Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-25
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL
international Lesson tor November
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DATE.-Written between ~ d. 6i ant
G.. about the time of / Timothy, IN the
reign Of Nero. and during his great per-
secution.
THE PLACE Of writing was Babylon 6
80, either the Babylon on the Euphrate.
or mystic name for Rome.
EXPLANATORY NOTES,
l. The True Life. Dead to Sin. Alive
to Christ.-Ns. /. ,. 1."For as much
then" referring back 3:lS. AS Christ
hath suffered in the hesh:"
Since He has thus opened The way OF
salvation. of forgiveness and new
heart and new life; and since He has
set you the example OF doing right at
any cost, even at the cost of erucifixion.
Arm yourselves" As your defense
against the great enemy of yourselves
and of the world. Likewise with the
same mind:" Viz. the hatred of sin
and the love of righteousness; the love
OF His Father and of good, and the de-
sire that all the world should live the
Heavenly life, like His own resurrec-
ton life. He that hath suffered in the
flesh" has been crucified with Christ
as TO the body, and has become dead to
sin, as Paul argues in the Epistle TO the
Romans. Hath ceased from SIM" Sin
is dead for him.
2. mo longer in the flesh
to the lusts of men;" The sinful desires
of human nature which naturally men
give indulgence to. But to the will OF
God" which is that He should be holy
las it is in Heaven" Just as Christ hay-
ing died, as to the body, on the cross,
life, so tA0se who cruelty the passions
and lusts have done it that they too may
live new and glorious life, as much
beyond their former life as the resur-
rection life of glory is beyond the nat
ural life of the body
H. The Deeds Of the Flesh to be cast
Out.-Vs. 3. 1. 3. THE will. the desire.
the inclination, of the Gentiles." the
idolaters. The description Of their sins
in this verse and in the first chapter OF
Romans is borne out by secular writer's
of that age. "Lasciviousness:" The
Greek word is in the plural as express
ing the manifold forms or acts of i'm
purity "Busts," the inner principles
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. Excess of wine. y
from Greek words meaning to boil
over" Ito overflow with Wine" refer
ring to the excessive, insatiate desire for
drink. dwellings," The word is
originally derived from the Greelz.word
for village 0&oma). and meant at first.
village merry mal1ings, which degener-
ated into parties of jewellers paradinq
the streets with torches. singing. dane
ing and all kinds of frolics. BANQUET
ings:" Drinking bouts. carousals.
'Abominable idolatries:" The Iusts
and denominations which were connect
ed with idolatry and which made il
often So attractive to the natural man.
4. wherein they think it strange: +"
Il is not hard, even from cur own ex-
perience, to picture to ourselves the
surprise Of the heather when he found
his friend refusing an invitation To "A
banquet. shrinking from contact with
the prostitutes of Greek cities. or when
there, passing the wine cup untasted.
LII. The Influence by Which the Ne,
tory is GaiBed.--Ns. SIS First Gods
Judgments Against Sin. s. who shall
give account" No one eau sin with
impunity. \ iudgm, ~ day hangs ever
more over the head OF every sinner.
This fact IS a powerful 'ncentiveto tire
forsaking of sin, There are those Whom
no other motive viii reach til they have
felt something Of this. tits everywhere
ia nature, III society. in the conscience,
in the government of God. drawing
men away from sin to Righteousness.
( Second The Gospel 6 For this
cause was the Gospel preached" The
good news of the Saviour. of forgive
ness, Of the love OF God. Of Il holy
Heaven. TO them that are dead: /"
Past generations. THAT they might
be judged according TO mem" Pun
ished, chastened, as other men, in the
body by sickness, pain and death. and
in temporal things. And the purpose
Of all this was that they MIGHT live
according to God in the spirit" 1t
was not to destroy them but to save
hem to a high, noble, spiritual life.
Third. The Nearness of the Kingdom
Of God. 7. THE end of all things is at
hand" The old order was changing
and giving place 70 the new There
was to be IA great removal of the things
that were shaken, that had deeayed
and waxed old. that the things that
could not be shaken might remain
GIeb. 1920 This was powerful mo-
tive for turning away from sim They
would then have part in the new king
dom that WAS to rule the world. y
Fourth. self-control. tie ye there
fore sober:" Of sound mind. of good
and wise judgment, be temperate.
And wateh:" This is not the word
usually translated watch COS Matt. a4.
42). but implies ia the strictest sense
"abstinence from wine and strong
drink.
Ffth Love s tIIaFe fcrYeut."
The word implies ''inteusa train, .on
the raeiz, = .eeaseless." Charity" love.
The deep nohlest most powerful,
most heavenly thine 81 ua1. ana tie
most aiaeatf 70 obtain. Ea even our
inper5 lae Is our NEST elective
weapon for overcoming fbe epils of tffe