Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-04-04
LESSON FOR APRIL 6
GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY.

| LESSON TEXTS Genesis III, q; Psalms
lOa'l-A; Matthew 6H-9
| GOlDkN TEXT--Our Father who art
In heaven hallowed be thy name. Mat
| thew go.
ADDITIONAL MATERtAI.--neuteron
iay Ga s; Psalms i5:l.2l: Isaiah 6i-3
Matthew 22:3b-3S; John t;2i. | John 4;7-i6
! 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.
l. God the Creator (Gen. -, 2O.
God was before MI things God the
unctllscd cause Is The cause Of all
| things Before the mountains were
br' dgllt forth, or ever thou hndst
ioi'nrd the earth and the world, even
from everlasting to everlasting, thou
nrt God" psalm 90:2) The uni.
verse came into being by The viii AMI
act or the personal being chilled God
IN verse one Is cnunciated the cub.
'lme philosophy Of every right life. In
the beginning OF all science and ph'los.
cply-God; In the beginning of every
l'lP--tiod; In the beginning of every
year-God; In the beginning of every
oay-God; In the beginning Of every
bNsIneSs--God in the bcgl ming of ev.
cry thought, plan and human relation.
SLIP God. Conviction as to this sets
one Tree from the false philosophy OF
the age. Man himself Is creation of
Tod, moi an evolution. Man was ere.
nled In the likeness and image of God
This precludcs the foolish idea that
man assembled from and through n
brute. lie came into being by spc-
cihi creative net Of God, having tpen
/ preceded by Il special council Of the
Godhcnd tGen. | 20. 27). Those r;ho
believe this record repudiatc the Oar.
wlnlnn theory Of mans origin ms not
ohiy human vagary, but n vicious
/ philosophy Inspired by The devil When
man came forth from the Creators
hands he was neither n savage nor
haby; he possessed the powers Of n
mature man. As nm example Of the
maturity Of his intellect. he mined the
animals as they passed before him.
u. God the Preserver (Psalms 1903
I'D.
All created things would perish were
II not for the preserving mprricS nf
God. II embraces the following grac.
iouS beneficial acts: /. Forgiyes all
ihlqulticS Is. ~. Pardon is the prime
necessity il moral things are To he
preserved. .. llealcth all Diseases ".
~. This refers to the healing II .he
body ana the soul. Renovation Of
mans moral nature IS necessary. 9.
Redcemeth the life from destruction
". ~. Redemption implies the pay.
mcnt 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. 1. "Sat.
istleth Thy mouth" w. 81. This means
that God satisfies ell Legitimate desires
md thus the youth is renewed. The
original capacities are restored to IN ,lr
native ylgor. ). EXecuieth righteous
ness and Judgment wv. CID. The
wrongs of life are righted and thus
man is relieved " the burdens which
they entail lie evtnnae -, ~, ~
ward u.s.
~. Cod Our Father tMatt. G:2i.3i)
Christ came to reveal the Father.
The subjects of the kingdom will owe
Inn MS a child loves It's father.
l. Undivided affection ". oD. Thu
child of the heavenly Father makes the
uncquyocal choice between God and
the world for unless God has the first
place he has no pincc.
.. Not anxious about food and cloth
ING wv. 25-32). az II Is useless "
2O. Anxiety can bring nothing. "My
God will supply all our needs" phil.
4:l9). (2) II shows dIstrust of the
Father wv 2S.3C). In the measure
that one is anxious about these things
he shows his lack of faith In the ahll.
/ ity and love Of God II we would
/ please God we must come. to him In
! faith (Ileb. II .G). The birds and flow
ers shame us in this wv. 1928. ~
/ I. is heathcnlSh ". 32). We do not
wonder that those who are ignorant OF
4 God should manifest anxiety. hut for
/ his children to do so Is to play the
4 heather. He knows that we have need
Of temporal things and II he cares for
the flowers and birds he viii surely
not allow his children to suffer.
3. He diligently seeks tie kingdom
of God wv 80, 3i) He Subordinates
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
child OF God does not exercise proper
forethought in making n support for
himself and family. The warning Il
not against legitimate fOrethoughr.
hut anxious worry.