The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-02-25
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
for February ~, 1VO4-Hearers
and Doors of the word.
THE LESSON TEXT.
Matt 7.2f.29,l

and Doors of the word.
THE LESSON TEXT.
Matt. 7:2i-2s)
H. Not every one that saith unto Mo,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom
of Heaven; but he that dosth the will OF
My Father which is in Heaven.
%. Many will say to Me In that day.
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied In Thy
name? and In Thy name have cast out
devilsY and In Thy name done many won
derful works?
70. And then will profess unto them. 1
never knew you; depart from Me. ye that
work iniquity.
"a. Therefore whosoever heareth these
sayings of Mine and doeth them, i will
Hksn him unto a wise man, which built his
house upon a rock;
25. And the rain descended, and the floods
came. and the winds blow, and beat upon
that house: and 1t fell not; for was
founded upon rock.
~ And every one that heareth these say
ings Of Mine. and doeth them not. shan be
hkened unto a foolish man. which built
his house upon the sand;
! a. And the rain descended, and the floods
came. and the winds blew. and beat upon
that house; and 1t fell; and great was
the fall 9f it.
| 2S And IL came TO pass, when Jesus had
ended these sayings. tho people were aston
ished at His doctrine:
20. For He taught them as one having
authority. and not as the scribss
GOLDEN TExT.-Be ye dOers of the
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
Jesus Withdrawal to seashore."..
........................... Matt. lz.lo-z.
Jesus Withdrawal TO senshore. Mark S7.l2.
Choosing OF the Twelve. Matt. 10:2-<.
Choosing Of the Twelve.......M Mark 3:l3-ls.
Choosing OF the Twelve. .....Luke 6:12-ls
Sermon on the Mount. ......... Matt. 6I-Sl.
Sermon on the MouDt.......... Luke 6:O-4S.
TIME.-Summer OF A ID. rs (part oil 'The
| Year. of Public Favor'o.
PLACE.-Not "a mountain. but the slsva-
tion which overlooks the sea OF Galilee.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Matt. 7:2l-23) Jesus had just been
warning His followers against false
teachers. They were to be known. He
said, by their fruits. But there might
be false disciples a. we'll as false teach
ers, and false notions Of what 1t meant
to be a true disciple In these verses
Jesus shows how tremendously serious
and thoroughgoing a thing 1t Is to be .
Christian.
Not every one that saith unto Me.
u,
enough now. to make one Jesus disciple.
1t is not question Of saying, but Of do
ing. Il is good deal to say. Lord.
Lord" 1t is right to say It; 1t means
respect. admiration, belief that His
teachings are high and true. but per-
son can have all those feelings about
Christ without actually living the Christ
life. Enter into the Kingdom Of
, Heaven" The kingdom Of Heaven as
it is on earth Jesus was not primarily
training people to follow Him out OF
/ this world, but to follow Him in this
, world. But he that doeth the will OF
r My Father" Saying, when accom-
panied by doing, is natural and right;
! without it. it is hollow mockery
} Jesus had been telling what Gods will
, was. 'In that day" The great day
of judgment announced by many
: prophets and expected by all the Jews
did we not prophesy:" Did we not
preach. New Testament prophecy was
preaching rather than predicting future
events. by thy name cast out demons,
etc: Great, showy works, initiating
! the external deeds of Christ Himself
: preaching and perhaps making converts
and yet not living a life governed by
! the principles laid down in this hillside
teaching. Depart from Me-" A ter
} riby solemn sentence of doom, not from
hard and stern God--there is no such
: God-but from the loving Christ.
. (Vs. 24-27) Here begins the con
clusion of the most wonderful body o
> teaching the world has seen. Some o.
these lofty ethical teachings have beer
expressed by the founders of the grea
world religions, but always hopeless
ly mixed y:th the darkness of heather
ism We need not say that the worlt
religions Gcre all false, for they wer,
not, but JESUS teaching was all true
'Hearc,h these words of mine, ant
doeth them" The hearing without tn,
doing would make one worse rather
/, than better. Shall be likened unto ,
wise mani" Jesus does not say a goot
man. but a sensible man. The wis,
man took care what foundation h,
built upon, realizing that the building
Of house was serious matter AM
that II 1t was to prove equal to tn,
test5 Vi lho StoTHs u years, IL mus
be built right from the foundation up
,Heareth these words of mine. ant
doeth them not" This mans oppor
tunities were as good as the others
but he neglected them. did not realiz
the importance of sound foundation
His mistake was mot In selecting
bad foundation. but in taking n,
thought of foundation: in beginnin
I to build haphazard and anywhere; OF
loose sand. near the bed of a mountain
torrent."--Brucs. The result is
j foundation just as worthless as II
y bad one had been purposely chosen
q A house built on the sand will stan
in fair weather. The foundation Jesu
g has been speaking Of Is one that wi
D Stapd iha tasts af tha starx,as az LIE.