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pens when one or the other becomes in
terested in something else There are
many other things which pose as love
sympathy, hero worship, success, etc.
but none of these should be the basis
for a Christian marriage.
True "love" in marriage is a response
to the love of God; it should reveal that
discernment, purity, unselfishness, and
understanding which characterize every
part of the Christian life. True love
does not come magically
at the marri
age ceremony, but it is developed dur
ing courtship. As we date and eventual
ly become engaged, we should always be
thinking of those things which will
make for a mature and lasting love.
Especially, the question of our faith is
important, for not only our love, but
also the love of our partner should be
a response to the love of God.
Love is something that grows with
use; without use, it dies. The more we
love, the more we want to love. And the
more we love, the more discerning our
love becomes;
want to help
it becomes natural to
and understand others.
Both our CYPU Pledge and the Cove
nant of 1954 remind us that "we will
encourage by our example . . .
love!"
Let others see that we have received
the love of God by the way in which we
show love toward God and toward our
fellow men.
For discussion:
1. What is love God's love Our re
sponse
2. Show the difference between mere
physical attraction and true love.
3. What do you think about someone
who says he loves God, and yet is dis
respectful to his parents
4. Why is witnessing "as a sounding
brass or a tinkling
love
without
5. If we truly love our fellow men are
we going to let them go on living with
out telling them about Christ
6. How do we know when we are "in
love" What place do mutual interests
and a mutual faith have in loving some
one
7. How would you answer someone
who said, "What do you do if you fall
in love with an
unbeliever"
(Should
we date someone whom we know to be
an unbeliever)
It's You
It's not money He wants, but men;
Not coin, but character;
Not tithes, but tithers;
Not gifts, but the givers;
One's sense of partnership with Christ
is heightened as one places first in his
life of obligations, the one he owes to
the Master through His Church.
June 8, 1955
JUNIOR TOPIC
June 26, 1955
by Mrs. Parke W. Wicks
Syracuse Congregation
THE TABERNACLEGOD'S
DWELLING PLACE
Scripture Text: Exodus 40
Leader: Exodus 25:23-40; 37; 38:1-8
Memory Verse: "Then a cloud covered
the tent of the congregation, and the
glory
Psalms:
of the Lord filled the taber
Exodus 40:34
Memory Psalm for June, Psalm 103:
5-8, page 247
Psalm 29:1, 2, 6, page 66
Psalm 95:1, 2, 5, page 231
The curtanis and boards, the furni
ture of the tabernacle have been com
pleted and Moses has passed his ap
proval of the work. God now tells him
to set up the tabernacle the first day
of the first month. This is almost a year
since the people have come out of
Egypt. Moses is ordered to set up the
tabernacle first, then to put the ark in
its place, and draw the veil before it,
then to fix the table, and the candle
stick, and the altar of incense, without
the veil, and to fix the hanging of the
door before the door. In the court he
was to place the altar of burnt offering,
and the laver; then the curtains of the
court, and a hanging for a court-gate.
After the tabernacle and furnishings are
set up Moses was to anoint them with
oil, and then consecrate Aaron and his
sons as priests. As soon as Moses placed
the table he set the show-bread on it
(verse 23), for God will never have His
table empty. When he placed the can
dlestick he lighted the lamps before the
Lord (verse 25) ;
when the golden altar
was put in its place he burnt sweet in
cense thereon (verse 27). Then the al
tar of burnt offering was set up and he
had an offering ready to offer upon it
(verse 29). Moses did all these things,
not only to instruct the priests, but to
show that God's gifts to us are for use
and not show. We are to make use of
our talents and not save them.
All this was done while they were in
the wilderness. "Then a cloud covered
the tent of the congregation, and the
tabernacle."
glory of the Lord filled the
Now here God comes to dwell with the
people, to be their King. He owned
them, and was pleased with their labors.
He forgave them for their sin of the
golden calf. We can use this lesson to
show how Christ came to save us. We
need to prepare ourselves according to
His directions; the tabernacle of old be
ing our bodies,
and after we have made
our minds and hearts ready to receive
Him, He will come and dwell within us.
He will forgive us of our sins if we but
follow His word and do His will
as the making and erecting
bernacle. Also as they
tabernacle in the wilderness,
just
of the ta
established the
so we can
accept Christ as our Saviour in any
place and at any time, as long as we
confess our sins, and acknowledge Him
to be Lord and Master of our lives.
The same cloud which led the people
out of Egypt settled upon the taber
nacle and became a token of God's pres
ence to all Israel. When the cloud was
taken up the camp moved, and when
the cloud was not taken up they re
mained in camp. The cloud made an ex
tra protection for the tabernacle. Our
protection for our tabernacle comes
from the love of the Lord Jesus, and is
constantly with us too, covering us over
like a cloud, and is with us at home, at
play, wherever we may
go. So as the
Israelites'
glory of the Lord filled the
tabernacle, the glory of Jesus in our
hearts should cause us to shine before
others in our doing the will of and lov
ing our Saviour.
When we have the word of the Lord
in our hearts it is clear to all we meet
that we would do good, and not evil, and
that the Saviour truly dwells within us.
Moses and Aaron and Aaron's sons
acted as the go-betweens between God
and His people. We have Jesus Christ
to plead our cause to God and help us in
our life here on earth. How easy it is to
kneel in prayer each day to talk with
our Lord, each one of us, and not de
pend on others to carry
our messages
for us. We can come to Him with our
problems and questions with the com
plete assurance that He will answer
wisely
solve them.
and direct our paths so as to
For Your Notebook:
Draw the inside view of the taber
nacle, and place and label the furniture.
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON
June 26, 1955
Rev. W. J. McBurney
(Lessons based on international Sunday School
Lessons; the International Bible Lessons for
Christian Teaching, copyrighted by the Inter
national Council of Religions Education.)
GOD AND THE NATIONS
Zephaniah 3
PRINTED TEXT, Zephaniah 3:1-5.
14-20
Memory Verse: Psalm 67:4: "O let the
nations be glad and sing for joy: for
thou shalt judge the people righteously,
and govern the nations upon earth."
All that we are told about Zephaniah
is in the first verse of his prophecy. It
was written during the reign of Josiah.
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