THE KING’S BUSINESS Hints and Helps
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The Lord’s Prayer 1. Our Father —believers are children. John 1:12, 13; Gal. 3:26; 1 John 5:1. 2. Hallowed he Thy name —believers are worshipers. John 4:23; Phil. 3:3. 3. Thy kingdom come —believers are subjects. Luke 12:32; 22:29, 30. 4. Thy will he done —believers are ser vants. John 12:26; Rom. 6:16; 1 Peter 2:16. 5. Give us our needful food —believers are beggars. Matt. 7 :7 -ll; John 14:13, 14. 6. Forgive our trespasses —believers are sinners. Rom. 7 :21; 1 John 1 :8, 9. 7; Deliver us from evil —believers are saints. Rom. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:2; 2 Tim. 1:9. “Until He Come,” When we eat the Lord’s supper we show forth His death, until He come. 1 Cor. 11:26. We are using our talents until He come. Luke 19:13. We are fighting the good fight of faith, until He come. 1 Tim. 6:12-24. We are enduring tribulation, until He come. 2 Thess. 1:7. We are to be patient, until He come. James 5 :8. We are to wait for a crown of righteous ness, until He come. 2 Tim. 4:8. We wait for a crown- of glory, until He come. 1 Peter 5 :4. We wait for a reunion with departed friends, until He come. 1 Thess. 6:13-18. We wait for Satan to be bound, until He come. Rev. 20:3.— D. L. Moody. What God Does With the Believer’s Sins. No condemnation to those in Christ. Ronj. 8:1. Not imputed to us. 2 Cor. 5 :19. Laid on. Christ. Isa. 53:6. Borne by Christ. 1 Peter 2:24, Covered. Rom. 4 :7. Remitted. Acts 10 ;43,
Removed. Ps. 103:12. Passed away. Zech. 3 :4.
Subdued. Micah 7 :19. Put away. Heb. 9:20. Cast behind God’s back. Isa. 38:17. Finished. Dan. 9 :24. Cast into sea. Micah 7 :19. Blotted out. Isa. 43:25; Acts 3:19. Purged. Heb. 1:3. Loosed in blood. Rev. 1:5. Not remembered. Heb. 8:12. Purpose of Egyptian Sojourn. 1. Preservation. Israel ¡became obnox ious to the tribes of Canaan (Gen. 34:30). 2. Separation. They were being cor rupted by Canaanitish immoralities (Gen. 34:1, 2; 35:22; 38:1-26). 3. Multiplication. In the peace and plenty of Goshen they “were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them” (Exod. 1:7). 4. Civilization.. They came in contact with the highest in the world. Even Greek culture derived its beginnings from Egypt. Art, “science,” literature, philosophy, hand icrafts, flourished. Like Moses (Acts 7: 22), Israel’s leaders were qualified for their work (Exod. 34:4-10; 36: 1, 2). God’s Spirit inspiring them in the application of talents naturally and providentially ac quired. Their lapse into sin was a lapse also into semi-barbarism, defeating God’s purpose that they should at once attain the acme of all earthly glory as the reward of godliness, and a testimony for it among all nations. 5. Evangelization. Israel took its God, altar, and hope with it. Egypt knew its peculiarities. The world toured Egypt in those days of her primacy. All must have noted the “peculiar people” on her bor ders (Joshua 2:10, 11). 6. Vindication. God judged Pharaoh and Egypt. He raised them up to show His glory and power on “all the gods of Egypt,” and all the world heard; and Syria
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