The Jones County news., 1915-05-27
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson ix-Second Quarter, Foi
May 80, 1915.
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David having been established as
king over ell Israel bcgnu at once 10
think OF a place for the ark OF the
Lord. tho symbol OF the presence OF
the Lord IN the midst OF His people.
The last record of the ark was when
the phiistines returned Il In n new
cart with an Offering; tho men OF Beth
F, shemesh transgressed by looking into
It. and 10000 perished; they We're glad
to send It on to kirjnth- -jearim, whore
II found resting place for many years
In the house of Ahinainb IN the hill q
Sam. VII, j. think that there Is no men
ton Of II during tho reign Of Saul In
our lesson chapter ard tn chapter W. :,
| IL Is mentioned sixteen times, and Ia
the parallel record Ia Chron- xiii XIV
| and xvi II Ia mentioned twenty hve
| times IL always suggests righteous
ness which God requires, bot also that
Righteousness provided In Christ, who
Is the end of.the law for righteousness
TO every one that believcth. The blood
on the mercy seat speaks OF the sacri-
iice on Calvary, and the cberubim beat
en- out OF the same piece OF gold as
tho mercy scat tell OF the oneness of
Christ with His redeemed
The Lord Of hosts dwelling be-
tween the cherubim Verse 2; Chron-
Kill 0, l Sam r. 4; Ps. Xxx, y
tells Of the mercy OF God'in Christ and
| OF His provision for communion with
US (Ex. XIV, 2l. %, for 1T Is our privi-
lege to say Truly oar fellowship Is
with tho Father and With Ills Son
Jesus Christ q John l. 81 Although
David's desire 20 provide O place
for the ark In Jerusalem was COM
mendabie, he was certainly out OF
fellowship with God In the way be
took to accomplish 1t and In his adopt
| ing the method or the Philistinee, when
he really knew better. as we shall see.
Davids folly in the matter OF new
cart TO bear the ark instead OF the
shoulders Of the priests chapter VII, s.;
Chron xiii, 7; XIV, 2, 12.io) brought
about the death of Uzzah, terror in the
heart OF David and the ark resting for
thres months In the house OF Obed-
edom when the Lord instructs US as
TO how He desires His work TO be done
: there IS nothing for us to do but obey
and avoid all methods but His own
One Of the most gIievous things IN
so called church work Of Our day is the
worldly, ppetboJs which seem to Ia ~
been adopted on all sides instead OF
prayer and fasting and looking 20 the
Lord alone TO carry on HIS work In
His way by HIS Holy Spirit As truly
as the Lord gave Moses that plan Of
the tabernacle and David the plan OF
the temple (1x XIV, 8, 10; / Chron.
xviii, ~, 19), leaving no room for sug-
gestlons or improvements OK modifca-
tons Of any kind from them, 30 has He
as plainly told us His plan for subdu-
ing this world TO Himself and making
IT new earth wherein dweileth right
e0usness- We are not permitted TO BIO
conformed To this present evil world
In any way, nor are we to think OF
making this world, which lieth In the
wicked one, righteous worlu. for IT
cannot be done while tho devil Is its
god, ruling as be does in politics and
In commerce and In social life and also
In much that Is called religions [see
| my tract entitled The Secret OF Mrs
sIonary Interest r. q *. box 2f6,
| Harrisburg, Pal
| When the ark finally reached IT'S
place in the tent that David had pitch
ed for IT there was great rejoicing be
fore the Lord, and David blessed the
| people In the name Of the Lord OF
hosts trerses 12-1g. There is always
blessing associated with obedience 10
| the Lord. Chapter vii is one of the
most important records In the whole
| story of David for it,teIls of Gods un-
| conditional covenant with David con-
cerning the everlasting kingdom yet to
be set up Oh the earth, with Israel as
| its center and an immortal man upon
the throne OF David at Jerusalem wiz
| 1924. That David knew that the
| promised son was not Solomon. but fbe
Messiah, Is plainly stated In Acts Il,
80, and Messiah risen from the dead
an immortal man, for no mortal man
could reign forever. The same pers0n
IS spoken Of IN the same way in Isa-
tx, 0, 7. and also by Gabriel to Mary
III l<biAo ~ J<~s oos anu t1c hAhttOAi ~hho
foretold viii surely and literally come
That the chusch n the kingdom,
that tho kingdom Is here now, that II
Is only 50 called spiritual kingdom
and within US, Is wholly without foun-
dation In the word Of Cod The much
misunderstood saying IN Luke xvii. Il.
would not be so misunderstood II peo-
PIE noticed that the words were spoken
to disappearing hypocrites- The mar
ginal reading is the correct one. Dn-
vid's thought at this time was TO build
temple for the Lord and even Na-
than the prophet encouraged him. but
the xil OF the Lord was otherwise
Chapter VII, Ill; compare l Chron-
xvii)- The plans for the building were
given % David, and he was allowed to
make great preparation for 1t Il Chron.
xviii u, 10; xxx. 80. Note David's
question when be heard Of this won
derful King and Kingdom tvii, 10. I
ChUn- xvii III and compare the ques-
! ton OF the disciples IN Mark fv. IL