The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-11-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Lesson W.-Fourth Quarter, For
Nov. 7, 1915.

Text Of the Lesson, u Kings xii, Ais.
Memory Verse, Golden Text, u
Cor. TX, 7-Commentary Prepared by
Rev. D. M. stearns.
Among the many things do not yet
know there is this-why we should
know the names OF some mothers and
not know the name Of David's mother
and some others. Both In our lesson
chapter and In Chronicles we. are told
that the mother of Joash was Zibiah
of Beersheba. Now. the meaning Of
Beersheba is "the well of the oath"
and always suggests the faithfulness
of God Gen. xxi, 81, margin). 1t was
at Beersheba that Abraham dweit
when he went to Moriah with Isaac to
offer him up, and to that home he
brought him back as alive from the
dead Gen. xxi, LID. So | am re-
minded that all blessing depends upon
Jesus Christ 1t was good thing for
Joash that he had such a friend as Je-
hoiada the priest. who must have been
a remarkable man In many ways, liv-
ing to be 100 years of age. so he must
have been 100 or nearly so when he
caused Joash to be proclaimed king.
Just about 100 years after the death
of Solomon.
Joash did right In the sight Of the
Lord as long as he had Jehoiada for
counselor, but the people still sacrificed
and burnt incense in high places
verses 2, 3; ii Chron. xiv, 2, -. We
mot think Of Israel whether the ten
pes or the two or the twelve) being
hit with God apart from a right re-
an to the tabernacle or temple, for
s~buildings stood for God In their
Ex. XIV, 8; Kings vi, II, 49,.
+. e read that Joash was minded to
I, .ir the house of the Lord, which
Al allah, that wicked woman. had
brs en- up Oh Chron. xiv. 4, D. The
gro [ fact about the Lord Jesus. the
true tabernacle and temple, was that
He was God manifest In the flesh, God
was in Christ. The church, the body
Of Christ now being builded, Is wholly
for God. Each individual believer Is
a temple and should be wholly for God.
The repairs which Joash desired to
make, like all work today, needed
funds. and be thought Of the taber-
nacle Of Moses and Of the willing Of
ferings Oh Chron. xiv, 81. but he did
not seem to remember that these will
ing offerings were brought in, not sent
for. He sent the priests and Levites
out o gather the necessary money, but
the 1lan did not work. for after TWEEN
ty/ zee years the funds had not been
z, red and the repairs not made
As; ii Chron. xiv. so. Then
fla the priest. the king agreeing,
. 4 chest. with q hole in the lid of
ieside the altar as one cometh into
house Of the Lord, and proclama-
was made through Judah and
Hnsalem to bring in to the Lord the
/, .ering that Moses, the servant of
God, had commanded Israel in the viii
derness. Then the princes and the
people rejoiced and brought in day by
day, and thus money was gathered in
abundance verses 7-1O; III Chron.
xiv, SID.
Notice that the chest to receive the
offerings was placed beside the altar
of burnt offering, the brazen altar, on
which the lambs were offered morning
and evening, typical of Golgotha and
the one great sacrifice offered once for
all. The one constraining motive In
all offerings to the Lord must be the
love Of Christ, the Son Of God, who
loved the church and gave Himself
for it; who loved me and give Himself
for me; no duty about it, but just love
constraining. Then notice that there
was no further effort to raise the mon
ey-no personal appeals, no soliciting
from individuals, but all was brought
in Joyfully and willingly. Note care
fully Elk. xxxv. 81, 20: Chron. xxx.
o, II, and lay it to heart. On this prin-
ciple l have received for home and for
eign missions in the last twenty-five
and half years (up to July 1, 1919
over $4,000 and in the same way
have seen for thirty four years all cur
rent expenses Of congregation easily
met.
The Lord God of Israel still liveth
and is ready to hold strongly with
hearts that are whole toward Him as
1t Is written In ii Chron. xvi, 0, margin.
xpa 70 hn
Of the work, and they laid 1t out to the
and builders that wrought
upon the house of the Lord, but no
reckoning was kept with the men to
whom the money was given, for they
dealt faithfully oversees Ills; III Chron.
xiv, 12-14. This method Of handling
money could not be safely carried on
I'm our day unless we could find some
as faithfully honest. There
are such, but they are like whole
hearted Christians-few and far be-
tween-or I'm very small punches here
and there. We would all do well to
keep I'm mind the day when every one
Of us shall give account of himself 20
God Rom. xiv. 12) and live now &C.
cordingly. The conduct, or, rather, the
of Joash after the death
Of Jehoiada in listening to the princes
of Judah and In leaving the house of
the Lord God and wOrshiping idols
and I'm refusing to listen to the prophets
who were sent unto him is a sad and
almost unbelievable record, or would
be If we did not know how desperately
wicked the human heart is. But what
shall We say when we see Joash COM
handing to stone to death the son Of
!ehoiada because he was reproved by
1im? Oh Chron. xiv. 20-22l The Lord
lid look upon 1t Matt. xiii. 35).
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