Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-02-21
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY %
AND MOSES PRAYER FOR Is
RAEL.

HE BREACH Or HE COVENAN1
AND MOSES PRAYER FOR Is
RAEL.
(Iay Be Used With Missionary Applica-
tion.)
LESSON TEXT-Exodus 32:1-34:9.
GOLDEN TEXT-The effectual fervent |
prayer of a righteous man availeth |
much.-James 5:16
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Deut So |
%; Eph. 3:14-21; James 5:16-1S.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Ask Gods help for |
others. Memory Verse-James SIG.
JUNIOR iTOPIC-Praying for other
people.
INTERMEDIATE Notwithstanding
for Others
SENIOR AND ADULT ToPIC-The
value of intercessory prayer.
Less than six weeks have elapsed
since Israel took the oath of allegiance
to Jehovah. In less than forty days
from the time of their solemn engage
ment to keep the law Of God they
flagrantly break the first and second
commandments.
|. The Golden Calf 2:1-6).
1. Moses delay ". y This they in
terpreted to mean that their leader
had either lost his way in the dark
ness or had perished in the fire that
lowered over the mount.
2. The peoples demand ". y. They
demanded of Aaron that he make them
a god to go before them. Their pro-
fession of allegiance to God collapsed
as soon as the strong personality OF
their leader was no longer felt.
8. Aaron's cowardly compliance (vv.
2-4). He was an eloquent man, but
lacked moral courage. Many today
can talk fuently, but vacillate before
the real issues of life. In order to
gain time with the rebels he demand
ed that they cast off their jewelry and
bring it to him. Perhaps he thought
that their love for it would cause them
to forego their demands, but they
cheerfully gave up their jewelry for
false god. Aaron, like many compro-
missing men of this age, opened door
| which he could not shut. 1t would
have been much better to courageously
protest, even if the fingers of the re-
bellious mobbed his throat.
4. Wanton revelry wv. 5, g.. See
ing their disposition, Aaron erected an
altar and proclaimed a fast unto Je-
hovah. He no doubt wished them to
worship the Lord through the image,
but he had made god for them and
it was a very short step to the heath
en- orgies connected with idolatrous
worship.
II. Gods Burning Wrath (32 :7-10).
Gods nature is such that he cannot
tolerate a rival. No gods shall be be
fore his face. The rival must be re-
moved or the people must be consumed
with divine wrath. God does not OWL
them as his people, for they had cast
him off.
Ill. The Mediation of Moses (32 IL
14).
The declaration of divine purpose
to destroy the Israelites did not detel
Moses from making intercession fol
them. What was his threefold plea
(vv. II, u, 13).
Moses knew full well that the peopl
deserved to die, therefore he could no
plead any merit on their part. Hi
plea was based wholly on Gods pun
pose for Israel. Through his interces
sion God relents.
Nv. Judgment Falls (32 1885.
1. Moses broke the tables of test
mony wv. 1919 emblematic of tn
breach Of their covenant with God.
2. Moses destroyed the image ". 20
and made the people drink of the wa
, ter which contained its dust, thus max
ing them to experience in a physica
sense the bitterness which results froI
sin.
8. Moses showed Aaron that he wa
inexcusable for his part in the dis
graceful affair, wv. 21-24).
4. Moses called for those who woul
take a stand for the Lord to grid thei
: swords and slay all who stood out
; rebellion. The tribe of Levi range
, themselves on his side and became tn
; instrument by which God chastened hi
, people wv. $500.
5. Moses confessed the great sin {
the people and begged that God woul
, forgive them. He was willing to su
fer the punishment himself, if possibl
and let the people go free. The Lor
declared to him in answer that ever
man should bear his own sin wv. 3
35).
v. The Covenant Renewed (33 !:
t 4-9).
l 1. Moses commission renewed &C
33).
2. The second tables of the la
! given ga :1-9). In the giving of the:
= tables he reiterated Gods justice, b.
gave particular emphasis to his mere
. 'The Lord God, merciful and graciou
L .long-suffering and abundant in goo
ness and truth, keeping mercy Fl
. thousands, forgiving iniquity al
{ transgression and sin, and that will
. no means clear the guilty; visiting Il
L iniquity of the fathers upon the -ch
Il dren, and upon the children's childre
u unto the third and fourth generation