SONGS FORCHILDREN
by lena Seley Lawrence Ideal for Home, Sunday School, Child Evangelism, program presentation. Wendell Loveless says: “ Different. . . fine sense of melody and musical taste. Catchy melodies and well expressed statements." (“ Build the Ark, Noah” , by Fuller “The Gospel Umbrella", "O nly a Boy Evangelistic Named David", etc.) Foundation 75 Old Testament Stories in song, prayer and sea sonal songs, with Gospel application. $1 per copy. From your Christian supply store or * S I N G I N G S T O R I E S 296 North 5th Street, San Jose 12, California CHURCH BULLETINS Large Assortment—Self Selection Lithographed—Special Days General Use Be Sure to Get Our Free Catalog and Samples E C C LESIA ST IC A L ART PRESS Dept. K Louisville 12, Ky. Founded in 1907 BOLIVIAN INDIAN M ISS ION Pacific Coast Council 922 South Grand View St. Los Angeles 6, Calif. Praise for spiritual victories on the Field. Prayer, a vital need. Used and endorsed Fourth Edition—DANIEL. By W. C. Stevens. World events invite fresh meditation on this prophecy. Highly recommended by Dr. James M. Gray. 224 Pages. Cloth $1.50. Second Edition—BIBLE BASIS OF MISSIONS. By Dr. Robert H. Glover. The missionary problem from Abraham to the end of this age. Mission classes order in quantities. Cloth, 208 pages, $1.75. Bible House of Los Angeles, Inc. r27 S. Westmoreland Ave., Los Angeles 6, Calif. We have ministered to Latin America for nearly 50 years. Share in our ministry at least by PRAYER. Christmas T R A C T S New 1949 special Christmas tracts are now ready. A generous FREE SAMPLE packet awaits you. Send today for your copies of these colorful, true-to-the Bible Christmas tracts by well-known authors. Trad Club of America 411 s.w.us, Chicago,Rm.; 303 Road PROPHEEY M O N T H L Y Editor: Dr. Keith L. Brooks Subscribe for America’s Original Prophetic Digest 10 mo., $1; Foreign, $1.35 Yr. Be a part of the league’s world-wide prayer and mis sionary fellowship. Biblical books being supplied free to missionaries, needy workers and prisons as God's people provide. Write for details of this faith and non-profit u/ork. AMERICAN PROPHETIC LEAGUE, INC. BOX BB. EAGLE ROCK STATION • LOS ANGELES 41, CALIF. Pago Twenty-four JUST OFF THE PRESS First Edition—ROMANOS. (Span ish edition) of Romans verse by verse by William R. Newell. Cloth $2.50. Paper, $1.50. Fifth Edition—ORACION (Span ish edition) prayer by J. H. Mc- Conkey. 122 pages. Paper 30 cents. for SCRIPTURAL ILLUMINATION 48 pages monthly, prophetic truths, signs of the times, guidance, Bible nuggets. Don't miss its important articles and news features.
Pointers on the Lesson, H om er A . K e n t , T h .D. Helps for the Children, A l l iso n A rrowood
Lesson material is based upon outlines of the International Sunday School Lessons copyrighted by the International Council of Religious Education; used by permission.
Dec. 4, 1949 PROPHETS FALSE AND TRUE Jer. 23:16,21-32
The Words of the False Prophets vv. 25-27 The words of the false prophets are “lies” (v. 25). The worst of this is that these prophets do all their nefarious business in the Lord’s name. They claim that they have received a special revela tion from heaven in the form of dreams. Their work is that of “deceit” (v. 25), which is just another way of indicating their lying nature. The end in view of these evil workers is to get people to “forget” the true God. Ofttimes the emis saries of Satan use very pious language, they pose as angels of light (2 Cor. 11:13-15); they appear as wolves in sheep’s clothing. Thus we need to exer cise extreme care lest at any time we be taken off guard and deceived by their honeyed words of unbelief. The Difference Between the False and the True vv. 28-32 The words of false prophets are like “ chaff” (v. 28), of the true like “ wheat” (v. 28). The words of false prophets are deceit (vv. 30, 31), of the true like “ fire” and like a “ hammer” (v. 29). The words of the false prophets are only “ dreams,” “lies,” “lightness” (v. 32). We know that the prophets of God speak the very opposite of these things, namely: reality, truth, that which is foundational.
Pointers on the Lesson We are exhorted in the Word of God to discriminate between false and true prophets. “ Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1). The purport of the lesson this week is to show the difference between false and true prophets so that we may be on our guard against the teachings and in sinuations of those who speak that which is at variance with God’s truth. The Nature of False Prophets v. 16 The false prophets make their follow ers “vain,” that is, they turn their hearts away from the worship of the only true God unto false gods. They speak their own message, not God’s. They have ideas of their own and seek by all sorts of devices to get these ideas photographed upon the minds of their hearers. There is nothing from heaven in their message. The Origin of the False Prophets vv. 21-24 God has no part in sending forth false prophets; He does not give them their message. But though He has not sent them they are often found “ running” in every possible direction and place to de clare their falsehoods. Often Satan’s em issaries are very energetic in the prop agation of their false doctrines which is sometimes mistaken for divine activity. But the fact that false prophets do not produce right fruit indicates their evil origin. They are from beneath, not from above. God in heaven is not so far re moved (v. 23) that He does not know the nature of these evil activities on earth; he is omnipresent, and nothing is hidden from His sight.
Helps for the Children A Good Prophet Cares Jer. 23:1-4; 28:5-9
Memory Verse: “He that hath my word, let him' speak my word faithfully” (Jer. 23:28). During the years when Jeremiah was God’s prophet to the Jewish people, a false prophet, Hananiah, arose. Hana- niah spoke to Jeremiah one day in the house of the Lord in the presence of the priests and the people, saying that the T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
Made with FlippingBook - Online Brochure Maker