The Arvada enterprise., 1922-05-11
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LESSON FOR NAY n
HEzEkIAH LEADS HIS PEOPLE
BACK TO GOD

HEzEKiAH LEADs HIS PEOPLE
SACK TO GOD
LESION rUT.-II Chron- so:l-n.
! GOLDEN TEXT.-God V gracious ana
msrctful. and will not turn away HIS face
from you. II ~ return unto HIM.
II Chron. So:e
REFERENCE MATERIAIA-rI chron.
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JUNIOR TOPIC. = Hesskiah's Great
iNTERMED1ArrAND SENIOR TOPIC.
Putting Religion First.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC.
Wise Methods Of Reform.
!. bsssslsIah proelaIms Z Passover
wv. 1-1S).
The way for 4 SHINING and divided
people to get back to God and b
united. II around the crucined Lord.
l. The Invitation Was Representa-
tive Of the Nation ". Pay. The king
took counsel with the princes and the
congregation to show that the proc
lamatiOn was the expression Of the
nations desire.
2. The Time Was Unusual wv. 2b-l).
There was not sufficient time to
sanctify the people. nor to gather them
together at the regular time. 30 they
resolved instead Of postponing It for
q year to hold It on the fourteenth day
Of the second month. This liberty
had been granted befors In an ext
sency (Nusn. 9:e-1s). This hexlbillty
with reference to the holding Of the
passover shows that Gods ordinances
were made for man and not man for
the ordinances.
.. The Scope Of the Invitation wv.
Soy. 1t included all Of both nations
who would come to keep the passover
to the Lord God Of Israel. "Israel" u
now used to include both kingdoms
The effort was to win back the nation
which had seceded. The posts who
were sent with the message were au-
th0rixed to supplement the prOclama-
ton with urgent exhortatiOn to join
- 4 united nation. This urgent invi-
tation was tactfully put ~ follows:
(1) 1t touched ancestral memories
"Turn again unto the Lord God Of
Abraham, Isaac and Israel" ". 81.
Both kingdoms had q common ances-
try. (2) Recent bitter experience
BE not like your fathers, and breth-
rem. who trespassed against the Lord
God. and were given up to desolatiou.
a. ye see" ". u. This was 4 DELI
cate subject. but their ruin was %
marked that such truth could be
pressed. (3) Yearnlng for captive
kinsfolk-"Your brethren and children
shall ind compassion before their
captors" ". o.. ~ The instinct Of
self-preservation-"So that they shall
come again into this land" ". o.. 10y
The foryiving mercy Of God ". o..
God will not turn any sincere seeker
away from Him. Him that cometh
unto Ne win In NO wise cast OUT
(Jo,,n o:37).
4. Israel's Reception Of the Invita-
ton wv. 1922. This Invitation In
Israel met . mingled reception. ~
Rome Knocked. The urgent and sln-
cere invitation only excited opposition
and ridicule. (2) Some with humble
hearts came to Jerusalem. This II
ever the case. The gospel IL . SAVIOR
Of life unto life and death unto death.
u. The Passover Kept tvv. 1920.
!. Affairs Removed tvv. IS. LAY. In
the time Of Ahas (ch. % :24). these
heather affairs were erected In Jeru.
salem. Before there could be worship
Of the true God all thess traces Of
idoaatry must be removed. This act
Of the people was voluntary. and shows
that 4 right spirit actuated them.
2. The Passover Killed ". 49,.
3. Tie Priests and Levites Ashamed
wv. 1920. The zeal If the people
pat to shame the priests and Levites
They were stimulated TO perform theiE
duties according to the law Of God
~ given by Moses. They even took
charge Of the killing Of the passover
since many Of the officers were moi
sAnctihed 20 ~ to render this service
for themselves. Though unprepared
csrsmonially. yet they took part Ia
| this most sacred service and were &C
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tercession Of Hssekiah. God accepted
the purpose Of heart rather than thu
letter Of the law.
4. The Praise Of Glad Hearts wv
n. az. They continued seven day,
with giadnsas: ~ TIE Levitss aht
priests sang Gods praise daily on lout
instruments ". 2l). ~ Hesekiah'l
comforting words to the Lsvites "
~. He commended them and thsil
teaching Of the knowledge Of God
(N They made confession Of thsil
sins to God ". ~.
8. The Passover Prolonged Ssves
Days wv. 28-27). The kings objec
In prolonsinG the feast was to max,
- lasting IN impression - possible
% - to result Ia the thorough Coz
vsesloo Of thsir souls to God.