The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1962-02-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
FEBRUARY 4, 1862
BY Rev. George A. Harper,
Sill Avenue c.,
Greenwood. Miss.


Greenwood, Miss.
THE RIGHT USE OF THE
LORDS DAY.
Scripture Lesson - Exodus
2O;8-11; Nehemiah 1852;
Mark 2:23.3:6; Luke 4:16-2O, 81.
40; Print Exodus 20:8-11;
Mark 2:23-28; 3;1.6.
MEMORY SELECTION -
Remember the sabbath day, to
keep it holy - exodus 20:8),
God in His goodness provided
a sabbath for man. The sab
bath day was set apart by God
for mans physical and spirit
ual good. God instituted the
sabbath after six days, then He
hallowed the seventh day,
which was the day on which
God rested. This does not
mean that God became weary
by reason of His labors, but
that He ceased from a finished
work. He took man into His
fellowship and required man
to enjoy this day with Him.
1t was a day of cessation of
labors, day of rest, a day of
worship and day which was
a shadow of better things to
come.
REMEMBER THE SAB.
BATH DAY:
The first right use of the
day is to give it a place in our
memories as the Lords Day.
For a certain period of our
lives, five days of many of the
weeks of the year will be
school days. Some days will be
play days. Certain days of
the week will become familiar
as days allotted for special
periods of work, but through
out life, once in seven days
the Lords Day will come and
we are commanded as the first
use of our memory-to ''re-
member it," The Great Crea-
tor who is the source of our
lives may be more easily for
gotten than our cheapest CAD |
gets. Our spiritual possessions
are tenuously held. We need a
day in seven as the Lords day
to fix our minds upon those
hidden things which are too
easily forgotten and left out
of our calculations. The Lords
Day is not merely to be re-
membersd but acted upon ap-
propriately - Keep it holy. AS
a day of rest, the Sabbath is
essential to the highest con-
dition of physical health. AS
a day of holy meditation and
worship, it is essential to our
spirit ual education and
growth.
WHAT TO DO ON THE
LORDS DAY:
The Pharisees were fault
finders. The Pharisees did
not feed the disciples. nor were |
they given to hospitality. How
ever, they found fault with the |
disciples because they pluck |
ed ears of corn on the sab
bath. According to the Scrip |
ture, Jesus used the Lords |
Day as an opportunity for |
teaching. This practice is in |
conformity with His commits |
sion - teaching them to OBJ |
serve all things whatsoever I |
have commanded YOU" The |
Lords Day is the day which |
we devote especially to His
use in learning how to bring |
all our days into conformity |
with His will. The main ave.
nue. to learning in life is
through teaching. In the teach |
ing process, someone who is |
especially familiar with the |
body or the results of learn |
ing, and and are skilled in |
imparting such learning as
sumes the role of teacher for |
those who desire to learn. The
Lords Day Is a day for good |
action. When Jesus taught in
the first century Jewish ideas
about the Lords Day gave pri-
ority to inaction over good ac-
tons. In the lesso ntoday,
Jesus does two things. He
defends the action of His dis
ciples who pluck corn on the
Sabbath because they we're
hungry and He heals a man
with withered hand. Hunger
nor affliction confine them