The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-01-10
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson II.--First Quarter, Fol
Jan. IL, 1919.
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.sThe central thought of this book IL
God. Its one object is to reveal God.
In reading 1t our chief desire ought 70
be to know God" These words I
copied from a Bible in DR.. Andrew
Murray's study in Wellington, South
Africa, In August, 1898, and they help
ed me. He remarked as he saw me
handling that particular Bible: "You
viii notice that I have used that copy
Of the Scriptures to mark In IL all tins
names Of God. That which the Holy
Spirit makes prominent we should and
In the same proportion. Apply this to
the book OF Jonah and see the names
Lord and God forty times and the Fab
lust four times and make the applica-
ton yourself"
We saw In last weeks lesson the hrst
section OF Scripture, the first name OF
Deity, God Tor Hebrew @Eiohim'1,
used Just thirty-ave times. Now we
have q new name, Lord God Jehovah
EIohinn), used In this lesson Just eleven
times, and when we get the true mean
ing OF the number eleven we shall DO
surprised at the reason why OF this.
Last week we saw gcd, thu Creator
lElohim), working unhindered. All the
significance we see In any name oe
Deity Is but partial, for now we know
only in part We may always see In
EIohim God as Creator. Jehovah IL
the greatest name in the Bible, used
about 1000 times, and in &c we may see
the Creator In special relation to man,
made originally In His image and 70. Do
restored by redemption by the great
sacrifice Of the Creator becoming
substitute, the one who was and is
and is to be becoming u righteous
ness, our peace, our shepherd, bur
health.
In last lesson we saw man, male ana
female, made In the image OF God and
given dominion over all other crea-
lures. In this lesson we see these
things more fully stated, and we are
told how man was made and where
placed. In verse z we read plainly
that "the Lord God formed man Of the
dust OF the ground and breathed into
his nostrils the breath OF life, and man
became a living soul" And to all the
babes, the little children, who are mel
Their wise nor prudent in the estimation
OF the worlds scholarship, who receive
the word with meekness, this forever
settles the question Of how man was
made. just as chapter 1, i, is an end of
all controversy Al to creation.
AS to man made in the image Of God
Echapter 1, 26, 90, we know that the
Son OF God appeared as a man 30 Abra-
ham, to Joshua, to Manoah and others.
and IL yOu a receive what some be-
Iieve that He took human form be.
fore He made Adam matters are much
Gimpiined. Lesson verses 81, %. tell
how woman was made, and to a be-
Iiever all Is satisfactory. The margiR
OF verse % says that the Lord God
builded a woman, and we shall see the
reason OF this. The words OF Adam
when Eve was brought to him are
used by Paul In reference to Christ and
the church in Eph. ", 1892, and this is
indeed a great mystery which might
be understood, but few receive II.
The first Adam and Eve fell and
brought ruin upon the race and the
earth. The last Adam is the Lord from
heaven, and In this age OF His rejec-
tion, In the power OF His death and
resurrection, he is by Ills spirit build
ing a woman, the church, His Eve, the
redeemed from all nations, and she
when completed shall be brought to
Him; there shall be d marriage accord
Ing to Ps. xiv, Matt. XIV, Rev. xix,
and He shall reign and she with Him
I'LL all His enemies shall be subdued
Il Cor. XIV, 22-28. Lesson verses 8 0.
tell Of a garden where everything must
have been absolutely perfect and beau
dful beyond anything we can imagine.
with all trees pleasant to the sight and
good for food, and a river which part
ed and became Dour rivers. In the
midst Of the garden were two speciRl
trees. the tree Of life and the tree of
the knowledge OF good and evil. OF
the former they might eat freely be-
fore they sinned. but of the latter they
were forbidden to eat upon pain Of
death.
In these first two chapters OF the BIZ
be, with It's Eden and garden and riy.
er and mar In the image OF God and
God (no doubt In human form) coming
TO walk ard talk with him GA, 81 and
neither adversary nor evil orcurrent,
we have q most fascinating picture,
the like OF which Is nor seen again tin
we come to Rev. XXI, xxi, when all is
repeated on q grander scale. SO the
Bible Ia a great circle OF truth, carry
ing us from the perfect earth that was
20 the perfect earth that viii be when
the kingdom comes. THE former we
had no part In, but the latter we shall
enjoy with Him ie we are redeemed BY
Els precious blood.
Concerning verse 20, sAnd they were
both naked, the man ana his wife. ana
were not ashamed, we know that aIs
creatures were clothed. birds with
feathers, sheep with wool, etc, and ID
seems impossible that the highest III
Gods creatures made In His own
Image should be absolutely naked.
ind the key Ia Ps. cav. z, where ws
read concerning God ssgFho coverask
myself with light as with i garment
Han made 10 the image of God rauat