The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-11-25
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson * Fourth Quarter Far
Nov. %, 1909.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES,

Bishop Moule speaks of this section
Of this epStle from chapter xii on
ward as present duties in the power
of eternal facts" Some of the facts
are the sin that is in man, the re-
demptiOn that is in Christ Jesus for
sinful man, the no condemnation"
and mo separation" Of chapter viii as
a result of that great redemption and
the farreaching. glorious prospect for
the whole creation with Israel as
righteous center bringing true riches
to all nations. The effect of this upon
the mind of the believer should be
such renewal that henceforth he is
done with this present evil age and
done with himself and determined to
live wholly in the perfect will OF God,
as new creature in Christ, old things
passed away, all things become new
(kom. xii, l. ,; II Cor. V. Ia. Even
Christ pleased not Himself. and in the
epistleS We are taught how we ought
to walk and to please God and to let
every one OF US please his ueighbOr
for his good TO edificatiou txv, 1-3,.
Now. it seems to ne that the great
point in our lesson is that each one
should for himself get right in this
matter aud not misSpend his time in
seeking to get others right while he
himself is all wrong. Every one of
US shall give account Of himself to
Got" tverSe ~. Therefore why Judge
our brother in any matter. and espe-
cially in eating and drinking. since all
believers must stand before the judg-
ment seat Of God. or of Christ, for
Christ is God? Verse 10l If we have
received the Lord Jesus. then we are
in Christ and are looked upon as hav-
ing died with Him and risen with
Him. so that our Judgment for sin is
past on Calvary. and we have His as
surance that orr sins and iniquities
He will remember no more.
1t is possible as His redeemed ones
to walk in the light under the shelter
of His precious blood and have con-
scious and unbroken fellowship with
Him as we yield ourselves to Him
moment by moment to walk in the
good works He has beforehand pre-
pared for US and to live the life of ut
ter self remuneration which He desires
us TO live to His glory, making it our
ambition in all things to be accept.
able to Him Eph. ii, 10; IL Cor iv,
10. II: V. o.. Although our Lord said
to His disciples at the last Passover,
Il appoint unto you a kingdom, as
My Father hath appointed unto Me.
that We may eat and drink at My table
in My Kingdom and sit on thrones
judging the twelve tribes of Israel"
duke xxi, %, 30l. yet the kingdom
OF God is not meat and drink, but
righteousness and peace and JOY in the
Holy Ghost" syerse IL, and the chief
object of our thoughts here should not
be what shall we eat and drink and
wear. but how can we best make mani
fest and make known His righteous
ness, which He offers freely to all. and
thus hasten His kingdom of peace on
earth. We should think of every one
on earth as zone for whom Christ
died" verse 49, and trust Him to use
US to bring as many as possible to
Him, that they might obtain aud en-
joy His righteousness and peace and
then bring others to the same When
the kingdom comes aud a King shall
reign in righteousness, then on all the
earth the work of righteousness shall
be peace and the service of righteous
no /.
forever lisa. xxi, l. III. There can
be no peace to an individual or to
nation or to nations apart from right
eousness. and there is no righteous
ness worthy Of the name except that
which God has provided in Christ, the
righteous one but, believing in Him, we
are thus justified and have peace with
God and rejoice in hope of the glory
of God.
Through the comfort Of the Scrip
lures we wait patiently for the hope.
and the God of patience and comfort
gives us the mind of Christ toward
others. while the God of hope fills
US with JOY and peace in believing,
making us to abound in hope through
the power Of the Holy Spirit and the
God of peace is with us and gives us
peace always by all means (Rom. V,
l, >; XIV, T. ;, Is. 33; II Thess. iii. 49,
If it is thus with us the minor matters
of eating and drinking will keep their
right place and we will never be found
insisting that we may eat this and
drink that, no matter what others may
say; but, being filed with thoughts OF
His kingdom and glory, we will live
for the salvation and edifcation Of 9TH
ers rather than for our own gratifca-
ton. AS believers our self life was
Crucified with Christ. and now we are
to reckon that old life as dead and
buried and live a new life wholly unto
God ROm. vi, Glib. not in anyway
tolerating anything for which our
hearts would condemn us oversees %,
%; John iii. 21j.
All that God works in us to will
and TO do Of His good pleasure will
be approved, but all that is Of or
for self or to please men will prove
to be wood, hay and stubble to be
burned up q Cor ill., 11-15,. This
judgment seat Of our lesson Is for be-
levers only. that they may be Judged
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