The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-23
Sunday School
Lesson
Sunday School Lesson for April End.
Subject: Asa Relies on God.

Scripture, Chronicles. 14-1-12-
There is but one point in this les
son-all else to be said grows out of
that. Often we read of mothers
being the ruin of her boy-th0ugh
as rule she is his very best friend.
II takes the real man to come out
right against wrong mother. I'm
not certain but told you of young
Hebrew l was dealing with In Knox
vile, Tennessee-how he cried as he
said-Pd like to be a Christian. l.
believe it is right-but IL did l
could never go home again. Math.
1896 was fulfilled and it was the
first time I'd seen it.
Well notice Yer. IL of our lesson.
And Asa cried unto the Lord his
God, and said: Lord it is nothing
with thee to help neither with mon.
ey, or with them that have no pow.
er, help us, Oh, Lord, our God, for
we rest on Thee, and in Thy name
we CO."
How precious that sort of prayer
and faith that must ever be to this
day. to our blessed absent Lord
from this old world where there was
70 room in the hotel, where he was
condemned and killed among the
cut Of the church, knocking to get
in, but ever to this day when
soul gets a good look at his helpless
condition he's fooling is all done
but now later-we see this same
fellow take his eyes from God and
trusting in the arm of flesh is
fool - to think of him doing such
thing after his Lord had been so
faithful to him. If my reader has
Or Is doing such thing-then he is
an Asa. Rom, 1874 says this is
written for your eyes to see and
! written for your learning.
In Chronicles 16-9, For the eyes
CT the Lord run to and fro through
out the whole earth to show him.
self strong in the behalf of them
whose heart is perfect toward him.
But Asa had done foolishly and be-
cause of that he was to have wars
and his worst enemy was to. be under
his own hat.
Oh, don't you see it? And the
experience of Asa failed to be n
lesson to his son. see chapters II
and IS. he started out all right like
his father, in fact better, took away
all heather worship. caused the book
of the law to be read and taught and
he was sure a sore eye to the enc
my and the Lord made him rich in
abundance. So the enemy could not
touch him with the sword, so they
began sending him beautiful presents
and silver. still later he went down
to visit Abab. Step by step he goes
and Ahah said unto him: will you
&C with me to Rammoth-Gilead."
And the King. who had been doing
such blessed work for his Lord said
Yes, 1 will go, am like you and
my people are like your people" So
he went but he soon discovered he
was not like old Ahab, nor was his
people like Ahab's people.
+, And again, notice, after he had
made up his mind to go he asked old
Ahab to- enquire of the Lord if he
should go. But. Ahab didn't go to
the word of the Lord, but to his hea-
then prophets then he said: Yes
Is there not here prophet of the
Lord" that we might inquire of
him." And Ahab said There is
one, but l hate him, for he never
prophesied good unto me-" Seader,
don't you see it. II you have ever
been converted, you can never be
! like the other fellow. Old Ahab in
this case is type of the God of
this world and he may kill his sheep
, and ,oxen and make great feast
for you, but if you have been truly
converted, Oh, no, l am not talking
about joining church, though you've
done that if you have ever been con-
verted. and after all, you can by mix
ing up with the world, the flesh
and the devil, may lose the Crown.
Rev. 3-11 and 80 into a back slid.
ers grave. like his servant Moses
Deut. 34-5 to Sand instead of our
Lord saying: "Well done, good and
faithful servant."-Math. 25-23-111.
The devil will have chewing
match' with our Lord about your, bo-
dy as he did about the body of Mo
ses in Judg. 8.
Only one thing is more sad than
such a thing in the sight of God and
| that is lost soul.
| | held a series of meetings at Sun
/ iloOS NyOhiIu6 anu tHClG SuluG WIN
had lost the joy of salvation as did
David in Psa. 81, and the devil had
made them believe they had lost.
that they we're lost sinners, cast
away by their Lord, but when let
them read John 10 and the first
two verses of Chapter two and also
Jer. 3l4, which reads in full, "and
bear in mind that John, the blessed
Saint that he was included himself"
If we confess our sins He is faith
! full and Just to forgive us our sins
and to- cleanse us from all unrighte.
BUSINESS - These things write | I'M.
| to you that you sin not, but IL any
man sin we have an advocate with
the ather, Jesus Christ, the Righte.
Gus, so il would read in our ton.
que today and the Lord said. Re
turn, Oh. backsliding children for |
az, married unto you" Don't If you
have ever known Jesus as a Saw.
Jour, in His pardoning love. and you
ARE a backslider. lost the Joy. don't
llet the devil make you believe a