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THE SUNDAY SCHOOT.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 80.
Temperance Lesson, Gal. ", 1926

nifty Tvs. 1913. is. IF ye bite
and devour." In contrast to the love
of verses 13, IA. These are terms
drawn from the habits of wild beasts
in the order of climax. Bite desig-
mates the momentary outbursts; de-
YOUR, the steady purpose of injury;
consume, the final result probable to
both parties. Take heed" etc. AS
wild beasts contend sometimes until
both are slain. The idea is that in
their contentious they would destroy
the spirituality and happiness of each
other; their characters would be
ruined; the church would be over
thrown.
l6. This I say. then" Having
pointed out the effects of violating
the law of love, the apostle now pro-
ceeds to show how this law may be
obeyed. Walk" This word lis Of
ten equivalent to live" I'm the
Spirit This is differently ey-
planned: /. By, or according to the
rule of the Spirit. 2. BY the guild.
ance of the Spirit. 8. BY the help
of the Spirit. Notice. l. The an
tagonism between the Holy Spirit in
all that he is and produces, and the
flesh with It's appetites and works,
Q. The certainty of victory over the
flesh to all those who walk in or by
the Spirit. Shall not fulfil" The
strongest negative possible. Ye shall
in no wise fulfil. If the Spirit Of God
dwell in and rule your heart, the
whole carnal mind will be destroyed; /;
and then, not only carnal ordinances
will be abandoned, but also the works
and propensities OF the flesh;
is, the evil impulses which have their
seat in the body. II. Flesh lust
eth against the Spirit" The two are
antagonistic; each seeks to. control
the man and be supreme. One or
the other rules in, every soul.
18. But" This internal strife
may be ended. BE led" BY sub
mitting to the Spirit and by follow
ing His drawings. mot under the
law" Not under the restraints of
the Mosaic law or dispensation, but
under the control of the Spirit.
H.. The works of the flesh Tvs.
19-21). 10. Works Of the flesh. -
The works which are done when the
man exalts the flesh and its desires
to controlling influence.
20. "Idolatry." The worship of
false deities. "Witchcraft. Or sor-
Gerry. The use of charms, incanta-
tions, etc., to produce preternatural
effects. Variance" Strife; dis
position to dissent. "Emulations. "
Jealousies, rivalry, endeavoring to
excel at the expense of another.
Strife" Factions" R. v. Her
esies." Parties. Nothing is more in
line with the selfish, Independent,
fieshly nature than strife, conten-
tion, factions and parties in the
church. 81. Murders" Omitted
in the Revised Version. But If not
rightly in the text 1t is certainly one
of the works of the flesh. Drunk
enness, revelings." These are the
sins that follow the indulgence of
appetite. Revelings include drink
ing, feasting,. dancing, ribald songs
and debauchery in general. The
seeds or possibilities of all these sins
are in every unregenerate heart.
q
time; many may never come into act
ual life; but under favoring circum-
stances, away from restrains, they
will appear in the life and character.
Every one Of these evils is promoted
and encouraged by the use of intoxi-
eating liquors. Intemperance excites
every evil passion, arouses wrath and
hatred, leads to murders, is the
friend of revelings. l. Intemperance is
a work of the flesh. 1t exalts the
flesh above the Spirit.
III. The fruit of the Spirit Tvs.
22-26). o. Fruit of the Spirit. "
The fruit of the Spirit Is one, yet
manifold. He who has the Spirit of
Christ has in him the root of all
Christian graces.
23.. Temperance" Self control
in the qualification of appetites.
While this includes the abstinence
from strong drink it must not be
limited to this. mo law" There
is no law to condemn those whose
lives are adorned by these virtues.
"a. Have crucifed." The apos-
tie uses the strong figure of cruci-
fixion to show how completely Chris
tians - those that are Christ's"-
have forsaken and renounced the old
life. They are dead to sin.
rs. Live in the Spirit" The
Revised Version has by the Spirit
in both clauses. That is, if we have
entered into a spiritual life, let us
continue in that life. 26. Let us
not" etc. The apostle again points
which were destroying their spiritual
life.
". Sowing and reaping Tvs. 7,
81. 7. BE not deceived" This is
a warning against self-deception,
which, strange as it may seem, is
common. mot mocked." God is not
deceived or deluded. "Soweth-
reap" This is a universal law Of
Gods government which He will not
relax.
s. ITO his flesh" He that grati-
fes his carnal desires and lives a
life of ease and self-indulgence.
"Rea1s corruption. A strong figure.
He will reap ruin and spiritual death.
A course of self-indulgence corrupts
the moral nature and ends in de-
Btruction. ITO the Spirit" He who
follows and obeys the Spirit. Life
everlasting" In this promise is in
cluded all that God has provided for
His people in the world to come.