Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-02
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson VI.-First Quarter, For
Feb. 6, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

rev. " NJ SteSrnS
The kingdom that viii surely come
in Gods own time and way will be
kingdom of Righteousness and peace !
The Lord Jesus Christ and His saints
shall be the heavenly rulers Czech xiv, |
3, 0; Rev. V. 0, 10), and Israel. right
eous nation. the earthly center, bring
ing blessing TO all the earth lisa. *,
81: xii. l. .. q, a. In order TO enter
the kingdom one must have the right
eousness described in the last lesson
not our own by any deeds of the law,
but that which is through the faith Of
Christ, the righteousness which is Of
God by faith (Phil iii. o. IL this
righteousness is truly ours It will be
manifest in our lives TO the glory Of
God, and the whole life will be simply
and only and always desire for Gods
approval. Thus the light will shine
before men and God will be gorified.
According to the ScribeS and PhariSees,
righteousness consisted of giving and
prayer and fasting, but il was all to
obtain honor from men Matt. xiii, 81;
il was not from the heart unto the
takes these three things and teaches
that those who seek the praise OF men
may get honor from men but that is
al they ever will get The truly right
eous will do their righteousness (verse
|, margin and II W unto the Lord, with
the one desire of pleasing Him, and
concerning such Jesus said three times.
Thy Father who seeth in secret shall
reward thee openly" Oversees 4, 6. 49,.
The worlds favor is TO many great
snare, but the motto of the truly right
eous is Not as pleasing men but God
who trietb our hearts" Not with eye
service as men pleasers. but as the
servants of Christ, doing the will OF
God from the heart Il Thess. ii, 4;
Eph vi. %. The words Of our Lord in
John vi 81. seem 10 me to cover all this
teaching, "As the living Father hath
sent me. and live by the Father. so
he that eateth me. even he shall live
by me-" Those who have taken the
trouble TO note how often in the book
Of Leviticus. the book Of worship, thu
expressions unto the Lord" and "be
fore the Lord" are used and will L.,
this to heart will surely be delivered
from the snare OF the devil against
which the Lord here warns us.
In reference TO giving we have the
contrast between the rich who cast
into the treasury of their abundance
and the poor widow who, perhaps with
some secrecy. cast in her two mites
but of which our Lord made such hon
orable mention. The being rewarded
openly is referred to on another occa-
| sion by our Lord when He urged that
we should do good TO those who can
not recompense us here, reminding US
! of q recompenSe at the resurrection of
the just duke xiv, Id. \ contrast In
prayer is seen in the Pharisee and pub
lican OF Luke xviii. The contrast be-
tween fasting before men and before
God is set forth fully in lisa. lviii, Is
Let the world go its way and please
its god, but if we have become children
Of the only living and true God let us
in all things honor our Father who is
in heaven and learn to pray from the
heart the prayer that is here taught
us by our Lord, the only model OF
prayer which Christ has given us, and
as one has said, the epitome of al
prayer, for there is nothing that we
can ask for that is not included in this
This is truly the believers prayer, fol-
only such can say from the heart "Oul
Father" All others had better take
heed quickly to our Lords estimate OF
them in John viii, A Between "Oul
Father" and Thine is the kingdom
there are just seven petitions, divided
rs nearly all sevens are, into three an,
four The first three refer TO God, Tn,
name, Thy kingdom, Thy will; the las
four refer to us, give us, forgive us
lead us not, deliver us. God must b.
always first. Nothing is right till w
are right with Him.
1t must be GLORY to God in the high
est before there can be peace on earth
When His name is hallowed by a.
then the kingdom shall have come an
. His will be done on earth as in HEAVIER
We must never forget our daily dc
pendence upon Him and our indebted
;, ness to Him, remembering that we ar
i'm world lying in the wicked on
whom we must resist and pray to b
q delivered from. 1t is a tremendou
fact that orr adversary. the devil, g
eth about seeking whom he may d.
a YOUR q Pet. v, s. 81, and there is Il
a greater evidence of this than the mu
titudes who have been led to believ
that there IS no devil, that such ere;
q ture does not exist. The closing wore
q are found fully in ] Chron xxx, II.
l. the prayer OF David, and when Il
e. kingdom shall have come David's pc