Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-09
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
For Oct. T. abraham Blessing to the Whole World.
BY DIR. MARION MICH. HULL

Moses: Hear, o Israel, Jehovah,
our God is one"
The nation Of Israel today, scat
tered among the nations as God had
said they would be if they did not
obey His voice, still holds to the
truth of the oneness of God, but they
have gotten away from the whole
truth which their leader, Moses, re-
vealed, that God is the Three.One
God. one God but three PERSONAL
ties. They have lost temporarily the
truth that Moses recoI ded for us
that there are three persons in the
Godhead, the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit; that these three per.
sons are one God, the same in sub
stance, equal in power and in glory
The world is indebted to Israel for
the moral law. The law as given
by Moses is the basis of all law to.
day in every civilized nation. The
laws of sanitation are based on those
enunciated by Moses. And the ten
commandments given by God to the
world through this people are the
rock foundation of all that is highest
IN our civilization today-that is,
that can be obtained from law.
In writing to the Romans Paul
declared that to the Israelites had
been entrusted the oracles of God.
Did you realize that every writer
Of the Bible, with the possible ex-
ception of Luke, was a Jew? And
some even think that Luke was an
Hellenized Jew. In another part OF
the same letter Paul reminded the
Romans (ch. ga. 81 that to the
Israelites "pertaineth the adoption,
ho 1r1a
and the giving of the law, and the
service, and the promises; whose are
the fathers, and of whom as con-
is over all, God blessed forever"
This is the greatest debt that the
world owes to the Jew-that as
The worlds debt is the debt also of
Christianity. Christ's followers owe
everything to the Jew-and yet how
often they have paid their dbet in
blood. No, Christ's followers have
never done that, but some who have
claimed to be only.
Unique God
Israeli as a nation, failed God.
He chose them, of his own sovereign
will, all of grace, wholly undeserv-
ed on their part, to be kingdom
Of priests and a separated nation.
They have not realized Gods pur-
pose for them, although they have
been a missionary nation to the
world in the service they have rem
dered the world. Their exclusive
ness, their pride, their mistaken
opinion as to Gods purpose in choos-
ing them and their rebellion against
Him, killing His prophets who
would have brought them into the
way of Gods will for them, and re.
Jecting His son whom He sent
among them, made God set them
aside for the time and take another
step in His plan. But that purpose
will yet be realized when they look
upon Him whom they have pierced
and mourn for Him as for an only
son.
Then the Jew as a nation will be.
come the great evangelizing force
OF the world. The world will be
converted when the Jew as a nation
begins to preach; for Zachariah in
speaking of that day, which is vet
future, says, I'm those days it shall
come to pass that ten men shall
take hold out of all languages of
the nations, even shall take hold of
the skirt of Him that is a Jew, say
ing, We will go with you for we
have heard that God is with you."
Czech. 1929. Gods purpose never
fails; sometimes it is delayed be-
cause of the willfulness and the sin
Of those through whom He would
work; but in the end it will succeed,
and Israel the unique nation, with
unique purpose and unique
privilege will be witnesses to the
unique Coda God who is Three
One, who is holy. and that beside
Him there is none else. And best
of all that He is the only Saviour,
that "God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten son that
whosoever believeth in Him should
not perish but have everlasting
life" And that "there is none other
name given under heaven among
men whereby we must be saved"
except the name of Jesus at which
''every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess that He is Lord to
tho GLORY of Cod the Father"