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SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
SEPTEMBER rs.
Lesson Text: "Ehe worlds Supper
Profaned." ]. Cor. xi., 2O-34
Quarterly Temperance LessoD
Golden Text:I Cor xi.,
2S-Commentary.

20. "W hen ye come together, therefore
into one place, this is not to eat the Lord!
Supper" The R.V. says: ut is not possibl,
to eat the Lord's Supper" The diversions
OF this epistle are easily recognized by the
words, NOW concerning or as touching
chapters vii, !; viii, 1; xii, /; xvi, y. II
the section in which our lesson is found be
carefully read, the prominent topic will be
found to be that of clarifying God in eating
and drinking tx., 3D. and when people come
together to enjoy themselves in eating and
drinking, they cannot truly eat the Lords
Supper, for it points to the death OF self, not
the life Of self.
q. For in eating, every one taketh be-
fore ether his own supper; and one is
hungry and another is drunken" Imagine
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 drunken
feast.
22. What? have ye not houses to eat and
drink in, or despise ye the church of Godp
The supplying Of our bodily needs is one
thing, but 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 a sacrifice
for others rom. w., 8; John vi, 3S, ST..
Il we have not His spirit we are none Of
His (Rom. viii, O.. II we abide in Him we
will walk as He walked Il John H., g..
%. "For I 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 a professed friend and
delivered to be crucifed; this was the treat
ment Christ received, and He teaches us not
to expect anything different or better John
xv., 1920; xvi, 33.
"a. "And when He had given thanks, He
brake it and said, Take. eat; this is My
body which IS broken for you; this do in re-
membrance Of Me-" he did not say, this is
My body which is pampered or INDUCED In
for you, but given or broken for you. II we
are saved by His blood, then the great ques.
tion with US is no longer one Of food or raj
ment but one Of Righteousness and glorify-
ing God Rom. xiv, ~
25. This cup Is the new testament Of My
blood; thus do ye as oft as ye drink it. in
ing Of the passover on that last night before
He was cruci6ed that He instituted this sup
per luke xii, 1920 and gave to His dis
ciples these emblems Of His body and blood,
to be used by them In coming days as MEM
cries of His death He would have them
not only filed 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 q
John ill.,, l6; John w., 49,.
20. "For as often as ye eat this bread, and
drink thisc cup, ye do shew the Lords death
till he come" Redeemed by His great sac
riAce we are expected to deny self, reckon
our old man as crucifled AVID constantly
present our bodies a living sacrifice, sus-
tanned and cheered by the glory which will
be ours In the resurrection body at his COM
ing tMatt. xvi; "a; Rom. vi, q; xii, l, 2;
VIII. IS; Thess. j., 10. The two greatest
OF all events in the history Of the world are
the death of Jesus on Calvary and His re-
turn to reign and subdue the earth.
81. Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this
bread, and drink this cup Of the Lord un.
worthily, shall be guilty Of the body and
blood OF the Lord" Tie unworthy refers
not to the persons partaking, for all are un-
worthy in themselves, but to the spirit in
which it is partaken. II one should take
the bread and wine at such time for mere
carnal qualification, he would be guilty OF
ill-treating the sacrifice Of Christ and making
light Of His death for us.
%. "But let man examine himself and
so let him eat OF that bread and drink OF
that cup.n We must consider we'll II we
have really seen ourselves to be guilty In the
sight of God, sinners justly deserving his
wrath, and have truly received Jesus Christ
as our own personal Saviour, believing that
He loved me and gave Himself for me. II
this be so, then with humble and grateful
hearts we will partake Of the bread and
wine as emblems Of His body and blood.
20. "For he that eateth and drinketh un-
worthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to
himself, not discerning the Lords body"
To die to self Is the daily business OF every
believer, in order that the life OF Christ may
be manifest in US q Cor. iv., 1D. One who
lives to crafty self and yet partakes OF the
Lords Supper. the emblems OF which speak
of death, and life through death, OF neces-
sity condemns himself. !,
SO. "For this cause many are weak and
sickly among you, and many Sleep, fny.
sical health was promised on conai!ioh .Isa Q.
obedience and disease was threatened1t II they
disobeyed lex. xv., %; Lev. XVI, 10. lo'.
At Corinth, because OF disobedience, many
were sick and some had died. We are NOT
taught that all sickness is because OF DIS.
obedience John *, 8; xi.. ~, but that IL
is sometimes the case that sickness anu
death follow the disobedience of believers.
al "For il We would judge ourselves. w
should not be Judged" II we would walk
humbly with God and live uprightly, no
GOOD ruing would He withhold from us, ano
we would escape much Christening. If we
would test every thing by the judgment seat
Of Christ, and do only what H approves,
we would thus walk in the light with Him
and enjoy constant fellowship.
80. "But when we are judged, We are
chastened Of the Lord, that we should not be
condemned with the world" Whom the
Lord loveth He chastened Heb. xii, o.. The
same word transl ated chasten, Christening
or chastisement, in Heb. xii, 5-S. and IN this
verse of our lesson. is in Eph. vi, 4, nurture;
in Tim. H., 25, instruct, and in Titus il, II,
teach. so that by Christening US when We DO
wrong our Heavenly Father instructs us to
do better, and nourishes us by His love.
80. ~ therefore, my brethren, when ye
come together to eat, tarry one Tor an
other" Jesus taught His disciples to he
humble and delight in serving rather tnan
in being served. 10 be first and uppermost
is not His Spirit, but rather to esteem others
better than ourselves Matt. Xxx, 1928;
Phil. H.. 81.
g. "And IL any man hunger let him eat
at home; that ye come not togetner unto
condemnation, and the rest will set in order
when I come" The worship OF God, the
service of Christ. and the showing forth OF
His death till He come, leaves no room
whatever for the display of self Or TOR selt-
qualification in any way. II IN Chrlst tnere
is no condemnation rom. viii, y; ana as
to the daily life, "Happy is he that con-
demeth not hhnself in that thing when ne
alloweth" Rom. xiv. 22. As temperance III
Scripture signifies sel1-control, and Includes
ths subduing Of all that pertains to self, we
have in this study good temperance lesson.
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