The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson xIII.-Third Quarter, For
Sept. rs, 1909.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

This epistle is divided into severa
sections. beginning with the words
HNow. concerning" OF ''Now, as touch
ing" (viL /; viii. /; xii. 1; xvi II, and
our lesson is In the portion which be
gins with wifi, /. Now. as touching
things offered unto idols" While rec.
ognizing that our idol is nothing and
that meat commendeth us not to God
yet he says, ''Tf meat make my broth
err to offend / viii eat no flesh while
the world standeth lest make my
brother to Offend (viii. 13). Whatever
he did or refrained from doing 1t was
for the gospels sake lest the gospel Of
Christ should be hindered and that he
might by all means save some ok, u,
%. 23). Referring to some events in
the history Of Israel. he says that all
these things happened to them for our
examples and admonition. and he re-
minds us that God is faithful, who
will not suffer us to be tempted above
that we are able x. lib. 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; X. 23J.
God having made us so rich in Christ
that all things are ours. things present
and things to come Oil, 21-23), we are
not here to seek anything for our
selves. but only the welfare Of others
that they, too. may be saved and have
the same riches In Christ and then go
out to seek others *, 33). 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 (xiii, 8; Rom.
XIV, 8; John v, 30; vi. 3S; viii. 50). 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
the enemies Of the cross Of Christ,
whose end is destruction whose God,
is their belly and whose glory is in
their shame. who mind earthly things"
Phil ii. 21; iii. 1s, 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 Hin. to magnify Him. go 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. filed with joy
and peace Ey believing. some will be
drawn away from the beastly drunk
enncss OF earthly things to- the love
that is better than wine, for which So
many souls are longing all uncop.
sci0usly Ii It not because the poor
worldling sees nothing in protesting
Christians that can begin to compare
with his pleasures of sin for a sea-
son" that he holds on TO his evil ways2
The Cod OF this world. under whose
control the children Of disobedience
live. says to bis blinded ones concern
ing the church people. so called: "Look
at them, They go 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 good man who did wondrously
while he lived. but He is gone. and
there are no more like Hin"
Does this sound familiar? Is 1t all
about you? Do you hear it on every
side? Then let it be a proof to you
that the whole world lieth in the
wicked one. the father Of lies, a 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
wrath to come and from this present
evil age q Thess. 1. 10; Gal. 1, A., and If
you do not see many lives that com,
mend Him to others let yours be one
by His grace that shall tell for Him
every day and everywhere, a life that
even in eating and drinking as well as
In all other things shall glorify God
tverse 81 and adorn the doctrine q.
God our Saviour Git II. 1O) s..
The phrase giving none offense' 4
verse so takes us to II Cor. vi g. 'Cl-
ing no o1tense In anything, I'll"
ministry be not blamed" and !
Rom. xiv. 10. let us not. therefor
judge one another. any more. but jude
this rather that no man put stun
bling block. OF an occasion to fall IN
his brothers way = People are either
being pointed heavenward or stun
bling heIlward by our everyday life
Let MS from this time live wholly unto
the Lord. Dispensational truth is most
helpful in this matter and IS suggested
by verse 80, which reminds us that
now. in this age, the church Of God IL
being gathered from jews and gen.
tiles. and to this end we should live
the life Of which we have been speak
ing: then at the beginning Of the next
age all Israel shall be. saved and then
all tho r~*i~s-@