Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1921-05-12
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SUNDES0HOOL
LESSON
'By REV z. h FITZwATER. d. D..
Teacher Of English Bible In the Moody
Bin" institute Of ChicagO)
GO 1921. Western Newspaper Unlon.)
LESSON FOR MAY IS
WORKING WITH OTHERS.


LESSON TENT Cor. I2:42E
GOLDEN TENT-Ye are the body OF
Ohrlst' and members in particulaT-I Cor
l2:2I
REFERENCE WATERFALL Kings 5: [
l-l2. Neh 3.l-&. 4.l5-g3
JUNIOR TOFIC-HcIping one Another.
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
Team Work.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
-Co-operation or Competition.
This Scripture pictures the church.
the body of Christ, under the figure
Of the human body. The topic Work
ing With Others" can only have ap-
plication to Christians working with
each other; for it is as members Of
the body Of Christ that this relation
ship and obligation are set forth. The
church is an organism. not merely an
organization. As such it is:
!. One Body wv. l2-2O).
As body it has many members.
each with Il definite ministry or func.
ton. Many members are essential to
a body or organism. So IL Is with the
church. Each member has its own
gift and office. The proof Of this one
ness is that by the sovereign act of the
Holy Spirit all believers are consti-
tuted one body ". 49,. A multiplicity
Of organisms does not make a body,
but a multiplicity of members with
their separate functions There Is no
room for jealousy or diScontentment
among them wv. II, 1G). Ii would he
as reasonable for the foot To complain
of its lot and refuse To function as
foot. as for one member of church
to envy the place of another. A deacon
who is such by the appointment of
God should not complain that he is
not minister The church needs its
foOt-members. that is, those who are
swift to run on its errandS; il needs
its eye-mcmherS, who are quick to
perceive opportunities for service: II
needs its ear-membcrS, who are quick
TO hear the call To duty; II needs its
tOngLemcmherS. who can speak forth
the message of truth; II needs its
hand-members to perform its many
deeds Of kindness. Each member Of
the church has its place by the SOW
ereign will Of God ". 1S). If this
were realized there would he the most
efficient cooperation among the mem
hers of the church. The pastor would
faithfully do the work of a pastor;
the minister, the work of minister,
the teacher, the work of teacher,
etc
u. The Mutual Dependence Of the
Members of the Body ". 2D.
They must cooperate for the life
and service nf the body. As the foot
cannot dispense with the head, the
eye with the hand, etc. So in the
church. even the most highly gifted
are dependent upon those of the lower
order. Sclf-ConcCit and pride are as
much out of place on the part of the
highest i'm ability as of the lowest. In
ct. n sober realization of this will do
raa. With selfish pride.
~. The Least Attractive Members
,.. she Most Necessary wv. %, 23).
In the human body the heart is of
! o"" vital Importance than the
,oEs ne. So in the church prayer is of
huch more Importance than the gift
bf eloquence. Many examples could
- gi.rn of those who wreStled with
ipd o. the closet. doing more for the
...-~e of Christ than those who ShOne
iorth most cOnspicuously in the public
eye. The lungs are never seen or
heard, yet without them the tongue
could not utter sound.
w. The Different Members Have
Been Adjusted by God (Tv. "a, 25).
SO perfectly has this been done that
If each performs its own function
there will be harmony I'm the body. All
schism i'm the church is due TO failure
of one member to perform its duty be-
cause of envy of the position of an
other. BY considering Christ the head
and obeying Him all strife and divi-
sion I'm the church will be elimln-
ated
v. Members Are Sympathetically
Related wv. 25-27).
One member should have the same
care for the other as for itself. The
eye has the same concern for the foot
as IT has for itself; SO the most elo-