The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-05-03

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~ the Separation Of Goats and Sheep
Rewards and Punishmonts.
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LESSON TExr-Matt. 25: 8l-48.
GOLDEN TExT-And these shall 20 away
into eve. lasting punishment: Butthe right
eous into life eternal.-Matt. 25: 40.
CENTRAL TRurH- Our eternal future do
pends on what we are and do here.
TIME-Tuesday afternoon, April 4, A. D.
30. Immediately after the last lesson.
PLACE-The Mount of Olives, overlooking
Jerusalem.
INTRoDUCTroN-This lesson is not para
BILE, but picture and a prophecy. What is
here described will really take place ut the
end of the world, the close of the present
order Of things.
HELPS Oven HARD PLACES 81. Son Of
man shall come: His final coming at the end
Of the human state on earth. In His glory:
He will no longer be in obscurity, as when
on earth. Upoa Me throne: as King and
Judge. 80. Right hand. the place Of honor
and blessing. Sheep: innocent and useful,
q symbol of Gods people. Goat. wild, pas
sionate, ungoverned, symbol Of the wicked.
Inherit: receive as the children and heirs
Of God. Kingdon,: the good shall be kings
and priests to God, enjoying tho perfect
blessedness of Christ's kingdom. s., SO.
For 0as, etc. /. These acts are such as are
possible to all Christians, and express Q
true Christian spirit They are not such a.
require merely an outlay Of money, but such
as involve also the sacrifice Of time,
strength, rest, comfort, etc-HeMbner: To
clothe the naked implies liberal and low
ing spirit; to visit the sick is an act Of spon-
taneous lf-sacrifce.-Carr: II. The few
acts of kindness hero named are but speci-
mems Of all those good deeds which presup-
pose that faith in Christ, which puriies the
heart and works by love. Ill. He
that does these things has the spirit
and follows the example Of Christ.
81. When sdso pe thee, etc. the truly good do
good so easily and naturally that it soon
passes out Of their mind. These works were
the fruit Of faith, and proved it. II. Depart:
the far from God in character must 60 far
from Him in blessedness. Prepared for the
devil the place of punishment was not pre-
pared for men, but for Satan, who rebeled
against God; but those like Satan must live
where Satan lives. a. When saw We thee:
the bad think they are better than they are.
d. Neglect of the poor is neglect Of Christ.
Sins Of omission only arc mentioned here,
neglects of duty, absence Of good works; ;
but they are enough to condemn us. ~.
These into everlasting p,snishnssnt: but the
ri3hteons into fs eternal: or better, "life
everlasting;" for the same word is used for
both in the original. The punishment IL
without end and without remedy. Some
have taught that "eternal," in both cases,
refers to the quality of tho existence, not to
its duration; but it is the duration which
shows the quality and distinguishes this
punishment from those temporary ones
through which there is hope of reform.
LESSON FACTs-ln this lesson the Son Of
God gives q picture of the way things will
90 at the great judgment day. Let US pay
very careful attention to every word Of the
lesson. Jesus, the Son Of God, tells US that
the day is coming when He shall come to
Judge the earth. All His holy angels will
come with Him in great glory! Then all
nations will be gathered before His throne,
and He will divide them into two great di-
visions, and will put one division ON His
right hand and the other on His left. He
will then say to those on the right hand:
"Come, ye blessed Of my Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the founda-
ton of tho world" But to those on His left
hand He will say: depart from me, ye
cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for
the devil and bis angels" Why will the
Son of man make such q difference between
those.op the right hand and those on the leftl
Because tho one set are those who have
obeyed Him and followed Him in this world,
while the others are those who have refused
to do either. This will make oil the differ
ence in the way He treats them.
JESUS HIMSELF WILL DE OUR JUDGE.-We
have been studying about Him as IN infant,
prosecuted by Herod, fleeing into Egypt
tempted by Satan. We have heard His
gentle voice inviting men to come to Him
for pardon and peace. We have studied
about His miracles, with which He healed
the sick and comforted the sorrowing; and,
perhaps, we have felt that Jesus was all
gentleness, II so, then let this lesson teach
US another side of the character Of Jesus.
The Bible says, "God is love-" Il John 4: 81.
But the same Book also says: "Our Iiod is q
consuming Jire' Heb. 12: 29). The same ia
true of Jesus: He is tender and gentle. He
is an inviting Saviour so long as there is any
chance of saving sinners. But when they
refuse and refuse, He also becomes to them
stern Judge. This is why we are warned,
In the second Psalm, to "kiss the Son
lest He be angry, and ye perish from
but little" He that Is called the Lamb OF
Goo" will in that day be terrible to behold
Then they shall say "to the mountains
and rocks: Fall ON US, and hide US from the
face Of Him that sittet. on the throne, and
from the wrath Of the Lamb. For the day o1
His wrath is come, and who is able t6
stand" (Rev. 6: 10, ~. What an awful
day that will be, when the gentle Saviour
turns against those whom He has often in
vited to come! Who vulbs the uitaess agains
those ,cho are guiltvS Jesus Himself. He will
need no other: "I called and you refused
] stretched out My hand and no man regard
ed" You have rejected III, and have re
fused to minister to Ne; therefore, depart
Jesus, the Son Of God, will not only be thu
Judge, but he win be the w:tness also.-Rev
a. r. Seharciv.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
1. We must all be judged according to tn
deeds done in the body.
2. Our fitness for Heaven 10 determined
by the works our faith produces.
g. Christians are always trying to maxi
the world happier and better.
T. The good are better than they tAipl
they are, because goodness u 20 easy snt
natural to them.
q The wicked are condemned, not only 10
the evil they do, but for the good the.
neglect to do.
9. The heart is tested by what we do TO
Christin His humiliation.
7. Rewards and punishments win be nna
and eternal.
"LET every man that nameth the name Q
Christ depart from iniquity." In othe
words, let him put on the life Of Christ o
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