The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-05-04

\ GOLDEN TEXT.-Come We, and let US
walk in the light of the Lord.-Isa. 2:5
REFERENCE MATERIAL - Ps As;
Mic AIS; Phil. AS 8; Gal 5:22, %
PRIMARY TOPIC.-How to Be a Peace
maker.
JUNIOR TOPIC.-Swords Beaten Into
Plowshares.
INTERMEDIATEAND SENIOR TOPIC.
How to Make Peace and Keep 1t.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC.
Conditions of Permanent Peace
Isaiah does not set forth merely an
ideal for a world at strife, but fore
tells what shall actually take place in
the latter days, which shall put an end
to all earths strife In these Scrip
ture texts he reveals the fact that
Jesus Christ shall come and establish
His kingdom and remove from mems
hearts the cause for strife.
|. The Kingdom Established Qsa.
2:2N.
By mountain" in the Scriptures is
meant Kingdom" Dan. 2:35; Rev.
1871; 17:9-11.)
l. It's position ". p. 1t shall be in
a place of supremacy. 1t stands at the
head of all kingdoms. In fact the
Kingdoms Of this world shall then be-
come the kingdom of Christ (Rev.
HID.
2. The restored nation the teacher
of the Gentiles w. -. God called
Israel that He might make His name
known among other nations Now after
many centuries of apostasy and rebel
lion the chosen nation comes into it's
own: Gods favor will be so outstand-
ing as to gain the attention of the
whole world and cause the people to
come up to Jerusalem to hear the law
of God.
8. The divine judge ". A.. The
problems of the nations of the world
shall be adjudicated by One who is all
wise, and He shall rebuke many peo-
pie. Because of this rebuke they shall
convert their implements of war into
implements of husbandry and they
shall learn war no more,
H.. The King Elsa. 11:1-5)
L. His lineage ". y. He is of royal
stock, of the house of David. From
the fact that the branch" grows out
of David's roots it is shown that Mes
slah shall come when the fortunes of
the nation are very low.
2. His qualifications wv. 2-3a). The
Holy Spirit shall rest upon Him in
His completeness, qualifying Him for
His work, Wisdom and understand
ing refer mainly to the clearness of in
tellectual and moral insight; counsel
and might to the qualities which give
sound practical direction and vigOr to
follow and carry through the decisions
OF practical wisdom while the knOwl-
edge and the fear of the Lord define
relation by its two parts of acQuaint-
ance with God founded on love and
reverential awe which prompts to
obedience" He shall have quick un-
derstanding in the fear of the Lord
and His delight shall be to do Gods
will. This has fulfillment in Jesus
Christ in whom are hid all the treas
res of wisdom and knowledge (Col.
2:3).
3. The character of His reign wv.
b-5). % "Not judge after the sight
of his eyes" His knowledge is per-
feet; his judgment pierces through the
problems, even seeing the motive
which lies back of the act. (2) Not
'eprove after the hearing of the ear"
The word 'reprove" means decide"
dis decisions, therefore, will be on the
)asls OF fact, not on hearsay He can
lot be deceived nor imposed upon. He
knows all things, even from the begin.
ling. 90 with righteousness shall
Judge the poor" He will mete out i'm
partial justice to them. Many times
low the poor safer because the
wealthy are able to bribe the Judge,
put when Christ shall reign as King
he poor shall get justice. The poor
hall not suffer in justice because he
$ poor nor escape justice because he
s poor. a. "Shall reprove with
.quity for the meek" "ReprOve" here
doubtless means decide" In fact the
neck shall inherit the earth (Matt
$50. 90 "Shall smite the earth with
he rod of his mouth" BY the earth
$ meant here the wicked inhabitants
When Messiah comes to reign there
yill be great wickedness in the earth
see Psalm 2:9-12; Luke 1879. (6)
lie shall be girded with righteousness
nd faithfulness ". 81. He is abso.
utely righteous and will faithfully
AIRY out all His words
III. Description of christ's Reiqn
w. so
There will prevail universal peace
etween men and animals. In this de.
cription each animal is coupled with
nat upon which 1t naturally preys
Daily Thought
It Is common for those that are