Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-11-21
Worlds Temperance
Sunday
Sunday SchoolLesson Tor Nov. a.. 1907
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occasion 10 ran In ms brothers way
l4:l3.
LIGHT FROM OTHER SCRIPTURES.
21-2O, 81;
Prov. 2O:i, 21:l7; 1890. q, 29-Si; 3i;t, s;
lisa. 5:11, %; Hos. All; Hab. 2:l5; Matt.
2i;i9. 50: Luke 2i:S4. ! Cor. 5:ll: Gal.
5:2i.
TEMPERANCE.-Rom. 1878; 1 Cor.
9:2j-27; 1 Tim. 3:2. 3, S. Tit. 2:12; 1 Pet.
81; 5:8; 2 Pet. lie.
The Principals Paul Laid Down for
Our Guidance.-Vs. 1928. The method
OF settlement Is that employed all
through the Bible, Of laying down gem
eral principles, and not definite rules
and commands. For the principles
abide e~ternally, but the application OF
them varies continually. We have no
trouble whatever about some of the
questions which almost rent the an
Client church asunder. They were set
tied long ago. But we must apply the
same principles to our modern prob
lens. The application of great divine
principles to our daily lives in varying
circumstances is a large part Of the
discipline by which we grow in grace
and develop a strong and holy charac'
ter.
First The Law NJ Ijberty.-y. 12:
1 Cor. SO; 1929; Gal. ga.
V. ~. $50 then" AS a conclusion
from what Paul had been saying.
"Everv ono NJ rs shall give account OF
b,mseIf IN God" Each ia r~esnonsible
IN Cod and must act az in his sight.
No ono can lord I, over bis brother I'm
the christian church. Each one must
define his dutv So far as concerns him.
so,r IIbertv docs M, nrevent any
ono from bo,d,rg decided oninion
and Sweating of them and arguing
for them Liberty ,s not Indifference
permittiny liberty does not endorse
all that 10 ,ermitted
second-ys. 70. %, %. DTbe fullest
Freedom must he balanced nv the full.
est sense NJ resnonsibi,itv to God."-
Exnositor,s Creak Testament For
we sbau al, s,and hesore tho Judgment
seat of Christ" ~. 1O.
v %. Hast tbou faith?" Do YOU
really believe that what you are doing
ia right and approved nv God? Have
a 70 tbvsoIf hafore cod Reio,ce in
,bis ,,hertv NJ vours In the nresenoe of
tho Eo,har .,Wa stiI, Laan tbis inv
ana strength of ,ihertv even when for
Loves soLa ve forage the narticplar
,o,s from which 4, we cons,dered onIv
onrso,vo. ond Cod wo sbo,,,d not he
debarred yvman Abbott "uannv
60 no hot condemretb not b,mself !"
uho 10 co conyipced thu, HE course ia
r,ght Tho, bis oon~scie,co never CON.
domps him eyen whom be "s,ts a,one
with his conscience" amid the mani.
festations NJ Gods mower
" % "ue that doub,e,h" Ia unset.
tied I'm his conscience as to what il
right for himself. Abbott translates.
n that disputeth with himself" "Js
damned" is condemned the usual
meaning of the Greek word. He has
no right to do an act which he feels
NAV iniure others. whatsoever ia
moi of faith Is sin" "All that a man
cannot do remembering that he is
Christ's-all that he cannot do with
the Judgment seat ". 1O) and the
cross ". 15) and all their restraints
and inspirations present to his mind
lis SIM"
Third, Toward such persons we are
forbidden to have either a censorious
or a contemptuous estimate OF their
character. V. 10. Let us not there.
fore judge one another" not condemn
those who honestly do not see things
as we do. We must allow others the
same liberty we ask for ourselves.
~Condemning as unchristlan others
who honestly differ from us may be
quite as great a sin as that Of the one
condemned.
But Note (1) that this does not re-
quire one to refrain from arguing
against any course as injurious. (2)
That the principal does not mean that
we should never do anything which
others do not like, at which they take
oHense or with which n ma fault.
NOR that In any case should we yield
In a duty or a teaching some
may wen over the truth
Even Christ Gould not so act that
none TOOK onense. Paul could not
Fourtb.-Vs. 1916. V. IL. But
Judge this rather" That is, turn your
judgment to yourselves, and see to 1t
that by your use OF your liberty you do
not cause others to fall into sin. We
are never to give up our liberty of
thought and action, but TO use 1t in
the right way as In the verses that
follow. An occasion to fall'' 1t Is
contrary to the very essence OF the