Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-11-18
j. n. MILLER & SONS.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON VIII, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATlONAL SERIES, NOV. 10.
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Text of the lesson, Eph. iv, e0-3a-Mern
DRY Verses, 3o-3. Golden Text, Eph
~. 32-Commentary by the Rev. ID. NJ
Stearns.
90 But ye have not 50 learned Christ.
He has just been speaking Of the gentiles
who with darkened understandings alien
.ated from the life of God through igno
rance and blindness. walk in the vanity o
their mind, and then he adds this word t,
the saints The Christians walk or life il
to be the most marked and manifest con
trast to that Of the wording; we are t
walk not as other gentiles, but worthy o
our vocation in love as children of light
and circumspectly Chapter iv, II, 1, ant
chapter y,2, 8, ~.
81. "lf SO be that ye have heard Him ant
have been taught by Him ITS the truth is il
Jesus" We hear Christ and are taught b,
Him when we hear His word either direct
ly from the Bible or through His servants
even as he said, ''He that heareth YOU hear
eth Me, and he that despiseth you despisetl
Me, and he that despiseth Me despiseti
Him that sent Me" Duke X, 16). We must
however, see that all messages are accord
ing to the book, and now more than evel
must watch for the Messenger (Isa viii, 20)
p. That ye put OFF concerning the for
mer conversation the old man, which is cor
rupt according to the deccitful lusts.n OF
as in Col. ill., 8, Put off the old man with
his deeds" This old man, or carnal minG
or flesh or body of death, as it is variously
called is not subject to the law of God aud
never can be. 1t is said to have been cruel
fled with Christ, and we are to reckon il
dead and have done with it (Rom viii, Z
vi, 6, ~. 1t is the Il, myself" part of us
whose acquaintance we are to cut forever
and know no more.
%. And be renewed in the spirit of your
mind" The new birth, by which we be
come children of God, is the reception O!
something we never had before, even Christ
Himself into our hearts John i, IL, 49,.
Then we are to yield our whole being tc
Him that He may fill the temples, oul
bodies, with Himself and His Spirit, and SC
transform us by the renewing of our minds
conforming US to His own image (Rom vi,
ID; xii, l, 2; viii, 29).
"A. And that We put on the new man,
which after God is credited in righteous
ness and true holiness" 1t is hencefortl
to be mot |, but Christ, who liveth in me, -
for we are his workmanship created in
Christ Jesus unto good works, which God
hath before prepared that we should walk
in them, these works being wrought by
mot |, bat the grace of God with us'' (Gal.
ii, 90; Eph. ii, 10: | Cor. wv, 10Y. We were
chosen in Him that we should be holy
Chapter l. ~.
25 Wherefore, putting away lying, speak
every man truth with his neighbor, for we
are members one of another" Our business
here is the building up of the body of
Christ and this will never be accomplished
by lying, but by speaking the truth in love
oversees Il, 15). Some common ways of "
ing are to say we know Him and vet not
keep His commandments, or to say we love
God and yet not love our brethren q John
ii, 4; iv, 20) As to deceit and lying, read
Ps CT, =
26. BE We angry and sin not; let not the
sun go down upon your wrath" 1t must
be possible, then, to be angry without com
hitting sin, and yet in verse 81 we are to
put away all anger 1t is different word
in the Greek in each case, but neither word
seems to indicate u work Of the Spirit. Sin
not is plain enough and is confirmed by
John ii, |; therefore let our daily prayer
be "Vouchsafe, 0 Lord to keep us this day
without sin, " and let us expect Him to do it.
81. Neither give place to the devil" All
doubts and fears and forebodings are very
apt to be from him. Therefore, as one has
said, never offer him a chair and consent to
talk the matter over with him, but refer
him instantly to your Advocate and hold no
parley with him Il John ii, y. Resist him
of faith tJas. ~, !; | Pet. V, s. 0; Eph. vi,
IL, 10, ~.
2S, Let him that stole steal no more,
but rather let him labor. working with his
hands the thing which is good, that he
may have to give to him that needeth. !"
The eighth commandment (Ex xx, 15) Is
emphatic upon the first clause The sec
ond is supported by Acts Xxx, IS, where
Paul says, II have showed you all things,
how that so laboring ye ought to support
the weak" Observe why we ought to la
Dor, not simply for our own support, but
to have something for the needy
20. Let no corrupt communication pro
coed out of your mouth, but that which is
good to the use of edifying, that it mag
minister grace unto the hearers" The
words of our mouths and meditation of our
hearts are to be acceptable unto Him ops.
xix, I'D. Foolish talking and jesting are
not becoming tchapter V, A.. and all idle
words must be given account of (Math. XII,
36l. Who is sufficient for this2 He says,
My grace is sufficient for thee
80. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of
God, whereby We are sealed unto the day of
redemption" Unbelievers may resist the
Spirit tActs vii, 81, but believers may
grieve or quench q Thess. V, 1gl. He is a
Holy Spirit and Spirit of truth; therefore
impure or deceitful must grieve
Him. If He ill us tchapter y, Isl, He will
make us as sensitive to evil as the eye is to
the least particle of dust. He is our dear
Friend aud abiding Comforter TO show us
the things of Christ and guide MS unto all
truth John xvi, IS, Ia. He jealousy de
sireth us to be all for Jesus (Jas. iv, 5, mar
GIN.
81. LET all bitterness and wrath and
clamor and evil speaking be pat away from
you with all malice.n Perhaps we are most
apt to sin manifestly in The line of evil
speaking. See Jas. iy, IL, with Zeeh vii,
10, viii, IL. But bitterness in the heart is
the most insidious, and the Lord searcheth
our hearts and UNDERSTANDABLE all the mag
nations of our thoughts Il Chron. xviii,
o.. We can only trust Him to give us clean
and pure hearts and then to keep them so,
for we cannot, but He is able
Wash. Lord. and purify my heart
And make it clean in every part
And when it's clean. Lord, keep ii. too,
For that is mere thaa | can do.
81 And be ye kind one to another, ten
der hearted, forgiving one another, even as
God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."
The love of God in Christ to us should CON
strain us to love others, for only thus can
we prove our love to God Il John iii Is; John
XIV, ~. As God was manifest in Christ, so
Christ should be manifest in US to the glory
Of God and the good of others. Since God
has forgiven US our great debt we should
surely forgive the little debts of others to
US, for what comparison can there be be-
tween the greatest wrong of others 10 US
and our sins against Gods Believing that
Sod hath forgiven US q John ii, 1a) and
hat we are sealed Chapter i, IS. IA will en-
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