The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-06-25
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
w Rev. George A. Harper

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MEMORY Selection: Who
Soever heareth these sayings
of mine, and doeth them,
will liken him unto a wise
man, which built his house
upon a rock. Matthew 7:24).
To hear Christ is not barely
to give him the hearing, but
to obey him. Note, 1t highly
concerns us all to do what we
hear of the sayings of Christ.
But if we practice not what
we hear, we receive that grace
in vain. To do ChriSt's say
ingS is conscientiously to alb
stain from the sins that he for
bids, and to perform the du-
ties that he requires. Observe,
1t is not enough to hear the
sayings of Christ, and under
stand them, hear them, re-
member them, hear them, and
talk of them, repeat them, dis
pute for them; but we must
hear and do them. This do,
and thou shalt live. Those only
that hear, and do, are blessed.
The two sorts of hearers; the
wise built his house upon a
rock, the foolish built upon
the sand, but Christ's word
shall never pass away.
THE TWO Foundations:
Therefore whatsoever hear
eth these sayings of mine, and
doeth them, l will liken him
unto a wise man, which built
his house upon rock" 1t
takes time and effort to build
with security and stability, but
that is the part of wisdom and
that is what moral and spirit
ual foundations require, a
firm foundation that requires
time and strenuous effort to
prepare. "And the rain des-
cended, and the floods came,
and the winds blew, and beat
upon that house; and it fell
not: for it was founded upon a
rock" Life may well expect
its storms of winds, rains, and
floods, and 1t is that life that
has been laid upon the right
kind of foundation and whose
superstructure has been prop
erly developed that will sur
vive the stress and strain of
life from above, below and
from without. "And everyone
that heareth these sayings of
mine, and doeth them not,
shall be likened unto a fool
ish man, which built his house
upon the sand" Jesus says
that a person is foolish who
attempts to build q stable life
upon this kind of condition,
for life will be tried, and in
order to stand it has to be
firm, but it cannot be firm if
built upon the sand, that is,
upon the shifting things of
temporal existence. "And the
rain descended, and the floods
came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it
fell; and great was the fall of
it." 1t is the foundation upon
which life must be built that
largely determines whether or
not it will stand.
JESUS TEACHES With Au-
thority: "And it came to pass,
when Jesus had ended these
sayings, the people were as
tonished at his doctrine" At
the beginning it seemed that
Jesus went up into the noun
tain with his disciples to es-
cape the crowds, but before
the discourse was finished the
people had evidently arrived
on the scene, for they were
present at the conclusion of
Jesus sermon and expressed
their amazement at its pecu-
liar content.
For he taught them as one
having authority, and not as
the Scribes." Instead OF an eye
for an eye and tooth for a
tooth, Jesus demanded good
for evil, and love for hatred.
He discouraged the custom of
making vows at all, contend
Ing that Eyes" and mo" are
sufficient answers to substan-
tate the integrity of a person.
This was a method quite diff
ferent from that Of the scribes
who chung to the beaten paths
of teaching, and to the SUBJ
ject matter to be taught.
PARABLE of the Two Sons:
"But what think We? A certain