The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-25


sections. beginning with the words
Now. concerning" CT Now. as touch
ing" tvii. l: viii. l: xii. 1: xvi. u. and
our lesson Is In the portion which be-
gins with will. l. Now. as touching
things offered unto idols" While rec
ognizing that cur idol is nothing and
that meat commended Us not to God.
yet he says. III meat make my broth
er to offend I will eat no flesh while
the world standeth lest ! make my
brother to offend" viii. lS. Whatever
he did or refrained from doing II was
for the gospels sake lest the gospel OF
Christ should be hindered and that he
might by all means save some Ok. II.
. 81, Referring to some events in
the history Of Israel. he says that MI
these things happened to them for our
examples ard admonition. and he re-
minds us that God Is faithful. who
will not suffer US to I've tempted above
that We are able x. l1-1S. He would
have us know that all our life Is either
unto God or the devil and that. while
we may lawfully do certain things. We
must not come under the power OF
anything or any one but the Lord
alone wi. II: <. 23,.
God having made us 50 rich In Christ
that all things are ours. things present
and things 10 come dii. 2l-23,. We are
not here to seek anything for our
selves. but only the welfare OF others
that they. too. may he saved and have
the same riches In Christ and then so
out to seek others *. S3). Love seek
eth not her own. and He who was
God manifest In the flesh never lived
to please Himself nor to seek His own
will or glory in anything txiii. 5: Rom.
XIV, 8: John Y. 80: vi, IS: wifi. 5O. Paul
had to write to the Philippians. "All
seek their own. not the things which
are Jesus Christ's." MANY walk. Of
whom ! have told you often and now
tell you even weeping that they are
whose end is destruction. whose God
Is their belly and whose glory II In
their shame. who mind earthly things"
Phii. ii. 81: iii. IS. 19,.
The twice repeated saying In verses
26. %. THE earth Is the Lords and
the fullness thereof" is from the
psalm which speaks Of those with
clean hands and pure hearts who seek
the God Of Jacob and open wide the
gates to the King OF Glory. When He
Is on the throne Of our hearts we will
not be heard asking silly questions
about what we may eat or not eat, nor
will we bow down to any idols within
or without. but the one supreme
thought will always be to please Him.
to honor Him. to magnify Him. SO that
others may want to know Him to
whom we have by His grace become
so devoted. When we become thus
spirit filed. drunken with the new
wine Of the kingdom. flied with Joy
and peace by believing. some VIII be
drawn away from the beastly drunk
enness OF earthly things to the love
that is better than wine. for which 90
many souls are longing all uncon-
sciously. Is II not because the poor
wording sees nothing in processing
Christians that can begin to compare
with his pleasures OF sin for sea-
son" that he holds on to bis evil ways?
The God OF this world. under whose
control the children Of disobedience
live. says to his blinded ones concern
ing the church people. so called: Look
at them. They 90 to church and sing
and pray on Sunday, and the rest Of
the week they come to us in order to
be happy. I'll do better for you than
their God. Come my way all the time
Let Us eat and drink and be merry.
for there Is no lake Of fire nor place Of
torment. No men Of learning believe
the Bible any more. and Jesus was
only a good man who did wcndrously
while he lived. but He In gone. and
there are no more like Him."
Does this sound familiar? Ii It al
about you? Do You hear 1t on every
side? Then let 1t be a proof to you
that the whole world lieth in the
wicked one. the father OF lies. Q muir
derer from the beginning. for whom
the everlasting FIRE has been prepared.
and turn from him and all his lies to
Him who gave Himself for our sins
that He might deliver us from the
wrat.s. to- sn.Se and frcr, this nrescat