THE K I N O ’ S B U S I N E S S
January) 1941
behead “B.” “It” still rules. “I” try to overcome, but “I ” fail and have no peace. The Lord Jesus answers, “Without me ye can do nothing” (John 15:5). Fill the cross with red, removing ev ery Habit. Jesus conquers and makes peace in our hearts by the blood of His cross! He came alive again, saying,' “My peace I give unto you” (John 14: 27). Therefore, we have peace one with another and can be peacemakers by tell ing of Him who died for all who are in bondage to any habit. OBJECTS: An empty whiskey bottle or a picture representing one. (On one side >of the bottle paste a piece Of stiff paper, lined $o represent a door. On the door write the following words: Want, Broken Health, Sin, Grief, Shame, Darkness, Despair, Strife, Grave, Tears, Aching Hearts, and HelL On the other side of the bottle paste a piece Of stiff paper with holes cut in it to represent a jail door. On the bars write the following words: Manli ness, Wealth, Honor, Pride, Fame, Hope, Prayer, