
friends who sat with him seven days
and nights without speaking word
Cob \ 1sl aud q The words 81 r..