The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-06
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson x.-Third Quarter, For
Sept. z, 1918.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

le%S or Tne GessoH, E&. Xxx, ILL
Memory verses, 1.11-eoIden Text,
Luke <, 27-commentary Prepared
BY Rev. p, M. stearns.
"And God spake ali these words"
Sometimes when those whom we call
heather hear Of the . true God who
made heaven and earth. and that He
is a God Of Love and sent His Son
to die for sinners, and that there is q
book which tells what He said and
did. they spare neither time nor money
that they may possess such a book.
In contrast to this, how little do many
in so called Christian lands appreciate
the word Of God or give any heed to
such words as these: 'The mighty God,
even the Lord hath spoken" Hear,
Q heavens. and give ear O earth, for
the Lord hath spoken "Give ear, o
We heavens. and I will speak. and hear,
y earth, the words of my mouth"
"God. who at sundry times and in
divers manners spake in time past
unto the fathers by the prophets, hath
in these last days spoken unto us by
His Son" FPS. !, /; lisa. l., 2; Deut.
xxxii. 1;3Heb. l.. u. =
Repeating these words Of the Ten
Commandments in Deut. ", Moses said
concerning them: ''1These words the
Lord spake unto all your. assembly in
the mount out of the midst Of the fire,
of the cloud and of the thick dark
ness with a! great voice, and He add
ed no more. And He wrote them in
two tables Of stone and delivered them
unto me- tDeut. v. 22). THE tables
were written on both their sides, y ="
and the tables were the work Of God,
and the writing was the writing Of
God, craven upon the tables" "Tables
Of stone written with the finger Of
God" eek. xxi. Is. 10; XXI, 49,. See
also Deut. tx, 10; X. 4. There never
were tables like these nor writing like
this. and as He spoke to and wrote for
Hebrew people it must have been in
the Hebrew language. the only Ian
guage Of which we have any record as
being spoken from heaven to man
tActs XVI. AZ. He gave as a reason
for the ten words who He is and what
He had done. II am the Lord thy God.
which have brought thee out of the
land Of Egypt, out Of the house of
bondage" 49,, - Il .-.. ,7 ~
= Note two Of the many repetitions of
this great saying. and His great long.
Ing that they would give heed to Him
that He might do all that was in His
heart for, them (Deut. v, 6, %: Ps.
lxxxi. 1915. Note in the ten words
the fourfold repetition of "the Lord
thy God" oversees s. {. 10. 12). They
suggest at least this--Jehovah, thy Re.
deemer., who is also thy Creator. We
have for u meditation in this lesson
the first four of the ten words or com
mandments. and they are summarized
by IL Lord in these, words in His
reply to the lawyer: Thou shalt love
theI.ord thy God with, all thy heart,
and with all thy soul. and with all thy
mind Matt. xii. Sd.
We all need to confess. 30 Lord our
God. other lords beside Thee have had
dominion over us" Elsa. XVI, 13). The
rich, young ruler who thought that he
had kept all the commandments from
his youth up was proved guilty Of
breaking the first one when he prefer
red his great possessions to eternal
life Matt. xix. q. 22). It Is not nee
essary to bow down to the work of
mems hands to break the first Of the
commandments, for If anything, how
ever lawful it may be, occupies our
more than our Creator Redeem
er we are guilty, and breaking one
breaks all, according to Jas. Ii, 10.
The worship Of sun. moon or stars or
the likeness Of anything In heaven or
earth is forbidden by the second COM
mand. See the matter more fully stat
ed in Deut ". 1910.
This command, like the others, may
be broken by our thoughts, for God
sees the pictures we hang UP and
bow down to in the chambers Of our
imagery tEzek. viii, 12), and He de-
sires for u good that He should be
supreme even in the imagination of
our thoughts, all being brought into
captivity to the obedience Of Christ
III Cor. x, 81. He is called a jealous
God just seven times (Ex..xx, s; xxxiv.
IA; Deut. Nv, "a; v, 8: vi. 10; Josh. xiv.
10: Nah. /. q. and some light is CIV
en- upon it by lisa, xiii. 8, II am Jeho-
YAH that is Ny name-and My glory
will / not give to another, neither
My praise to craven images" He
desires us all for Himself that. He may
fully reveal Himself to us and through
rs. AS to not taking His name In
vain. the positive form is, "Hallowed
be Thy, name" and all that tends to
exalt our name instead OF His or that
says by word or act. LET us make us
q name" tGen. xi, A.. breaks this COM
mand.
The fourth command concerns the
Sabbath day and takes us back to Gen.
ii, 1-3, and onward to the rest Of the
kingdom. when the Lord alone shall
be exalted and His name great among
all nations. from the rising OF the sun
even unto the going down Of the same
lisa. ii, Ill, II: Nal. i. IL. ii. /. CO..
Until that time He has set apart one
day in sever as a special opportunity
for Him to reveal Himself to us that
we may become Increasingly occupied
with Him and filed with His fullness
OF peace and Joy.
The great adversary Is always at
work seeking to pervert Scripture and
bring into bondage and has led many
to believe thatsatO honor the first day
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