The Dolores star., 1924-05-16
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SllnndaySchool q
' Lesson '
tBy REV. p. b. FITZwATER. DID. Teacher
of English Bible in the Moody Bible Insti-
tute Of ChicaEo.)
20. 1924. Western Newsps per Union)
Lesson for May 18
ISAIAH AND THE ASSYRIAN
CRISIS.

LESSON TEXT-Isa 80. 81
GOLDEN TEXT-"God is our refug,
and strength. very present help in
trouble."-Ps. 46:1.
| PRIMARY ToPIC-How God An
| swered Their Letter.
JUNIOR ToPIC-Isaiah and the
| Boastful Assyrian.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
| IC-How Isaiah's Faith Saved a City.
\ YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
| IC-Isaiah's Service to His Country.
!. The King Of Assyria Invades
Judah lisa. 3G).
l. Rabshakeh Meets Deputation
From Judah wv. 1-2D. Rabshakeh
was representative of Sennacherib.
the king of Assyrla, whose mission
was to induce Judah to surrender. III
order to accomplish this he:
| D Tried to bully them into sub
mission wv. 4-9). He taunted them
| with their weakness and told them
that Egypt was a broken reed that
would not only fail of support but
even pierce the hand that reached
| out to it. He challenged them by
offering 1000 horses, If they would
furnish riders for them. If they could
| hol llllS Slllhll IL
would be futile for them to attempt
to withstand the great AssyrIan army.
(2) He asserted that 1t was use
less for them to put their trust in
God ". 1O). He even declared that the
Lord had sent him to destroy judah.
(3) He tried to create a panic
among the people wv. 13-2D. Fear
ing n panic among the people the
deputation Of the Jews urged Rnb-
shaken not to speak in the Jews
language. Taking up the suggestion
he spoke loudly in the Jews language,
warning them against trusting in Heze-
kiah.
(i) He promised them plenty in an
other land similar to their own wv.
16, 10. He urged them to make agree
ment with him and upon his return
from Egypt he would take them to IL
land of plenty, but the people We're
| loyal to Hezekiah, for they knew that
the cruel Assyrians could not be
trusted.
| 2 The Deputation Reports to Heze-
kiah ". 22). They rent their garments
doubtless in fear and dsmay over
their perious condition. for the crisis
long before predicted by Isaiah had
now come upon them.
u. Hezekiah's Behavior Elsa. 81
1850.
l. ResOrted to the House of the
Lord ". ~. This Is sure resort of
Gods people In time of distress Cps.
10 :18, II; 77:13). This action was
prompted by faith, for God had prom
lsed that those who in time of distress
resorted to His house would be heard
by Him QI Chron. :15, 16).
2. Sent Isaiah wv. 2-O. The logical
and natural thing for the king to do
under such circumstances was to
| sent back words of encouragement to
| Hezekiah, assuring him that God
would bring dellverance.
3. Hezekiah's Prayer wv. 1920.
| Rabshakeh, who seems to have with
| drawn from Jerusalem for little
while, now returns from Sennacherib
with letter warning Hezeklah against
trusting God for deliverance. assuring
him that he would be deceived for. no
god was able to stand against the AS
syrian army. He spread the letter be-
fore the Lord and prayed
GD He recognized Gods throne,
making 1t the ground of his plea
". 1G).
(2) He recognized the peril which
threatened the people wv. 17-19).
Sennacherib had indeed laid waste the
surrounding nations, but that ruin re-
suited because the gods of the nations
were not real.
(3) He asked for deliverance ".
20). He desired that deliverance
would come In such n way as to vindi-
cate and honor the Lord.
4. Isaiahs Message to Hezekiah wv.
21-35.
az That Sennacherib's sin was bias
phemy against the Holy One Of Israel
wv. 21-23).
(2) That Sennacherib had forgotten
that he was an instrument in Gods
hand wv. 24-2s).
(3) Judgment upon Sennacherib was
Imminent wv. 29-35). Deliverance
would soon come and that through the
energy of the Lord of hosts.
III. Destruction Of the Assyrian
Army wv. 38-38).
The angel Of the Lord went forth
and smote in the camp Of the AS
syrlnns $4,000 men, so Sennacherlb
was turned back by the way he came.
He did not enter Jerusalem and after
this defeat he went back to Nineveh
to live and while there worshiping
in the house of his god he was as