The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-10-29
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
OCTOBER 80, 1860
BY Rev. George A. Harper,
511 Avenue g.,
Greenwood, Miss.
Greenwood, Miss.
OUR RESPONSE TO GOD.


Lesson Text - Psalm /: Ro-
mans II; Print - Psalm 1:1-6:
Romans 12:1, 2.
MEMORY SELECTION -
Be not conformed to this
world: but be We transformed
by the renewing of your mind
that We may prove what is that
good, and acceptable, and per-
feet will of God. - RomanS
1921. After a person has been
transformed in his inward
heart, nature, life and will by
the inwrought work of the
Holy Spirit, then the Chris
tan of his own will and &C
cord should conform his out
ward life, labors and conduct.
Too often Christian is con-
formed to this world. This
denies his testimony and bellies
the work wrought by the
Spirit of God in the heart.
Not only does the heart need
to be transformed, but the
mind, which means our think
ing, and leads to doings-con-
duct, also needs to be trans
formed. The person who fol-
lows this admOnition will have
no trouble in knowing what
the will of God is for his life.
THE BLESSED STATE OF
THE RIGHTEOUS:
BLESSED is the man that
walketh not in the counsel of
the ungOdly, nor Standeth in
the way of sinners, nor stitch
IN the seat of the ScornfuI" :.
The person who walks in the
counsel of the ungodly is one
who accepts ungodly advice
and guidance in the wrong di-
rection. The one who stands
In the way of sinners is usual
ly person that forms evil
associations, he likes to follow
the crowd of sinners in their
unholy activities. Those who
sit In the seat of scoffers are
the ones who identity them
selves with cynical people and
deliberate with them in their
plans to execute mockery and
Encouragement.
But his delight is in the
law of the Lord; and in his
law doth he mediate day and
night 1t is process
that requires constant devo-
ton and interest, for a per-
son does not attain unto
righteousness by making God
and his law casual, secondary,
marginal or superficial. On the
contrary, such a person places
God and his will foremost in
his life, and he takes a delight
in doing the will of God as it
is revealed to him out of the
word of the Lord. "And he
shall be like a tree planted
by the rivers of water, that
brlngeth forth his fruit in his
season.: his leaf also shall not
wither, and whatsoever he
doeth shall prosper" :.
Trees wither when they suffer
from lack of moisture or when
being injured in some way,
but the righteous person is
sustained with sufficient Spir-
ltual nouriShment so that he
does not diminish in spiritual
vlrility because of hunger and
thirst, for he is planted by a
source of everflowing vitality
which is the Spirit of God.
THE INSECURITY OR THE
UNGODLY:
"The ungodly are not so but
are like the chaff which the
wind driveth away" = The
righteous take delight in the
law of the Lord, is spiritually
sustained, and osper
throughout his life time. The
wicked on the other hand
present picture that is just
the opposite. They are not
planted, do not prosper spiritu-
ally, and soon pass away.
Therefore the ungodIy shall
not stand in the judgment, nor
sinners in the congregation of
the righteous
The nature of the wicked is
so far different from that of
the righteous that the two