The Omaha guide., 1934-09-08

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Lesson for September 9
HEZEktAH LEADS HIS PEOPLo
BACK TO GOD

LESSON TExT-II Chronicles sea-
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GOLDEN TExT-For IL 70 tur.
and your children shall nnd compas-
ston bsfors them that lead them CAP
tive 20 that they hall come aEAis
iato this land: for the Lord your Gel
IL gracious and mcrcifui. and will sSs
turn away his face from you. u ~
return unto him. II Chronicles Set.
PRIMARY TOPIC-A Khg's Call -
Ce4's House.
JUNIOR ToPIc-A Kings Cali -
Worship God.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR Top
lC-What Makes . Good Leader,
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT Tor.
Ic-Godly Leaders In Civic Life.
!. Hsxskiah Gallo the People t.
Keep the Passover wv. 1-12).
The way for a SHINING and dividea
people to get back TO God and Be unlt
cd Ia around the crucIhed Lord. The
Passover val 4 memorial Of the m
fion's deliverance through the shed
ding Of the blood Of the sacrihciai
lamb.
/. The invitation was representative
OF the nation ". p. The king took
counsel with the princes and the con.
gregation to show that the proclama-
ticn was the expression Of the ma
tons desire.
2. The time vas unusual Wv. 24).
There was not sufficient time to sane
tify the people nor to gather them to-
gether at the regular time. 30 they re
solved. instead Of postponing 1t for .
year. TO hold 1t on the fourteenth day
Of the second month. This liberty had
been granted before IN an exigency
(Num. $3.50.
). The scope Of the invitation Wv
S-9). It included all OF both nations
who would come to keep the Passover
to the Lord God Of Israel Israel IL
now used to include both Kingdoms
The effort was to win back the nation
which had seeded. The posts who
were sent with the message were au.
thorixed to supplement the proclama.
ton with an urgent e%xhortation to join
as q united nation. This urgent inyi.
tation was tactfully put as follows:
q. II touched ancestral memories
Turn again unto the Lord God OF
Abraham. Isaac, and Israel" ". g..
Both Kingdoms had q common ances-
try.
b. Recent bitter experience - "Be
not ye like your fathers and brethren
who trespassed against the Lord God
and were given up to d~esolation as 70
see" (L %.
{. learning for captive kinsfolk-
sYour brethren and children shall find
compassion before their captors" ". 81.
d. The instinct Of self-preservation
so that they shall come again into
this land" ". 81.
e. The forgiving mercy Of God-"For
the Lord your God is gracious and
merciful' ". 81. God will not turn
any sincere seeker from him John
$50.
4. Israel's reception of the invitation
wv. 1922.
a. Some Knocked ". 10Y. This ur-
gent and sincere Invitation excited
only opposition and ridicule by certain
tribes.
b Some with humble hearts come to
Jerusalem ". III. In Judah God gave
them one heart to accept the summons
to unite In the Lord around the great
Passover.
II. The Passover Kept wv. 1920.
l. Removal Of heather affairs wv.
10, 14). These affairs were erected In
Jerusalem in the time Of Ahaz (2S :24).
Before there could be worship Of the
true God, all these traces of idolatry
must be removed.
2. The Passover killed ". 15). The
zeal of the people vas shown in their
going forward with the service, though
the priests were not ready.
8. The priests and Levites shamed
tvv. 1920. The zeal Of the people
put to shame the priests and the
Levites. They were stimulated to per
form their duties by the law Of God
as given by Moses. They even tool
charge Of the killing Of the Passover
since many of the officers were not
sanctifed so as to render this service
for themselves. The Lord healed
that is. forgave the people.
4. The praise Of glad hearts wv
81, 22). They continued for seven days
In this glad service.
a. The Levites and priests san.
Gods praises daily on loud instrp
uents ". Ply.
b. Hezekiah spoke comforting words
20 the Levites ". 22) and commended
them and their teaching Of the knovt
edge Of God.
c. They made confession of Their
III to God ". 22). This was the eva
Aence that their action was genuipe.
8. The Passover prolonged sevan
days wv. 23-27). The kings object In
| prolonging the feast was to make Z
lasting impression upon the people o,
~ to result In thorough conversics.