Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-06-01
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Sill1ldayScho0l
Y Lesson Y
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute If Chicago.)
Copyright, 1922 Western Newspaper Union.
LESSON FOR JUNE 4
JEHoIAkIM TRIES TO DESTROY
GODS WORD

WI W0FD =
LESSON TExT-Jeremiah IS.
GOLDEN Textile Word of our God
shall stand forever.-Isa. 40:S.
REFERENCE AfATERIAL<-Isa. 55:S-lli
PRIMARY ToPIc-The Burning Of a
Good Book.
JUNIOR ToPIolJehoiakim Burns the
Prophets Book.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
a King Who scorned Gods Word
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
How to Meet the Forces Antagonistic
to Gods Word.
i. The Book Being Written wv.
1-4).
/. The Time of (v. y. In the
fourth year of Jehoiakim, Jeremiah
had been exercising the prophetic min
Istry some thirtyNyears.
q Against Whom Spoken ". ~.
They were directed against Israel,
Judah and all the nations.
3. The Purpose of ". 81. The
grand object of the Lord in sending
this message by the prophet was
Judah's repentance.
4. Method of ". ~. Jeremiah die
tated the words of the Lord to Ba-
ruch the Scribe, who wrote them upon
q roll of book.
/ II. The Book Being Read wv. 5-21).
jeremiah was unable to speak the
message of the Lord to the people,
as he was shut up" (v. 81. "Shut
gp" most likely means royal ban
against Jeremiah's proclamation of
Gods Word to the people or against
his entering The temple.
I /. To the People wv. 6-10). The
occasion which brought the people
together was day Of fasting. ". 81,
because of the threatening of the
Babylonians. jeremiah directed Ba-
rueh to. read to the people the words
of the Lord which he had dictated
to him, With the hope that the people
would present their duplication be-
fore the Lord and return every one
from his evil way.
2. To the Princes wv HID. While
the reading of the book unto the peo-
pie seemingly created no great inn
preston, vet Michaiah was so deeply
moved that he went to the scribe's
chamber where the princes were as
sembled and declared unto them
all the words which he had heard
Baruch read. The princes sent for
Baruch to come and bring the roll
with them Baruch came and read to
them with the result that "a they
were aroused with fear (v. 16). ~
| They inquired as to how he had writ
ten the words wv. IN 49, TO this he
replied that he had written in the
book the words which jeremiah had
dictated to him. (3) Their concern
for the safety Of jeremiah and
Baruch (v. 10Y. They We're Instruct
ed to hide themselves from mans
sight =
3. To the King wv. 20, 21). The
princes regarded the words of the
Lord to be of such importance that
they should be read in the hearing of
the king, for he was mainly involved
in the judgments pronounced Upon
their reportSof the matter to the king,
he had Jehudi bring the roll and read
1t to him IN the presence of the
princes.
III. The King Destroying the. Roll
Wv. 22-26).
Instead of becoming penitent and
afraid he became enraged and cut the
roll leaf by leaf and threw it into the
fire until it was consumed. This he
did against the intercession Of some
of the. princes. When the roll was
destroyed he ordered jeremiah and
Baruch arrested.
Nv. The Roll Rewritten (vv. 1882.
The burnt roll was reproduced by
the commanded the Logl, and many
like words Were added unto them. We
should learn from this incident
|.g !. The Indestructibility Of Gods
Word. Men may cut it to pieces and
burn it, but the Word of God shall
stand forever. 1t comes to light again
with wees added to be visited upon
its |would-be destroyers.
2. The reason men attempt to de-
stroy Gods Word. It is because Of the
authoritative rehuke of their sins. The
Bible asraigns man for his pride ana
wickedness and asserts Gods soyer-
eign power over man and his demand
for Il personal surrender unto Him
and worship Of Him.
3 The Method of Attempted De-
struction Of Gods Word 1t was part
by part when Jehudi had read
three or four leaves he cut it with
penknife." The nationalist today cuts
out the biblical conception of God as
q being whose essential nature de-
mands punishment Of sin; therefore
he cuts out the Bible doctrine If man
as created Is Sol IL His likeness and
image IissFe;p f that he makes
nan q produce q 9iutiona therefore
he explains away The fall Of man.