The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-26


Lesson Juno 20, quarterly review.
.wo have had a dozen lessons deal
inK specially with the individual
Iphnac Of Christianity We have done
wcil if we have learned TO compru-
hond more clearly what u means to
Iput tho teachings Of christ into ac-
tudl practice. not Coufining ourselves
90 the cnunclatlon of doctrines. nor
concerning Ourselves with what other
! people DO and say but looking IN
ward ana seeing 10 IL that We our.
folyca have imbibcd the Christian
! spirit which makes us mink first ot
| rrctlfylng our own lives and con
duct hy getting down 20 the tOun-
| daii0n and learning % think lu iurWs
/ OF God a viii fUr what man thinks
| thut VIII be soon become II les not
/ so much the doctrines We maintain
| or the rrccds We support that makes
us acceptable children OF God as ii
! is the motive that lioA behind our
! faith and practice u iE true that %
! man may 80 aHtruy from the line ~
truth at the same timo that bee BE
| doing what he believes 10 be right
land Just. but n he maintains the
! habit ~ testing hts own conduct and
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| conduct by tho teuctR ~ his bcll,f
be Will soon come 10 think ln correct
lines and Will gain in knowledge and
grace and in tho power 10 subject
! his own instincts 20 the law of God.
our first view "a ~ God ns tho
| Father. This M a precious thought
FOR u brings tho Almighty TO our
minds aA a ihoughuul, loving parent.
one who In fuil of compassion and be-,
not willing that ono evil thing shall
come into our lives The troubles
and sorrows are things We hiring
upon ourselves either bv leaving
! Gods will out of our calculations or
| hv noglccting tho soul and body
which God has given us We can
draw close 20 tho Father tho loving
parent of all humanity. as contrasfcd
with the cod ot Judgment Rs con-
oeivcd by the Jews
Secondly. we view Christ - the
worlds redccmcr. lIo came into this
world not alone to teach Wcn the
way ~ lifc, but 10 actually pay tho
penalty Tor our diEohoiicnCc and
open tho way fo- me debt io ho paid
land fun reconciliation effected DO
tween us and tho God of Justice. the
one consideration on our part being
4 full and ungucftionod reliance upon
lhls promises that ''whusocvCr hc-
lieycth on him shall not perish. but
Ihuvc everlasting No Ho restored
| IN mankind that which man had Loss
| through dlsohodicUce ana removed
| tho barrier that mans disohodicnr"
/ had set up between him and the
Father
/ Thc meaning Of tho resurrection
was that II demonstrated 10 mon
| that Christ actually had the power
! 10 sucrcssfullv defy both death and
IhcU We have the habit NJ refer
ring 10 death aE something supreme
/ a. horrible. and death Hg IN" penalty
LOO Elm is our greatest inconuv" 90
| IrighteousnCsS But physical d'aih
! is a small thing compared with m"
Idcath of the soul. and this IL what
Jesus bore fnr us in his body and
spirif. that tho FUN amount uf the
pcnalty should be discharged. The
! resurrection showed that he had
power 10 oven experience the poncs
Inf hcu and vet come back a con
Iqucror ana lord II is also cmpha
sized that this rising from The dena
| was not an unexpected thing hut was
pre-announced. for tho angel said
ole ~ risen. ~ ho EaId.' II was no
| struggle or douhUuI lN7"'. "Nh
definitely planned climax To- the mis-
/ sion " God upon earth.
The Holy Spirit II the indw"OinE
| ~ God IN rs N is tho personal
! r-cs.nt rcpreecniatlNe ~ deity in
|6u- consciousness. for We wcr" nll
|orirlpanv a part and parcel ~ the
! divine apirit which the Creator
Ihrc,thcl into tho first man and
transmitted 20 his descendants. hut
| the stubborn will ~ man took ndvon-
If,rr ~ the free agency which God
bestowed upon him and defef ana
/ idcfIcd tho Spirit until 70 was IN
recognizable. Tho vis,auons OF the