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School Lesson
Pv HAROLD L. LUNDOUIST, D, D,
De.m of The Moody FTiblc Institute
of Chicago.
| i'V' . Frd by Western Newspaper Union.l
Lesson for September 10
I.c.sson subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
HEZEKIAH: A KING WHO
REMEMBERED GOD
I 1 "SSON TEXT—H Chronicles 30:13 22.
I. OLDEN TEXT-Turn us again, O Gorl,
i n ' d cause thy face to shine; and we shall
be saved.—Psalm 80:3.
TI.o way out—that seems to be the :
chief object of the search of men. 1
The world is in what seems like
hopeless confus on with the immi
nent danger of a devastating explo
sion which may in the judgment of
some destroy civilization. Politics,
economics, education, yes, even re
ligion, have tried their hands at
solving the prob l m and we seem to
be worse off tha. ever. Conditions
are much as they were when Heze
kiah came to the throne after the
death of his wicked father Ahab,
who had brought Judah into moral,
spiritual, and national declension
and disgrace.
The young king brought the na
tion back within a few years to I
{peace and prosperity. How did he |
[do it? He did not do it. God did it, ’
land He did it because Hczekiah re
membered Him and led His people
jin a return to God, in a recognition
)of His Word, and to restored wor
ship. God therefore prospered them,
i It is significant that while our les
son is about King Hezekiah, his per
son quickly recedes into the back
ground of our thinking and God is I
given our attention and our praise.
.Truly great men do not magnify i
themselves or their own names, but I
point by their very greatness to the
eternal God to whom they give the 1
'glory. Let us consider how God I
worked through Hezekiah.
I I. A Cleansed Temple.
| Our lesson calls for attention to
the context. Read chapter 29 and
learn how the priests and Levitcs
first were directed by the king to
cleanse the temple which had suf
fered degradation and disgrace un
der King Ahab, Sixteen days were
devoted to a thorough clean-up.
That’s a good place to start.
America, how about cleaning up our
churches? Some of them need atten
tion to their physical property,
cleaning and rehabilitation. Others
ore beautifully kept up as far as
the building is concerned, but the
rubbish is in the teaching and in the
manner of worship. Lot's clean that
jwp too.
11. A Prepared Priesthood.
( Hezekiah gathered the scattered
{priests and Levites, but he did not
'permit them to serve in the temple
{until they hud been sanctified and
iprepared for their work. The men
(who stand in the sanctuary to direct
the worship of God must not only be
men of God's own choosing, but they
must be cleansed by the blood. As
the sacrifices were offered in Heze
jkiah’s day, so for us has One been
(given in holy sacrifice, and unless
those who profess to be Mis min
isters have been cleansed by His
blood they have no proper place in
His service or in the sanctuary.
111. A Purified People.
The people of the nation were not
ready for God’s blessing. Some of
those in the northern kingdom, to
|whom the royal invitation had gra-
I ciously been extended to come to
(the Passover, scorned the invitation
(30:10). There was nothing that
could be done for them. But others
humbled themselves and came (v.
11), and those in Judah came out in
a great assembly (vv. 12, 13).
Observe carefully that this was
more than a great homecoming or
jubilee event. The people were here
to worship God and they needed to
be prepared by being “healed” of
! their sins (vv. 18, 20). They too j
needed the cleansing blood. It is the '
only way even now, for ‘‘without the
shedding of blood there is no re
imission of sin” (Hob, 9:22). Sin is
what we must be cleansed from and
healed of if God is to bless our land.
[ IV. A Feast of Joy and Blessing.
The nation and its leaders kept the
feast not only for seven days, for
they were not satisfied with this, but
they kept it for seven more days.
Think of many of us who can hardly '
sit through an hour of service on
Sunday morning, and if we also go ,
to Sunday school we are quite worn!
out. It is just “impossible” for us'
to got to lire Sunday evening serv
ice or to the midweek prayer meet
ing. Evidently we do not have the
spirit of the people of Hezekiah’s
day or the joy that they found in
their hearts as they worshiped God.
If we did, we would seek His house
and give ourselves gladly to His
worship. The result would be that
we would receive some of the great
blessings which came to the people
of Judah.
The reading of II Chronicles 31
j and 32 will reveal how God respond
ed to the cry of His people and how
He blessed and prospered them.
He is the same God today and He
can and will do wondrous things for
j those who trust and honor Him.
Commonest Faults
Some of the commonest faults of
thought and work are those which
come from thinking too poorly of
our own lives and of that which
must rightly be demanded of ug.— l
Bishop Paget.
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