Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-30
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER
SOME LAWS OF THE KINGDOM OF
GOD.

bESSON IEAIS--Luke 6:SO-oS; Ills.
GOLDEN TEXT-Remember the words
of the Lord Jesus, how he said, it is more
blessed to give than to receive.-Acts 20:
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DEVOTIONAL READING-T corin-
thians s:6-15.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR
TEACHERS-Luke 1879; Romans 1928; II
Corinthians 9:6-15, Hebrews 1916; Ezra 1:
"a; Chronicles coils.
The principles of ethics which shall
prevail in the earth when Jesus Christ
shall be king are entirely different
from those of the world. The worldly
spirit always inquiries as to what gain
will accrue from an action or service.
Its policy is doing good for the sake
of getting good. Those who have been
made partakers of the divine nature,
who are really subjects of the king
dom, do good because they have the
nature and spirit of God, not because
they expect something in return.
|. Give to Every Man That Asketh
of Thee ". 30).
This does not mean that any request
that may be made by the idle, greedy
and selfish should be granted. Only
evil would result from such indiscrimi-
nate and unregulated giving. Such
benevolence would foster idleness and
selfishness. Oftentimes the worst
thing you can do for a man Is to give
him money. The drunkard will only
spend it for more drink; the gambler
will continue his dissipation. The
meaning then is, give to the one ask
ing the thing which he needs. The
man il poverty needs to be given way
to earn his living. rather than to be
given money without the necessity OF
labor. There is that in the human
heart which refuses charity, and
cries out for a means to honestly gain
livelihood.
Goods. @ Ask Them Not a,siST Again NV q. 8o).
"Ask" here means demand. 1t doubt
less forbids the forcible demanding of
the return of thit which has been
taken from one.
m. Do to otherM Men as You Would
That They Should Do Unto You ,(vv.
S1-34).
This ethic puts life's activities on
the highest possibi ground. He does
not saw. refrain frn doing that which
YOU would not liktto be done to you,
as even Confucius aught; but to pos
itiyely make the lie Of your life the
doing to others 4 you would wish
them to do unto bu. Loving those
who love us, doin good to those who
do good to us, al lending to those
from whom we hoi to receive, is just
what all the sinna of the world are
doing. The chlldf the kingdom of
Christ is to be dhrent.
w. Love Your hmles ". 35).
That which Is nhral to the human
heart is to hate enemy. To love
in the real senseieans to sincerely
desire the good pven ones enemy
ana willingness tdo anything pos
sible to bring thabod. Such action
is only possible those who have
been born again. hrist loved those
who hated him. was wiling even
to die for his enles.
v. Lend, Hopiner Nothing Again
". 35l.
This is what theavenly Father is
constantly doing. is kind and gra-
cious unto the aankful and the |
wicked. He sends rain and SUM-
shine upon the un and sinners. He |
makes fruitful thil Of those who
blaspheme his nanHe thus does be-
cause it is his maj to so do.
vi. Be MerclfuI 36).
The example foi imitation of the |
disciple is the Ienly Father.
VII. Judge Not 3D.
To Judge does mean the placing |
of inst estimatesn mems actions
and lives, for, "Byr fruits We shall
know them" Tfee is judged by
the fruit 1t bears.s thorn tree does
not bear figs, nor apple tree bear
cranes. Our only Of discerning
the character Of and women is
their actions. which is con-
demned is censo judgment--the
lmpugning of mo
VIII. Condemn ". 37).
This means thashould not pass
sentence upon mt their acts, for
TO their own massey stand or fall
(Rom. 14:4). Tai reason why
such action IL nrranted is that
the bias of our hand the limita-
ton Of our jude render it inn
possible to rigiy and intelli-
gently pass judg
TX. Forgive &
Those who forlall be forgiven.
The one who haxed the forgiv-
Ing mercy of Code gracious aud
torgiving towardl
XII. Liberaity lined by What