The Montgomery tribune., 1910-02-25
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Sunday School Lesson for Feb. ~, 1910
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LESSON TExT.-Matthew 7;1s-2o Mem
ory verses, ~. a.
GOLDEN TEXT.--"Not every one tina,
satin unto me, Lord. Lord shall ente,
into the kingdom OF Heavens but he that
doeth the Will Of my Father which is in
Heaven."-Matt. 7:21.
TIME and place same as in previous les.
sons -
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
l. The Only Way of Entrance Into
This Kingdom Is Through the Narrow
Gate OF Obedience to Ms Laws.-vs.
lo, IA. Enter ye in" to the kingdom
OF heaven, eternal life, the Christian
life. AT" or by, "the strait gate
The narrow, difficult gate. Strait"
mere is different word from
straight" and is still used in such
expressions as "He is in strait" 1. e.,
a narrow place, or "the straits (the
narrows) Of Gibraltar" Strait is the
gate, and narrow is the way" (Gk.).
compressed, pinched, straitened.
which leadeth" (Gk.) leadeth
away from destruction, unto life"
the true life, the life Of heaven on
earth, eternal life. Few there be
that find It," A fact at the time. H.,
does not say It will always be so,
does not say II must be so. 4
Note that the narrowness of tn
gate is necessary fact, inherent in
the very nature of things. The mar
rowness of the gate is not confined
to the kingdom of heaven The gate
to every best good is narrow.
H. Strive to Enter, for the Gate to
Destruction 10 Widely. 10. In Luke
QS:2D we are urged to strive, to
agonize like en- athlete with his whole
nature. to enter in. Compare the
parallels Of The Pearl, The Hid Treas
ure. For wide is the gate, and broad
Is the way. that leadeth to destruc-
t1on." There are a multitude of sins,
each of which is way to ruin. The
end OF sin is destruction. 1t destroys
life, health. happiness, hope, heaven.
The destruction begins in this world;
1t Is completed in the next.
III. A Warning Against False
Teachers.-Vs. 1920. Beware of false
prophets. A prophet is one who speaks
under divine influence, a revealer and
interpreter of Gods will. A false
prophet was therefore one who pre-.
tended to speak Gods truth, when he
did not, one who spoke falsehood in
Gods name. Come to you in sleeps
clothing, hidden under the fleece of a
sheep, so as to look like a sheep, as
in Aesop's fable.
But inwardly they are ravening
wolves" Those who snatch away by
force, like the harpies in Virgil, whose
name comes from the Greek word for
"ravening."
How can we know who are false
tcachers?" 16. "Ye shall know them
by their fruits" by their conduct, and
the results to those who follow their
teachings. In time their real nature
will appear in their acts.
DO men gather grapes Of thorns."
The beatftudes. the fruits Of the Spir.
1t, from bad hearts and bad principles.
II. Every good tree bringeth forth
good fruit" fruit according to its ma.
ture. This is not only the test, but
also shows us how to obtain good
fruit, as in Luke SAB.
". Not Professions but Character
and Deeds will enable one to belong to
he kingdom.-Vs. 21-23. "Not every
one that said unto ma. Lord, Lord"
.hus making profession Of being his
disciple. But he that doeth the will
If my Father"
V. The Rock Foundation of Our
Hopes to Become Members of the
Kingdom The Lord pictures two
iouses, one built by a wise man, the
'ther by a foolish man. "The house
s the general fabric of an outwardly
eligious life" The house contains a
mans expectations Of happiness, his
prosperity, his success, his whole fu-
ure, all that into which he puts his
abors, his love, his time, his hopes.
Is where he lives. Whosoever hear
tn these sayings of mine Both
lasses of men hear the word. So far
hey are alike. In like manner the
wo houses have externally the same
The same storm beats
pom both. 25. "The rain descended,
floods winds" These
epresent prosecutions, temptations, :
VII influences, bad companions, world
pleasures. appetites and passions,
II Satan's weapons of attack.
So our Master himself grew in his
oyhood. There was plenty of evil to
est him and to train him by victory.
ut his home was also near the great
outes of travel, within hearing dis
lnce, as the boy grew older, of the .
lxuries of the rich, and the crimes of n
ONE. "The perfection of his purity r
nd patience was achieved, not easily. n
J behind wide fence which shut the f
orld out, but amid rumor and scan. v
Al, with every provocation to unlaw- t
Il curiosity and premature ambition. q
4. Walter Besant says. 1T was n
1t as rustic preaching to rustics D