Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-04-04
LESSON FOR APRIL 6
GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY.

LESSON TExTs-Genesis IL. a; Psalms
ioe:l-14; Matthew s:24-s4.
| GOLDEN TExT-Our Father who ART
Ia heaven. hallowed be thy name.-Mat-
thew So
ADDITIONAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
my Ga, s; Psalms 145:l-21 Isaiah s:i-s:
Matthew 2235-3s: John 4:24;H John 4:7-Ie
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 tGen. IL, 27).
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 Cod" psalm o0:2). The uni.
verse came into being by the will and
act OF the personal being called God.
In verse one Is 'enunciated the sub
lime philosophy of every right life. In
the beginning of all science and philos-
ophy-God; In the beginning Of every
|. lffe-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 as to this sets
one free from the false philosophy OF
the age Man himself is creation of
God, not an evolution. Man was Gre
ated In the likeness and image of God
This precludes the foolish idea that
man assembled 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, 30. Those who
believe this record repudiate the OAR
/ winian theory of mans origin as not
only d human vagary. but a vicious
philosophy inspired by the devil. When
man came forth from the Creators
hands he was neither savage nor a
baby; he possessed the powers Of Q
mature man. AS an example of the
maturity Of his intellect, he named the
animals as they passed before him.
Il. God the Prcserver (Psalms 1903:
1-14).
All created things would perish were
1t mot for the preserving mercies of
God. 1t embraces the following grac-
ious beneficial acts: /. Forgives all
iniquities ". 81. Pardon Is the prime
Necessity If moral things. are to be
preserved. 2. Hesleth all diseases ".
| 81. This refers to the healing of the
/ body and the soul. Renovation of
mans moral nature Is necessary. 8.
Redeemeth the life from destruction
". A.. Redemption implies the pay
ment of all demands against the debt
or, God in Christ performs the pari
which the Individual failed to perform,
and crowns him with the full right Of
citizenship In his kingdom. 4. sat
isfeth 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. 8. Executeth righteous
ness and Judgment wv. 6-14). The
wrongs of life are righted and thus
man is relieved of the burdens which
they entail. He extends his pity to-
ward us.
1 IN. God Our Father (Nfatt. 6 :24-34).
4 Christ came to reveal the Father.
The subjects of the kingdom will love
him as child loves Its father.
l. Undivided affection ". PAY. The
child of the heavenly Father makes the
unequivocal choice between God and
the world, for unless God has the first
place he has no place.
2. Not anxious about food and cloth
ing wv. $500. t1) 1t is useless ".
27). Anxiety can bring nothing. my
God will supply all our needs" (Phil.
4:19). (2) 1t shows distrust Of the
that one is anxious about these things
he shows his lack of faith In the abll-
ity and love of God. II we would
/, please God we must come to him In
, faith (Heb. IL 81. The birds and flow
, ers shame us in this wv. 26-28). (S)
, 1t is heathenish ". 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
4 heather. He knows that we have need
, of temporal things and If he cares for
? the flowers and birds he will surely
/. not allow his children to suffer.
8. He diligently seeks the kingdom
: Of God wv. 33. 34). He subordinates
! temporal things to things Of the spirit.
) This shows the right relationship that
7 a child Of God ia to sustain to secu-
E lar affairs. This does not mean that o
. child Of God does not exercise proper
!, forethought in making a support for
/ himself and family. The warning lis
I not against legitimate fc-eshought,
i. but anxious worry
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ForuetfuInass Of Self.