The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-02-20
INTERNATIONAL
SUNIEZYS(I1()OL
LESSON
CBy E. o. SELLERS, Director of Evening
Department, The Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago)
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY q.
FAITH DESTROYING FEAR.

LESSON TEXT-Luke 12:1-12.
GOLDEN TEXT-"Every one who shall
confess me before men, him shall the
Son Of Man also confess before the angels
of God"-Luke 1913.
The first verse Of this lesson lndl.
Gates the character of this period in
the life of our Lord which we are now
studying. 1t was a time of thrilling
interest and of intense excitement. A
time when the crowds We're so great |
that they "trode one upon another"
This may have resulted from the
preaching of the seventy; but we OF
today can see what Jesus then saw,
that this interest was only superficial
and transitory. So it was that the
Master turned first of all to his dis
ciples lest they be deceived by this
seeming popularity.
Hiding the Truth.
|. The fear of losing reputation,
wv. 2, 8. The Pharisees made great,
pompous claims at their being re-
ligious. A hypocrite is one who hides
behind a mask, one who is a play
actor. 1t is pretence instead OF reall-
ty, Therefore, if one is not real his
fear of losing his reputation is increas-
ed in direct ratio to the extent OF MS
deceit. The principal error OF THESE
Pharisees was that they hid the truth
and at the same time refused to be
ruled by it themselves. Jesus de-
mands a new publicity w. q of serV'
ice and in the presence of this vast
crowd denounces this hypocrisy as be-
ing sin. He also says plainly that what
they had been saying in darkness vii
be proclaimed from the housetops.
Our Lord compares hypocrisy Will
leayen in that it is the product OF cor
+ ruption, it works secretly, it infect'
4 the whole mass. $50 hypocrisy will
4 effect our whole life and conduct.
This leaven is sour spreading col
k ruption that changes the whole charae
il ter of a man. 1t cannot be hid. N
| amount of care can effectually cove
K. our deceit. We may, for a time, hld
our sin from men, but God knows an
g in due time will publish it abroad 4
81; l. Tim 5:24.
e Warned by Jesus.
/, n, The fear of death, w. q, 7. Sue
S. publicity will and always has led
}" persecution. and so Jesus calls n
K disciples to courage, charging the
that they fear not those who hay
power over the body, but rather
fear him whose power is over tt
'e soul. Notice the manner OF address
d. my friends, fear not" Intimacy ar
re courage are suggested. Look up II
n many times the Scriptures admonis
in lis not to fear, |. John 4:1S. Satan al
y man ". 81 have power over the bod
n, but they cannot touch the soul. III
m Christian, however, needs not 10 re
* man or Satan, lisa. SLIP, Rom 0:s
le for the angel of Jehovah (the Lo
We Jesus) encamps about them that re
en- Jehovah Cps. 34:O. Paul tells us IN
m to depart from this life Is again, IN
ur 1921: II. Cor. 5:S. We have, therefor
ez' no cause to fear the death OF the boz
RI One only, God, has the power all
W. death. to cast the soul into hell ".
IN He it is who gives US suggestion
or awful consciousness of the soul, and
ID the body as we'll, when they are
no hell, Matt. 1928. Jesus has warn
ne us and we are to warn others that tn
avoid that which was prepared, not
man, but Off the devil and his ange
Matt. 25:41. Is there a hell? "
Else Jesus was deceived or has
liberately deceived US. Thank u
ee however, that as man Is OF M
az value than a sparrow, SO God has ?
les pared better things for those "
place their faith in his son.
10 M, The fear Of making an open C
ne fession, w. e-12. With such a tend
nu' beautiful assurance of Gods care o
de' us it would seem unnecessary
hs' Jesus to admonish his followers alb
on' confessing him before the world.
ing such is the persistent hardness
'us the natural timidity of the nun
LILY heart that the Master, in mercy, wa
d. his followers, Rom. 1873, lO.
le Lord looks beyond his disciples TO
cry dispensation Of the Spirit and
eek elared that men, speaking against
would be forgiven, but that those
10 SANDER. detract and heap vitupera'
age upon the Spirit would commit a sll
LIE blasphemy, which could not be
use given. Moreover, in that dispel
, OF ton of the Spirit, no matter how m
'um men might suffer, or be in dan
they would be taught by that 81
NOS what they ought to say, Wv. H. IL
rec The one who commits this sin'
lhe liberately attributes to the DeVli "
Il he knows to be the work OF the sp
Matt. 1929. 1t Is dellbe