The Denver star., 1915-11-13
SUNDAY SCHOOL. 3
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Lesson vlIi. Fourth Quarter
For Nov. Fl, 1915.

Text sf tIss Lsssen, jonah iii. Ito.
Msmery vs-ss. 1o-ooldsn Text.
Mstt. xviii. II. 20-commsrtary Pre-
pared BY Rev. o. N. otsarns.
Any one who questions the truth or
the reality Of this story Of Jonah casts
<iiscredit on tie Lord Jesus Christ. for
He called Jonah . prophet and said
that his three days and nights In the
beliy OF the Aph were typical OF His
own thnse days and nights between His
death and resurrection. He also spoke
OF the repentance Of the people Of
Nineyeh under the preaching OF Jonah
and Of q future Judgment (Matt. XII.
3941: Luke II, 32). To question the
words OF the Lord Jesus Is to question
God the Father, for He said that the
Father always told Him what to say
tJohn xH. 47-5O). Jesus Christ said. Il
am The TRUTH" and God IL called the
God OF Truth" John xiv, 9: lisa. lxv,
l6). Therefore let our hearts cry, Let
God be uue. but every man liar"
For We can do nothing against the
truth, but for the truth" Rom. iii. 4;
ii Cor. xiii. 81.
When Jonah II mentioned people al
ways think Of the fish, whereas the
iish Is mentioned but four times in
the book. while God or Lord is men
toned forty times. We are not as
right with God as We might be until
we give the same relative importance
TO people aud things that He does:
therefore let us not magnify the fish.
d.
missionary lesson, and II is certainly
good one on that topic. as We shall
see. Two Of the great foundation
truths Of the Bible are God Is love-
and The Lord is not willing that any
should perish" Il John ". s. l6: III
Pet I'll. 81. In this lesson we see
great city Of Mt least 100000 people
100000 children and much cattle. and
there was great wicke,iness In the city
Jonah 1. 2: ". 1D. but God would rath-
er save THAI destroy them, and He
sent Jonah to call upon them TO repent
that He might spare them.
That ts always Gods attitude to the
world lying In the wicked one. He
commandeth all men everywhere to re-
pent. for He will have all men TO be
saved and to come unto the knowledge
of the truth (Acts xvii. 20: Tim. II. 3.
~. But how can they know unless
some one tells? SO Jonah Is called Of
God to 20 aud tell Nineyeh that, while
the Lord does not wish them TO per
ish. unless they repent judgment will
come IN forty days q. I. .: III. ~. At
,irxt Jonah y unwilling to 20 and seeks
TO Gee from the call. Then follows
- tI,af En- =
begun seeningiy so favor1biy. but sud
denly interrupted. for God sent two
detectives TO arrest His man and bring
him back great wind to stop him
and . great Ash to bring him ashore
a. :. III. Arrested on the high seas
and brought back. 1t reads like an up
TO date story. for our God h always
,,p to date asd away ahead Look at
the wireless and rapid transit as seeE
in the story Of Daniel and Gabriel
Dan. IL. 3. %. 2p.
As 70 the present day attitude OF
those who profess to be the Lords
people toward the command Of our
Golden Text aud Of Mark xvi. Is;
Luke xiv, Al; John xx. 81. 3: Acts
1. 8. could there be . more vivid pic
ture than that OF Jonah on this ship
before the captain woke him up; The
only man on the ship who knew the
true God fast asleep. while the heather
sailors earnestly cried unto their gods
Those who have the Bible and In II
the knowledge Of the living and true
God apd of salvation by Jesus Christ
for ali who win receive Him are as
Indifferent to the welfare Of the mil
lions Of 20 called beathen who are ear
nestiy calling upon their gods as Was
Jonah when fast asleep on that ship.
They need to hear the cry of that
sbiprnastee: What mcanest thou, .
sieepe57 Arise. call upon thy God. II
so be that God will think upon us tina,
we perish not" q. o.
II We had anointed ears We might hear
the heathens sny. Arise and tell US OF
thy God and Of His great salvation"
And We would surely hear God saying.
Whom shall send and who will go
for usr' lisa. vi. 81 Ii God was
seeking In this age to win the world to
Himself both He and we might well
lie discouraged. but He is not discour-
aged. and He cannot fail Nsa. xiii. a.
This book Of Jonah shows u his plan.
Jonah was an lsrneiite. After his res
direction from the dead, in figure.
he went to Nineveh and preached the
preaching that the Lord bade him.
and n whole city repentec (chapter lii,
do not know OF another instance on
record OF whole city turning to God
Now see the foreshadOwing OF His plan.
Israel has long been rebellious. but
when hey shall see the Lord Jesus.
the risen Christ, their glorious and
glorified Messiah. coming in His glory.