Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-04
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON
FOR NOVEMBER Y Matt 6:1-7:12.
Golden Text: Seek the Kingdom of


Let us recall that Matthew had grouped
the sayings of Jesus in this manifesto, and
! that there is seyen-fold division of them.
! We have studied II of the King for
! His subjects, the Relation which they shall
/ bear to the world about them, their rela-
Relation to acts of worship, and their Re-
lation to property and possession. Last
week we considered their Relation to the
evil that is in the world, the only door to
the Kingdom, and the King as the only
sure foundation for a '''dng.
D. in Gods Presence
In the Kingdom worship will be as in
| Gods presence. The common pervers1on
and perforna1c ice of it is as in mans pres
ence. 1t is for the purpose of being seen
| of men that men gave aims prayed and
| tasted. That they were hypocrites goes
almost without saying. Doing your right
| eousneses before men to be seen of them
| is an innate desire to have them praise
Won VIII ,cas the real truth is that when
+ you have done all that You could possibly
! do, you ought to say, 1 have not done all
! that 1 should do, l am an unprofitable sery-
ant Life is all a comparison; and good
ness is no exception; that is among men.
| It is only in a 49, of ungoodness that
any act of almsgiving would be counted as
| And PRAYER. To think of praying "to
! God" to be seen "of men," Take care
| how many t4mes in public prayer are
| remarks made nav with the congregation IN
mind rather than God? Prayer, IKE aims
| giving, must be done with deepening con-
| seriousness of Gods presence.
And so with fasting. 1t is so essentially
| q part of the inner life that to make a
parade of it is to defeat it utterly.
Jesus said here three times mot as the
| hypocrites' three times in order to be
! seen of men, three times your fatner
who seeth in secret shall recoMpc4se - -
| three times "they have their reward
There is deepest significance in this three
| ford statement of the Great truth that wor-
| ship to be worship must De IN the conscious
ness of Gods presence othetWlse IL Is
! nyuccrisy and Of no value to the Worshlpper.
| There is a wonderfully interesting word
| here which the Great Teacher uses. Recent
| arr uaeoIoglCaI discoveries nave DtouGn' "
| light some old papyri OF the date A. u. L.
| nose are written i'll the same GreeN =
| the New Testament-not the classic creek
| OF the scholars but me language Oh llle
common people, the ordinary 1oIks-lhe IAN
guage they used every gay. some Oh these
| uapIri are records OF business dealings
| puIs farm transactions, receipts, etc Ana
| here is the interesting pomI TO Us now;
| The word that expresses receipt Al AuAA
| Is the word that Jesus used mere apout tne
! uvpocrites W nen luey give aims 10 DE
seen OF men, when they last to be seen Oh
| NEIL Inen they nave already received Al
| full all tnat is coming to them
| How VaIuelesS, therefore, Is worship I'LL
| loss IN the Consciousness or the presellce Oh
| cod So while These words We're spoken
| primarily to Jews, tAey contain prLAclpAes
! UI eternal appilcaliOn, ana are o. stea'es'
! uuuorlance lof us To-Day. As Chflstl~-@ We
| cannot atIord to do less than Is required u
| s.uiecLs ol Tie hlnguom, nut raIAef Aore'
| mere viii have " be, therefore, soou
deal of read slmeht "a our way oA sA'4As'
| =, ,,,,yIu. anu - LlIat MoLu-4y ll~e-e-e~~
| privilege OF tasting. For lack Oh sp1ee Ae.
| - nnIIre here only one OIL Ihese-chat Oh
| nnyer How many prayer clUsets are III
! use III these days OF lush anu strain anu
Yer the possibilities 1of The one WHO mas
! shut out the world anu VINO Is smut LII m1'n
| God are immeasurauie. On' peAleNcl' eiteA
| into Inv closet and shut Inc door; uo thls
every DAY without 4all, ana 'ne feWaius
VIII be coming 50 wonderfully mat those
ON the outside Will know That the father
VINO sees i'll secret is at WORK. ...
