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Lesson for October IL
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT

LESSON TEXT-Matt s sis.
GOLDEN TEXT-Thy kingdom come.
Thy viii be done in earth. as 1t is IN
| heaven.-Matt. $40.
PRIMARY ToPIC-The Prayer That
Jesus Taught.
JUNIOR TOPIC-The Lords Prayer.
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR
TOPIC-PrincIpIes Of Christian Living.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT
TOPIC-The Sermon on the Mount III
| Daily LIviag.
The so called Sermon on the Mount
is not indeed sermon bu; proclaim
tion Of the principles and laws when
shall obtain in Christ's Kingdom when
II shall be established on the earth In
applying the teachings of Matthew ~
two errors should be avoided. namely.
that of the legnlist who makes these
principles the hard and fast standard
of life for the believer today ana ais"
that Of the one who denies that the
principles or laws Of the Kingdom are
binding upon believers. Believers have
practically the same relation to the
Sermon on the Mount that they have
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free from their demands as law, they
find delight In retaining them as eN-
presslOns of Gods holy law and thus
re juice In the consciousness that Christ
has met all the requirements thereof
and that their standing before God is
in Him
|. False Prayer wv. -.
l. This consists in one praying 10
be seen and heard of men ". -. To
go through the act n' praying with
such an object is to play the hypocrte.
Many Of the prayers uttered In the
public sanctuary are false. for there Is
more consideration of what the people
think than of what God thinks In
prayer the soul Is dealing with God.
Therefore, engaging in it TO attract
| mems attention is blaSphemy, Men
who thus pray get II reward, but not
from God. They pray to get notice
from men and they get such notice.
.. Vain Repetition Wv. :. 81. This
does not mean that We should ask but
once for the thing desired, for we have
| examples Of Christ and Paul praying
three times for the same thing (Mntt.
2G 1924: II Cor. l2:T, 81. but rather
| II means the use Of meaningless repe-
titions. the meaningless reiterations NJ
| empty sounds To pray thus is hcathen-
| iSh. The heather nations in their wOr-
ship Of idols engage in SenseleSS bah
hle. which we see in the priests OF
Baal on Mt Carmel q Kings IS :2G).
II. True Prayer ". G).
Since true prayer is definite trans
action of the soul with God. the com
munion of the human personality with
the divine personality, We should have
real desire for fellowship with God
and then go and meet Him in secret
Life for its fullest development
needs both solitude and companlonshlp
| Solitude alone makes one mOrose
while constant companIonship makes
one shallow. God who made US knew
what our natures required There
fore, He commands both public and
private prayer (Heb. l0:25: Matt. :G).
III. The Model Prayer wv. 9-13).
This was given in response to the
disciples request that the Lord would
teach them how to pray. II Is not.
therefore, the Lords prayer. but the
model prayer for the disciples which
| involves:
!. A Right Relationship (v. o. "Our
Father" Only those who have become
children OF God by faith in Jesus
Christ (Gal. 1920 can pray Alright. one
must be a child Of God before he can
be in communion with God.
.. A Right Attitude wv. Q, JOY.
"Hallowed be Thy name" When one
realizes that he has been delivered
from the power Of darkness and trans
| lated into the Kingdom of His dear
Son tCol. :13) by being made child
of God. he cannot help pouring out his
soul in gratitude and praise intensely
longing for the kingdom, the righteous
rule of Christ on the earth.
3. A Right Spirit wv. l1-l3),
| (D That of trust which looks TO
God for the supply of daily bread. We
are dependent upon Him for our daily
food.
(2) That of love which results I'm
forgiveness of others. God will nor
listen to the prayers Of one who has
an unforgiving spirit.
(3) That Of holiness which moves
one to pray not to be led into tempta-
tion and longs to be delivered from the
evil one.