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LESSON FOR OCTOBER IA
ISRAEL. a MISSIONARY NATION
,By REV. p. B. FITZwATER. D. D..
Teacher of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute Of Chicago.D
&C. 1873. Western Newspaper Union.l

LESSON TExT-Exod 1915: Isa.
<s:s-l1; Isa- 45:20-21.
GOLDEN TExT-"Ye shall be unite
me kingdom of priests and an holy
nation."-Exod. 1855.
PRIMARY ToPIC-God's Kindness -
His People.
JUNIOR ToP1c-why God Chose Is
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-The Mission of the Chosen People.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
--Israera Missionary Call.
. . Israsps Exalted Position (E1od.
1916.
The descendants Of Abraham had
now become a multitude and the time
had come to organize them into q
nation. In order to enable them to see
what . wonderful privilege was theirs.
God displayed His majesty on Mount
Sinai. In His message to them, He
gave them look backward and for
ward.
/. A Review OF Their Past History
". ~. He reminds them of what He
had done to the Egyptians when He
brought them out OF their cruel bond
age. and that His divine care over them
had been as that Of an eagle over her
young. He had not merely brought
them out Of Egyptian bondage. but
unto Himself. Gods salvation Is not
merely deliverance from sin, but q
union with Himself.
2. Promises of Future Greatness
wv. s. 81. On condition of obedience
to His voice, and faithfulness to their
covenant obligations. He promised
them peculiar relationship to Him.
This relationship is three-fold:
~ The Lords Peculiar Treasure
Above All People. This Is the treasure
Of Matt. 1874. II this is recognized,
the parable is quite clear. Failure to
allow Scripture to interpret Scripture
results In confusion.
(2) A Kingdom Of Priests. "A King
dom whose citizens are all priests liv-
ing wholly in Gods service and ever
enjoying the right of access to Him."
In this kingdom there Is united sacer-
dotal privilege and royal dignity.
(3) A Holy Nation. A nation set
apart for the work of God. Realizing
this, they would be impelled to q
standard Of living which would be
worthy of their high calling. Separa-
tion from sin and positive stand for
the right would always be demanded.
The failure of this chosen nation 10
largely the explanation Of the worlds
distress. Had Israel shown the nations
the way to go. they would not have
gone so far into sin.
u. IsraeI's Pressing Obligation
Elsa. 43:9-11).
1. Gods Challenge to the Heather
Nations ". 81. They were asked to
assemble their witnesses to see II they
were able to make known the future
as God had done through the prophets
Of Israel. They are either to make
good their predictions or to acknowl-
edge the truth as declared by Gods
prophets. namely, that God is the
onlytGod.
2. Israel. Gods Witness ". 10). This
nation had been brought so clearly into
touch with God, had SO many times e1-
perienced His mighty hand to deliver,
that they were competent witnesses.
Not only the nation was witness, but
the prophets from that nation had 20
many times Witnessed and their pre-
dictions were so completely fulfilled
that the whole world knew that God
was the one and only God and Savior.
The only way the world can know that
God Is a fOrgiving God il through the
witnessing of His redeemed people.
How sorely this testimony is needed |!
How miserable has been Israel's fall
ure!
~. lsraePs Message Elsa. As 90
22).
The message which Israel was to
give was that God was the Savior of
all the nations. Israel mislnterpreted
and misapplled this message. They
claimed Him as their God and denied
Him to the heather. Though they have
thus failed and the world Is in dark
ness because Of 1t, one day they shall
go to the ends of the earth with 1t. and
the result will be the usherlng In of the
Golden Age of which men Of all ages
have dreamed.
/. The Idolatrous Nations Are In.
vited to Draw In. =.
2. They Are Challenged to Bring
Their Reasons for W6rshiping Idols
in the Light of the Fact That God the
Savior Was the Only God.
3. They Are Given an Invitation to
Look Unto God. They were not asked
to do something to be saved, but to
look to the Savior. Sinners today
need only to look to Christ. What
wonderful day when Israel shall de-
clare this message to all nations In the
mower of the Holy Spirit!