Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-11-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
lesson lX.-- Fourth Quarter, For
Nov. %, 1909.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text Of the Lesson. Rom. xiv, 1921.
Memory Verses, 10, 2o-oolden Text,
Rom. xiv, 21-commentsry Prepared
by Rev. D. M. Stearns.

"e"oTy verses, ~, ZU-Golden Tex
3. Rom. xiv, 21-Commentsry Prepare
le by Rev. D. M. Stearns.
70 Bishop Moule speaks of this sectio
u of this eplstle from chapter xiii OF
% ward as present duties In the powe
OF eternal facts" Some of the fact
are the sin that IL In man, the re
demption that is In Christ Jesus 70
sinful man. the mo condemnation
and mo separation" OF chapter will a
a result OF that great redemption an
: the farreaching. glorious prospect 70
the whole creation with Israel as
righteous center bringing true richie
to all nations. The effect of this upOl
, the mind Of the believer should b,
such Al renewal that hencpfOrth he Il
done with this present evil age an(
done with himself and determined t
live wholly iD the perfect will of God
as Il new creature In Christ. old thing.
passed away. all things become new
from. xii. !. =: II Cor. v. IL. Evei
Christ pleased not Himself. and IN the
epistlcs W. are taught how we Ough,
to walk aud to please God and to let
every one 0f us please his npighbor
for his good to cdlticailon txv, l.3i.
Now. II seems to me that the grea
point 10 our lesson IL that each one
should for himself get right In this
matter and not mlSsrrnd his time In
seeking to get others right while he
himself Is all wrong. Every one of
US shall give account of himself to
God" ,verSe ~. 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! tvprsp I0.i II we have
received the Lord Jesus. then we are
In Christ and are looked upon as hay
ing died with Him and risen with
Him. so thar our Judgment for sin Is
past on Calvary. and we have His as
surance that our sins and iniquities
He will remember no more.
1t is possibie as His redeemed ones
to walk In the light under the shelter
Of His precious blood and have con-
scious aud unbroken fellowship with
Him as we yield ourselves to Him
moment by nnInPnt To walk In the
good works He has beforehand pre-
pared for us and Ia live the life of ut
ter self renunciation which He desires
us TO live to His glory. making ii our
ambition In all things 10 be- accept
able to Him tEph. Ii. 10: IL Cor. ".
10. II; V. 81. 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 ye may eat and drink at My table
In My Kingdom and sit on thrones
judging the twelve tribes Of Israel
luke xii. 20. 30,. yet THE kingdom
OF God Is not meat and drink. but |
and peace and joy in the |
Holy Ghost" tvPrse Ia. aud 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
rarth. We should think of every one
on earth as zone for whom Christ
died" (verse 15i and trust Him To use
rs to bring as many as possible to
Him. that they might obtain and en-
10y His righteousness and peace and
hen bring others to the same. When
he Kingdom comes and King shall
'eign In righteousness. then on all the
'arth the work Of righteousness shall
% peace and the servire ut righteous
icss shall he quietness aud assurance
brewer lisa. xxSii. I. IL. There can
,e no peace 10 an individual or To Il
lation or 10 nations apart from right
ouSness. and there Is no righteous
less worthy Of the name except TINT
which Gud has provided in Christ. the
iGhipOus Que: but. believing in Him. we
re thus justified and have peace with
:od and rejoice In hope OF the glory
Z God
Through the comfort Of the Scrip
Ires We wait patiently for the hope.
nd the God OF patience and c0mforI
ives us the mind Of Christ toward
theirs. while the God Of hope fills
& with JOY and peace In believing.
laklng III TO abound IN hope through
re power of. the Holy Spirit. and the
cd OF peace IL With ris and gives u
eace always by all means Utnm. V.
2; ~. 4. 3, IL. 80: III Thess. I'll. III,
II TX thus with MS the minor matters
eating and drinking will keep their
ght place and We will never le found
sisting that we may eat this AMI
ink that. no matter what others ma,
"; but. being filled with thoughts of
Is kingdom and glory. we will live
r the salvation and ediicatlon OF 9th.
y rather than for our own Gratihca-
On. AS believers our self life was
ucified with Christ. and now we are
reckon that old life as dead and
lried and live new life wholly unto
ID (Rom. vi. Glib. not In anyway -
lerating anything for which our
arts would condemn us verses ~
; John I'll. 21i.
All that God works In us TO will
ID to do Of His good pleasure will
approved. hut all that IL Of or
r self or 10 please men will prove
be wood. bay and stubbe To he
rned up Il Cor III. ii-l5I. This
1gmeDt seat OF our Lesson Is for be-
vers only. that they may be iudrrd
: their works and have their places
signed them IN the Kingdom. and 8
lst not he COMPOUNDED with the JUDI -