IN public prayer as Wei as III pfANa'c
me 1ullure 10 recognize and realize the
,reseuc, OF God Is responsible 1of many u
me VAIN repeutlOns suci as llie N s, U.s. 81
Once when u noted preacher hau 1lhlsheu n4s
uraytr one OF the Newspapers salu 1t was
tie most WONDERFUL prayer ever auul esseu ~
| II congregation. ON, now simple uhu uiAeU'
,ur prayers VIII ne When TIE Ieauel app
Gates that he and those whom lie 4eaUs axe
III The presence OF Coz.
A Model Prayer
So Jesus gave to these brethren VI nlS "a -
| tI,p lesn, these Jews, lnouel pfaS'i' Ia
| r,e did not intend it to be useu as ioilh
| =; ,,.ovan nv the changes in it which Luxe
| ,.rtrus lnat IL Is not primarily Aof Nhr4s
| mans although it may be useu NY 'ileNi 11,
a way. is proven by His statement 10 his
| disrinIes on that night Of Ills betrayal
..t,ilnprto We have asked nothing Ill III!
name" SO this Lords Prayer, as II Is
called is not in the name OK CArlst, noh
| can il be made 50 by adulng these "ofoS
| at it's close 1t is primarily for Jews ana
los kinpdom aims But we Christians
NAV also and should use the prlnclpAes VI
urnyer which it presents, Tor II brings US
| INTO The presence of 'our Father; IL seems
first His Name and His Kingdom ms VIII,
| L PrOYluGr
| 1voy ,slOn and linn alone as lhe o--e "p1e
to deliver us from the evil within US be-
| cause of which the Evil One without mas
| an opportunity to ensnare us.
| Our Father brings us into the most
| infinite relationship, and makes anything
else possible. But God ls not every one
| Father The Universal Fatherhood Oh COO
ana the Universal brotherhood Oh Man are
nothing but the devils lies. God has only
one begotten Son, and all other sons or bis
are only SO by adoption; and it IS only
on the merit Of the Only Degotten son
fiat anyone is adopted into the family Oh
cod. 1t is only by faith in Jesus as the
Son of God, therefore, that any one mas
the right to speak to God in this way.
Since He has not withheld His well be-
loved S.n, there's nothing less that ne
will withhold, therefore, when we can say
our Father, we can expect anything we
such q rela tionship to Him will make us
SO jealous OF His glory and honor that our
he'd by all in earth it is held III heaven.
Nothing can possibly have Agher place
in orr desires, and hence they Will be llrst
i'll our petitions. .... - ~
l1Ieust note luat it is the coming OF Til,
Fathers Kingdom that We desire, and TINS
is beyoud The day OF the Kingdom OIL Christ.
The hut petition-Giye us This day our
daily bread-has been always understood
as meaning a request for temporal needs.
The revised translation is no better-GlVe
us this Jay our bread Tor the coming day
but God never gives in advance. The mamma
was just sufficient for that days needs.
What did Jesus mean! be coined a word
Observation-Disclosures N4Ich is not found any
where else in the Bible or in the Greek
language 1t must have unusual signifi
canoe there and so it has. Literally, it
means coming upon" Give us this day
our coming upOn-us bread. Oh, the VOL
der of it! 1t is not the bread that comes
up from the earth, but the Bread of God
that comes down from heaven upon US that
He is teaching them to pray for; and later
He said of Himself that He just that
I;reau (Jno. 6:32-35:J1). And thus oul
prayer after that for the Fathers name, and
Kingdom and will is for the gift of the
Fathers Son-to come down upon us and
feed US. Then comes the prayer for for
giveness on the basis if the way we forgive.
On the face of it, this is not for the
Christian primarily, for God has already
forgiven us for Christs sake. And notice
that it is addressed to the Father. Having
A Proverb Puzzle
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