The Key West citizen., 1954-07-10
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON

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and someone else beat them do it.
Then it was that some disgruntled
person, perhaps a chronic prevari-
Gator, began spending hours on the
phone telling the neighborhood
gossips that the minister was re.
sponsible for such poor admins
tration and should be boosted out.
What-all of this in Corinth? May
be not since they had no phones,
but they had more rapid means
of communication-just tell "a
quidnunc.
Conflict OF Doctrine
Paul also had something to say
to the church at EphesuS. They
fell into the rut of arguing about
doctrine. Doctrine can be wrong
since it is man-made while the
Gospel of Jesus Christ is God-made
and is right at every point. The
EpheSianS were just in the teeth.
ing stage of their spiritual life and
were trying out their sore gums
on doctrine, which is just as in
digestible as the argument on how
many angels can dance on the
point of a needle. A church editor
told of his church indulging in a
devastating argument on whether
Christ would return to earth be.
fore or after the millennium. What
childish arguments since Christ
will come to most of us long be-
fore the millennium. Are we still
infants in Christ?
Helen Kohls tells Of the city faith
ers of Franklin, Mass, writing a
letter to Benjamin Franklin asking
for money to buy a bell for their
church. Since the city was NAM
ed after him they felt that he
would like to contribute some
money for this worthy project.
Franklin answered the letter by
saying, II am much honored and
glad indeed to send you a sum of
money. Only don't buy a hell with
it. Buy a public library. I have
always preferred sense to sound. I"
They bought the books.
Our churches seem to be built
on doctrine and we strain at a
gnat while swallowing a camel. The
spiritually minded Christian will
grow but little on doctrine. It has
been the source Of more conflicts
within the Protestant church than
any other one thing. It may be
all right for the organization and
operation of man.made institu-
donS, but the Christian goes be.
yond all that. He wants to know
what Christ would have him do.
Sometimes we get discouraged in
trying to be like Christ but we
should remember that he never
said copy me- he simply asked
his followers to follow me-" II
we are to grow as Christians we
must set our sights on things high
er than doctorine. We must grow
in the grace and knowledge of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
SUNDAY SCHOOL. TEcSON
Conflict OF Growth
Life seems to be one series after
another of contradictions. The
child to grow must eat something
other than candy, sodas and things
they like. They must have some.
thing with the necessary vitamins
such as spinach and other things
they might not like. Paul gives
the Corinthians the formula for
Christian growth. In his letter tc
the Ephesians he outlines the
character Of Jesus, not man.mads
doctrines. Peter emphasizes tn,
importance Of Christian growth
| Peter says that diligence i.
necessary, knowing sometime
about Christ, which develops init
faith. When General Lew wallace
an infidel, began his work on "Ber
llur," he had to read the Bible
1t was his intention to strip th,
Bible of all its sentimentality an,
show Jesus as he was a man
When he completed the studv n