Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 3 February 1923 — Page 3

I .wuuunoNM IfendaySchool I•Lesson ’ ■ „ fa EITZWATKK. D D.. ■ 'VeX tb * B B't>“ In ' KtwtrtP" Vnlyn ] c TessonfoßF^ ruaky 4 I tH6 grace of gratitude B LESSON TEXT- Luk* C 11 19. ■ , v TEXT Lnur into His z«t.» ■ and into Hi. souit. B ?U '' L munktul unto nuu, Mild OhTOPIC A Mun V. Lu Wus Senior TOPIC - Kememberlng u >- AND SENIOR TOl’l<' j e Grave ot Gratitude. u.IAG PEOPLE AND ADVLT TOPIC the Habit of Gratitude Jesus is now on His way to Jerusajtm where He will be offered up for the sins of the people. It was Utting tl l4l He should lass through the conn tn ol the Suinuritans. for He was the Siivlor of nil men. On this occasion jle tame in touch with a colony of W) lepers, ami His healing of them exhibits the condition of huiuun nature liJ the workings of His divine grace. I Their Awful Affliction (v. 12). They were lepers. Leprosy is a contagious disease which rots off -the Bombers of the body and eventuates II) death, it may be unnoticed in the IPod of the person for years, it is «f such a foul nature that ths one thus afflicted Is cast out from society. This segregation was in accordance with the Mosaic law (Lev. 13:46). It t a s a kind of Nauman quarantine Bessure. Leprosy has always been Larded as a type of sin, even at Huies visited upon people for some sin Examples, the leprosy of Gehnzh (II Kings 5); Miriam (Num. 12); UzHub (11 Kings 15:5). Sin lias come into tht world and flows from generation tu generation through the racial ifretun. so that all are sinners (Rom. J:12). Though sin may be hidden, it mutually breaks out and destroys the body. Evidences of this are seen on ♦very luind. There is no need of Bible proof of Its reality. 11. Their Cry for Mercy (v. 13). * They were tn great need. No liuMtn help was available. They had | fettieliuw heard how Jesus had healed gome lepers. Where there is real healtoy it Is bound to be noised about. This ireused faith In them. “Faith cometh I bj hearing, and hearing by the Word of God" (Rom. 10:17). As He came their way they called for mercy. It is the privilege of all sinners to call ttl'i'n Jesus Christ for mercy. Salvatio.i from the most awful sins will Mrely come to all who cry unto Him In sincerity. 111. Bidden to Go to the Priests (t. 14). Before the lepers were healed they Wire to show themselves to the Fests, according to the Mosaic law (lev. 14:1-32). As they went in faith tl'ny were healed. While God goes before in the work of salvation, yet He d*::iuuds of the sinner faith. Faith Is tin- cause of His action. Activity on tli" sinner's part is necessary so that Gid's grace can flow into him. Fuith e.’ rcsses Itself in action. By this nunns the divine power and human Sr 'il are united. The only faith needel in for the sinner to realize the henlls. power of Christ, and as this is • upon there Is the consequent Ine ne which results in complete salT' I n. Cleansing Is realized through d'dience. VoThe Gratitude of the One (vv. !!■ Isl). I'ercelvlng that he was healed of his 1*: O'sy, the Samaritan turned back »|"1 with a loud voice glorified God. He even fell down on Ids face and 1‘ " thunks. The one least expected tu Jiow gratitude for this great tuercy *' < the one who sincerely expressed The Gratitude of the Nine (vv. I'. :b). ' . „ ■ resunjably they were Jews. The I' y ones who should have been most F iieful did not show any appreclati"U. They were content to get much — id Christ without giving Him nnyb a l>. He expects those who experif"salvation to give Him their l">e and gratitude. The Lord Is hurt *■ u saved sinners go off with the ■ssliig of salvation as though they l ’” 1 stolen it. Many take all they cun rom Christ and give nothing in reII ■ i All the blessings of civilization ours through Christ, yet how few ! >k Him for them. The proportion <" those who are ungrateful for the " dngs which Christ brought is per'■l s nine to one. The fact that grati- |- was expressed by a Samaritan *’ "vs how often we are shamed by devotion of those less favored ti.a i ourselves. Finding God. ■i we cannot lind God In your house Ul ' mine, upon the roadside or the ' »ln of the sea; in the bursting ■ • or opening flower; in the day or night musing—I do not think r should discern Him any more upon ' Grass of Eden, or beneath the | "ii ight of Gethsemane.—T. Martliienu. . Victory Over Bln. < Is not by understanding God, but listing Him, that we have victorv «a.-Auou.

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1923.