Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-01-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson V.-First Quarter, For
Jan. 80, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text Of the Lesson Matt. v, 1926. IS.
4s-Memory Verse. 44-CoIder Text,
Matt. v, 4s-Commentary Prepares
BY Rev. .. M. Stearns


There are some prominent facts
which we must keep in mind in all Bi
bic study-tho Bible is the history OF |
salvation; salvation is of the Lord /
salvation is OF the Jews. known unto |
Goo are all His works from the begin |
ming Of the world lie worketh ali |
things after the counsel OF His own
will, and the eternal purpose which He
has purpoSed in Christ Jesus is that |
all the ends of the earth shall see the
salvation OF our God aud the whole |
earth be filed with His glory. To that
end lie is steadily working. and i'll all
the different parts of this book. which
is forever settled in heaven, we have
some phase of the working out of this
eternal purpose. The whole Bible story !
points onward to time when IA king
shall reign in Righteousness, and
the work of Righteousness shall be
peace" lisa. xxxii. l. 10. Our blessed
Lord was always talking about this
kingdom and giving samples of the
power that would be manifest even in
the bodies of His redeemed when the
kingdom shall have come. Between
His resurrection and ascension during
/ tuOSe loTlN he Spdke Oh lnlnSS
pertaining to the kingdom OF God.
In this discourse, spoken TO His dis
cipleS probably in the hearing of the
multitude, He describes the righteous
ness which will be fully manifest on
earth when the kingdoIl comes,
| righteousness of the Ten Command
ments, which lie here teaches us re-
fers not only to outward acts, but to
the thoughts and intents Of the heart.
He alone of all who have ever lived on
earth manifested the righteousness Of
the law perfectly in His life. He could
truly say, II delight to do Thy will, q
my God; yea, thy law is within my
heart" Cps. xl, -.
Having no sin OF His own, for He
was without sin, He bare our sins in
His own body on the tree and became
the end OF the law for righteousness
TO every one that believeth (Rom. x,
4; ii Cor. V, 2D. Anything less than
the righteousness which was manifest
in the Lord Jesus Christ cannot stand
before God, and as no one is able per-
fectly to keep Gods holy law it is
written, by the works of the law shall
no flesh be justified" The law shuts
our mouths concerning our own right
eousness and points us to Christ that
we may receive Him as the righteous
ness of God most graciously provided
for every sinner Rom. iii. 1924; Gal.
ii, 16; iii, 2i). Yet there are many In
. so called Christian lands, members of
churches, who, being ignorant of Gods
righteousness, are ever going about to
: establish their own Righteousness
Rom. Y, 81. None of those can in any
o case enter into the kingdom of heaven
. Verse 20). According TO James ii. 10
2 breaking one command breaks them
: all, for the law is one. From Rom vii
! Z, we infer that Paul thought he haC
- kept the Ten Commandments until il
the light of the tenth he saw himself
n a sinner and guilty. Love is the full
A filling of the law (Rom. xiii, 1O), ant
8 as we can only manifest our love t.
v God by our love to our fellows, there
a fore with the Lord Jesus Christ as on
4, only example we must remember Hi
90 words in John XIV, -, Love one an
m other as i have loved you" Also il
"A John Nv, IL, Beloved, if God so love
N US we ought also to love one another.
o When the Lord Jesus lives in us full
9, and His spirit has full control of u
"a we will manifest even here in this az
- the love that is kind to those who ar
~ unthankful and evil, who curse an
ra hate and prosecute and despitefull
,,r use us. Any one can love those VIII
.,r love them, but to love ones enemies
rk not possible to the natural man. AS
poor Indian once said. This India
can't do 1t. God must make Il new IL
dian" When we have seen our gui
,o- and that all our righteousness al
os only filthy rags and have truly recei
=. ed the Lord Jesus Christ. then we a
or before God in Christ, and lie Is mas
no unto us wisdom, righteousness, sancti
he cation and redemption Il Cor. /, 30) v
are justified freely by His grace, jus
III fed by faith, justified by His blood al
Tile there Is no concentration 10 THEM III
ey. are al CniiS' JESUS ou' ~ 10 a."
no end that the righteousness of the la
~, may be fulfilled in us who walk n
ct. after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
The light of the knowledge of t
no glory Of God In the face of Jes
Christ having shined in our hearts,
the must let the light shine through us
His glory that others may receive IL
re too. Verses A, 45, do not teach us II
by loving our enemies we become CT
the dren Of God; but, having become I
children by receiving Jesus Chr
ly. John !, 12), we are manifestly such
aid. the eyes of others only when we act
such We are not only sanctified,
at perfected forever by the one great 8