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<By REV. p. z. FITZWATER, D. D..
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Copyright 1922. Western Newspaper Union.
LESSON FOR JUNE q
JEHOlAkIM TRIES TO DESTROY
GODS WORD


shall stand forever.-Isa. 40:S.
REFERENCE MATERIAL-Isa 55S-11;
Matt b:17-19
PRIMARY ToPIC-The Burning Of a
Good Book
JUNIOR TOPIC-Jchoiakim Burns the
Prophets Book.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
"a King Who Scorncd Gods Word.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
How to Meet the Forces AntagoniStic
to Gods Word.
| /. The Book Being Written wv.
1-4).
l. The Time of (v. u. In the
| fourth year Of Jchoiakim, Jeremiah
| had been exercising the prophetic min
istry some thirty years.
.. Against Whom Spoken (y. p.
They were directed against Israel,
Judah and all the nations.
3. The Purpose of (v. 81. The
grand object Of the Lord in sending
this message by the prophet was
Judah'S repentance.
4. Method of (v. ~. jeremiah die
| tated the words of the Lord to Ba-
ruch the Scribe, who wrote them upon
q roll of q 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" ". 81. "Shut
up" most likely means a royal ban
against Jcremiah's proclamation OF
Gods Word to the people or against
his entering the temple.
l. TO the People wv. G-1O). The
occasion which brought the people
together was day Of fasting w. @,
because of the threatening of the
Babylonians. Jeremiah directed Ba-
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.
,. TO the Princes Wv. 11-19). While
the reading of the book unto the peo-
pie seemingly created no great i'm
preston, yet Michaiah was so deeply
moved that lie went to the scrihe'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 (D they
were aroused with fear (v. 16). (2)
They inquired as to how he had writ
ten the words wv. II, 1S). 70 this he
replied that he had written in the
book the words which jeremiah had
dictated to him. 90 Their concern
for the safety of jeremiah and
Baruch ". 19). They were instruct
cd 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 report of the matter to the king,
ne had Jehudi bring the roll and read
1t to him in the presence Of the
princes.
~. The King Destroying the Roll
wv. 22-26).
instead of becoming pcnitcnt and
afraid he became cnragcd and cut the
roll leaf by leaf and threw it into the
fire until it was consumed. This he
did against the intcrccSSion of some
OF the princes. When the roll was
destroyed he ordered Jeremiah and
Bnruch arrested
w. The Roll Rewritten wv. 27-3o)
The burnt roll was reproduced by
the command of the Lord, and many
IKE words were added unto them. We
should learn from this incident
]. The IndcStructibility Of Gods
word Men may cut it to pieces ana
burn it, but tn" Word of God shall
stand forever. 1t comes to light again
with woes added to he visited uDon
Its woud-bc dcstroyers
:. me reason men attempt to de-
stroy Gods Word. 1t is because of tho
authoritative rebukc of their sins. The
l'iblc arraigns man for his pride ana
wickcdncSS and asserts Gods Sovcr.
cign 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. 1t was part
by part. "When Jchudi had read
three or four leaves he cut it with
pcnknife.' 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
rs created OF God i'm His likeness and
image. Instead Of that he makes
man product Of evolution; therefore
he explains away the fail OF man.
The Route to Heaven.
SNOW me tho man who ,rop11 ,,o 30