Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-11-20
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson VIII.-Fourth Quarter,
For Nov. "a, 1907.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text Of the Lesson, Rom. XIV i<'<s'
Memory Verses, 19-21-Gelden Text,
Rom. xiv, documentary Prepared
by Rev. D. M. Stearns.
copyright, 1907, by American Press Associanon'l
How wondrously beautiful is the
oneness of this marvellous book! Last
week in the book of Judges we saw
The necessity Of consistent life and
clear testimony, with our eyes ever
upon our Leader and in previous les
son the exhortation was to consider
how great things He has done for us
and serve Him in sincerity and truth.
Now we pass over to this New Tesla
ment epistle for lesson, and 1t is 10
consider Christ as our Judge that we
may deny self and live unto Him, seek
ing TO deliver others from the great
enemy, the oppressOr and destroyer,
and hasten the reign Of Christ in
righteousness on this earth.
It's still the worlds night, and peo-
pie are living in rioting and drunken
ness. and the children of God seem to
be asleep, IS Jonah was when the sail
ors were calling upon their gods, but
the time of the kingdom is ever draw
ing nearer, and it becomes the child OF
God to put on the Lord Jesus Christ
and make not provision for the flesh,
TO fulfill the lusts thereof" (Rom. Kill,
lilo.
We can neither convert this world
nor remove iniquity from tour LORD
will see to that at His coming again
and will begin at Israel Qsa. TX, 81;
xii, /, 2)-but we can as individuals
abandon ourselves to Him that BE
may accomplish in and through us that
which He has purposed. If every be-
lever would, in view Of the fact that
all believers must appear before the
Judgment seat Of Christ and every one
of us give account of himself to God,
Law to heart and live out the words OF
verse 8, whether we live we live unto
the Lord, and whether we die we die
unto the Lord; whether we live, there
fore, or die we are the Lords" we and
others through US would be greatly
blessed and made q blessing. / do not
know how to account for the unbelief
of. and the i'll treatment the word Of
God receives from, many preachers,
professors in theological seminaries
and innumerable members Of churches
unless it be that they ignore the judg-
ment seat of Christ, where every be-
lever shall give account of himself to
God. Compare ii Cor. V, 10, IL; Cor.
iii, 1915
The sin of judging others may not
seem to be as great as the sin OF In
Temperance. yet here is an exhortation
as plain as "be not drunk with wfne,"
"Let us not therefore judge one an
other any more Nph. V, Is, and lesson
verse 49,. Compare Matt. vii, 1, ana
l Cor. iv, 5. Judge not that We be not
judged" and Judge nothing before the
time until the Lord come" and let us
learn to obey. This talk of doing as
we please and not being responsible
for the weaknesses Of others Is wholly
selfish and Incorporate and most I'M
Chrlstlike, for "eyen Christ pleased
not Himself" Rom. Ky, 81. If our
thought is to win men to Christ, "by
all means TO save some" q Cor. TX, %,
we will not think of pleasing ourselves.
1t seems to me that our lives as fol-
lowers of Jesus Christ will be holy or
otherwise in proportion to our knowl-
edge of the kingdom Of God (verse 10.
The kingdom Of God for which we
pray when we say "Thy kingdom
Gomez is nothing less than the will OF
God done on earth as in heaven and
will be a reality after our Lord has
been reigning q thousand years and
has subdued all things to Himself, the
last enemy, death, having been de-
stroyed q Cor XIV, 25-2S). If the has
tening Of this kingdom is our first aim,
according to Matt. vi, 49, we may be
sure that He will see to our having
sufficient food and raiment, as He
promised.
All classes Of unrighteous people, in
excluded as such from the kingdom,
but there is Righteousness for them also
If they will turn from their sins and
receive the Lord Jesus as their Saviour.
He has made peace for all by the blood
Of His cross (Col. |, 20), and there Is
no one who may not have His right
eouSness and peace and joy. If we who
have these gifts by His grace are
thinking more of our own enjoyment
Of them than of helping others to re-
ceive them and instead Of commend
ing Him and them are found dsputing
about what we consider our rights In
the matter OF eating and drinking, how
dwelleth the love Of God In us? II we
are right with God, cur question will
not be may do this O.: that, but how
can | win some one r. Christ, and II
we think that aGJ thing, however law
full for us, will prove a hindrance or
stumbling block to some weak one we
will for Christ's sake and for the
others sake gladly refrain.
Our hearts will tell us quickly il the
thing is quite right in the sight Of God
eff our heart condemn US, God is
greater than our heart and knoweth
all things: If our heart condemn us
not. then have we confidence toward
| God Il John iii, 20-22, and verse % Of
the lesson. The main topic Of the
Bible is love. and 'love worketh nc
III to his neighbor; therefore love Is the
fulfilling Of the law" xiii. 10. II
around the world on this so called
worlds temperance Sunday there could
be worldwide proclamation Of the
love of God in Christ Jesus to all sin