The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-07
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson x.--First Quarter, For
March 8, 1918.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text Of the Lesson, Gen. xix, 1917, %
2s-Msmory Verses, IS, 1s-eeIdsn
Text u Cor. vi, 17-cOmmentary
Prepared by Rev. .. M. stsarns.

2s-Msmory Verses, IS, 1s-eoIdsn
Text Cor. vi, documentary
Prepared by Rev. .. M. stsarns.
1t does seem too bad to hurry over
these lessons after the fashion of the
suggestion of those who have assigned
them, but the faithful teacher will
take up the intervening portions and
endeavor to omit nothing. Every part
of the record OF the visit Of the Lord
and the angels to Abraham in chapter
xviii is most fascinating and most In
structive and practical.
See the Lord Of glory in human
form, as doubtless He also appeared
to Adam and Eve in Eden. See Him
and His companions, the two angels,
also in the form of men, accepting
Abraham's hospitality and actually
eating the food prepared by Abraham
and Sarah. Consider that He also ate
in His immortal resurrection body.
Think Of the breakfast He prepared
for the disciples on the shore Of Cali
lee and also of eating and drinking
with Him at His table in His king
dom.
Do not omit to notice the water for
their feet. Consider His reference to
the omission Of this by Simon duke
vii, a. and see Him attending to it
Himself in John xiii. Contrast Sarah's
three measures of meal unleavened
(xviii, 81 with the woman's three
measures Of meal Ieavened Of Matt.
viii, 80. See the great saying Of xviii, II,
sis anything too hard for the Lord?'
AND compare Jer. xxi, 1927.
In xviii, %, see the Lord and Abra-
ham alone together, while the two an
gels go on their way to Sodom to res
u Lot. Hear Abraham pleading for
Sodom and the Lords assurance that
If there were but ten righteous men in
the city He would not destroy it. Con-
trast the greater sin of Israel when
the presence of such men as Noah,
Daniel and Job could not prevent the
judgment from falling upon her and
the i~ntercession Of Moses or Samuel
would not avail Ezek. xiv, 1920;
Jer. Nv, 2l-more tolerable for Sodom
than for Capernaum in the day Of
judgment Matt. Ii, %, 20.
We have seen Lot pitching his tent
toward Sodom and later dwelling in
Sodom (xtii, II; xiv, ~, but now we
see him q ruler in Sodom, sitting in
the gate Of Sodom xix, u. That
means getting on in the world, but 1t
means such a fellowship with the
world as angels cannot approve, for
they preferred to abide in the street
rather than enter Lots house.
When they communicated to Lot
their business, that they had been sent
to destroy the city because of it's in
iquity, which cried greatly to God,
they told Lot to veil his family and
relatives to fee from, the city because
Of the judgment that was about to
come. They paid nc heed to Lots
message, however. and he seemed to
them as one that Knocked.
So Euch for the value Of a testimo-
ny against the world by one who iS
conformed to the world. The life and
conduct Of Lot is such a problem that
If the spirit by Peter had not told us
that he was a righteous man Oh Pet
II, Z, b we might never have supposed
that he was such a one. Such a testi-
mony concerning such a man should
prevent us from passing Judgment on
any n as to whether they are the
Lords or not. See Rom. xiv, Is; I
Cor. 4, 3.
In the morning the two angels took
Lot and his wife and their two daugh-
tiers by the hand and brought them
forth without the city, urging them to
escape for their lives and look not be-
hind them lest they should be consum-
ed in the destruction Of the city.
The perverseness and unbelief OF
Lot are seen in his refusal to escape to
the mountain and in his fear that He
who had delivered him from Sodom
would let some evil befall him in the
mountain. See the marvellous
Of God in sraring Zoar at his request.
How wonderful beyond all compre-
hension the sin Of man and the grace
of God! There is, however, a limit to
His forbearance if sin is persisted in,
for, though He is long suffering and
not willing that any should perish,
the day Of the Lord will come Oh Pet.
iii, 8, 10Y.
From chapter xix, 1923, it looks as
If the day on which Sodom and Co
morrah were destroyed began with a
clear sky, a morning Of sunshine after
a night Of the usual sins to which the
cities were given over If the sons
in-law OF Lot happened TO mention to
any Of their friends the visit Of their
father and his strange message con-
corning the approaching doom it prob
ably caused only laughter. But the
clouds gathered, the storm broke, the
fire and birthstone fell, and that was
the last morning on earth for the In
habitants OF those cities.
The Lord Jesus Christ, who sent the
deiuge in the days of Noah and the
IRE that destroyed those cities, has
said, "As it was in the days Of Noah,
/" = as il was in the days of Lot,
/" . : even thus shall it be In the
day when the Son of Man is revealed
luke xvii, %; xviii, 80; II Thess.
/, T-9D.
He also said, Remember Lots
wife" duke xvii, 32l. And when to-
day these Old Testament records are
ridiculed, as they so often are, 1t is
fho Ycrd ToS,,o wyhn Hu th4Yu hold nv 10