The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1958-02-22
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
February %, 1853

SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
February %, 1853
BY Rev. Geo. A. Harper
THE CHURCH at Worship:
Matthew 1919, 20; John 4::23,
"a; Acts 1:12-14; Colossians 8:
Is, II. Print Matthew Is: 10,
20; John 4:23, "a; Acts 112-14;
Colossians 3:16,17.
MEMORY Selection - And
said unto them, it is written,
my house shall be called the
house of prayer. (Matthew 81:
49,. The temple in the Old Tes-
lament was Gods house for all
Israel. 1t was Gods command
and mans duty to go there to
worship, diSperse his 1.-THE and
offerings, offer praise and
pray. The Lord Himself deSig-
mated His house as an house of
prayer for all people. This may
have twofold meaning: name
ly, that all people should go to
the house of the Lord to pray
to the Lord. There may be a
deeper meaning in which the
Lord intended His people who
are on speaking terms with
Him to go to His house to pray
for all people All people do
not pray, therefore, the pray
ing people should not merely
pray for themselves, put also
for those who do not pray for
themselves. In this manner
they may receive the gospel
light and come into a saving
knowledge of salvation to also
become a praying people.
THE NECESSITY of Agree
ment: again l say unto you,
That if two you shall agree on
earth as touching any thing
that they shall ask, it shall be
done for them of my Father
which is in heaven. Jesus said
this in connection with his in
Struction on how to treat an of
Tending brother. The process
of reconciliation should begin
with, or between, the offender
and the offended alone. If they
fail to reach an agreement,
two or three other impartial in
dividuals should be called up.
on to help settle the matter,
and failing in that, the discord
is to be referred to the church
which has power to cast out
the one who has done the
wrong and refuses to hear ar
bltration or to be reconciled to
his brother. For where two or
three are gathered together in
my name, there am | in the
midst of them" Jesus cannot
deny his own presence. If we
gather in His name, He will for
His own names sake be in our
midst. Most of us apply this
verse to our worship meetings.
GOD REQUIRES Worship of
Spirit and Truth: But the
hour cometh, and now is, when
the true worshippers shall wor-
ship the Father in spirit and in
truth: for the Father seeketh
such to worship him." Material
things are not absolutely essen
tial for worshipping God, but
an upright heart is highly i'm
portant, for spiritual success
IN worship must be so conduct
ed.
God is Spirit and must be
worshipped with the spirit of
man. God is Spirit: and they
that worship him must worship
MN IN spirit and in truth"
God is not material in nature.
and is therefore invisible. but
he is none the less real. In
worship it is the Spirit that
blends with spirit and consti.
tuteS just the kind of devotion
that is pleasing to God and edi.
lying to the one who worships.
WORSHIP In the Upper
Room: "Then returned thew
unto Jerusalem from the
mount called Olivet, which is
from Jerusalem a sabbath's
day Journey" A Sabbath days
journey" was the distance a
Hebrew was permitted to ira
vel on the sabbath without in
fringing the requirements of