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By REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST.
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
© Western Nawspaper Union.
THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE
Clean Comics That Will Amuse Both Old and Young
Lesson for July 4
LESSON TEXT—Exodus 1:6-1«; 1:23 29.
GOLDEN TEXT—Before they call. I will
answer; and while they are yet speaking,
I will hear.—Isaiah 65:24.
PRIMARY TOPIC—A Prayer for Help.
JUNIOR TOPIC—In Need of Help.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—
What Cries Rise to God Today?
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC—
God Cares When a People Suffers.
Independence day—and we are to
study about a people in bondage!
How m uch th at is like life. But,
thanks be to God, no one need stay
in bondage. The way to liberty is
open and free. The Lord Jesus
Christ opened it a t C alvary’s tree
and anyone who is still the bond
slave of Satan m ay m ake this a
g reat and glorious Independence
day by now declaring his faith in
the deliverer of our souls!
We begin today a series of les
sons in the book of Exodus which
reveal the high and mighty hand
of God working on behalf of his
people. Many are the precious spir
itual lessons and rich is the practi
cal instruction for daily life to be
received in the w eeks ju st ahead.
Let us not m ake the unfortunate
m istake of m any thoughtless folk
who m iss the blessing of Bible
school attendance because it is a
bit w arm er than usual.
The family of Jacob—or, as the
Bible calls them , “ the children of
Isra e l”—prospered in E gypt partic
ularly as long as Joseph and the
ru lers who rem em bered him w ere
alive. But they soon learned one
of life’s b itter lessons, nam ely,
th a t—
I. Prosperity Often Brings Opposi
tion (1:6-11).
The Hebrews w ere a peaceful,
law - abiding people. They w ere
God’s chosen people and as he
blessed them they prospered, and
th u s innocently they brought upon
them selves the h atred of the sus
picious Egyptians.
Prosperity is never an unmixed
blessing. We as a nation know th a t
to be true. Not only does it lead to
a certain softening of the sinews,
but all too often it results in a w eak
ening of the m oral fiber, which
m akes m an easy prey to the attack
of the enemy of our souls.
The E gyptians m ade plans which
appealed to their brilliant leaders
as politic and wise, but they reck
oned without God, and the burdens
and afflictions they placed on the
Israelites only served to bring fur
th er blessing.
II. Adversity May Bring Blessing
(vv. 12-14).
The people of Israel did not know
it and undoubtedly did not appreci
ate the fact th at the bitterness of
th eir bondage was a blessing in dis
guise. Note th at—
1. It kept them sep arate as a peo
ple. Affliction often serves to keep
God’s people separated from the
world.
2. It disciplined them and p re
p ared them for the hardships of
th eir w ilderness journey. We too do
well to rem em ber th a t “ whom the
Lord loveth he ch asteneth,” and
th a t if we are properly “ exercised”
thereby our sorrows m ay yield rich
fru it in our lives.
3. It threw them back upon God.
Many a re the saints of God who
have found that the fiery trial, the
burden so hard to understand or
som e affliction of their body has
caused them to bring their burden
to the Lord. We have traveled far
on the road of faith when we have
reached the place w here we learn
th a t “ M an’s extrem ity is God’s op
portunity.”
They had only one place to turn.
They w ere hem m ed in on every
side but, as ever, they found th at
the w ay up no m an can close. They
called on their God.
III. P ra y e r Always Brings God’s
Answer (2:23-25).
- Does God really know when his
people suffer? Does he really care?
Yes, he does. “ They cried,” arid
“ God h eard ” and “ rem em bered.”
T h a t’s all we need to know. The
groanings of his people had al
read y stirred God’s gracious and
tender heart. But he w aited to h ear
their cry before he answ ered. Such
is the law of pray er. May we not
forget it. F a r too often we turn
to everyone and everything else,
and finally, in desperation, to God.
Why not turn to him first?
As we opened this lesson with an
appeal for all who knew not Christ
as Saviour to m ake this the day of
th e ir D eclaration of Independence,
so we close by appealing to all
God’s children to let him m ake their
e a rs as sensitive a s his to the cry
of the oppressed, th a t this national
holiday m ay find every Christian
citizen tender in h e a rt and liberal
in deed tow ard the oppressed.
C o nd uct T h ro u g h
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I will govern m y life, and my
thoughts, as if the whole world were
to see the one, and to read the
o th er; for w hat does it signify, to
m ake anything a secret to my neigh
bor, when to God (who is the search
e r of our hearts) all our privacies
a re open?
S u b m is s iv e W ill
The will can only be m ade sub
m issive by frequent self-denials,
which m ust keep in subjection its
sallies and inclinations.
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