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The
school
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTs FOR FEBRUARY is.
Subject: Wor1dliness and Trust, Matt,
6:19-34-Commit to Memory
Verse "a.

GOLDEN TEXT. - Seek ye first
the kingdom of God and His rights
eousness, and all these things shall be-
added unto you" Matt. 6:33.
TIME.-Midsummer A. d. 2S,M
PLACE.-Horns of Hattin.
EXPOSITION.-I. Where to lay
Up Treasures, 1928. Our Lord forra
bids our laying up treasures for orr
selves ON earth. This does not forbid
us to lay up treasures upon earth for.
the benefit Of others a Tim. 5:81.S
But 1t Is not wise to lay up very large
treasures are perishable; moth and
rust consume them and thieves steal
them. But 1t is right for US to faysupE
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. 4:35, 36;i 15:18sS
Luke 16:9-12;. Matt. 1929; 5;11ss
~; 2 Tim. 2:12; Rom. Sis; 2sCors
All. 49,. Our hearts should be-
fixed on heaven (cf. Col. 81, 2y,ssand
therefore we should lay up ~treasurasS
there. If our treasures are upon
earth, we will wish to stay here,Eitss
our treasures are in heaven, we VIII
always be willing to go there fPhil@
1929. The will is to the soul what
the eye Is to the body, A5surrendereds
will brings illumination to the whole
soul emo. 7:17,R. w. Whent the VITA
is wholly surrenderedt to God, then
the whole person will be full Of lights
If the will itself Is perverted, ten
the whole person will be full of7dark-E
ness. And how great is that dark
ness!
II. The Impossibility sof Serving;
Two Masters, 24-34. There areSsolnas
things no man can do. Onegof them
is to serve two masters. We can hayS3
but one absolute sovereign OF our
wills and service; that one absolMteS
sovereign should be God. IL we ttys
to serve both the world and God W.
will end by hating God and loving the
world. The history OF the centuffe4s
proves the truth Of ChEist's utteratresS
"Ye cannot serve God and MANN ~
Time and again the church has tried,
it, but it has always ended by SERVING
mammon and forsaking1 God Every
man must serve some master. H8
must choose between God and 1.-The;
devil. God demands the whole hears
Of every one who would serve Hin5N
If we are not with Him With the
whole heart, then we are against
Him Matt. 12:309: II a man would
serve God he must give up alt i0Ee
- &bo r,or1H ~ yno 1IfEs1Tou
4:4). If a mans whole heart ~
set on pleasing God he Will be;
absolutely free from any anxiety,
regarding worldly things 254..@
If we. are anxious about our life, our:
food, our drink, orsour clothing 1t dss
proof positive that the whole will
not surrendered to God. A true be-
lever will be anxious for nothing
(Phil. 4:6). God provides Tor the.
birds and He will certainly provide
for His children. The one who feedet
the birds is our Father. Need we
fear, then, that we shaiS go, hungryH:
Anxiety is foolish anyhow for itsneyS
er accomplishes anything 1t cannot
even add one eubit to the measurerof
our life. The flowers OF the field
should teach lis to be free from all
anxiety about our own clothfng. e
God clothes them, He certainly VIII
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 a beauty beyond any
this world ever saw. Anxiety about
temporal affairs may be PARDON
ahle in a heather, but 1t is insE
excusable to one who believes that
God is his Father ". S2). Our FAITH.
er knows what our real need is and
we car trust Him to supply 1t. 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; IT.
we put Gods kingdom first, God will
see to it that we shall not lack any
good things ". SO; CT. Ps. 84:11).
We should be absolutely free from
anxiety about the future; we should
live a day at a time. Most Of our
anxiety about the future Is over trou-i
bles that never come. God will take
care of our troubles when they come.
True Goodness.
He only is good who does good.
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