The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-06
lAE SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
FEBRUARY d.
Lesson Text: 'The Sermon on the
Mount" Luke vi. 4f-40--
Golden Text: Luke VII,
46--Commentary.

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that IL In thy brothers eye, but perceiveat
not the beam that Ia In thine own eye?" We
have In this chapter the all night prayer, the
choosing OF the twelve apostles and the ser
mon on the plain, OF winch our lesson II the
closing portion. IL IL sometimes called "The
Sermon on the Mount" but while II Is some
what the same In substance ns that discourse
OF our Lord. found in Math ", 60 vii., n
glance at verse II OF our chapter will show
that this discourse must havo been delivered
{ at another timo and certainly on n plain TO
which He had come down after choosing tho
twelve. He closes this discourse by telling
! them that the main thing for each one is to
be right with God himself before he attempts
/ to set his brother right. lest what seems like
beam in our brothers eyp NAV be due to
beam In our own eye while there f. but u
mote in our brothers.
A. "Cast out first the beam out Of thino
own eye, and then shalt thou SEQ clearly To-
! pull out the mote that ia in thy brothers
( eye" II iS too often the case that in judg-
/ ing another we condemn ourselves being
/ guilty OF the same thugs (Rom. H., ~. In
I this very sermon. as well as in the sermon on
/ the mount (versc 81 md Mnth vii, ~ He
/ commands us To 'judgc not. ;" and in Cor
/ w.. 3, by the same Spirit through Paul. He
! commands us to ''iudgc nothing beforc tho
+ time. until the Lord come who will mako
manifest the counsels OF the hearts" While
/ We are not 10 Judge others until we our
/ selves are moro like Christ. we are always at
/ liberty 10 judge ourselves Il Cor vi. 3D by
/ the light Of His life and His law. and this wa
, should do continually. but the best way TO
/ do this Is to sot the Lord always before us,
and let His presence and approval b. the
| constant test
43. "For good tree brinrcth not forth
corrupt fruit: neither doth corrupt tree
bring forth good fruit" IL seems TO me- that
! II Is not ano-her but ourselves. that VIZ Rro
! to contemplate a. the tree In question. Am
| n plant or tree ot tho Lords planting2 Fer
/ II not | shall some day be- surely rooted up
/ (Math. Xv., l3)-in other words unless am
born from above shall surely perish, hut II
! | have become child OF God by faith In
| Christ Jesus then | am a tree or plant OF tho
! Lords planting, rooted and grounded In
love (Eph. ill.,, 10. and am here Co bear much
fruit to Ills glory (Jchn Xv., 1-s).
~. "For every tree IL known by his own
fruit. for OF thorns men do not gather figs,
nor OF q bramblc bush gather they grapes"
when God Great edplants and trces lie cnused
that each should yield fruit after his kind
(Gen. t.. II. i2). When lie created man, IIo
made him In His image. after His likeness,
and commanded him Co bo faithful. but be-
fore man began TO be- fruitful he sinned and
iell and lost the image Of Got and bcgat
children in his own likeness after his image
(Gcn. l., 27, %; V. ~; hence every child Of
Adam has been born in sin. " ~ corrupt trce
CRom. viii. 7. ~, and cannot bear fruit unto
God until made good tree by being boru
again.
4S "For ofthe abundance OF the heart his
mouth srtakoth." A good man from the good
treasures therein aud Al evil man from the
evil treasures therein. There IS no patch
work with God He does not put now cloth
upon an old garment nor new wine into old
bottles (chapter v, 36-3S). Not reformation
but regeneration, II the Lords way of saving
men. II any man be in Christ, no is new
creation. born of God. Christ has come to
dwell in him. his body has become u temple
OF the Holy Spirit, and the old nature which
once lived In us aud controlled all things il
now to be reckoned dead, wholly subdued
40. "And why call yo Me Lord, Lord and
do not the things which l say?" He tells us
In chapter KILL, 1927, that when the door
has oeen snut msay will say, "Lo-d, Lord,
open unto us, 20 whom Ho will have to say
al toll you | know you not whence We are "
In the sermon on the mount lie suid, mot
every one that saith unto Me. Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom Of heaven, but
he that docth the will OF My Father which Is
in heaven" (Math. vii, 2D. james tells us
In chapter ., %. that We are 10 be doers Ot
tho word, and not hearers only, dcceving
our own selves. II l. the plain and universal
teaching Of Scripture that we are not saved
by any works OF ours, but wholly and only
, by the work of another, but IL is equally
PLAN that being saved by His work 1t Is ia
, or Ter that He may then accomplish through
us His pleasure
A. "Whosocyer cometh TO Me and heareth
, My sayings and docih them. will show you
to whom he Is like salvation - seen here
In tho "comingto Him" Compare John ",
, 81, for II we are not east out We ara surely
= accepted Then comes the service included
In "hearing and doing" See Eph. H., \, p
and Titus ill.,, q, on salvation apart from any
works oi ours, then see Eph. H.. 10. aud Titus
ill.,, 3, on works IA the result OF that saliva
r ton. James Is as clear a Paul on the fact
lhntA A lruh NVna Rom
. iv., 3 Jas. H., 23), but James emphasizes the
I fact that the faith which saved Abraham wa'
r attcrward manifest In his conduct (Jas. H.
, 81, 22). The faith which does not prove III
r. reality by works il like u light which does
j. not shine, painted light.
I @ iS. "He is like man which built an house
a and digged deep, and laid the foundation OF
y IL rock" Such house will stand because o
"A its foundation. "Other foundation can NJ
man lay than that is laid, which Is Jesu
/ Christ I Cor. ILL.,. ID. He IL the Rock, tn,
4 only one on whom 10 build or in whom q
hide in other words, the only salvation /
D to receive Him in whom alone is salvation
I but rs truly rs He II received Ho will worl
In and through that individual to the glor!
/ OF God. See Phil. H., l3; Heb. Kill, II. Th
e soul that has thus become a part OF Chris
= can only be oyerthrown when Christ is over
thrown.
= 40. "But he that hearetn and doeth not 4
1 like man that without u foundation bull
an house upon the earth" There is no wort
| about coming TO Christ here. and there
, fore there Ia no foundation. II ia sImpl
I hearing, and the hearing does no good le
, cause II is not mixed with faith CIIeb. iv., p
There may be a beautiful moral character,
fair exterior, but without "a foundation al
will be- swept away, "The hail shall swee
r away the refuge of lies and the waters shal
; overflow the hiding place" lisa. xviii, III
In Luke viii, II, Jesus says, my mothe
= and My brethren are these which hear IN
' word OF God and do It," BY hearing and n
ceiving we are saved (John ", "a; Rom. X
l7) Then by keeping the word We brin
forth fruit with patience duke Will, i5).-
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