The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-04-23
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
BY Rev. George A. Harper
511 Avenue G.,
Greenwood, Miss.

Greenwood, Miss.
HUNGER FOR RIGHTE
HUN GER FOR RIGHT
EOUSNESS.
Lesson Text - Matthew Sc,
z: 13.4-46; 18:21-35.
Print-Matthew Sc, z; 1874
DO. 18:23-33.
MEMORY SELECTION -
Blessed are they which do hun
ger and thirst after righteous
ness: for they shall be filled
Matt. $50 Hunger is a normal
appetite for a healthy body,
and eating is one of the great
pleasures of life. Since man is
physical and psychical, or ma
terial and immaterial. or as
the Bible describes him, there
is an outer and inner man. The
inner man is composed of
spirit and soul, and needs to be
sustained, not by material
food, but by the Word of God.
Righteousness is one OF the
elements that Sustains spirit
ual life, and a healthy appetite
which hungers after this right
eousness shall be filled of salts
fled A good appetite is a
blessing, and so is good food.
Righteousness is the one ele-
ment which Christ died to give
TO us.
WHO ARE THE BLESSED?:
BLESSED are they which do
hunger and thirst after right
eousness: for they shall be fill
ed" = For example, hunger
and thirst in the physical body
signify that it is in need of
food and drink to replace en-
ergy expended and tissues
which are being broken down.
By the same token, spiritual
hunger and thirst are indica-
tons that there is spiritual life
going on within the individual,
for when one is spiritually
dead there exists no hunger
and thurst for Righteousness.
To have a strong desire to be
righteous is much of the strug-
gle already won, and God will
supply the rest. Blessed are
the merciful: for they shall OBJ
tain mercy - 1t cannot be
emphasized too often or too
strongly that God requires us
to be merciful if we wish him
10 be merciful toward us. We
are not to expect to receive
more than we are willing to
give. Mercy is one of the at
tributes of God, for he is mer-
ciful and full of compassion.
SPIRITUAL TREASURE:
Again the kingdom of heav-
en- is like unto treasure hid in
a field; the which when a man
hath found, he hideth, and for
Joy thereof goeth and selleth
all that he hath, and buyefh
that field" This man is
an example of one who discov-
ers the kingdom of God acct
dentally, but is quick to realize
its value when it has been dis
covered, so he dispenses with
what he already owns to estab-
lish his legal possession of it.
Again the kingdom of heaven
is like unto a merchant man,
seeking goodly pearls"
In the Parable of the Pearl the
merchant man knew what he
wanted and set out to find it,
and when he had found it, he
was anxious to sell what he
had in order to possess the
pearl of great price which had
been the object of his search.
"WhO when he had found one
pearl of great price, went and
sold all that he had and bought
it" The principle of the
kingdom of heaven requires
that we give up what we have
if we wish to possess or inherit
a greater value, which in this
case is the gem CT eternal life.
PARABLE OF THE UN-
MERCIFUL SERVANT:
Therefore is the kingdom
of heaven likened unto a GER
tain king, which would take &C.
count of his servants
We are told that the kingdom
of heaven operates on SINH
lar principle, members there
of are required to give account
of their activities, to answer
for their deeds.
And when he had begun to
reckon, one was brought unto
him, which owed him ten thou
sand talents On the basis
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