The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-03-08
LESSON FOR MARCH o
THE DESTRUCTION OF SOM.


/ LESSON TENT Ger. 1921. -.
GOLDEN TEAT-"Come ye op
among them, and he y- separa,.
me Lord, ami touch no uuclean ,bl.'
Cor 6.l7.
No teacher Of this lesson 81.
omit a study Of chapter is ~
though he may not refer 10 il EN-
ly in this connection We have N,
presented a believers privilege NJ
friendship ". ~ az with God AZ.
with man. ~ Inrercession n
~ knowledge. Y. %, c. Tia
che power. the place, the glOry \
spirit, of intercession, YES, the h.
ing of intercession is TO be eov.
by all believers. Abrahams iutsnl
sion prevailed though outward
seemed to fail, see 1926. Ths
pared teacher ought also be n,
lar with the story OF the cham u
Abrams name and OF Gods ds.
with Abroham and Sarah as
corded in chapters Il and IS
Lot and Sodom.
|. The Warning, w. l7-23.-Lhh
pitched his tent towards SOdm
and now the time for the exeeutc,
another judgment upon sin had /.
rived. God. however here gives
another illustration OF his ug
which always precedes judgment m
mercy was not only 10 a rights
man, one who had therefore den
of worthiness, but also to an N,
| serving member of the same isu1
see IL and Acts 1851. First Of
Lot is called upon TO separate him
from his neighbOrs. Lot attempts
convey this warning TO his sonsln,
but it was too late, his testimony
manner of life, his aims. and bis
billions had corresponded with I'd
for such a period of time that
fact of his belonging to the tamil !
the promise was forgotten and
seemed as one that Knocked unto
sons-in-law." God is calling US n
the corruptions and the plaques
Babylon REV. 1870 and to sepsr
ourselves from SOdom. see the sui2
text. While God is long sufen
q Peter, 3:9) we must also rep|
Der that if men will sin willhlt
they persist in their wickedness
ment Is sure to follow, u, ain
Peter $40, II. When iudgmenit
come, as ii did in this case, God N
how to save his own, 2 Peter
The voice of sin cries from our ID
today. The voice of poverty, q
temperance, of injustice, and
reaches before the face OF the Ia,
(Jas. SD and unless America BED
unless men repent, God will most
tainly punish, Acts 1890, 81
punishment of Sodom was not &
the development OF their own vidi|
ness, but by direct agency Of Gods
stroying angels. Look up the susA
Of Judgments.
Lot, we are told, was righin
man, Peter 2:7, but he was u
sadly connected with the word.
hence lost his testimony w. li), q
church of today is constantly hlrt0
ed by the incubus Of believers Of
type. God expects the disciple y
separate himself from things
though ne may be lin the world
not of the world" That man Of
who goes into the world to posr
the things of the world must en-
that his testimony will be Of
value to the man of the world
Even Lot was loath to leave
Is. 16), and later many OF the rs
ties were full of regret over the ~
ing fiesh-pots Of Egypt. The ns'
Of God had to fairly drag Lot o.
the doomed city. He came near Ef
his very life as he persistently en-
to his property. The greatest vs
and the most efficient one the q
has to use In his warfare for hus
souls is procrastination. HE n1l
ed" v. 16. Young men are deA'
till they are established In buslno
children, until they are grown
men, until their cherished plans |.
fulfilled. whereas God is consu1
calling man to action. Matt. 6.Ss
49,. ~..Geds Patience.
The long suffering and patience
God are most wonderfully show
verse 49, and the whole secret Of ~
salvation was that the Lord was
ciful unto him." Eph. rs. j
ii. The Destruction, w. 2SE-
escaped to a little city. Zoar, w
God in his mercy promised not
stroy ". 2D. and it was not tn
was clear OF Sodom that desuul
came. God could not break Dis "
He had promised Abram. anu
Abram pursued his imponun
chapter Is, doubtless even
might not have been so utIsg
stroyed. There was, as mas
suggested, probably "a volcano
ton of gases, petroleum. e~-
there accompanied It a superna
manifestation also, for II
down." V. "a. The words
back" referring to Lots wiie
more than a mere passing glsn'.
heart was In the city she was "a
that city so full OF pride, Oh ~
and of ease, Eek. 1919. She az
did Pliny at Pompeli, sunocs.
the gases. and her body pecsn
crusted with the salt Of the su
sea. Remember Lots WIFE,
exclaimed, Luke 1882. Inc , ~
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