New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
LESSON FOR APRIL 6
GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY.

GOD The FATHER ALMIGHTY.
LESSON TEXTS-Genesis IL, q: Psalms
1903 :1-1a; Matthew 6:24-3.
GOLDEN TEXT-Our Father who art
In heaven. hallowed be thy name.-Mat-
thew SO.
ADDITIONAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
my Ga. s: Psalms 15:l-2l; Isaiah 6:l-3:
Matthew 22:35-3s; John l:24; / John 4:7-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.
!. God the Creator (Gen. 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 God" psalm &c :2). The uni
verse came into being by the will and
act OF the personal being called God.
IN verse n is enunciated the cub
lme philosophy of every right life. In
the beginning Of all science and ph.los.
ophy-dod; in the beginning of every
In the beginning of every
year-God; In The beginning Of every
1ay-God; in the beginning of every
ousiness-God In the beginning of ev-
cry thought, plan and human relation.
'Mp-God. Conviction as to this sets
one free from the false philosophy of
the age. Man himself Is a creation of
TOD, not an evolution. Man was ere
ated In the likeness and image of God
This .precludes the foolish idea that
man assembled from and through a
orute. He came into being by a spe-
clal creative act Of God, having been
preceded by a special council of the
Godhead (Gen. 1:26, 27). Those who
believe this record repudiate the Oar
@inian theory Of mans origin as not
only a human 'vagary, but a vicious
philosophy inspired by the devil. When
10 came forth from the Creators
hands he was neither n savage nor a
baby; ne possessed the powers of a
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
l-14).
All created things would perish were
1t not for the preserving mercies of
God. 1t embraces the following grac.
lous beneficial acts: 1. Forgives all
lniquities ". 81. Pardon is the prime
necessity If moral things are to be
preserved. 2. Healeth all diseases w.
81. This refers to the healing Of the
body and the soul. Renovation of
mans moral nature is necessary. 3.
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.
lsfieth thy mouth" ". 81. This means
that God satisfies all legitimate desires
and thus the youth is renewed. The
original capacities r restored to thail
native vigor. s. 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
~. God Our Father (Niatt. 6:24-34)
Christ came to reveal the Father
The subjects Of the kingdom will .ove
MIN as a child loves its father.
l. Undivided affection ". 24). The
child Of the heavenly Father makes the
nneQuivOcal 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. ~ 1t is useless "
2O. Anxiety can bring nothing. my
God will supply all Our needs" (Phil
4:19). (2) 1t shows distrust Of thu
Father wv. 2S-3O). In the measur,
that one Is anxious about these thing.
he shows his lack Of faith in the abil
ity and love Of God. If we would
please God we must come to him II
faith (Heb. II :6). The birds and flow
ers shame us In this wv. 26-28). 81
It is h~eathenish ". 32). We do no
wonder that those who are ignorant o.
God should manifest anxiety, but fol
his children to do so is to play thu
heather. He knows that we have neef
Of temporal things and II he cares 70,
the flowers and birds he will surely
not allow his children to suffer.
3. He diligently seeks the kingdom
Of God wv. 80, 34). He subordinate.
temporal things to things of the spirit
This. shows the right relationship tina
n child Of God is to sustain to secu
lar affairs. This does not mean that {
child Of God does not exercise proper
fo~retheught In making a support fol
himself and family. The warning Il
not against legitimate fO~rethought
but anxious worry.
Nature Of Love to Serve. ,