The Holly chieftain., 1922-06-01
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(By REV. p. D. FTTZwATER. D. D..
Teacher OF English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute Of Chicago.)
Copyright. 1879. Western Newspaper Union.
LESSON FOR JUNE 4
JEhoIAkIM TRIES TO DESTROY
GODS WORD

LESSON TExT-Jeremiah 3s.
GOLDEN TExT-The Word Of our GOD
shall stand forever.-Isa. 40:8.
REFERENCE MATERIAL-Isa. 8:s-u;
Matt. b:17-l9.
PRIMARY ToPIc-The Burning of
Good Book.
JUNIOR ToPIc-JehoIakim Burns tho
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 (vv.
14).
/. The Time of ". ~. In the
fourth year of JehOiakim, Jeremiah
had been exercising the prophetic min
istry some thirty years.
2. Against Whom Spoken ". ~.
They were directed against Israel,
Judah and all the nations.
8. 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. 5-2I.
jeremiah was unable to speak the
message of the Lord to the people.
as he was "shut up" ". 81. "Shut
up" most likely means a royal ban
against Jeremish's proclamation of
Gods Word to the people or against
his entering the temple. -.
1. To the People wv. 6-1O). The
occasion which brought the people
together was day Of fasting ". g.,
because of the threatening of the
Babylonians. Jeremiah directed b.
ruch 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 supplication be-
fore the Lord and return every one
from his evil way.
2. To the Princes wv. HID. While
pie seemingly created no great i'm
preston, yet 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 az they
were aroused with fear ". 49,. (2)
They inquired as to how he had writ.
ten the words wv. IT, 1S). 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 ". 19). They were instruct
ed to hide themselves from mans
sight.
8. To the King wv. 20, 21). Tho
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 report of 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
(vv. 22-26).
Instead of becoming penitent and
afraid he became enraged and cut the
roll leaf by leaf and threw 1t into the
ire until 1t was consumed. This he
did against the intercession of some
of the princes. When the roll was
destroyed he ordered jeremiah and
Saruch arrested.
w. The Roll Rewritten wv. 27-32).
The burnt roll was reproduced by
the command Of the Lord, and many
like words were added unto them. We
should learn from this Incident
!. The Indestructlbillty Of Gods
| Word. Men may cut 1t to pieces and
burn 1t. but the Word Of God shall
stand forever. 1t comes to light again
with woes added to be visited upon
It's would-be destroyers.
2. The reason men attempt to de-
stroy Gods Word. 1t Is because Of the
authoritative rebuke of their sins. The
Bible arraigns man for his pride and
wickedness and asserts Gods sover.
eign power over man and his demand
for personal surrender unto Him
and worship Of Him.
3. The Method Of Attempted De-
struction of Gods Word. 4 1t was part
by part. "When Jehudi had read
three or four leaves he cut 1t with a
penknife." The nationalist today cuts
out the biblical conception of God as
being whose essential nature de-
mands punishment Of sin; therefore
he cuts out the Bible doctrine OF man