The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-08
Scripture-Luke 6:39-49.

Golden Text-why call We me
Lord, Lord, and do not the thing
which | Say?-Luke 8: 40.
Consider the righteousness o
the Scribes and Pharisees. When
in the summer of Is A. ID. Jesu
reached the height of his fame OF
earth. Pharisaic hostility focused
upon him with the sabbath Dues
ton as the flImSy pretext for thei
attack. Two examples are given
They censurcd the disciples TO
"practiciny medicine" when h,
cured . mans withered hand a
a sabbath service in the syna
gOgue.
Contrast the righteousness upor
which Jesus insists. Alter u nigh
in prayer, probably on the Horn.
OF Hattin, he chose the Twelve
Apostles and preached the Ser.
mon on the Mount. As he brough,
that matchleSS discourse to .
close, he presented and pictured
the traits and the tests or right
| eOuSneSS. ...
TRAITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
! (Luk. 6: 39-45)
, Leadership should exhibit the
traits of righteousness. On The
first trait is good brotherhood. One
must have sight before he can sue
cessfully lead the sightless; other
wise. he is not a qualified guide as
/ any pit or pitfall in the way would
sadly show. 4 teacher must Know
more than his pupils; in fact, he
ought to embody in himself q
worthy ideal and objective for his
students. Moreover, consistency
is essential, for thar leader must
be- limp and ineffective who tri-
files over u Speck OF Sawdust in
brothers eye but is complacent
about q whole SawlOg in his own
eye. This is not saying that the
mote should not be extracted, but
il does aver that the operation
cannot be performed by one who
has an obstructing beam in his
own eye. lie must remove the OBJ
stacle to his own vision before he
can see clearly 10 get a splinter
out Of his brothers. eye. i2) The
second trait is good fruit. The
law OF the tree is the law OF the
man. No good tree bears corrupt
fruit; no good man lives wicked
life. Any defect in fruit Of good
tree and conduct of good man Is
exceptional and not habitual. The
reverse is true. The righteous
deeds of the bad man are lacking
in spiritual motive and uplift and
flavor. So we know men by the
fruit they bear. Straight conduct
does not come from crooked char
acter. We never gather grapes
from bramble bush men. 60 The
third trait is good treasure: Note
the good things about a good
man: A good heart as his center
and core; a good treasure as the
possession of that heart; a good
output which he brings forth to
share with others; q good mouth
which speaks wisely and worthily
ont of the abundance of a good
heart. In contrast there is the evil.
man with his evil heart exerting
an evil Influence i'm the world. !,
TEST OF RiGHTEo0SHESS:
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