Passaic City record., 1893-10-21
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATI LESSON FOR
OCTOBER -.
Lesson Text: "Christian Living"
Romans Kill, 1-15-Golden
Text: Romans XIII, II
Commentary.

of God that We present your Doules u'nS
sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, Wnicn ~ -
vour reasonable service. BY the mercy
which provides redemption freely for the SIN
ner. which justifies and sanctifies and puts
the Justly condemned in the place OF no con-
demnation, with the assurance of no separa-
tion-because ofthis great love and grace OF
God it is surely reasonable service n. v.
margin, spiritual worship') to do what Is
acceptable or we'll pleasing unto Him in
Welding our bodies living sacrifice. Ihe
Sacrifices on the altar were dead sacrifices,
soon consumed. We are to go on living a
daily death unto self that this life OF Christ
maS be made manifest in our bodies (ll Cor.
iv., ~.
9 "And be not conformed to this world,
but be We transformed by the renewing ofyour
mind. that ye may prove what Is tnat gooa
and acceptable and perfect will of God"
mot of the world" is the repeated statement
of our Lord concerning his disciples in John
xviii. That we may be conformed TO the
image of Christ is the way 1t is stated In Rom.
viii. 90; III Cor. ill.,, 18.
8, "For say, through the grace given un-
TO me, to every man that is among you not
to think of himself more highly than he
ought to think, but to think soberly accord
ing as God hath dealt to every man the meas
ure of faith" In the matter of salvation
there is no room for boasting, for all IS OF
grace (Rom. Ill, 81 /; Eph. H.. 8. 81 it IS the
undersigned favor of God to every one with
out exception. In the matter OF Christian
life there is no room for boastlng eitner, 1or
whether it be much labor or much holiness
we can only saw ''Not l. but Christ, mot L,
but the grace of God (Gal. H., 20; Cor.
XIV. 10Y. There is no room for self, but
Christ must be all.
A. 'sFor as we have many members IN one
body, and all members have not the same
office"-all believers are members OF HIS
body (Eph. ", 800, many members, yet but
one body I Cor xiii, 20), all controlled by
the one Head and guided by the same spirit.
g. $50 we. being many, are one Dody IN
Christ, and every one members one of an
other.'' The church is His body the full
ness of Him that flleth all in all (Eph. j.,
23). No member of our bodies can say to
another, 81 do not need you,' but in a
healthy body each member waits upon the
other, and feet and hands cheerfully accom-
plish the pleasure of the eyes and OF the mind.
So should 1t be in the church.
G. 'sHaving then gifts differing according
to the grace that is given to u.s. whether
prophecy, let us prophesy according to the
proportion of faith The manifestation Of
the Spirit is given to every man to profit
withal, the same spirit dividing to every man
severally as He will q Cor. xii, lid, and
the perfection of the Christian life is to be
completely filed and continually controlled
by this Blessed Spirit whom God is more
willing to give to those who truly seek than
parents are to give good things to their chill
dren Luke XII, 13).
T. ''Or ministry. let us wait on our min
istering or he that teacheth on teaching"
Young defines prophecy to be the public ex-
position of the word. Ministry is service
acting as a deacon. Teaching is instruction,
or making to know.
g. ''Or he that exh orteth, on exhortation.
he that giveth let him do it with simplicity
he that ruleth. with diligence he that show
eth mercy, with cheerfulness. To exhort is
to call near to. to cheer, or encourage. I'M
parting is to be liberal and so with zeal and
joy God is in all things to be glorified q Cor.
Y. 31). Instead of living under any bond
age in any sense whatever, the whole mat
ter is simplified by putting Gal. H., 20, with
the first two verses of our lesson and letting
the Lord Jesus be the sole ruler in our bodies.
8. ''Let love be without dissimulation.
Abhor that which is evil. Cleave to that
which is good" In II Cor. vi, 6; l Pet. l.,
%. the Holy Spirit is associated with un.
feigned love, for where He controls there
can be no hypocrisy. Therefore be filed
with the Spirit (Eph. v. 1920. Thus also
the evil will become distasteful and the good
attractive
10. 'Be kindly affectionate one to another
with brotherly love, in honor preferring one
another Or, as in Eph. iv., 80, 'Be ye kind
one to another, tender hearted, forgiving one
another, even as God for Christ's sake hath
forgiven you" and walk in love- In lowli.
ness of mind let each esteem others better
than themselves (Phil. H., 81, seeking the
welfare of others rather than your own.
IL. ''Not slothful in business, fervent in
spirit, serving the Lord In the r. V. the
first clause reads SIN diligence not sloth.
full. The last clause will cover the other two,
for if we do all things heartily as to the Lord
M hot of fha r ord
we shall receive the reward of the inherit
ance. for we serve the Lord Christ (Col. ill.,.
90, 24), all will be WELL
IL. rejoicing in hope, patient in tribu-
lation, continuing instant in prayer" Re-
joicing in hope of the glory of God, and
gloryirg in tribulations also, is the way it
is stated in chapter v. 90. Contemplating
the glory to be revealed enables us TO think
little OF present sufferings Chapter viii, 1S).
ID. distributing to the necessity of saints
given to hospitality" Ministering to the
saints is our only way of ministering to
Christ, and all done for even the least ia
counted as done to Himself (Math. XIV. 40 :;
x, 40. AS to the latter clause, it is written,
'Be not forgetful TO entertain strangers. for
thereby some have entertained angels un-
awares' Heb. xiii. y. Compare Gen. xviii.
g %, with XIX. 1-3. If we consider our
selves and all we have as the Lords, we will
be ready both to entertain and distribute
IA. "Bless them which persecute you
bless and curse not" SO our Lord taught.
'Love your enemies, bless them that curse
you, do good to them that hate you and pray
for them which despitefully use you and
persecute you, that ye may be the children
OF your Father which is in heaven (Math. ".
AZ. Even the law taught, "Thou shalt not
hate thy brother in thine heart thou shalt
not avenge nor bear any grudge'' Gev xix,
II, 18).
Is. "Rejoice with them that do rejoice and
weep with them that weep" Because we
are members of one body each member
should rejoice or suffer with the other
members, being animated by one spirit and
joined to one head. The rest of the chapter
is just as practical as the verses we have con-
sidered. Be contented with mean things
(verse 16), remembering Him who became
poor for us. Instead of indulging in wrath,
rather give place to the wrath of God (verse
10. r. " margin).
Obedience to the first verse, the complete
yielding of ones self to the Lord, that He
may be the sole occupant of these bodies
will cover the whole lesson and accomplish
the fulfillment of every precept .-Lesson