McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-06-23

Who Obeyed God.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
True and False Leaders of Judah.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Some Lessons From Judah's History.
]. Central Thought OF Each Lesson
Gathered Around the Key Words Of
the Days Lesson subject, Namely,
Prosperity and Adversely.
A good outline is the following from
Crannells Pocket Lessons:
]. Judah's Prosperity. Based on
I'D Reliance ON God, lesson !.
~ Courageous Venture for God.
lesson 2.
CD Business Methods for God,
lesson 3.
a. The Vision of God, lesson 8.
(5) The Law and Leadership of
God, lesson Z.
t6) Wise Leadership Back to God,
lesson 8.
2. Judah's Adversely. Due to-
~ Presenting Upon Gods Bless
Ing, lesson A.
~ Presenting Upon Gods Pur-
pose, lesson 8.
(3) Rejecting Gods Word, lesson
10.
(4) Prosecuting Gods Messenger.
lesson IL.
(5) Disloyalty to God and Man,
lesson IL.
n. Golden Text Review.
Assign the texts to your class the
preceding Sunday and ask them to
show how the lesson illumines the
text, or ask the class to prepare on
all the texts and have the members
of the class draw the text and give
the answer.
III. Character Study or Portrait Re-
view.
Assign the following characters the
Sunday before: Asa, Joash, Jeholada,
Uzzieh. Isaiah, Hezekiah, Hilkiah,
jeremiah, Baruch, Jehoiakim, Ebed-
melech, Zedekiah.
This method can be made very prof
table, especially when written work
Is required or desirable.
w. The Summary Method.
This method calls for the salient
facts of each lesson with a state
ment of its outstanding teaching.
Note the following suggestions:
Lesson /. Asa cleared the land of
idolatry and called upon Judah to
seek the Lord. Because he rested upon
the Lord, God gave him victory over
his enemies.
Lesson 2. Athaliah attempted to
destroy the seed royal and then usurp
the throne. Jeholada checkmated her
by hiding fway Joash for six years.
AT an appointed time Joash was
crowned king and the usurper slain.
Every attempt to thwart Gods. pur-
pose not only fails, but involves the
rebel In ruin.
Lesson 3. Jesus arose from the dead.
showed himself to His disciples and
sent them forth as witnesses for Him.
Certainty of the resurrection of Christ
is essential to witness for Him.
Lesson 4. Uzziah made a notable
civic and military record, but his sue
cess lifted up his heart with pride. In
his pride he presumptuously intruded
into the priests Office. AS q judg-
ment Goo smote him with leprosy.
pride goeth before destruction. and a
naughty spirit before fall
Lesson 5. Isaiah's vision Of God
brought him to sense of his sim
fulness. Mans supreme need today
is vision Of God.
Lesson 6. Isaiah foresaw the end Of
all strife In the world through the
establishment Of Christ's kingdom.
Peace and restoration shall come to
the earth when Christ shall come and
remove from meas hearts the cause
for strife.
Lesson 7. Hezekiah led his people
back to God. This he did by means Of
the passover feast. The only way for
SHINING and divided people to get
back to God and be united Is around
the crucified Lord.
Lesson s. Through the repairing Of
the temple the law of God was found
When it was read before the king
it brought penitent sorrow. God ac-
cepted his penltence and postponed
the evil day. The proof that he was
penitent was that he took away all
the denominations from the land.
Lesson 0. Jeremiah was arrested
and brought to TRIAL before the
princes because he boldly proclaimed
Gods word to the nation. The one
whom God calls to proclaim His word
should faithfully discharge his duty
regardless Of what men may do unto
Him.
! Lesson 10. Jehoiakim tried to de-
stroy Gods Word by burning 1t. The
book was restored with added words
of Judgment Trying to destroy Gods
Word viii not avert His judgments.
Lesson IL. Because Of Jeremiah's
fidelity to God he was cast into prison.
Casting the prophet into the dungeon
will not turn aside Gods judgments.
Lesson IL. Nebuchadnezzar captured
Jerusalem and carried away the peo-
pie captives. Though Gods judgments
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