Arizona republican., 1916-06-10
International Sunday School Lesson
 for June II
SOWING AND REAPiNG (Temper,


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 (D Brethren, if a man be overtaken Tn fault, ye which are spiritual, re- store such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering myself, lest thou also be tempted. @ Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. (3) For if a man think himself to be something when ne Is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 1 tD But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoic- | ing in himself alone, and not in an- | other. (5) For every man shall bear his own burden. (6) Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. | l tO Be not deceived; God is not ! mccked: for whatsoever man sow eth that shall he also reap (S) For ! he that soWeth to his flesh shall of 1 the flesh reap corruption; but he that soWeth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (9) And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season We shall reap, if we faint not. (10) As we have therefore Op- portunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
 Time.-57 A. D. PIace-Macedonia
 Exposition-I. How to deal with an erring brother, 1-5. If a man be caught in the very act of transgres- sion SC there can be absolutely no doubt of his guilt, those who are spiritual, i. e. guided and governed by the Spirit (cf. ch. ,: 16-25), should prove that they are really spiritual" not by casting him off or tramping him down, but by restoring him. The word translated restore" is used for reducing dislocated limb or member to it's place; each believer is a mem Der of the body of Christ q Cor l2: l2, 14, 21b and one who falls into sin is dislocated member and the strong members should restore it to it's place They should do this with meekness 9entleness and tenderness, not with sruffness and severity (cf Tim 2, 24-26). The reason given for this should lay the pride of each one of us in the dust (v. l. cf. Mat. :: 2-5 Q Jas. ,: 13). When We see others fall into awful sin, We are tempted to say, T could never commit such low, vile act as that" that is not the spiritual way of looking at it. The one who IS the surest lie would not is the one who is most in danger q Cor. 10: 12D. The burdens Cor "weights'O to bear are not those of the unnecessary ordi- nances of the Mosaic law (cf Mat. 23: {; Ac. 15: l0), but one anothers bur dens' of temptation, weakness, failure and sin. In bearing these. We fulfi the law of Christ (Cf. ch. D 14; Jno 1S: 34: 15: 12; Rom. 15 3. It i, called the law of Christ not merely because He gave it but still more be- cause He perfectly eXemplified it (Phil ?: 5-S). It IS self-conceit or spritua pride which most stands in the way of gentle forbearance in dealing witt offenders tV. 3. If man "thinketh' himself to be something when in real ity he is nothing, he deceives himsel but nobody else (cf. ch. F: 3; l Cor S: ?. Are you deceiving yourself il this way? Instead of deceiving our selves we should put our own worl (not merely our opinion of ourselve but our actual doing) to the test; am our own work not that of some on else. Then We should have our glor. in our own accomplishment and no because of our neighbours failure Mos of our glorying is not over sOmethin that We ourselves have actually done but over something our neighbOr ha failed to do (v D. This lies at tn root of our criticism of one another there is nothing we ourselves hay really done to glory in so we dwell O tha faults of others. The only thin to really glory in is the cross C Christ (v. 14). The reason why W should prove our own work rathe than that of others is that each ma shall bear his own burden Cor load) i Q. We shall each face our own re sponsihility. We are not to be hel responsible for the failure of other but for our own (Rom. IA: 12). TT word translated burden" in v
 entirely different from that so trans lated in V. ?: we are to help ol brother bear his burden of temptatio
 weakness and failure and sin, but " are each to bear our own load of r' sponsibility before God, and so shou
 have our eyes upon our own WOr
 for which we have to answer, al
 not upon the work of others, f
 which they are to answer.
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 burden the one who is taught shOu
 help the teacher to bear his burd
 by contributing unto his need lin ;
 good things (v. 6, of. Rom. IS: ?
 Cor. 9: II. 14. Paul warns tho
 who are not willing to thus cOntribu
 to the support of their teache
 against being deceived into thinki
 that they will gain anything by th'
 selfishness. God rules the world a
 through it all has established a lt that man will reap just what sows Men may try to mock G. "sneer at') God and fancy they W escape the operation of His laws they will find in the issue that tn mock themselves, not God (v. D. spite of all their contempt of Him, l laws will work and they will re what they sow The primary app cation of this principle suggested the context is it's application to g ing (cf. Cor. 9: ,. @. but the pr ciple has far wider applications tn this: in all our actions we shall rt just what we SOW, if we SOW hon | we shall reap honor, if we SOW tru we shall reap truth. if we SOW dec