The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-08-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson VI.-Third Quarter, For
Aug. 6, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text of the Lesson, Jer. XVI, 7-1s.
Memory Verses, 10, 14Go!den Text
Pc. xvii. documentary Prepared
by Rev. D. N. Stsarns.
Jeremiah was a faithful messenger
II the Lord God Of Israel and coveted
only the approval Of Him who sent
him.. He was therefore hated by the
false prophets and by all who would
not submit to God. The Lord told him
that it would be SO when He called
him to be prophet and said: Speak
unto them all that command thee; be
not dismayed at their faces They
shall fight against thee. but they shal!
not prevail against thee. for | am with
thee. saith the Lord, to deliver thee
DER /. II. 10: xv. 20,.
After ne had been eighteen years a
prophet compare Jer. i. >. IL Chron.
xxxiv. l, and Jehoiakim was now
king. his brother Jehoahaz having
reigned only three months I'll Chron
xxxvi. Ia. the word of the Lord came
again to jeremiah saying. Speak all
the words that l command thee to
speak unto them; diminish not word
der XVI. q Because of Jeremiahs
faithfulness in delivering the Lord $
message against the city and the tenn
pie the priests and the prophets took
him and gathered the people against
him to put him to death verses 7-11
The reason Of their hatred is seen in
the description given of them in pre-
vious chapters. IA wonderful and hor-
rible thing Is committed in the land
the prophets prophesy falsely. and the
priests bear rule by their means. and
MY people love to have 1t So" Every
one. from the least even unto the
greatest. is given to covetousness;
from the prophet even unto the priest,
every one dealeth falsely" Both
prophet and priest are profane: yea.
in My house have ] found their wick
| edness, saith the Lord" (Jer V. 30. 81;
viii. 10; xiii. III. See the same state
of affairs described In lisa xxx. -;
| XXX. 9-13.
With such an alliance against God
on the part of the people and their
| teachers we cannot wonder at their
persecution of such a man of God as
Jeremiah. 1t has always been so. and
/ the Lord Jesus when on earth said
that it would be SO throughout this
age also Matt. <. 1918; John XIV. 1921
XVI, 1-3). We cannot be faithful te
God and on good terms with tht
world. lying in the wicked one. Back
of all prosecutors Of the people of Goo
we must see the great prosecutor anf
destroyer. the father Of lies.
/ In verses II to Is we have Jeremi
abs defense. and his only plea is. 20
truth the Lord hath sent me unto
you to speak all these words in you
ears" He did not fail to exhort then
to amend their ways and their doing:
and to obey the voice of the Lord thei
God. and then he added. do what 70;
please with me. but know that if 70,
kill me you will kill an innocent man
The princes and the people then tool
Jeremiah's part against the priest!
and the prophets because be had spo
, ken in the name of the Lord their God
and they recall the fact that in tn
days of Hezekiah the Prophet Mical
was Il faithful witness for the Ler'
of hosts against Jerusalem. but tina
! -Hezekiah. instead of killing him. re
J prntcd before the Lord. and the Lor,
!, kept back the evil which otherwis
: would have come upon them. Mica
, told them plainly that they judged 70
I reward. taught for hire and divine'
\ for money. yet professed to lean npo
} knew this to be all true and he hun
bled himself before God and repentet
The last part Of our lesson chapte
= tells of another true man of God VIII
n prophesied as jeremiah did. and whe
n Jehoiakim sought to kill him he fle
0 into Egypt. but the king had hir
0 brought back out OF Egypt and put I
D death The difference In the fate 0
y these two men makes US think Q
Al James. the brother Of John. whot
Herod killed with the sword. and II
= ter. who was saved from similar fat
by an angel (Acts xiii. 1t is always
gain for true child Of God to die, bu
j. it is sometimes better for the peopl
of God on the earth and for sinner
who may through them be saved
continue yet awhile here Phil
1926
jeremiah was prophet Of the Lor
for forty years until judah was full
& "a ry.ixnl "a Dffvo IN tho dovS IF Iodnk