The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-12-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
DECEMBER 4, 1860
BY Rev. George A. Harper,
511 Avenue G.,
Greenwood, Miss.

Dy RCN' OCVASO "a AAdA PCAS
511 Avenue G.,
Greenwood, Miss.
GODS COVENANT OF LOVE
Lesson Text - Jeremiah 81:
Romans s Print - Jeremiah
81: 3b-7, 1874; Romans 8; l, 2,
38, 80.
MEMORY SELECTION u
am persuaded, that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor
things present, nor things to
come, nor height, nor depth,
nor any other creature, shall
be able to separate us from
the love of God, which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord. = RO-
mans 1888, 39). Nothing can
separate Christ'S love for the
saints, neither can anything
separate the love of the saints
from Christ. There is no ele-
ment, power, event or being
which can turn Christ from
the Christian, neither can any
thing turn a Christian from
Christ when he wills to stand
steadfast in Christ. From a
careful study of the eighth
chapter of Romans, we learn
that God is for the believer,
that Christ is for the believer,
and that the Holy Spirit also
is for the believer. Therefore,
if the triune God is for us,
who can be against us. Christ
can furnish a superintendent
supply of grace that His own
can be more than conquerorS.
RESTORATION THROUGH
GODS LOVE:
"Yea, ] have loved thee with
an everlasting love: therefore
with loving kindness have /
drawn thee" The prophet
prefaced the message by refer
ring to IsraelS experience in
history, the experience in
which the people faced annihi-
lation by the sword of their
enemies and at the hand of
their oppressors who pursued
them. Yet even in the wilder
ness the mercy of the Lord
was shown toward this people
SO that they were spared the
fate that might have been
theirs. Just as the Lord had
appeared of old, reminding the
people of his love for them in
those days, so in their exile he
appeared unto them again
through prophetic messages,
consoling them with the
thought that they were still
loved by the Lord and that he
would save and restore a rem
nant of them.
Again | will build thee, and
thou shalt be built, o virgin of
Israel: thou shalt again be a
dorned with thy tabrets, and
shall go forth in the dances of
them that make merry"
But Israel was to be rebuilt
and started off the way to re-
covery by the power of the
Lord. The. tabret was a must
cal instrument of the tambour-
inc type used in festive occa-
sions both religious and Sc
cular. Virgin Israel is the
new restored nation that has
its youth and whose future is
yet ahead of it to be worked
out according to the will and
plan of God. "Thou shalt yet
plant vines upon the noun
tains of Samaria; the planters
shall plant, and shall eat them
as common things" Thou
shalt again plant vines upon
the mountains of Samaria: and
again thou shalt eat the fruit"
Mention of the mountain of
Samaria places the location of
the restoration in the land of
Israel, for Samaria was the
ancient capital of Israel. For
tnere snail be a day, that the
watchmen upon the mount
Ephraim shall cry, Arise we,
and let us 60 up to Zion unto
the Lord our God" There
fore, when the prophet spoke
of watchmen on Mount Eph-
RAIN exhorting the people to
return to Zion to worship he
was visualizing a new day of
restored national unity be-
tween two nations that had
been separated politically and
religiously for several cen
turtles. For thus saith the
Lord; Sing with gladness for
Jacob, and shout among the
chief nf tho nations. utIhIiCh