Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1919-04-03
LESSON FOR APRIL 6
GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY.

LESSON TEXTS-Genesis IL. q: Psalms
i03:l-14: Matthew 6:24-34.
GOLDEN TEXT-Our Father who art
In heaven. hallowed be thy name.-Mat-
thew So.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Deuteron
iiy ga. s.: Psalms l+5:l-2l: Isaiah 6:l-3:
Matthew 2e:35-9S: John 4:24 John 47-l6.
PRIMARY TOPIC-The Heavenly Fa-
theirs care for his children.
JUNIOR TOPIC-God our Creator and
Father.
INTERMEDIATE ToPIC-what we
owe to our Father in Heaven.
I. God the Creator (Gen. IL, 2D.
God was before nll things. God the
uncsuscd 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
nrt God" psalm 9O:2). The uni
verse came into being by the will AMI
act OF the personal being called God
IN verse one Is enunciated the aub-
lime philosophy Of every right life. In
the beginning Of all scien,e and phlos.
cphy-God; In the beginning Of every
life-God; In the beginning of every
year-God; In the beginning Of every
nay-God; In the beginning Of every
ouslness-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 a creation of
God, not an evolution. Man was ere
ated In the likeness and image Of God
This precludes the foolish idea that
man ascended from and through
brute. He came into being by spe-
ciai creative act Of God, having been
preceded by n special council of the
Godhead (Gen. l :26 27). Those ;;ho
believe this record rcpudIate the Oar
winian theory of mans origin rs not
only human vngary, but 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 (Psalms 1903:
1-14).
All created things would perish were
1t not for the preserving mercies of
God. IT embraces the following grac.
iOus beneficial acts: 1. F0rgives all
inlquitles ". 81. Pardon Is the prime
necessity II moral things are TO be
preserved. 2. Healcth all diseases ".
81. This refers to the healing Of the
body and the soul. Renovation Of
mans moral nature Is necessary. g.
Redecmeth 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 frll right of
citizenship In his kingdom. 4. "Sat-
isfleth thy mouth" ". 81. This means
that God satisfies all legitimate desires
and thus the youth Is renewed The
original capacities are restored to tn ,ir
native vlgor 3. EXecuteth righteous
ness and judgment (vv. 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.
30. God Our Father (Matt. 6 6:24-34).
Christ came to reveal the Father.
The subjects Of the kingdom will .ove
him as d child loves its father.
l. Undivided affection ". 24). This
child Of the heavenly Father makes the
unequlvOcal 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. 25-32). (1) It Is useless ".
27). Anxiety can bring nothing. my
Gcd will supply all our needs" (Phil.
4:19). (2) 1t shows distrust of the
Father wv. 29-3C). In the measure
that one Is anxious about these things
he shows his lack Of faith in the abil.
ity and love Of God. If we would
please God we must come to him In
faith (Hcb. II :6). The birds and flow
ers shame us In this wv. 26-2S). t3)
1t Is heathenlsh ". 32). We do not
wonder that those who are ignorant OF
God should manifest anxiety. hut for
his children to do so Is to play the
heath"n. He knows that we have need
Of temporal things and II he cares fol-
the flowers and birds he will surely
not allow his chlldI en- to suffer.
3. He diligently seeks tie kingdom
of God wv. 33, 34). He subordinatcs
temporal things to things Of the spirit
This shows the right relationship that
n child of God Is TO sustain to seen.
lar affairs. This does not mean that n
child Of God does not exercise proper
fnrcthought In making n support for
himself aud family. The warning l.
not against legitimate forcthOught
but anxious worry.