The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-11
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson Wl.-Second Quarter, For
May IA, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text of the Lesson, lisa. vi. lis.
Memory Verses, 6-8-GoIden Text.
lisa. vi, documentary Prepared by
Rev. D. M. Stearns.
Uzziah. king of Judah. was evidently
much helped by Il prophet named
zechariah. who had visions of God.
/ And HOW we see in this lesson that
Isaiah received his commission in con-
nection with vision of God. 1t was
| 50 with Ezekiel and Zechariah, who
wrote the prophecy called by his name;
also with Moses and Joshua and Gid.
| eon. Daniel also had a vision of God,
Now mine eye seeth thee" that he re-
ceived fullness of blessing. There is
| no vision of God or knowledge Of God
except through the Son of God, whom
| we know us Jesus Christ our Lord. No
/ man knoweth the Father save the Son.
/ aud he to, Whomsoever the Son will re-
| zeal Him. No man cometh unto the
/ Father but by Me He that hath seen
/ Me hath seen the Father Matt. 81.
21; John xiv. 6, 81. We are not fully
/ qualified for service until we have so
seen God in Christ that no mortal man
/ is big enough to come between Him
/ snd our souls vision. The Lord alone
must be seen and exalted. and we
/ must cease from man Qsa ii, II. II.
| o2l
In the year that King Uzziah died
! Isaiah saw throne and Il king who
i liveth forever, who said to. John in
patiGos. II was dead. and behold am
alive forevermore' Rev. /. 49, This
same John. quoting from our lesson
I. ehapter and referring to this vision.
4 said, These things said Isaiah when
he saw His glory and spoke of Him"
| (John XII. AL Notice that the one
whom Isaiah saw on the throne Is
/ called Lord Capital l.. small ord), not
| tile same as LORD in verses 3, 5. II.
| where the name is all capitals. The
| former is "Adonai." my master. my
| proprietor, the one who owns me,
! whereas the latter is Jehovah" the
great Il am" who was and is and is
| to be the Creator as my Redeemer. 1t
/ any mortal man owns us and he dies
! we may be in sore distress, but II the
/ one whose we are and whom we serve
is the ever living man on the throne
then we will have peace always.
1t is a very great lesson to learn to
see no man any more save Jesus only
with ourselves Mark ix, 81 Isaiah
saw the seraphim close to the throne.
whereas Ezekiel and John saw cher
uhin {EZek. and Rev. iv. with Eek.
/ Y, 20) We know from Rev Y. 9. 10.
i and the association of the cherubim
with the mercy seat and the vail that
they represent the glorified redeemed
/ from. among the nations. The ser;,-
pllim may represent the same rs they
only. seraphim and cherubim, cry
holy. holy. holy. They look forward
70 and speak of the time when the
earth shall be full of His glory. Gov
ering face aud feet with their wings
suggests that it is not what we are o,
what we do that counts for anything
but with the wings that fly we must
soar higher. even as Oh eagles wings
and behold only Himself The face
4 Indicates character. what we are. and
i the feet our walk, what we do. but
our only comfort is in what He is and
what He does.
The effect of this vision of the glory
Of the Lord upon the prophet was that
he saw himself as wholly undone and
4 unclean. This is what we need-such
!, vision Of the beauty of the Lord that
we shall forever hate and abhor our
selves and see ourselves rs sinners il
Ills sight. according to ls;l xiv, 6
1 Dan. Y, S.. Rom. vii, 1S: $40 Thus
seeing ourselves we shall have no con
. demnation for other sinners. nothin.
but the compassion of Jesus Christ
When there is this deep and thorough
road to forgiveness and cleansing. fol
He came to save sinners, and His blood
eleanseth from all sin Note tina,
heavenly agency does it all. iniquity
is taken away, sin purged. the sinner
is perfectly helpless. as were Adam
and Eve when the Lord God made
coats of skins and clothed them
It is our privilege to know that He
has by Himself purged our sins and
is now on the right hand of the Maj
esty on high Heb /, 81. Then we
are ready to hear the voice from the
throne saying. Whom shall send
and who will go for us?'' Notice the
Il" and "us." the one living and true
God in the three persons Of Father
Son and Holy Spirit Was ever such
wonderful commission offered Il
mortais as to represent the Trinity be
fore men? See in John xiv. II. %
how they are said to dwell III the be
lever and in II Cor. iv, 10. II, that
the life of Jesus is to be made mani
fest in these mortal bodies.
We have only to yield and obey The
power is His, and the life is His. ant
the message is His. and He will take
rare of the results, and we are assur
ed that He will not fail nor be dis
couraged lisa. xiii, a.. 1t is ours te
receive the message from Himself, re
ceive His words in our hearts and
then in His name go tell'' Verse o
Eek. iii. 10, II. IL In the closing
verses Of the chapter the prophet was
told that the message would not be re
ceiyed So it was with jeremiah ani
. Ezekiel They We're warned that Their
messages would provoke great opposi
ton. but they were to speak whether
, men would hear or not. See also Matt