The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-10-28
WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
The Moral Issue In Drink Problem
By HIGHT c. MOORE

I CD Walk by the Spirit. There
are two courses open to us on
our pilgrimage through this
world. One dips sharply down
ward while the other leads direct
IL upward. In the first, life is led
by lust. That is, 1t is under the
dominion of all sorts CT wrong
desire, whether respectable or in
bad rcpute. 1t brushes noble i'm
pulses. II STILES the desire TO live
right. |. binders the effort to do
what We know we ought TO do. Is
thcye no way upward? The other
course is open, inviting, urgent.
Il puts life in the hands of God.
1t subUrdinatcs self. II makes the
flesh Il slave instead of master.
II follows the guidance OF the
Holy Spirit. Tha. means that we
decide under the Spirits prompt
ing and we walk b. the Spirit 5
illumination and aid. OF course,
the flesh docs not yield without a
fight. But We must win the fight.
Otherwise We shall fulfil the lust
Of the flesh, not do the things
that We would, and remain under
the law May we fight the good
fight that never fails.
(2) Bear good fruit. If we
walk by the Spirit we Should bear
the fruit Of the Spirit against
which there is no law. Ii we full
fiji the lus,s o. IN eglesh, We shall
do the works Of the flesh which
can bat b. manifest, whatever
the desire % conceal them, and
which block and forfeit inherit
ancc Of the kingdom of God. LoCk
ut The dark catalog Of Is works
OF the flesh, including also sins OF
the heart. committed against God
and fellow men, rs well as the
sinner himself: FOrniCation with
It's unchas.ity: mcleannCsS with
It's imUCr,ty Of thought; laSc;v.-
business with its wan;Ou desires;
idOla.yy with its rejection OF God;
sorccry with its dclusion of men;
cnmiticS with their bitter animOS-
ity: strife with is cavilingS; jcal-
ouSics with their suspicious;
wraths with their outbreaks of
passion: factions with the cabalS;
divisions with their secular an
tugoniSm: parties with their here
teal teachings: cnvyings with
their grudging in will; drunken
ness with its depravity; revellingS
with their orgies: and everything
else that dcbaSeS and destroys. In
greatest possible contrast, con-
slider the ninclold fruit of the
Spirit or cXcCllcncicS of character
and conduct by one who is infill-
ed and led by the Holy Spirit:
Love 10 God and men; JOY in
salvation and service; peace of
spiritual reconciliation and adj
juStment TO the purpose OF God;
longSuffcring under adversely and
antagOniSm; Kindness which opens
heart and hand 70 friend and foe;
goodness in attitude as well rs
activity; laithfulness to truth
and duty; meekncSS with Its hu-
mility Godward and helpfulneSs
MAYNARD: and Self-control which
Restraints evil and cultivateS good.
CD Cruelty the flesh, If we
belong to Christ by redemption
and regeneration. We have al
ready cruciricd the flesh. That
which neccSSitatcd his crucitiXion
had likewise to be crucified. II
had 70 be nailed 70 the cross at
whatever pain and cost. And it
must be kept on the cross before
the crucified Saviour. There is no
other way to get rid of the wild
passions and insidious lusts which
otherwise like eating ulcers and
consuming cancers must attack
and destroy the vitalS of charae-
ter. 4 crucified Christ commands
n crueified carnality.
GOLD IN THE GOLDEN TEXT
Walk in the Spirit, and We shall
not fulfil the lust of the flesh