The Odessa leader. (Odessa, Del.) 1892-18??, 1892-09-21
SUNDAY-SCHOOL.
1NTERNAT1oNAL LESSON, SEPT. rs.
Lesson Text. "The Lords supper -Profan'
ed,"I Cor. xi., 20-34 Quarterly Tenn
perance Lessonl---Golden Text;
Cor. XII, 2S-Commentary on tho
Lesson

into one place. this is not to eat the Lords
Suuper,n The I. v. says: 'It is not possible
to eat the Lord's supper" The diversions
of this epistle are easily recognized py me ne
words Nov concerning or as touchlng
chapters vii, !; viii, L; Kill, Il XVIII ~. AZ
the section in which our lesson is found be
carefully read, the prominent topic VIII Dc
found to be that OF eloriying God in eating
and drinking tx, BIZ and when people come
together to enjoy themselves in eating and
drinking, they cannot truly eat the Loras
Supper, for it points to the death o. sell, not
the life of self,
fore ether his own supper; and one Is
hungry and another is drunken" Imagine
peotle coming together for good time, as
they say, and after enjoying themselves to
the full, proceed to commemorate the LORDS
death. These did worse than that, for they
actually made the Lords Supper drum zen
feast.
90 "Wbat? have ye not houses to eat an
drink in, or desoise ye the cburch OF GodP
The supplying OF Cur 10 lily needs Is one
thin-. Lut the worship of God is an entirely
different matter. One OF the most prominent
characteristics of Christ was that He never
lived for Himself, but always as sacrince
for others Rom. XIV, 3; John vi, 81, OH.
If we have net His spirit we are none OF
His Rom. viii, 81. Ii we atiie in Him we
will walk as He Natkel Il John IL, d
23. ttFor ] have received of the Lord
that which also delivered unto you, that
The Lord Jesus, the same night in which He
was BETRAYED, took bread" Hated by the
world, betrayed by professed friend and
delivered to be crucifed; this was the treat
ment Christ received, and BE teaches us not
to expect anything different or better tJohn
xv., 1929; xvi, 33
a4. .sAnd when He had given thanks, he
brake it and said Take, eat; this is Ny
body which is broken for you; this do IN re-
| meInbrance of Me.n He did not say, this is
| Ny body which is pampered or INDUCED III
| for you, but given or broken for you. 1t we
| are saved by His blood, then the gre vt ques-
| tion with US Is no longer one o. lood or rai-
ment, but one of Righteousness AMI glority-
| ing God from. xiv, Ia.
25. "rhis cup Is the new testament OF Ny
blood; this do ye as oft as ye drink it, in
| remenl brance of Me.n 1t was after the eat
| ing of the passover on that last night before
| He was crucified that He instituted this sup
per luke XIII, 14-20l and gave to His dis
ciples these emblems OF His body and blood,
to be used by them in coming days as menu
| ories of His death. He would have them
not only filled with gratitude because OF His
sacrifice on their behalf, but also ready to
lay down their lives for Him, or pour them
out in loving service on behalf OF others Il
John ill.,, le: John xv., l3,.
&c. "tcr as often as ye eat this bread, and
drink this cur, .ye do shew the Loro's deatt
till He Gomez Redeemed by his great sac
rifce, we are expected to deny self, reckon
our old man as cruci6ed and constantly
present our bodies living sacrifice, sus
tanned and cheered by the glory which viii
be ours in the resurrection body at His com
ing Matt. xvi; "a, Rom. vi, &; XIII, !, 2
viii. is; Thess. L., l0, The two creates
OF all events in the history of the world arr
the death of Jesus on Calvary and HIS re-
turn TO reiru and suDdue the e9rth.
"a. Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this
bread, and drink this cup of the Lord un
worthily, shall be guilty OF the body an'
blood OF the, Lord" The unwerthy refer
not to the ptksons partak;Hg, fof all are un
worthy in Themselves, but TO tee spirit il
which it is partaken. II one should TAX
the bread and wine at such time for mer'
carnal qualification he would be guilty o
ill-treating tho sacrifice of Christ and maxim
light OF His death for u.
2S. "But let man examine himself an.
so let him eat OF that bread and drink o
that cup" We must consider well il W
have really seen ourselves to be guilty in tn
sight of God, sinners justly deserving Hi
wrath, and have truly received Jesus Chris
as our own personal Saviour, believing tina
He loved me and gave Himself for me.
this be so then with humble and gratetu
hearts we will partake of the bread an
wine as emblems of His body and bloo1.
30 "For he that eateth and drinketh un
worthily eateth and drinketh Judgment 3
himself, not DISCERNING the Lords body.
4 To die TO self is the daily business OF ever
believer in order that the life of Christ ma
be manifest in US u Cor iv., lD. One wn
lives to crafty self and yet partakes OF tn
i Lords Supper, the emblems of which spea
of death, and lite through death, OF nece
sity condemns himself
80. "For this cause many are weak an
sickly among you, and many Sleep" Ph.
| =aA an nan Z
obedience and disease was threatenedlt the
disobeyed Tex: XIV, &c; Lev. XVI, 10. II
At Corinth, because of disobedience, mar
were sick and some had died We are n,
taught that all sickness is because OF di
obedience John tx, B; XII, A., but that
is sometimes the casa that sickness al
death follow the disobedience of believers.
81 ''For ii we would judge ourselves,
should not be Judged" II we would wa
humbly with God and live uprightly,
goo thing would file withhold from US, al
we would escape mucn Christening. Ii '
would test every thing by the judgment Sc
of Christ, and do only wat ii approve
we would thus walk in the lignt with Hi
and enjoy constant fellowship.
32. .sBut when we nrs judged, we a
chastened of tine Lori that we should not
condemned with the world" Whom q
Lord loyeth He chastened Heb. xiii, GJ. ~
tame word trans ated chastan, chastenlI
nr chastisenent, IN daD. XII, o-c, anu III I'll
verse of our lesson. is in Eph. vi, ., nurtur
in 2 Tim. H., %, instruct, and in Titus H.
teach, SO that by Christening US when We
, wrong our Heavenly Father instructs us
, do better, and nourishes us by His love.
, 80. Wherefore, my brethren, when
come together to eat, tarry one for a
other" Jesus taught His disciples to
humble and delight in serving rather tn
in being served. To be first and upperno
is not His Spirit, but rather to esteem othe
better than ourselves Matt. ky, 28-9
Phil. H., 81.
81. sand it any man hunger let him
at home; that ye come not together un
condemnation, AMI the rest will setln ord
when 1 come" The worship OF God, t
: service of Christ. and the showing forth
{ His death till He come, leaves no roc
whatever for the display Of self OF for Sc
qualification in any way. II in Christ the
is no condemnation tRom. viii, u; and
to the daily life, "dappy is he tnat &C
: demeth not himself in that thing which
, aIIowath" Rom. xiv, 22l. As temperance
Scripture signifies selt-contrcl, and incud
ths subiuing of all that pertains to set,
, have in this study good temperance ies''
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