The Arvada enterprise., 1920-11-04
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 7
Principles OF CHRISTIAN Llv.
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LESSON TExT-Aatt. SILT; Il
GOLDEN TExT-sssk ye nrst the king
dom Of God and his righteousness: and all
these things shall be added unto YOU
Matt. go
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Mark 10:
a-s1: Luke ll:2-l: H:2-12.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Our Heavenly IA
ther's Caro-.
JUNIOR ToP1c-Jesus Teaching How
to Pray.
INrERMEDIArE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Golden Rules for Living.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
-Counsels for Daily Living.
Having set forth in the previous
chapters the standard Of righteous.
ness, Christ now exhibits the under
lying principles which control the heir
to the kingdom.
.. AZ to Giving te:1-4).
Doing aims before men Is not con-
demned. as that would contradict
Matthew 5:16. but the doing Of them
before men to be seen Of them. To
seek publicity in doing our aims Is
to miss the reward of our heavenly
Father.
u. A. to Praying t8:5-15).
1. False prayer tvv. 5. y. This con-
sists ~ In praying to be seen and
heard Of men ". 81. (2) Using vain
repetltions ". y. This does not mean
that We should ask but once, for we
have examples Of Christ and Paul
praying three times for the same thing
(Matt. 20 1916; II Cor. 1877. 81. but
the using Of meaningless repetitions
2. True prayer ". 81. Since prayer
IL Q transaction of the soul with God.
we should have a real desire for fel-
lowshIp with the Father then go and
meet him in secret.
8. The model prayer wv. 915). This
Involves ny right relationship-"Our
Father" ". 81: (2) right attitude
"Hallowed be thy name" wv. o. 10Y {;
(S) right spirit-"Give us our daily
bread" "Forgive us our SINS" 'I.ead
US not into temptation" (vv. 11-18).
~. A. to Fasting wv. 1924.
The Lord knew the temptation
which would befall his children In
their pilgrimage here below touching
wordliness, and the anxiety to which
II would lead; therefore. he sets forth
the proper attitude toward them:
I. The nature Of earthly riches wv.
10. 21). tl) Uncertain wv. 10. 20).
Earthly treasures corrode, or are taken
from us. (2) Seductive ". 21). Christ
called riches deceitful (Matt. 1927.
1t In not wrong to possess earthly
treasures. but when earthly treasures
possess us they become a snare.
2. The effect of earthly riches wv.
22-2). (1) They blunt the moral and
spiritual perceptions wv. 22-2S). When
the heart Is upon earthly treasures II
il taken OF God. t2) They reader
null and void all service ". 24).
w. A. 70 Fslth In the Heavenly
Father wv. 25-34).
!. Be not anxious about food and
clothing (vv. 25-S2). Because ~ II
shows distrust for God ". BOY. t2)
1t Is useless ". 31). Anxiety can
bring nothing. (S 1t il heathenish
". 32). Those who have not learned
to know God may worry over tenn.
poral affairs. but those who know him
a. q loving Father should be free
from care.
2. BE anxious to seek the kingdom
Of God and serve him wv. 80. A).
This does not forbid proper fore
thought In making a reasonable sup
port for ones self and family.
v. A. to csnserieus Judsmsnts
N:1-12).
I. The sin and folly Of censorious
judgments. This does not forbid M
making an estimate Of the lives Of
those about us, for "by their fruits
- shall know them" neither does
Il prevent Us from administering ~
buke to those who deserve It. It ~
Dukes that readiness to blame others
and to magnify their weakness and
errors.
2. The duty Of discrimination In
dealing out holy things ". o.. The
gospel should be preached to all, but
there should he discrimination, for
'dogs and swine" have no comprehen.
sion ~ to holy things.
8. Qualification for discrimination
wv. 7.12). ~ A life Of prayer w.
7.1l). A life Of prayer 10 q requisite
for rightly divinins the word Of truth.
(2) A disposition to treat others a.
one would be treated ". 12). Coufu.
cius set forth this principle negatively,
but only the Christ could do It posi-.
lively. Between the negative and Dos
itivs sides Of this rule In found the
difference between heathenism and
Christianity. No man can live this
rule unleas he has been born from
above and abides with Christ In the
school Of prayer. till be becomes Ike
him.