The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-17
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson III.--Fourth Quarter, For
Oct. 10, 1913.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

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Text, Rom. viii, 31-Commentary
Prepared BY Few. o. M. Stearns.
This is our last study In Israera
story until we come near to the close
Of the forty years, and we must con-
slider not only the ~murmuring of the
people because Of the report Of the ten
spies, but also the murmuring Of
Korah and his company against Aaron.
No sooner are they out Of Egypt than
they are complaining and wishing they
were back again eek. xiv, 1912. And
30 it was all the way along, and In our
next lesson we shall find the new gen-
GRAFTON still murmuring like their IA.
theirs.
In today's lesson we find them on the
borders Of the promised land, with
nought to do but to go up and possess
1t (Deut. /, 1920. We might conclude
from the first three verses Of our les
son, If we had no other record, that il
was part OF the Lords plan for them
to send spies to search out the land,
n see If His description Of it waa
correct; but from Deut. i, %, we find
that the sending of spies was the peO-
pies suggestion, which Moses seems ia
have Endorsed, no doubt thinking that
such a good land as he knew they
would find 1t to be, would encourage
them to go hight up Cps. Gill, y.
The Lord INDUCED them In their de-
sire, to send spies and commanded ia
send a ruler from each tribe. So
Moses sent them that they might see
IL the land vas good or bad, fat or
lean, and to bring of the fruit Of il
Oversees 1920. When the Lord had
said to Moses that He would bring
Israel unto q good land, and a large,
unto a land flowing with milk and
honey eek. Lii, s., we cannot think that
he ever questioned whether these
things were so or not; but these un-
believing people who could not believe
anything unless they saw it had to sec
for themselves, and they did, and the
twelve spies returned after forty DAYS
with figs and pomegranates, and onS
cluster Of grapes which two men had
to carry on a staff oversees 1925.
They testified as to the land Surely
it toWeth with milk and honey, and
this is the fruit Of it" (verse 30. But
they also saw walled cities and giants,
and saw themselves as ~grasshoppers,
and said, we are not able to 20 I'D
against this people. Two OF the twelve
spies, however, were true believers, and
they said: Let us go at once and pos
sess it; for we are well able to over
come it. " o " Only rebel not We against
the Lord, neither fear We the people Of
the land, o o the Lord is with us,
fear them not" (xiii. 80; xiv, go.
Again God suggested to Moses that
He destroy them all, and make OF
Moses a great nation (xiv, -: compare
Elk. xxxiii, 10); but Moses again plead
ed for them, and in answer to his
prayer the Lord said. II have pardon
ed according to thy word: but as truly
as | live, all the earth shall be filled
with the glory of the Lord" xiv, 1920.
This Is the first statement that the
earth shall be filed with the glory OF
the Lord, and it Is made In connection
with the forgiveness OF Israel as q
nation.
Even SO shall it be; for until Israel
as a nation is saved, at the coming OF
Christ In glory, the earth will never
be filled with the glory of the Lord.
Never in this age. but in the next,
after the return Of the Lord to restore
all things Of which the prophets have
spoken (Acts Ill, 1921. Compare Isa.
vi. 3. margin; xi, 10; Hab. Ii, Il. AS
none Of that generation from twenty
years old and upward. who we're num-
bered by Moses, ever entered the land,
because Of their unbelief, except the.
two faithful spies, Caleb and Joshua,
who wholly followed the Lord, bur
were compelled to wander In the viii,
derness forty years, a year for a day,
until they all died. SO there are multi
tudes today who never enter into rest,
but wander in the wilderness Of un@
belief because they do not rely on thaa
Lord, and overcome by faith. They,
ever see themselves and their difficult
ties instead Of the Lord xiv, 22-33t.
compare Hab. ill and iv). 80
The little ones who had no knowi.
edge Of good and evil in those days,
they entered the land xiv, 81; Deut.a
1, 39). These are helpful words con-
corning our little ones who die before
they come to years Of knowledge. The
blood of the lamb avails for them.
From xiv, 4045 learn that when we
presume to do what God forbids, even
though 1t may seem right, we are surg
to fail.
The story Of the ribband Of blue In
chapter XIV. 32-41 is most interesting,
but holiness must be from within. lie
mere outward help can suffice. In
chapter xvi as in chapter xii, we see
again the sin OF speaking against the
Lords chosen ones. however unworthy
they may be. The judgment upon
Korah and his company because they
spoke against Aaron Is, like all the
other incidents, written for our bens-
at.
The sons OF Korah were not slain.
but their descendants became leaders
OF the praises of the Lord. See Num-.
XVI. II, and the introduction TO
Psalms xiv to xix and others. They
certainly had cause to praise God after
so great a deliverance; but what about
all who are delivered from the II tatE
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