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Copyright. 1874 Western Newspaper Union
LESSON FOR JUNE 4
JEHoIAklM TRIES TO DESTROY
GODS WORD


REFERENCE MATERIAL.-Isa SSH;
PRIMARY ToPIc-The Burning Of .
Good Book.
JUNG ToPIC-Jehoiakim Burns the
Prophets Book.
INT ERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
"A King Who scorned Gods Word.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
How to Meet the Forces Antagonistic
TO Gods Word.
!. The Book Being Written wv
l-4).
]. 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 from the
time he began his ministry to the time
Of the utterance OF this prophecy.
8. The Purpose of ". 81. The
grand object of the Lord In sending
this message by the prophet was
Judah's repentance. The purpose back
OF all Gods utterances Of judgment
Is the repentance OF His people In or
der that He might forgive their
iniQuity and their sin I'll Pet. 3 ~.
4. Method of ". A.. Jeremiah die
tated the words of the Lord to Ba'
ruch the Scribe, who wrote them upon
roll OF book. This roll was parch-
ment usually attached at both ends to
roller of wood.
II. The Book Being Read tvv. 5-21)
Jeremiah was unable to speak the
message of the Lord to the people
as he was "shut up" ". 81. .Shui
up" most likely means royal ban
against Jeremiah's proclamation oi
Gods Word to the people or against
bis entering the temple. From verse
10 1t seems that he was free to &c
about among the people.
!. To the People (vv. 6-10). The
occasion which brought the people
together was day of fasting ". 81
because of the threatening of the
Basy,onians. 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 tsupplicatlon be
fore the Lord and return every one
from his evil way.
2. To the Princes wv. 11-19). While
the reading of the book unto the PEG
pie seemingly created no great i'm
preston, yet Mlchaiah was so deeply
moved that he went to the scribe't
chamber where the princes were as
sembled and declared unto them
all the words which he had heard
Baruch read. The princes sent fol-
Barueh to come and bring the roll
with them. Baruch came and read to
them with the result that "a they
were aroused with fear ". 16). (2)
They inquired as to how he had writ
ten the words wv. II. 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 ". 19). They were Instruct.
ed to hide themselves from mans
sight.
8. To the King fvv. 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
be 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 peniteht and
afraid he became enraged and cut the
roll leaf BY leaf and threw II into the
Ore until 1t 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 wv. 27-32).
The burnt roll was reproduced By
the command Of the Lord, and many
Hike words were added unto them. we
should learn from this Incident
/. The 7ndestructibility Of Gods
Word. Men may cut It to pieces and
burn 1t, but the Word OF God shall
stand forever. It comes TO light again
with woes added to be visited upon
It's would-be destroyers.
2, The reason men atfeDpt to de.
stroy Gods Word It Is bec&use OF the
authoritative rebuke of their sins. The
Bible arraigns man for his pride and
wickedness and asserts Gods soyer.
eign power over man and his demand
for personal surrender unto Him
and worship OF Him.
3. The Method Of ATTEMPTED ia
struction Of Gods Word. 1t was part
By part. "When lJehudl had read
three or -four leaves he cut 1t with =
penknife.v 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
as created of God In His likeness and
image. Instead of that he makes
man q product Of evolution; therefore
he explains away the fall Of man.