The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-07
SCHOOL.
Lesson X.--Second Quarter, For
lune 9, 1912.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text Of Che Lesson, Luke vi, 3s-4s.
Memory Verses, H-49-Gclden Text,
Jas. /. documentary Prepared by
Rev. .. M. stearns.
This seems to be our last study for
the present from the mo on the
mount and on the plain and reminds
us OF one OF our Lords sayings on the
night OF His betrayal. III ye know
these things. happy are We IL ye do
them John xiii, 40. See also His
words In Luke viii, 81. "My mother
and my brethren are these which hear
the word OF God and do it" In verse &c
Of our lesson His words, why call We
me Lord, Lord, and do not the things
which / say?'' are very similar to
Matt. VII, 81, "Not every one that saith
unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into
the kingdom Of heaven, but he that
doeth the win Of my Father which IL
in heaven There is no conflict be-
tween sill similar sayings and such
words as these: Being justified freely
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not, but believeth on Him that just-
heth the ungodly, his faith is counted
for righteousness" "By grace are ye
saved through faith. : . not OF
works. mot by works of righteous
ness which we have done" (Rom. iii.
"a; ", s; Eph Il. s, 9; Tit. iii, 81.
The former texts refer to the life and
works Of saved people as an evidence
before men of their salvation by the
finished work Of Christ, with an awful
warning that no mere SAY So on our
part will suffice. There viii be many
who profess to be the Lords, but who
are not sincere, not born from above,
o whom He win say In that day, IT
never knew you; depart from me ye
that work iniQuity" Matt. vii, 23l. Mem
bers of churches who are satisfied to
be such and rest on the fact Of their
baptism in infancy or confirmation or
standing in the church or the CONF
munity, but do not know the forgive
ness OF sins. having never been re-
deemed by the precious blood of Christ,
and while in their place in church
once a week are whally in the world
and live only for this present world.
how fearful their future in the outer
darkness, where there shall be weep
ing ana gnashing Of teeth CMatt viii.
10; Kill, AZ, 90; xii IL; xxiv, 81; XIV.
80, AZ.
While this WIN be the doom of many.
Ct is not for us to Judge any one, but
to see to 1t that We ourselves are truly
the Lords and live to help others to
be truly His and to let Him work in
Us to win and to do OF His good pleas
ure oversees 81, SO; Phil. Il, 49,. If we do
not see clearly ourselves we cannot
lead others, and In Matt vii, 10, we
are told Of false prophets who out
wardly seem to be sheep, but inwardly
are ravening wolves, not living to help
the sheep. but to deyonr them. These
are more fully described in Jer. xiii,
14-26, as speaking a vision Of their
W heart, prophesying deceit, making
people vain, encouraging evildoers and
telling them that no evil would ONE
upon them, perverting the words Of
the living God. Such people wanted
to kill Jeremiah because he spoke only
what the Lord told him der. XVI,
T-1D. The word Of the Lord is not
acceptable to the world and especially
to the worldly part OF the church,
which cannot endure sound doctrine.
Our Lord so taught his disciples and
talked with His Father about it John
XIV, 18, 10; xvii, I'D. The margin of
lesson, verse 40, says that every dis
ciple shall be perfected as his Master.
and Heb. II. 10, says that the captain
OF U salvation was made perfect
through sufferings. He was always
absolutely perfect. but as our High
Priest, able to sympathize, He had to
be tried Heb. Il. IL, 49, and to learn
obedience by the things which He suf-
fered tHeb. ", 8, 81.
According to our Lords heart search
ing teaching when we think that we
see failings in others we must re-
member that. while there may be a
tribe wrong with the other party, the
probability is that the greatest trouble
~ at our w end, We are not there
fore to judge one another more,
but endeavor not to be q stumbling
block In another's way from. xiv, 49,.
Ambitious to be quiet and to mind
ones own business Il Thess. ", IL.
R. " margin. and Weymouthl and so
to abide as branches that the vine may
bear the desired fruit unhindered. Tha
last clause OF lesson. verse As, says
"Of the abundance OF the heart the
mouth ~speaketh." Compare Matt xii
"a THE mouth of fools poureth out
Ioolishness; a wholesome tongue is a
tree OF life" (ProY. XIV. 2. Al. have
Just received a letter concerning one
who was filed with pity for two 9TH
ers behind whom she walked whose
conversation was wholly concerning
dress and the fashions. Soon she
found herself In the shopping district
and somewhat fascinated by the very
Things b had condemned III others.
AS she passed on the words held her.
"As be thinketh in his heart, 90 Is he'
Proy- xxfii. "a Being ashamed, she
determined to eli herself with the
words OF Jesus that her thoughts might
pc controlled and that she might be
more Ike Him, She found 1t d splen-
! remedy and has since been greatly
blessed In the use Of Ills words thus
lana up IN her heart. This Ia a prac-
Ecal illustration OF Prov. xxi, 18, 81.
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