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Tenth Commandment. The desire for anything belong ing to ano th er is inconsistent w ith love and is sin. I t is idolatry (Col. 3 :5 ). The man who keeps th e ten th com m andm ent will keep th e four immediately preceding. All these commandments are summed up in one word,— love. (Rom. 13:9, 10; Mark 7:21, 22; Jam es 1:14, 15)—Torrey. Ife ELEMENTARY K ate H . Haus The Jews had many things to settle among themselves, so they came to Moses to settle these troubles. Some times
th e breaking of each commandment.) We cannot possibly keep these laws of God, by ourselves, no m a tte r how hard we try. The only one who ever did keep them was Jesus. T hat is the reason we need H im as our Savior. MARCH 2, 1024 THE TABERNACLE Exodus, Chapters 25-27 Golden Text: “And th ere will I meet w ith thee, and I- will commune w ith thee from above the mercy seat, from between th e two cherubim which are upon th e ark of te sti mony, of all things which I will give -thee in commandment unto th e children of Israel.” Ex. 25:22. L o r d in m a n y n e w p h a s e s .— T . C . H .) . We are to study th e Gospel in Exodus and Leviticus. The gospel Is th e proclamation of God’s mercy to sinners— God making known His way of redemption for fallen man. “Redemption and access to God” is the them e of the Gospel. God has seen fit to set fo rth His tru th LESSON th rough various means and manners. EXPOSITION Jesus sometimes spoke in simple, direct T. C. HORTON language, b u t oftdner in parables and fig ures hard to be understood. The Old T estam ent can only be understood in the ligh t of th e New Testam ent, and th e New T estam ent can never be fully ap preciated w ithout th e ligh t of the Old. Do you w ant to know, understand, appreciate and love Jesus Christ? Then see Him as He is presented to us in the Old as well as th e New Testament. There is a power in the pictorial method. T ru th is best taugh t by illu stra tion. Every sacrifice and service of th e Old Dispensation was a prophecy, a pledge and a prom ise of Jesus Christ and set Him forth. There are th ree distinct m arks or characteristics of a type: (1) I t is a tru e picture of th e th ing it represents. (2 ) It is of God’s appointment. (3) It prefigures some th ing future. There is an element of prophecy in all types. There are th ree classes of types: (1) P ersonal. That is, some person whose life illu strates some tru th or principle in redemption,— as Adam, Moses, Joseph. (2) H istorical. Events foreshadow ing good things to come,— as, the deliv erance from Egypt. (3 ) R itual,— as in th e Tabernacle which we are studying in th is lesson. (N o t e t o T e a c h e r : W e s u g g e s t t o e v e r y t e a c h e r t e r e s t w h i c h w i l l b e a r o u s e d b y t h i s s t u d y o f t h e b e f o l l o w e d b y a w e e k - d a y o r e v e n in g : c l a s s , f o r s t u d y o f i t , w i t h a c h a r t o r m o d e l, i f p o s s ib l e . E v o f t h e T a b e r n a c le , e v e n t o t h e c o l o r s , h a s a v o i c e o f t h e f in is h e d w o r k o f J e s u s C h r is t , a n d s u c h a a r o u s e n e w in t e r e s t in t h e c l a s s a n d e n a b le t h em There is a religions in stin ct in man caused by a guilty conscience. Man is a self-confessed transgressor. Im mediately a fte r Adam ’s fall, God laid the foundation for m an’s redemption (Gen. 3 :2 1 ). “U n t o A d am a l s o a n d t o h i s ' w i f e d id t h e L o r d c o a t s o f s k i n s , a n d c l o t h e d t h em .”
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him self only look a fte r -th e g reat ones. So Moses did this, and it made his work a little easier. This teaches, th a t we can get help from others to settle little troubles, b u t when it comes to g reat troubles, no one but God can give us help. (Show th a t these g reat troubles are those th a t affect our relationship to God.) I had chil dren in my Sunday
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School class in St. Louis who were beaten every tim e they came to Sunday School, yet they came every Sunday, and one boy had to leave home because he would not give up his love for Jesus. (Tell how God carefully prepared th e people, in chapter 19, for the giving of th e Commandments.) They were now a t Mt. Sinai. I t took th e people th ree days to get ready to stand a t th e bottom of the mountain, while God came down on the mountain to give Moses th e Commandments. (Describe carefully Ex. 19:16-20.) A fter all was ready, God gave Moses the Commandments. I. (V. 20 :3 .) We have no business to love fath er, mo th er, or any one or .any thing, more th a n we love God. He only can save us from sin, and tak e us to heaven. II. (Ys. 4-6.) No prayers, or praise, are to be given to any idol, or to the virgin or any saint. III. (V. 7.) No cursing, swearing, or slang is allowed. IV. (Vs. 8-11.) Six days to use for ourselves, b u t the seventh, we are to use in work for, and praise to, God. We steal one day from God when we use th a t day for our own work or pleasure. V. (V. 12.) We are to be kind, loving and obedient to our parents, and respectful all th e time. Memory Verses: Matt. 22:37-39. If we ask Jesus to help us keep these two commandments, we will be able to please God. VI. (V. 13.) We must not even hate. (1 John 3:15.) VII. (V. 14.) We must not do things th a t h u rt our bodies, making them sick. VIII. (V. 15.) Steal no money, tim e or help th a t be longs to others. Being lazy, careless, or thoughtless, does that. IX. (V. 16.) Don’t tell lies of any kind about others, or say mean things about them. X. (V. 17.) Don’t envy o th er people any good thing they may have, th a t you would like to have, and don’t be jealous of others. (Keep a sharp lookout du ring th e week, and you will find every day some action th a t will illu strate
Three things are essential in redemption: Guilt removed, conscience satisfied and communion established. This is the beginning of religion. The aprons which Adam and Eve made for themselves are a type of man-made efforts to look out for himself. God made clothing for them th rough a bloody sacrifice. This taugh t them th a t human effort is unavailing and insufficient, and th a t a blood sacri fice is essential. Adam and Eve had never slain an an im al; never had witnessed a death, and had never consumed anim al food. The animal slain by God to furnish skins fo r th e ir clothing is a type of th e •“Lamb slain from th e foundation of the
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