The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-11-18
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
NOVEMBER 10, 1861
BY Rev. George A. Harper,
511 Avenue G.,

511 Avenue G.,
Greenwood, Miss.
G r O w T H THROUGH
SELF-DISCIPLINE.
Temperance
Scripture Lesson Mat,
thew 7:13, IA; Luke 9:23-25;
Corinthians 9;24-27; Ephesians
1882; 2 Peter 1:2-11 Print
2 Peter 1:2-11.
MEMORY SELECTION =
Every man that striveth for
the mastery is temperate in
all things. Now they do it to
obtain a corruptible crown,
but We an incorruptible- Il
Corinthians 9:25). It is right
that rules must regulate the
winning of games. If a game is
won justly it needs to be won
legally. No deceit or unfair
ness can enter into the strug-
gle to win a game All con-
teStants who were striving 20
enter contest we're required
to undergo certain regulations
and tests. In order to qualify
to compete in contest some
things had to be given up and
others taken on. This meant to
be temperate in all things.
These contestants gave up
some things to master other
things. The Christian is run
ming race. This race is not
competitive, but it is a race
of endurance. To win an in
corruptible crown, he can well |
afford to give up some plea
sures, make sacrifices in order |
to win that which is holy.
THE DIVINE SUPPORT OF |
LIFE AND RIGHTEOUS |
NESS:
1t is an essential part of |
Gods plan that the Christian |
life shall be lived in a physical |
body. God is just as much
the Maker and Sustainer of
our physical bodice as He is
Maker and Sustainer of our
Souls.
God was careful to make
all things that pertain to life
before He made man. This
was in order that man might
have all things at his dispo-
sal. Those things which are
necessary for food, clothing,
shelter, and protection from
other creatures were all here
when man came into eX-
istence. God has never lost in
terest in providing for man
those things which pertain to
his physical life. On the other
hand, man is a free moral a.
gent and even though God
made those things which are
needed to support human life,
man is able to pervert these
things to harmful use.
1t is easy to see that fertile
land, iron ore, coal, diamonds
and other resources are not
corrupt. God made them, and
they are good. Mans lust for
them creates the evil situa-
ton. This is the way it al
ways is, for all which God
made was good when it left
His hand. 1t is also true that
God made those things which
pertain to goodness. These
are things which are convey
ed through His precious prom
ises for the purpose of provid-
ing a means of escape from
the corruption of the world.
1t is natural that if God made
that which will sustain the
perishable body, He would al
so make that which will Sus-
tain the immortal soul. Of
one thing we may be sure,
men do not remain static be-
tween the choices. If we do
not strive toward sonship we
fall into the beastly state.
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, A
CONTINUOUS STRUGGLE:
There is a step toward
growth which only God can
take. Verse 8 of the lesson
points out that God has al
ready taken this step. All of
the rest is up to man. The
language of verse 5 conveys
the thought that God gave us
the materials which will start
a chain reaction from faith
to love, but we must keep ev-
erlastingly at it. The Christian
struggle is in a real sense the
pruning away of the under
SirshIe about man en- that