The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-09-08
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson xI.-Third Quarter, For
| Sept. 10, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.


i Rev. o. M. stearns.
The study of prophecy should be to
every child of God most fascinatingiy
attractive, for ito Him give all the
prophets witness and 'the testimony
OF Jesus is the spirit OF prophecy" (Acts
x, 49,; Rev. XIX, 100. The Lord has
told the prophets all that He intends
to do, and prophecy is therefore
light in a dark place to show us the
way we are going CAmos iii, z; ii Pet
1. 1921. Our blessed Lord is just
the same as when on the way TO EN-
maus, and the same evening in the
midst of the disciples He opened TO
them in all the Scriptures the things
concerning Himself duke xiv, 1921,
44-46), and he still loves to do so.
In one of His discourses He men,
toned the prophet DanieI and the
prophet Ezekiel also mentions him BY
name CNfatt xiv, 10; Ezek. xiv, I'D.
Ezekiel and Daniel we're both among
the captives in Babylon for their good
and the good OF others Ger. xiv, 40.
They were the Lords messengers, and
I'm them was seen the wisdom and
power Of the true and living God as
contrasted with the wisdom of this
world. / 1nd IL helpful to my own
soul 10 watch God working and 20 re-
member that He is as ready now to
work for His glory in those who are
wholly His as were Daniel and bis
friends
Notice in verses 2, o, II, of our les
Hon chapter that 10 was the Lord who
gave the king of Judah into the hands
Of the king OF Babylon. He also
brought Daniel into favor with the
prince Of the ennuchs and gave to him
and his friends knowledge and skill in
all learning and wisdom. "Whatso-
ever the Lord pleased that did He"
'sHe doeth according to His will In tho
army of heaven and among the inhab-
itnnts of the earth" ''He worketh
all things after the counsel Of His own
win" CPS. cxxxy, g; Eph. 1, III.
These young men were chosen to
stand before the king of Babylon
! (verse 81, but they never forgot that
they always stood before a much
greater King, even the Lord, the King
of Israel (Zeph iii, 15l. Their beauti-
ful names signifying God is my judge,
Jehovah is gracious, who IL as God Is
Jehovah my keeper, might be covered
by idolatrous names, but what men
might call them did not affect their
standing before God.
Even I'm the matter OF eating and
drinking we are to glorify God and
not be conformed to the age in which
we live q Cor. X, 81; Rom. xii, /, p,
30 Daniel purposed IN bis heart that
he would not dehle himself with food
offered to idols (yerse b. In this
matter God wrought for them, not
only giving them favor with those set
over them, but also causing them to
thrive better on their plain food than
did the others who ate the portion OK
the kings meat Oversees 0, IA, 15l.
1t il not so much the food we eat.
either as to quantity or quality, as the
blessing Of God upon IL. On one oc-
casion our Lord taught that mot that
which goeth into the mouth deGleth
/ man" and so Paul wrote, i know
} and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus
5 that there is nothing unclean Of itself"
( Matt. XIV, II; Rom. xiv, 1D. Ordinari-
e " we are to eat what Is set before us,
asking no questions. but in Daniels
case 1t was a matter Of sanctioning
!. idolatry or standing for the true God,
! and when with us under any clrcum-
! stances II becomes q question Of Goo
: or the devil there Is only one thing 10
: do. we cannot drink the cup OF the
Lord and the cup of demons Il Cor.
x, 2D.
we are not to imagine that God gave
Il them knowledge and skill in all learn
ing and wisdom verse I'D apart from
& study on their part, whether 1t was
the wisdom Of Egypt or the wisdom
: from above, which Ii first pure, then
= peaceable, gentle and easy to be en-
y treated JAS. iii, I'D. Some OF as can
!. almost imagine with what relief and
: Joy they would turn from the books
a OF Egypt to the book Of the law Of the
N Lord and how there would be fulfilled
y to them, blessed are they that hun.
Of ger and thirst after righteousness, fcz
4 they shall be filed" The natural man
"a can grasp the wisdom Of this world
y but the things Of God knoweth nc
u, man, but the spirit Of God. In his IN
4. Outstanding Of visions and dreams alsd
IN he would doubtless profit BY the ex
ed perience Of Joseph and the ability Civ
OF en- to him and to others.
with what sublime confidence IA
Of God be said to the king in connection
ne with his nrst dream that if time wa
q granted to him he would show the in
- - depreciation and how gIoriousIy Co.
; honored his faith by revealing to hin
~ the secret In q vision Of the nigh
Of Chapter II, 1910. See Ia chapter i
O. Is. 20. AZ, how he honored God. VIII
r revealed to him the secret, and hos
y. because Of this the king honored Go
s also az the God Of gods and . Lord d
" kings.
= SO God was gIorined ID DAME
= sand Daniel continued Verse 81
i There Ii most profitable meditaff0
he in those words, and we are reminde
OF Of Acts XVI, ~, Having therefor
lic obtained help Of God continue uni
~ this day" Paul believed Moses an
the prophets just as Daniel did. an
3. In Dan. tx, 2, he tells MS thar be ha
= been studying the word Of the Lord !
Jeremiah. the prophet
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