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THE CLEAN LIFE
Scripture Lesson - Exodus
20:14; Matthew $3.50; Mark
El4-23 Print - Exodus 20:14;
Matthew 5:27-30; Mark 7:l4-23.
MEMORY SELECTION -
Keep thy heart with all dilig-
ence for out of it are the is
sues of life. - proverbs 4::23).
The heart stands for the Gen.
ter of the moral being and the
inner man. The best way to
keep the heart is to yield it
to the Lord and let Him for
give and cleanse it from sin,
then fill it with His love and
to give it back to Him to keep
for us. Keep means to reserve
and restrain which imply that
the reins should hold in the
inner man to prevent a spiri.
tual wreck which will bring
disaster. There are many &C.
casions in which the outer man
needs to hold the inner man
in which the inner man should
restrain the outer man from
going aStray.
THE EVIL OF UNCLEAN-
NESS:
The Seventh Command
ment: is short and positive. 1t
reads, Thou shalt not COM
NIT adultery" Adultery is the
illicit and illegal relation or
intercourse between married
people and fornication is the
illicit relation between unmar-
ried people. Either sin is
great moral uncleanness. This
sin is classified as one of the
greatest sins in the sight of |
the Lord and righteous men. |
Adultery under the law was
punishable by death.
THE NEW LAW ON ADUL-
Terry:
This new law on adultery
recalls the sixth beatitude, and |
re-emphasizes purity as a car
dinal virtue. Christ's concern
for Christian chastity is seen
in His awareness of the ruin
that awaits unchastity. In
these verses Christ sharply |
contradicts His age. So strong |
was His insistence on the vir.
tue of purity as passport to
His kingdom that He carries
impurity back beyond the
lustful act to the first touch |
of the hand and the first look |
OF the eye, even to the first |
inception of desire. Jesus local
ICES adultery in the eye and
heart before the outward act.
If the eye can bring so much
defilement to the soul, we
should refrain from attendance
at public amusements where
everything shown has a direct
tendency to corrupt the mind.
People take a great risk in
viewing lewd pictures and
plays. The required discipline
for self mastery. 1t is not mu-
tilation of the body that Christ
enjoines, but control of the
body against sin.
THE TRUE SOURCE OF
DEFILEMENT:
1t is the heart that matters,
the moral and spiritual con-
Sciousness. External observ-
ances do not affect or change
the state and character of
man. The closer the soul can
come to God, without regard
to outward things, the better
for man; the inner life is not
reached by external ceremony
According to Vincent, Christ
asserts that Levitical unclean-
ness, such as eating with un-
washed hands, is of small inn
portance as compared with
moral uncleanness." Jesus
charges His disciples with in.
tellectual dizziness and spirit
ual stupidity when He asked
them, "are We so without un.
derstanding also?" It was a
discouraging moment for Je.
sus It His own disciples were
still under the spell of the
Pharisaic theological outlook.
They were making little use
OF their intelligence in trying
to comprehend the efforts of
Jesus to give them a new and
true spiritual insight. Jesus