The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-04-01
Sunday School
Lesson
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.


=. s. Lesson for April 3
Scripture, Rom. 1911 and and .
10 u.
The Kingdom Of God is to be on
this earth. This lesson is dealing
with the citizenship OF that Kingdom.
1t is fight to live the life we have
here, but by the grace of God it can
be lived now and by His grace some
people are living. Mrs Russell
Sage lived it, but Jesus Christ win
will be as natural to live the trans
formed life held up here as it is to
breathe.
When we get the true Christian
character in the life we have this
Itbing so far but this Goddess wOr.G
always and always will fight life Of
| that kind, especially in the business
and political and often in church life
as many can testify But IN The
/ Kingdom of God only this life shall
be found-the other fellow won't be
there. IL is not Il natural product,
but 4 supernatural one. Many fail
to get this truth and characteT he
cause they were not taught right or
refused to pay the price. And the
business Of the devil is 10 befuddle
the whole thing. The first eleven
chapters Of Romans have explained
Gods merceS in sending Christ to die
for our sins. And now ii is not only
ii glad duty but Il bless privilege to
! live in this Kingdom for our blessed
Lord. This dedication of our lives tn
the Savior who has dedicated hS life
to us is holy, acceptable TO God and
our spiritual service
There can be no true Christian
character without who's hearted
dedication of the life to Christ and
this thought is the foundation of all
our studies of this quarter
Before our conversion we We're con.
formed to this world. Eph 80 We
We're living for ourselves and pleas
ure. Oh, yes. we had our own set
but we were dead to all outside Of
that. bu' when a Whole-hearted con
version came and then our tire.
money, our all was put on the alter
of our God for His glory We see the
old character is thrown off like an
old coat and we have put on the new
Then we can say with solomon, Il
have put off my coat. how shall pui
it on again. | have washed my fee :.
how shall | defle them?.' And we
have new nature, born of God. from
Heaven.
Joe Robbins, of Columbus. Ohio, so
biessedly converted, eleven rich men
said to him, I'VE want to send you
out with your Bible-that he now
loved so much to preach any where,
every where. Go and come just as
you like and We'll see that both you
and your family shall never want for
any thing His wife was afraid 10
trust them--he didn't go-rrued it to
his last day. This Kingdom was noi
born in her soul. All the sin that has
darkened human life and saddened
human history began in believing ii
lie and the devil. One has said,
Dare to be true
Nothing can need Il lie.
The fault which needs il most,
Grows two thereby"
Another has said 1T is by loving
and not by being loved one can come
nearest the soul of another A for
eign missionary, Il cultured. attrac
tive woman. was asked whether her
work among those strange, ignorant
people was not simply 4 work OF
duty She answered with the sur
prised counter-quetion. How could
[ | help them if | didn't love them?"
There is no fear of cost in Il spirit
filled life. II is wonder what our
shopmen does with our engines by
experimenting them, adding three and
four hudreds tons. What our
churches need is superheated Chris
lions and if not a lot of the members
will not be part of that Kingdom
Communicating to the necessities OF
the saints No man truly prays for
the saints. Until he does this thing
He who does this Will and does join
lands with God for the saints. Well,
says one, Suppose they don't do
right by the gift" Let them be the
loser. Our own comfort is increased
by working for others One has said.
I'VE can make people bright by our
keenne SIS, but We can never accom-
plish anything toward making people
good except by our tenderness
If all Christians have the mind OF
Christ, they will all have the same
mind No difference of opinions?
Sure, but they will all have the same
mind-the good of each other Love
will hink no evil of you nor take any
advantage Of you at all.
Let the Holy Spirit fill your heart
your hands and your tongue with the
love of Christ as He wants to do and
your feet will be done taking you
into the sin and no harm of this
world that killed our blessed absent
and rejected Lord.
J. M. BERWICK.