The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-10
* WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON :
THE CHRISTIAN CITIZEN
~ By fIGHT C.MO0RE
advance them?
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
IC,l.tian S.l2.1SN

| advance them?
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
! Galatians 5:I3-15)
Brotherhood of the Christian
Citizen. The brotherhood of men
lies at the base of our social struc-
ture. The brotherhood of believ-
ers is brotherhood at it's best.
Christians have heard the call of
God to freedom. They are free
not only from the enslaVing
shackles of sin but also from the
slavish ceremonies of Pharisaism.
| They are the freest of the free,
Having not only civil and relig-
lious liberty, but also liberty in.
tellectual and Spiritual, social and
personal. Yet liberty is not license.
It has and must have its hmita-
items. 1t must be unselfish so that
it will not minister to our baser
nature. 1t must be philanthropic; 80
that it will be harnessed to pur-
poses of the common good. 1t must
Inspire a life of service, and all
this means that liberty is impos-
sible without love. Even our own
liberty as we'll as the liberty of
others is conditioned upon our
/ love for our neighbors. If we love
them as We love ourselves, we
shall fulfill the law. Far from Bit
ing and devouring one another to
our mutual disaster, we will pro-
tect each other from harm and
promote each others welfare.
WALK BY SPIRIT & -
| Galatians S: 1919 a. T.,
>" Spirituality Off the Christian
Citizen. There are two courses
open to US on our pilgrimage
through this world. One dips
sharply downward while the other
leads directly upwards. In the
first, life is led by lust. That is,
it is under the dominion Of all
sorts of wrong desire, whether re-
| spectacle or in bad repute. Self,
the anagram of "flesh," sways
the scepter. 1t crashes noble i'm
pulses. It STILES desire to live
right. It hinders the effort to do
what we know we ought to do.
Is there no. way upward? The
other course is open, inviting, ur-
gent. 1t puts life in the hands OF
God. 1t subordinates self. 1t makes
the flesh a slave instead Of mas
ter. 1t follows the guidance OF the
Holy Spirit. That means that we
decide under the Spirits prompt
ines and we walk by the Spirits
: illumination and aid. Of course,
| the flesh does not yield without
a fight. But we must win the fight.
! Otherwise we shall fulfill the lust
of the flesh, not do the things
that we should, and remain under
the law. May we. fight the good
fight that never fails! ....,.
BEAR GOOD FRUIT q ~
| Galatians S: 1929
Righteousness of the Christian
| citizen. If we walk by the Spirit,
we will bear the fruit of the Spirit
against which there is no law. II
we fulfil the lust of the flesh, we
] shall do the works Of the flesh
(which can but be manifest, what
lever the desire to conceal them,
land which block and :, forfeit in
theritanee of, the, Kingdom of God
lLnok at the dark catalogue of fif-
}teen works of the flesh, including
false sins of the heart, committed
kagainst God and fellow men, as
well as the sinner, himself. Forni,
fcation, with its .unchastity; I'm.
.cleanness ,a with its impurity OF
thought; 'lasciviousness with its
! wanton desire; idolatry with its
rejection of God; sorcery with its