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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTS FOR NOVEMBER %.
Subject: Paul on lf-Denial-World's
Temperance Lesson, Rom. Il:
IO-21-Golden Text: Rom. IL:
2i-Commit Verses 10, 90.

temperance Lesson, hOm. Ia:
IO-21-Golden Text: Rom. IA:
2i-Commit Verses 10, 90.
Spring, 5S A. D.
PLACE.--Corinth
EXPOSTTION.-I. Judge Not One
Another. But Help One Another, 10
1o. Thereare three thingsto mark well
in v. -. % Who Is to give account
teach one of us" Not one of US
shall escape that account. There is
not a man so great or obscure that he
will not be summoned Are you
ready? (2) To whom are we to give
accouat-'to Cod" That Is the
dreadful thing about it and that Is
the blessed thing about it, 1t is
dreadful to some because God Is 50
holy: dreadful, too, because He is
omnisCisnt and His all-seeing eyes
look us through and through, and no
deed has been so covered, and no
thought or Imagination 50 hidden,
but He knows them all. To Him we
are TO give account, and there is no
deceiving Him, and there can be no
false returns. 1t is blessed to some
because God is 50 loving, so Just, so
tender, so discerning; because "He
knoweth our frame" and because He
Is the one who redeemed; and how
ever poor and bad the account has
been, we are glad to render IL to Him.
| am glad that | am to render my ac-
count to Cod, not to man. (3) OF
whom Is each to render account-"of
himself. Many of us act as If it was
Of some one else we were to render
account. Those who are making the
Inconsistencies of others an excuse
for not being Christians themselves
better ponder these words carefully.
AS we are each to render our account
to God, we should stop Judging one an
other. Food is a very proper ching.
Others may lay down laws for US as
to what we should eat or not eat,
that have no warrant In Gods Word
and we may very properly laugh at
these man-made laws. Yet love is
the ruling principle of n Christian
life. and If our doing something that
in itself it is perfectly proper to do,
is going to gTievc some brother and
above all, lead him into sin and ruin,
how can we do It? Better have our
liberty curtailed than have his soul
lost. If we magnify our liberty to
the sacrifice of our brothers soul we
walk no longer in love" A true
Christian will forbear. many things
about which in themselves he has no
compunctions of conscience lest he
destroy him for whom Christ died"
III. The Kingdom Of God is Not
Meat and Drink, But Righteousness
and Peace and JOY in ;hc Holy Ghost,
1923. Liberty Is given us but we
may so use It that 1t Is evil spoken
of and becomes a source of evil. The
real proof that we are in the kingdom
of God and that the kingdom of God
Is in us, Is not found in our scrupu-
lousness, or lack of scrupulousness,
in eating and drinking. but in our
manifesting righteousness in our
lives, having peace in our hearts (ch.
! 1919. and manifestng it toward
our fellow men ". 10: ch. 1919.
and being filled with joy "in the Holy
I Ghost" Many of those whom have
I known who were most scrupu-
Ions regarding what they drink,
have given least proof of being
in the kingdom by the test OF this
verse. The object of our pursuit IS
to be, the things which make for
peace, the things whereby we may
build one another up. How many of
our pet hobbies we must lay on the
shelf II we obey Gods command in
verse 10. Thev do not make for
peace and they do not build up. But
we are so fond of them and delight 10
/ draw them out on every occasion. II
| Is better, however, to obey God. Peace
and growth are far more important In
| the church than skllful halr-splltting,
| The true Christian principle of total
! abstinence Is found In verse 81. I,
Z applies to the question of the use OF
Intoxicating liquors. II applies also
/ to great many other things. 1t will
! go far toward settling many questions
/ that are troubling Christians as To
! whether they should do this or that
! 1t Is not merely a question as TO
! whether the thing is wrong in itself
! or whether you Will lie hurt yourself
| by 1t, but the real question Is, will
! any one be injured, made to stumble
/ by my doing 1t? ! cannot have meal
| or drink or any other indulgence as a
lover OF my fellow men and a follow.
/ er of Jesus Christ II thereby | destro,
/ the work of God. / know that al
meats are clean, bat / know thai
many cannot eat them with a cleal
conscience and they are evil for tina
/ man. IL any one else will be injured
by my indulgence, no matter how Ia
! nocent the thing itself may be, anC
how harmless 1t may be to me, will
not do 1t. 1t Is we'll to have faith
but 1t is well to have the love tha
has faith to itself and does not injur,
| others by the exercise of its owl
/ faith. Happy indeed Is the MAJ
who condemneth not himself in tina
/ thing which he approveth." But II
man does that about which not onl,
/ others condemn him, but about whicl
his own conscience has doubts, thel
! he is condemned indeed. "Whateve
/ is not OF faith is sin" This Is a broa,
and searching definition OF sin. 70,
may keep saying to yourself, 81 d.
not believe this thing Is wrong.
great many good people do It," but 1
! you yourself have doubts in you
/ mind about 1t. If you are not absolute
( ly clear 1t is the will OF God, then 1
] is sin in you. The question is not, ar
you sure the thing is wrong? Th
question Is, are you perfectly sure /
! Ia rIght7