Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-06-07
SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson xl.-Second Quarter, For
June II, 1916.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text Of the Lesson. Gal. vi. and Cor.
ii--MeSaory Verses, Cor. ii, 9, 10.
Golden Text, Cor. il, 1o-comrsea :
tary Prepared by Rev. D. NJ. Stearns,


tary Prepared by Rev. D. N. Stearns.
As there is prominent and all i'm
portant line Of truth running through
both the lessons for today, we win
consider both. aud the heart of both
seems 70 me to be the Spirit controlled
life fos those who are truly redeemed
We were recently studying a lesson
concerning long journey and great
council. all because of circumcision.
and now We read that lin Christ Je-
sus neither circumcision .availeth any
thing nor uncireumcisian, but new
creature" Gal. vi, l59. The ore es-
sential thing is to be in Christ jesus"
the Son of God. who bowed me and
gave Himself for me; who hath re
deemed me from the curse OF the
law, being made a curse for me; who
gave Himself for my sins that He
might deliver me from the present evil
world (Gal. ii, 81; III Is: l. II. Then
the words of Gai.vi, IA. sheuld be ours
and the daily life he a manifest stand
ing fast in the liberty wherewith
Christ hath made us free. the net
but Christ" life. the word crucifei to
US and we TO the world fv. /: II. 2oa.
Because of the flesh. or old sinful
nature that remains IN every believer
there is constant conflict, buf the
Holy Spirit who dwelleth In the be-
lever will keep him from doing the
things which the flesh would premra
him to do v. III. As believers we
must earnestly desire to walk IN the
Spirit. be led of the Spirit, live In the
Spirit, and TINS manifest the fruit of
the Spirit. to the glory Of God ", 1G,
is. %. 2.a. There is a sowing ana a
reapinG In every Efe and 1t is either
the old life or the new the flesh or the
Spirit, resulting In loss or gain wi s.,
We will surely reap what We sow.
and the harvest may be large for good
or evil CHosea viii, q; X. L. Is, Prov.
xii s.. May our aim always he to
gather fruit into life eternal and new
er faint or grow weary. but go en- in
patient continuance, for the reapins
time win surely come tGal vi. 8. John
", 1888: Rom. ii, Z; Cor. XIV, So
Turning to the lesson In Corinthians
the truths are just the same. Believ[
ers are by the grace Of God sarctified
in Christ Jesus. called saints, and tn
Christ Jesus have wisdom. righteous
ness. sanctification and redemption. so
that there is no one and ns thing
worth knowing compared with Jesus
Christ and Him crucified Il Cor i. "a.
29-31: ii -. We have here, as in the
other lesson in Galatians. the flesh and
the Spirit, or the wisdom OF this wG-ld
and Jesus Christ, who is the power of
God. and the wisdom of God, and they
are always contrary. the one to the
other Il Car i, p, pa. Paul knew
much of the wisdom of this world, be-
ing brought up at the feet of Gams1iel,
but he set aside all the wisdom of
men that he might know the wisdom
Of God Il Cor H. 4. 81.
We remember that Moses being
learned In ali the wisdom Of the Egyp-
tians, had tokeep sheep for forty years
in the school of God that he Might
know the wisdom OF God The wis
dom OF Egypt could not interpret the
dreams of Pharaoh, but the wisdom of
God in Joseph easily could and did.
All the wisdom Of Babylon could mot
tell the king what he had dreamed. nor
the meaning OF his dreams. nor inter
pref the handwriting on the wall. 2ut
the wisdom OF siod In Daniel easily
did all The wisdom of this wIld
never has been able to and cannot now
interpret the things Of God. for the
things of Cod knoweth no man, bat
the Spirit of GodsU Cor. IL. Id. Hu-
man scholarship, hewever great. unless
under the control Of the Spirit Of God
is wholly unable 40 understand the
things of God
The greatest scholar that earth can
produce, unless born again, Is simply
natural man. and to him the things of
God are only foolishness Il Cor. IL IA,
but the most unlearned and ignorant Ia
the things of this worlds wisdom may
by the Spirit OF God know the things
of God. The wise men sn the time of
our Lord spoke OF Him as having never
learned, and they callet Peter and
John unlearned and ignorant men John
VII. Is; Acts iv. 49, so those who may
be despised by the worlds scholarship
should find comfort in this. While We
wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ we are called into fellowship
with Him Il Cor. /. 7. 81, AMI this is
part OF the fellowship-to be counted
unschoiarly and ignorant because we
take the Bible literally. believe it all.
and that God means what He says, and
II the plain, obvious sense makes good
sense we need seek no other sense.
We have received the Spirit Of God
that we may know the things that are
freely given US of God, which neither
eye nor ear nor heart of man hath
seen or heard or imagined and thus be
able In the power of an endless life to
endure patiently till He come II Cor.
II. GID. Compare lisa. Xiv. 4, from
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