The Jasper news., 1919-04-03
IMPROVED UNIFoRM MrERNATIoNAL
SUNDGYS0IOOL
LESSON
tBy REV. P. b. F1TzwATER, d. D.,
Teacher OF English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute OF Chicago)
Copyright, 1919. BY Western Newspaper Union }
LESSON FOR APRIL 6
GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY.

LESSON TEXTS-Genesis ii, "a; Psalms
1031-14; Matthew e:A-@.
GOLDEN TExT-our Father who art
In heaven, hailowed be thy name.-Mat-
thew go.
ADDITIONAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
my 60, s; Psalms 1914; Isaiah 6:1-3;
Matthew 22:a5-ss; john t:24; John 4:7-1o
PRIMARY ToPIC-The Heavenly Fa-
Tiers care for his children
JUNIOR ToPIc-God our Creator and
Father.
INTERMEDIATE ToPIC-what We
owe to our Father In Heaven.
!. God the Creator (Gen. IL, 2T).
God was before all things. God the
uncaused cause is the cause of all
things. Before the mountains were
brought forth, or ever thou hadst
formed the earth and the world, even
from everlasting to everlasting, thou
art God" psalm o0:2). The uni
verse came Into being by the will and
act OF the personal being called God.
In verse one Is enunclated the SUBJ
lime philosophy Of every right life. In
the beginning Of all science and phIlos-
ophy-God; in the beginning Of every
life-God; In the beginning of every
year-God; In the beginning of every
day-God; in the beginning of every
business-God; In the beginning Of ev-
cry thought. plan and human relation
ship-God. Conviction rs to this sets
one free from the false philosophy Of
the age. Man himself Is a creation of
God, not an evolution. Man was cre-
ated in the likeness and image Of God
| This precludes the foolish idea that
man ascended from and through a
brute. He came into being by a spe-
cial creative act Of God, having been
preceded by special council of the
Godhead (Gen. l :26, 27). Those who
believe this record repudiate the Dar-
winian theory of mans origin as not
only human vagary, but a vicious
philosophy inspired by the devil. When
man came forth from the Creators
hands he was neither a savage nor a
baby; he possessed the powers Of
mature man. As an example of the
maturity Of his intellect, he named the
animals as they passed before him.
u. God the Preserver tPsalms 103:
1-14>.
All created things would perish were
II not for the preserving mercies Of
God. 1t embraces the following grac-
ious beneficial acts: 1. Forgives all
iniquities ". 81. Pardon is the prime
necessity If moral things are to be
preserved. 2. Healeth all diseases ".
3).. This refers to the healing Of the
body and the soul. Renovation of
mans moral nature Is necessary. 8.
Redeemeth the life from destruction
| ". ~. Redemption implies the pay
ment Of all demands against the debt.
or. God In Christ performs the part
which the individual failed to perform.
and crowns him with the full right Of
citizenship in his kingdom. 4. "Sat.
isfieth thy mouth" ". 81. This means
that God satisfies all legitimate desires
and thus the youth Is renewed. The
original capacities are restored to their
native vigor. 5. Executeth righteous
ness and judgment wv. 6-1H. The
wrongs Of life are righted and thus
man is relieved Of the burdens which
they entail. He extends his pity to-
ward us.
! ~. God Our Father (Matt. 6 :24-34).
| Christ came to reveal the Father.
The subjects Of the kingdom win love
him as child loves its father.
I. Undivided affection ". 24). The
child Of the heavenly Father makes the
the world, for unless God has the first
place he has no place.
2. Not anxious about food and cloth.
Ing tvv. 25-32). ~ It Is useless ".
27). Anxiety can bring nothing. my
God will supply all our needs" (Phll.
4:1e). (2) 1t shows distrust Of the
Father (vv. 2S-30). In the measure
that one is anxious about these things
he shows his lack Of faith In the abil-
ity and love Of God. II we would
please God we must come to him in
faith (Heb. 11:8). The birds and flow-
ers shame US In this (vv. 26-2S). (N
1t is heathenlsh ". 32). We do not
wonder that those who are ignorant of
God should manifest anxiety, but for
his children to do so is to play the
heather. He knows that we have need
Of temporal things and II he cares for
the flowers and birds he will surely
not allow his children to suffer.
5. He diligently seeks the kingdom
Of God wv. 83. 34). He subordinates
temporal things to things of the spirit.
This shows the right relationship that
q child of God is to sustain to secu.
lar affairs. This does not mean that a
child Of God does not exercise proper