The Holt County sentinel., 1914-03-27
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDGXSCHOOL
LESSON
CBy Y. o. SELLERS, Director Of Evening
Department. The Moody Bible Institute.
ChicagoD
LESSON FOR MARCH 20
Jesvs the GREAT TEACHER.
(Rsvisw.)

thee. o man. what u good: and what
doth the Lord require OF thee. but TO DO
Justly, and to love mercy. and to walk
humbly with thy ood."-Micah sss
There 10 no chronological order to
the lessons for the past quarter.
though they have all been selected
from the period Of the Perean ministry
OF our Lord. The thought OF the Gold.
en- Text, rather than the reading les
son, will serve to give US o connected
review.
The lessons have chiefly concerned
Jesus as the great Teacher. thus we
notice the inclusive note OF the FIRST
clause OF the Golden Text, "He hath
showed thee. o man. what IL good"
As an exposition OF that note we have
presented Gods plan OF action, out.
ward, TO do justly. aid to love mercy"
and inwardly ito walk humbly with
thy God" with this thought In mind
let us divide lessons OF the quarters
into two sections: "a The FIRST seven
lessons which have TO do with mans
relation to the kingdom In Its outward
manifestation. and t2) the remaining
five that have to do with walking
humbly with thy God"
A. Children.
!. The first section. In order TO
keep this two.fold thought before US.
We must observe carefully the several
golden texts. In tho first lesson we
have set before US the manner where.
by We are to enter into this new
kingdom. We must enter as chill.
dren and the Golden Text. Likewise.
ye younger. be subject unto the
elder for God resisteth the
proud. but siveth grace to the hum
pie" illustrates the humility Of chill.
dren and tho necessity Of our right
relationship to them. The second lee
son deals with the possibility Of co
operation with him In rsrvice. -
whom the 70 went before his face.
Great privileges. however. when
abused. bring condemnation and deg
radiation. IT y not you that speak.
but the Spirit Of your Father that
speaketh 10 you" The third lssson-
The Good Samaritan" another 81.
preston Of the outward walk Of life.
that Of loving mercy. True love never
asks who Il may. but rather who Il
can. serve. Il always manifssts II.
self In sacrifice and In ssrvics-"Thou
shalt love thy neighbor - thysslf."
The stery Of service actually rem.
dered TO our Lord In the days Of his
flesh 10 the subject Of the fourth lee
son. All other interests and ties must
be secondary to our allegiance and
obedience to him---"lnasmuch 90 70
did II unto one OF those. my brethren.
even these least. 70 did II unto me-"
The NTH lesson concerns prayer. The
parable Of the unfriendiy neishbor and
the effect Of prayer to bring about Just
relations 10 revealed In the Golden
Text which 10 the heart Of that les
son. ASK. and II shall be given you:
seek. and ye shall fnd: knock. and Il
shall DO opened unto you" The sixth
lesson still continues to treat this out
ward aspect and reveals to US the
fact that great a. Satan 10. our Lord
Jesus has far greater powor.
Must Walk Humbly.
u. The second section. We now
come TO Q group Of lessons that seem
to emphasize the second part OF Gods
requirements. a. expressed In the
Golden Text for today. viz. and to
walk humbly with thy God" This
10 the inward. personal. relation with
God. a. against our outward. right.
eous relations with men. These re-
naming lessons deal with the abiding
principles Of discipleship which
Jesus gave to his followers. The
eighth lesson reveals the principle OF
q true confession Of Christ to be that
Of the faith which makes fear impos.
sible. We are to fear God alone. In
the ninth lesson We see that the true
fulrllment OF life 10 that Of having
the heart set upon the true treasure.
which 10 spiritual. rather than upon
the false treasure which Is material.
for. "Where your treasure 10. there
will be your heart also" In lesson
ten we have set before US the prin.
ciple OF faithful service which Is that
OF watchfulness for the returning
King. and which expresses itself In per
petual service In his interest and on
behalf OF his household. BLESSED
are those servants whom the Lord
when he cometh. shall find watching
The principle Of the religion OF Christ
Is that Of compassion (lesson ~
and the true sanction Of the Sabbath
10 fulfilled In such service as makes
the Sabbath possible to those who are
In need. 1t Is, therefore, lawful to
do good on the Sabbath.
Lesson ~ deals with the vital issue
Of this second section. viz, that It II
Of far more importance that we be n
the kingdom than any other issue. W.
must put forth strenuous efforts that
We may enter the narrow door. The
kingdom Of God 10 doing the will Of
God. rather than calling him Lord!
Lord! mot everyone that saith unto
me, Lord. Lord. shall enter into thu
i kin9dom Of heaven"