Arizona republican., 1916-11-25
International Sunday School Lesson for
 November 26
A LIVING SACRIFICE


 present your bodies a living sacrifi, e. holy, acceptable unto God. which is your reasonable service. e2) And Le not COnfoIme1 to this world. but be ye transformed by the renewing Of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect win of God (3) For l say. through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought | to think; but to think soberly, ac- cording as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. (4) For as we have many members in one body. and all members have not the same office: (5) So we, being many are one body in Christ. and every one mem bers one of another. (6l Having then gifts differing according to the grace that Is given to us. whether prOpnegN let us prophecy according to the pro portion of faith CD; or ministry. let us wait on our ministering; or he tLat teacheth. on teaching; (SD Or he that exhorteth, on eXhOrtatiOn; he that giveth. let rim do 1t with simplicity; he that ruleth. with diligence; he that sh4wcth mercy, with cheerfdlness.
 Time.-Spring A. D. 5s. Place Corinth
 Expositionl. How to Put to the Test the Good and Acceptable anu Perfect Win of God, 1, :. The chnp- ters that precede this are full of the most profound teaching about God especially concerning His wonderful mercies and purposes of grace in 'it history of Israel and the nations Paul here makes these great truths about God the basis of the practical teaching that follow note the there fore" Paul never divorced ethics from theology. no Wise teacher ever does. Gods grace toward us has been so wonderful it lays corresponding pO- | ligations and duties upon Us. This duty is to present our body and all its members to God tO be used io- His glory and service alone fcf ch. $. 13, lG. l9D Paul is very urgent, he hesecches them to do this. He IS very winsome too. He might have com
 m nded. in point of fact. he beseeches. : By bodies Paul means just what he saye We should recognize Gods righ' of ownership to every member of our body and present t to Him for Ills use q Cor C. 20D While the sfa. of religion is in the spirit ana will, and affections, and thoughts, the in- 1 strument through which religion cN- presses itself and works Is the body. i There was never a day in which there was more need of lnsistence upon i religion and Christianity that affects ! the body and every member of the l bod, than today Hands. feet lip7. ears eyes and the parts of the body, one does rot wish to mention. every member of the body. should be con sciouslv presented to God as be'ong ] in., Co Him. purchased hy tho blood 1 of the Son of His love q Cor. C. %, n Pet l. IS. l9D Having been pre- ! senled to God the body and every
 member of it should be kept holv for 1 Him and wholly for Him. to be used in His service and that alone and lor l His glory and that alone In tfe D. 1 r types tho sacrifice was slain befor" it was laid upon the altar but 1t is our living hody. full of activity and power for accomplishment that we should offer to God. The body ihrs offered is not a vile thing hut a holy" thing as belonging to God and | lit is acceptable (rather well pleas ! Ingl 10 God" Win you thus please ! cod2 While it is the offering Of a bod. it Is a spiritual" religious ser vice because it is oUr spirit that pre- sentq the offerinQ Of the hcdy which it inhabits and through which 1t eN- presses itself. Having presented our ! bodies to God we will not get our | q ft N.N 1 devil-roverro ago tcf. Cor | 1. K V NorvD. How many who call them ~eIvcr Christians do take their fash ions in dress. business amusements and business life from this world The only way to keen from being lash toned according Co this age IS by De- ing "transforfned by the renewing lor making anew of your mind lt is the Holy Spirit who thus makes anew the inward mind and thus fashions the outward life according 10 a new rattern (Jno. 3 3-5. R. ".
 Tit $. 5D When the mind Is thus
 made new "old things pass away De
 told old things become new e Cor. l5 ID We get new thoughts, new
 desires. new purposes. new affections.
 new tastes new ambitions. new ideals
 new fashions. new everything. It Is
 u.rc- we accent Christ that the Holy
 Spirit thus makes anew t2 Cor. D: r.. Jno 1. r.. Jnc. .. l-i7D Gods Wil
 is good" well pleasing" and per
 feet" II is the best thing in all the universe. and the wsest and sweetest of all prayers is thy will be done. But it is only when We present our bodies to God a loving sacrifice and are transformed by the renewing oi
 our inmost life and so are no longer .i | we can experimentallv taste and test
 this good. well pleasing" and per
 feet will of God"
 II. The Members of the Body of
 the Christ and Their Several Duties l3-S Paul passes here from our own physical bodies to the mystical body of Christ, the Church. It Is an illus
 tration of the keenness and coher-
 ence of Pauls thinking as governed
 hv tho Holy Spirit: There Is nothing disiointed in PauPs Epistles. One thins
 always leads to another closely related
 thing. What Paul wrote was "through
 the grace that was given unto him
 not through his own natural wisdon
 The church of Christ composed Of all
 who in tfis present age are uniteu
 to tho Lord Jesus bv liVlng ial'ii,
 Is T body. not a discrsanized mass or
 units (cf. Eph 4: S-lb' l Cor lz' i--
 20l Every believer is united to every
 other believer and has duty to per
 form according to what gift has been
 bestowed upon him, and whad part ol
 the body he thus becomes; just as
 inc mouth oves it to the other mem
 hers of the body to feed it. and the
 feot to carry it where it needs to go,
 and so on. The mouth has no rlgA,
 to live and work for itself alone, and
 SO none of us have right 10 live ana
 work for ourselves alone. but Tor the
 whole body and every member or IL
 God decides what particular gift ea"'
 ef ue shall have and what duty We
 therefore owe to the other members oi
 the body (cf Cor. 12: 4-1lD What
 ever gifts we possess through the
 grace of God 1t is our solemn obli l.
 gotion 10 exercise it for the proht ol