The Holt County sentinel., 1921-04-15

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II Thess. 36.ls
GOLDEN TExT-Sot slothfuI In bust.
ness fervent In spirit. serving the Lord.
Rom. i2li.
REFERENCE MATERIAi,-Es @s.n.
Prov. 22.2s, BIB, 3l:iO.3i. Eph ,S
PRIMARY TOPIC - child Who
Helped.
JUNIOR ToPic-The An, and the slug.
gard
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
Workers ana shirkers
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Labor Problems
Work In relation TO God has a DIFF.
ferent meaning than In relation 10
man. In relation TO God II means
continued activity directed to some
purpose or end. ln relation to man Il
means manual labor.
!. Mighty Works Wrought BY jesus
MARK GID.
A. Gods obrdIent servant. Jesus
energeiicaily gave himself W to Ills
wcrk.
!. Teaching IN the synagogue ". -.
This lie did on the Sabbath dny. lie
could let no opportunity to do good
pass.
.. The result Of His teaching (vv.
2, 81. % The people were nstonishcd.
ln their HStnnlShmpnt they asked
questions: tn) From whcnc, hath this
man iheS" ihInRsT (b) What wisdom
II given unto ilimi (c) l. not this
the "uI1nui"rf I'D Are not Ills sis.
tiers wi,h 49, That His wisdom and
power W"r" suprrlunan. they could
bet doubt. The uuly answer tu their
questions l. thriSt's absolute Deity.
t.D The people were offended ". ~,
Noi m'ing able to answer their avn
questions und to believe their own
eyes aud rars, tlry rejected Him.
This rejection was not because they
knew Hin too We'll, hut because they
knew Him not ut all. Ills country.
men judged Him by His brothrrs. sis.
tiers, nni fnlhcr. hnd therefore failed
10 know Iiim.
". MY Father worketh Hitherto.
and ! Work" tJuhn 5:I7).
Jesus had an the sabbath day
healed m impor.nt man. They sought
TO Nil Him for this good deed, and
VIXEN lie linked himself with tod In
this they mere earnestly sought TO
XIII Him. They tried 10 Kill Him he.
cause lie mad. himself equal With
God. The special points Of equality
- with God were:
!. Giving III. 10 the dead. No hu'
man being has ever been able to raise
another from tn. dead. The Jews
rightly Interpreted Hts claim To- being
able 10 rnIse the dead Bs u claim TO
Deity.
=. Judging mankind. No human b-'
In. l. wise enough to Judge his fellow
being christ's claim 10 h. IN. Judge
OF mankind they interpreted to he Ills
claim 10 Deity. and they were correct,
~. The Man Who VIII Not Work
Should Not Eat ui Thcss. 3.6l3).
There had developed among the
Christians ut Thessnlonicn u tendency
to Idlcness. Some were negiectlng
their lawful earthly calllngs--eysn TO
the extent ihnt they were becoming n
charge 10 the church. From the con.
text of the Thessalobian spistles II
would seem that this serious condt-
tlon was the result of wrong views
concerning the second coming Uf
Christ. such Ms this II wholly wrong
ana absolutely contrary 10 the slgnih.
cnnce OF "the blessed hope" The nt'
tltude VI those possessing an Intel
iisent View ~ the Lords coming ~
taught by Christ aud the apostles. II
earnest attention TO the present duty,
occupy Ill l come" II chrlst's
charge. Speculative star 'gazers have
brought this precious doctrine into
disrepure. Uncsasing fidelity to all
the correct attitude ~ those who are
waiting for the Son from heaven. To
correct this wrong, Paul
I. Asserts his authority TO com.
msnd ". %. This authority was
given him by Christ.
2. Commands them to withdraw
from those who thus walk dlsorderly
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2. Paul's example wv. 7-9). Paul
pressed with great enrnestness the
doctrine OF the Lords return. and yet
consistently continued In his lawful
calling. In order to not be chargeable
unto them he labored with grea,
earnestness night aud day.
4. Those who viii not work should
not eat ", lO), This Is the Fight
principle upon which 10 base all works
OF charity. II Is the efficient cure for
pauperism. The right economic order
has as Its foundation principle: Work
In order to eat. This should apply
to all classes, rich and poor,
8. Busybodies exhorted wv. II, l2).
Idle men and women always become
busybOdles. Paul's exh0rtati0n Is that
they with quietness work and eat their
own bread.
Mans Glory.