The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-06
II SUNDAY SCs0oL.
fsssson In International series -
April =. l0Oss-Preccpts and
Promises.


tMafthew 7:is)
I. Judge not. that ye be not judged
2 For with what judgment ye judge. -
shall be Judged: and with what measure ye
| nete. IL shall be measured 70 you again
;. And why behcldest thou the mote that
8 In thy brothers eye. but corEiderest not
he beam that IL In thin own eyer
4 or how wilt thou say to thy brother.
Let me pull cut the mote out OF thine eye.
| and. behold. a beam IS In thine own eyer
5 Thou hypocriie. first cast out the beam
out OF thine own eye. and then shalt thou
see clearly TO cast out the mote out OF thy
brothers eye.
6 Give not that which Is holy unto the
logs. neither cast We your pearls before
sw!re. lest TREY trample them under their
.eet. and turn again and rend you.
7. Ask. and II shall be given you; seek.
and ye shall find: knock. and II shall be
opened unto you:
4 For every one that asketh receivcth:
and he that seekcth findcih: ard 10 him
that knocketh IL shall be opened.
o Or what man Is there Of you. whom n
his son ask bread. will he give him a tone?
To- Or II he ask a fish. will he give him q
serpent7
Ii. II ye then. being evil. know how %
give good gifts unto your children. how
much more shall your Father which Is IN
Heaven give good things TO them that ask
nlmg
i2 Therefore all thirgs whatsoever ye
would that men should do TO you. % ye
sven so 10 them: for this is the law and
the prophets.
IL Enter We IN a, the strait gate; for
wide i the gate. and broad = the way. that
.eadeth TO destruction. and many there be
which go IN thereat.
n Because strait f. the gate. and mar
,S%% Is thf so wax < T shas i,n ldaae'h unto NE
GOLDEN TENT.-Whatsoever We would
hat men should do to YOU. do ye even So
20 ~them.-Nat;. s:i2-
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
With this lesson we conclude the
study of the sermon on the mount.
Therefore verses 2i-2- should be taken
in connection with the text. They
close the sermon and very graphically
describe the two types of men in the
world. Those who found their lives
on the principles laid down by Jesus
viii abide. those who refuse the words
Of eternal life will come TO the close
OF life empty. having built. according
TO the figure Of the Master, a house
on the sand. or by a like figure much
in cor0non use. only a house Of cards.
The lesson analysis will follow the
text:
The Passing OF acknowledgements. IL
~ "a +-sA- = a .
The Golden RUie.................vS. y
Entrance 10 the kingdom.....-....vs. 1914
The Passing Of Judgment.-ln this
passage Jesus lays down very clearly
the rule of conduct regarding censori-
Gus Judgments. In life We have TO
Judge our fellows and acquaintances.
Only by passing n mental judgment
can we dcal fairly and honorably. pro-
tect our own interests and give that
which is due to those about us. But
Jesus warns us against ccnsorious-
ness.
And concerning ccnsorious judg-
r.ent Jesus makes our declarations:
Cd We will be judged by the same
standard that we Judge others. This
is just. for il we maliciously. or igno-
rantly and unnecessarily. misrepre-
sent another's character, no judgment
can be too hard for US. mother thing:
We cannot see all arvund the affairs
Of this life. and in the majority OF
cases ill-judgment is uncalled for.
therefore we should temper with
mercy whatever estimates of an
others character we must make. a
third reason presents itself against
censorious judgment. and establishes
the declaration OF Christ. and il is
found in the constitution of the hui
man mind. 1t is that 1t is the ten
dency to judge another by oneself.
Therefore by judging another n mar
does little more than reveal his own
weakness Of character. besides, OF
course. the harm that is done that
Others reputation. David says psalm
1920 OF God: with the pure Thou
wilt show Thyself pure; and with the
forward Thou wilt show Thyself for
ward" Even the Holy God is thought
obstinate. perverse and unjust by men
whose lives are not in accord with the
Divine teaching.
(2) We are not to pick flaws with
Others. while there is that within our
own hearts that needs correction
(verse ~.
CD III we try 10 remove the beam
from our own eye. we will have little
time for the mote in a brothers eye.
al In verse 6 Jesus adds an addi-
sional reason for not passing judg-
ment. The one Of whom we are apt
TO think hardly may be fully as bad
as we have thought him. but why cast
pcnrls before swine? An old adagc has
IL: "Rcprove not n scorncr lest he
hate thcc."-Prov. OF. 8.
Concerning Prayer.-Jesus' law O n
corning prayer Is exceedingly simple.
II is that we take the attitude OK per-
feet trust. ASK. and IL shall be given
you; seek. and We shall find: knock,
and IL shall be opened unto you"
IF We then. being evil. know how TO
give good gifts unto your children.
how much more shall your Father
which Il in Heaven give good things
to them hat ask Him."
Entrance 60 the Kingdom.-Thc way
into the Kingdom Of Heaven rs laid
down by Jesus is not n broad one. but
a narrow one. and hard TO travel. II
IS natural to do not right. but wrong.
The path of the Christian life is up