The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-01-07
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JHe IN ehNA JUMAl SenlES.
Lesson vI.-Fourth Quarter, For
Nov. 7, 1915.
fsxt Of the Lesson, 10 Kings xii. 4-15.
Memory Verse, o-oeIdsn Text, u
Coz. tx, 7-commsntary Prepared BY
Rev. D. N. etearns.
Among the many things I do not yet
know there is this-why we should
know the names or some mothers and
not know the name Of David's mother
and some others. Both In our lesson
chapter and in Chronicles we are toldAa
that the mother Of Joash was Zibiah
of Beersheba. Now, the meaning Of
Beersheba is 1.-THE well Of the oath"
and always suggests the ~faithfulnesdIt
of God (Gen. xxi, 81. margin). It was
at Beersheba that Abraham dwelt
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. xii, 1-19). So l am re-
minded that oil blessing depends upon
the death and resurrection of the Lord
Jesus Christ. 1t was q 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
cannot think of Israel whether the ten
tribes or the two or the twelve) being
right with God apart from q right re-
.lation to the tabernacle or temple. for
those buildings stood for God in their
midst (Ex. XIV, 8; l Kings vi, II, 1S).
So we read that Joash was minded to
repair the house Of the Lord, which
Athanah, that wicked woman. had
broken up III Chron. xiv, 4, ~ The
great fact about the Lord Jesus, b
true tabernacle and temple. vas 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 -
a temple and should be wholly for God.
The repairs which Joash desired TO
make, like all work today. needed
funds. and he thought Of the taber-
nacle Of Moses and of the willing Of
ferings III Chron. xiv, g., but he did
not seem to remember that these will.
ing offerings were brought In not sent
for. He sent the priests and Levttes
out to gather the necessary money, but
the plan did not work. for after TWEEN
ty-three years the funds had not been
gathered and the repairs not made
oversees 4-S; II Chron. xiv, so. Then
Jehoiada the priest. the king agreeing,
put q chest. with a hole In the lid OF
II. beside the altar rs one cometh into
the house of the Lord. and a proclana-
tion was made through Judah and
Jerusalem to bring in to the Lord the
Offering 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 40: IL Chfon.
xiv, 8-11).
Notice that the chest to receive the
offerings was placed beside the altar
of burnt offering, the brazen altar, on
which the lambs 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 tho
love of Christ, the Son Of God, WIZ
loved the church. and gave Himself
for 1t; who lovedime and give Himself
for me; no duty about 1t, but just love
c~onstraining.. Then notice that there
was no further effort to raise the non
ey-no personal appeals, no soliciting
from individuals, but all was brought
in joyfully and willingly. Note care
fully Elk. xxxv. 81, 20: I Chron. XIX.
8, 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 a half years (up to July !. 1910
over $76AO0O and In the same way
have seen for thirty-four years all chr
rent expenses Of a congregation easily
met.
The Lord God Of Israel still liyeth
and Is ready to hold strongly with