The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
The
Sunday School
INTERNATIONAL LESSON coNr.
MENTs FOR NOVEMBER 81

II N
1O-21--GoIden Text: Rom. 14J
21-Commit Verses 10, 20.
TTNIE.--spring, So "A. d.
PLACE.--Corinth.
EXPOSTTION.-I. Judge Not ond
Another, But Help One Another. fOI
Is. There are three thingsto mark welH
inv. IL. ~ Who is to give account
leach one of u.s. Not one of us
shall escape that account. There n
not man so great or obscure that hS
will not be summoned Are YOU
ready? Cd To whom are we to give
account-"to Cod That is tho
dreadful thing about it and that Isl
the blessed thing about it. 1t Isl
dreadful to some because God is so
holy; dreadful, too, because He Isl
omniscient and His all-seeing eyea
look US through and through, and no
deed has been so covered, and no
thought or imagination so hidden.
but He knows them ALL To Him wa
are to give account, and there is mol
deceiving Him, and there can be no
false returns. 1t is blessed to some
because God is SO loving, so Just, sd
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 it to Him.
/ am glad that am to render my ac-i
count to God, not to man. (3) or
whom is each to render account-s'ofi
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 baino Ch..;ct;o,,n 4I,o,.o..1.-..j
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 thing.
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 Isl
the ruling principle of a Christian
life, and if our doing something that
in itself it is perfectly proper to do,
Is going to grieve some brother ana
above all, lead him into sin and ruin,
how can we do 1t? 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 mo-
compunctions of conscience lest hel
destroy him for whom Christ died."
III. The Kingdom of God is Not
Meat and Drink, But righteousness
and Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost,
1928. Liberty is given us but we
may SO use it that it is evil spoken
of and becomes 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-i
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 manifesting it toward
our fellow men ". 10; oh. 15.18),,
and being filled with joy lin the Holy
Ghost" Many Of those whom 1 have
known who were most scrupu-l
lous 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 Cd
our pet hobbies we must lay on the
shelf If we obey Gods command mi
verse 10. They do not make for!
peace and they do not build up. But
we are so fond of them and delight toI
draw them out on every occasion. I'd
is better, however,Ato obey God. Peace
and growth are far more important I'M
the church than skilful hair-splitting.i
The true Christian principle of total
abstinence Is found in verse 21. tt
applies to the question of the use of
Intoxicating liquors. 1t 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 be hurt YOURSELF
by 1t, but the real question is. Will
any one be injured, made to stumble,
by my doing it? cannot have meat
or drink or any other indulgence as Al
lover OF my fellow men and follow
er OF Jesus Christ IL thereby / DESTROY
the work of God. l know that alL
meats are clean. but I know that
msny cannot eat them with clear
conscience and they are evil for that
man. Ii any one else will be Injured
by my Indulgence, no matter how in-I
nocent the thing itself may be. and
how harmless it may be to me, I Will
not do it. 1t is we'll to have faith,
but it is well to have the love that
has faith to itself and does not injure
others by the exercise of its own
faith Happy indeed is the man
who condemneth not himself in that
thing which he approveth." But If al
man does that about which not only
others condemn him, but about which
his own conscience has doubts, them
he is condemned indeed. Whatever
is not of faith is SIM This is a broad
and searching definition of sin. YOU
may keep saying to yourself, Il dol
not believe this thing is wrong. AL
great many good people do it,, but III
you yourself have doubts in your
mind about it, if you are not absoIuteI
ly clear it is the win of God, then it
is sin in you. The question is not, are
you sure the thing is wrong? The
question is, are you perfectly sure III
is right?
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