Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-02-24
lesson In the international Series
Tor February ~. Ioo-:-HeIrer.
and Doors OF the Word
THE LESSON TENT.

upon a ROCK.
- Ana the rain descended and the floods
came, and the winds blew and beat upon
ihht .t'~use. and 1t fe.l not. for II Vas
iounded upon rock
% AND every one that heareth these say
ihSs OF Mine. and doeth them not shah De
hkened unto a foolish man. which puiII
Lbs house upon the sand
81 AND the rain descended and the floods
came, and the winds blew. and beat upon
that house. ana il tel: ana great Was
The IA. OF IL.
y And 1t came to pass. when Jesus had
ended these sayings the pe op!e were aston
ished at His doctrine
~ For lie taught them one having
authority. and not as the scr.bes.
GOLDEN TENT.--Be pc doors Of the
word, mud MOI hearers unIY.-JaS. 49,.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
Jesus Withdrawal to SeaShOrc......
Observation-Disclosures. Matt. 2:l5-2l.
Jesus Withdrawal o Seashore. Mark 3:7-I2
Choosing OF the Twe.Ne.-.... Matt 1925.
Choosing 81 the Twe.Ne......- Mark S:i3-ly
Choosing OF the Twe.ve........Lukc 6:l2- IL
sermon on the MOunt......... Mat. OIL 81
sermon On me MouEt......... Luke 6;2O-i9
TlMi. summer OF \. ID - tpart OF The
Year 81 Pubic FaNorO.
iLACE. Not "a moGnta ain. hat tho oleVa.
ton which ovCr!ooEs tue sea OF Ga!iCe
NOTES AND COMMENTS
Matt 7:2l-23) Jesus had just been
warning Ills followers against false
teachers. They were TO be known. He
said. by their fruits But thare might
be false disciples 10 we'll as false teach
ers, and false notions of what il meant
TO be Il true disciple In these verses
Jesus shows how tremendously serious
and thorougheoing d thUg il is 10 be
Christian.
Not every one that saith 20 Mo.
Lord. Lord" Profession was not
enough now. TO make one Jesus disciple
1t is not question Of saying. but of DO
ing. II is good deal to say. Lord.
Lord" II is right to say it: IL means
respect. admiration, belief that lis
teachings are high and true. but a per-
son can have all those feelings about
Christ without actually living the Christ
life Enter into the Kingdom OF
Heaven. Tho kingdom Of Heaven as
il 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
My Father" Saying when accom-
panied by doing. is natural and right:
without it. it IS a hollow mockery.
Jesus had been telling what Gods win
OF Judgment announced by many
prophets and expected by all the Jews.
Did we not Erophosy:" DID we not
preach. New Testament prophecy was
preaching rather '.ian predicting future
events BY thy rame cast out demons"
etc Great. SNOWY works. initiating
The external deeds Of Christ Himself.
preaching and perhaps making converts.
and yet not living n life governed by
the principles laid down in this hillside
teaching. Depart from Ne" ter
r1bly solemn sentence Of GCC.n not from
hard and stern GoG-:lcra is 10 such
God-but from the loving Christ.
(Vs. 24-27) Here perins the con
clusion of tho most wonderful body OF
teaching the world has seen. Some Of
these lofty ethical teachings have been
expressed by the founders 81 the great
world religions. bat always hopeless
~ mixed with the darkness Of heath n
ism. We need not say that the world
religions were all false, for they we're
not. brt Jesus teaching was all true
"Heareth these words OF mine. AND
doeih them The haaring without tho
doing would maze one worse rather
han better "Shali be lncned unto
wise man" Jesus does not say a good
man but a sensible n..f.. The wise
man took care what foundation he
huilt upon. realizing that the building
Of house was serious matter and
that If ii was TO prove equal 10. the
tests Of the storms of years. il must
be built right from the foundation M
''Hcareth these words Of mine and
Iagrr
tunities were as good as the others
hat he neglected them. did not realize
he Importance Of a sound foundation
Ills mistake was mot in selecting
bad foundation. but I'm taxing TO
thought Of foundation; in beginning
20 build haphaZard and anywhere: on
loose sand. near tho bed Of n mountain
torrent. o. Bruce The result is n
foundation just "a worthless as II
bad one had been purposely chosen
A house built on he sand will stand
in fair weather The foundation Jesu.
has been speaking of is ono that will
stand the tests Of the storms OF life
(Vs. %. 29D AS usual the impress.
sion made by the great Teacher was
tremendous and the distinctive thing
about IL was. as in recent lesson. thai
lie did not quote authority" but
spoke His own convictions directly
from His own heart and from God
Those who heard Him felt that what
He said was authoritative
spcnr Points.
They only rule VINO scorn all riCicuIe
no wrong path can lead to right end. .
Ho7or leads back on the Lacl ground
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