Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-06-21
THE. SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson ia sAe Ep4erna4ionAIs series
fer June -, 1SO2-TemReranes
Lesson.
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lRomanS 1S:S-1A)
Z Owe no man any thing, but to love one
another: for he that loveth another hath
8. For this, Thou shalt not commit aSiul-
terry Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not
steal Thou shalt not bear false witness.
tnoU shat not coyets and II there be any
otner commandment. It is briefly compre-
hended in this sayin. namely, Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as myself.
10 Love Worketh no i'll to his neighbors
4herefors love il the fulfilling Of the law.
IL And that, knowing the time. that now
It Is high time TO awake out OF sleep: for
now Is our salvation nearer than when we
believed.
Il The night is far spent. the day is at
nand; let Us therefore cast on the works
Of darkness, and let US put on the armor
OF light.
12 Let US walk honestly, as in the day:
not In rdettng and drunkenness, not in
chambering and wantonness, not in strife
and envying.
Il. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.
and make not provision for the flesh. to
fulfill the lusts thereof.
GOLDEN TEXT.-Let us therefore
cast OE the works of darkness, and
let us put on the armOa of light
Rom. 1912.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURAL SECTION.
Inc law iulhiled .................. Rom. 1880
ms way TO walk. Rom S:11;1A
TIME.-A. D. IS.
PLACE.-Corinth.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The People Addressed.-Paul's Epis-
tie to the Romans is his most elabo-
rate work. 1t is a thorough setting
forth of the Christian religion, as he
understood it, arranged in the order Of
experience. It begins with discus.
sion of the ways in which God reveals
himself through nature and through.
| the law. But all men have sinned and
need redemption through faith in
| Christ. Such faith leads to peace, to
freedom from the law and from bond
age to sin. Tt is Gods gift to men, and.
those who believe have cause to be
grateful that they have been led by
God to believe, through the spoken
word which the apostles preach. Paul
had never seen most of the people to
whom he was writing, though chap
ter f6 shows that he had a good many
| friends in Rome. The church in
Rome was made up partly of
Jews, and partly of Gentiles. It
probably was quite large, having
different assembling places, but being
really one in administration. There
were great differences OF opinion, how
ever, both in doctrine andin practice,
and Paul wrote in the hope7of making
these differences less. Onr lesson is
from the section on practical duties,
which includes chapters 12-15. The Nir-
tues on which Paul dwells are, sim
cerity, kindness, honesty, purity and
brotherly love, and the manifestations
of them which he advises are those
which indicate forgetfulness Of self
and mindfulness of God and our fell
| low men.
The Law Summarized.-The chapter
opens with an exhortation to loyal
citizenship, in the course of which Paul
bids Christians pay their taxes Tvs. 6,
Z, as well as render reverence to those
who, under God, hold power, The
word "dues," which he uses in this ex-
hortation, is the same in origin as the
word cove" with which the lesson be-
gins, and the opening injunction is In
serted, because of that association.
The command is, of course, not against
business debts, without which multi
tudes of people could not live, but is
against the too prevalent habit of liv-
! ing beyond ones means and contract
| ing bills with no definite prospect OF
being able to pay them when due.
! There is one debt, however, which can
never be paid. That is the debt of
love. The obligation of love is the
same as the obligation of law, and the
| fulfllment of one of these obligations
| is the fulfllment of the other. The
proof of that statement is given clear
Iy and convincingly in verses Q, 10. No
law can be, mentioned which will not
| be fulfilled fla man remembers the
command to love his neighbor as him
self.
The Way to Walk.-"And this'' re-
fers back to all the iniunetions of
"you ought to do" are to be under
stood. In other words, what follows
is a reason for acting in the manner
just described. That reason may be
summarized by some such phrase as
/ ''the urgency of Iife." Salvation, by
which Paul means complete deliver
lance out of the darkness and sin of
the world, is 1ikened to the dawn of
day. In this full sense, salvation is at
tanned only in the future life. It be-
gins but is not finished here In or
der that we may be ready for the APP
preaching morning Of Heaven, we
must awake out of the sleep of sim
It is not enough to be awake in the
morning; one must dress before he is
really ready for the day. So the cloth
ing of unworthy and careless conduct
must be put off and 'the armor of
light must be put on. That phrase
suggests a manner of living which is
not only worthy Of the day, but help
full in doing the days work and over
coming the days difficulties. The third
step, when one is awake and dressed,
Is to go out into the day in such wise
as to appear worthy of the light. Rev
cling and drunkenness and impurity
and strife belong only to the night that
has passed away (verse 14), sums up
the whole Injunction. The suitable
garb for the day is the Lord Christ's
grace and glory.