The Marshall republican., 1906-09-28
UARTER
TEMPERANCE
LESSON
sunday niors Sept. 30. 1906
Specially Prepared Tor Tk,, rspsr.

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written w Paul the Apostas. IDe Gala.
uahs weis probably the innsDitants OF tue
wiaer holnsn province OF unat bA,is, anu
uoch.
churches were founded would therefore
Dc Acts ~ anu II. A. AZ. 45.s0.
Tue date Of tue writinE was early A. ID.
w according TO Ligntioot IL wa writ
ten Al Iorintb, the pace In the history
being Acts 2Jgi-6 According TO Ramsay
and NcUinert IL was written at Antioch
Just before the second missionary Jou'.
ney, a: ~. ~. and the place In history -
Acts l5.SO-ti.
Comments and Suggestion Thought.
V. 10. Bite and devour." Terms do
rived from the habits of wild animsll
which snap and bite when momentar.
lily angered. or again devour with q
determined purpose to injuro n an
other. Under influence OF evil pas
sions. men treat one another In ways
which closely resemble these.
v. is. Walk In the Spirit" Live
~ the Spirit directs. Instead OF tell
Ing us 10 work hard TO overcome that
within US which prompts such self
seeking and envy and hatred, the
apostle has something better TO ad'
vise-namel??, that we let the Spirit ~
God have the right OF way In our
hearts and lives. "shall not fulfill"
The strongest negative possible. THE
lusts OF the'desh." You will not yield
10 those evil impulses ofI the lower mn.
ture, because you viii not want 10,
Lust" meaning simply desire. IL used
here In the sense OF evil pa5sion.
V. ~. The flesh /. . against
the Spirit. the Spirit /. against
the flesh" The lower nature. and the
higher nature with its Ally. the Holy
Spirit. = at strife as TO which shall
rule. This ~ inevitable. since they are
CONTRARY the one 10 the other" The
lower nature draws us downward ~.
ward the level OF the brutes that per
ish. urging ms TO give attention 10 what
We shall cat. drink. wear. and how we
shall get On In material things. while
the Spirit seeks continually 10 fx our
hearts and thoughts on enduring and
heavenly things. Eye cannot do the
things ye would" Cannot. unless you
let the Spirit rule and teach you to
love and follow those things which are
right Contrast Rom. 1884 WIN
Rom. ~ A haif.hcarted Christian Ia
about the most miserable person on
earth; he cannot enjoy doing evil. anc
has not practiced r~ight-dolng sufficient.
ly TO enjoy that. ~
v. IS. IF led by the Spirit" II you
follow the guidance Of the divine Help.
err. mot under the law You have
no need OF law, hence never feel its
restraints. A person honest and hon.
orable at heart. does not feel bound
or restrained by the law. Thou shalt
not steal"
Va. 1921. Works OF the flesh" The
results OF obeying its evil impulses.
Are manifest" Though sin may frat
be In secret, full soon Il shows itself
In the outward acts. The Apostle
enumerates IL forms Of sin by which
evil manifests itself. These have been
grouped AZ four sins Of sensuality,
three sins OF false religion. eight sins
against our feliow-men. two sins OF In.
temperance. "All Of those II abomina,
lions on the black list are the logical
results Of the saloon and the drink
habit"
". "a. sThe fruit Of the Spirit The
fruit which the Holy Spirit produces
In the life OF one who yields wholly to
his inspiration and guidance