The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-08
The
Sunday School
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTs FOR FEBRUARY IS.
Subject: WorIdIiness and Trust, Matt.
6:19-34--Commit to Memory
Verse "a.

GOLDEN TEXT. - seek We first
the kingdom of God and His right
eousness, and all these things shall be
added unto YOU Matt. 6:33.
TIME.--Midsumme A. D. %
PLACE.-Horns of Hattin.
EXPOSITION.-I. Where to Law
Up Treasures, 1928. Our Lord for
bids our laying up treasures for our
selves on earth This does not forbid
us to lay up treasures upon earth for
the benefit of others (1 Tim. 5.8).
But 1t is not wise to lay up very large
treasures even for others. Earthly
treasures are perishable; moth and
rust consume them and thieves steal
them. But it Is right for us to lay up
treasures for ourselves-in heaven.
Those treasures will never fail; moth
nor rust cannot consume and thieves
can never get at them. The Bible
tells US very plainly how to lay up
treasures in heaven (Prov. 11:30:
Dan. 1873; Jno. Abs, So; 1915;
Luke 16:9-12; Matt. 1929; SILL,
II; Tim. 2:12; Rom. S:18; 2 Cor.
4:17, 49,. Our hearts should be
liked on heaven (cf. Col. 81, %, and
therefore we should lay up treasures
there. II our treasures are upon
earth, we. will wish to stay here; If
our treasures are in heaven. we will
always be willing to go there (Phil.
1:23). The will is to the soul what
the eye Is to the body. A surrendered
will brings illumination to the whole
soul (Jno. 7:17, r. w. When the will
is wholly surrendered to God, then
the whole person will be full of light;
II the will itself Is perverted. then
the whole person will be full of dark
ness. And how great is that dark
ness.
III. The Impossibility of Serving
Two Masters, 24-34. There are some
things no man can do. One of them
is to serve two masters. We can have
but one absolute sovereign of our
wills and service; that one absolute
sovereign should be God If we try
to serve both the world and God, we
will end by hating God and loving the
world. The history of the centuries
proves the truth of Christ's utterance,
"Ye cannot serve God and mammon."
Time and again the church has tried
1T, but it has always ended by serving
mammon and forsaking God Every
man must serve some master He
must choose between God and the
devil. God demands the whole heart
of every one who would serve Him
If we are not with Him with the
whole heart, then we are against
Him (Matt. 1880. If man would
serve God he must give up all love
of the world Il .Ino 2:15; Jas.
4:4. If mans whole heart is
set on pleasing God he will be
absolutely free from any anxiety
regarding worldly things (v. 25).
II we are anxious about our life, our
food, our drink, or our clothing, it is
proof positive that the whole will is
not surrendered to God. A true be-
lever will be anxious for nothing
(Phil. 4:6). God provides for the
birds and He will certainly provide
for His children. The one who feeds
the birds is our Father. Need we
fear, then, that we shall go hungry?
Anxiety is foolish anyhow, for it new
er accomplishes anything; it cannot
even add one cubit to the measure of
our life. The flowers of the field
should teach us to be free from all
anxiety about our own clothing. If
God clothes them, He certainly will
clothe us. For our own good He may
let us wear poor clothes for a time.
but the day is coming when He will
clothe us with beauty beyond any
this world ever saw. Anxiety about
temporal affairs may be pardon
able in a heather, but it is in
excusable to one who believes that
God is his Father ". 32), Our Faith
er knows what our real need is and
we can trust Him to supply it, The
thing to put first is Gods kingdom
and His righteousness; they are first,
and therefore we should put them
first. If we are anxious about food
and drink and clothing. it is evident
that we have not put them first; if
we put Gods kingdom first, God will
see to it that we shall not lack any
good things w. 80; CT. Ps. Said.
We should be absolutely free from
anxiety about the future; we should
live a day at time Most of our
anxiety about the future is over trou-
bles that never come God will take
care of our troubles when they come.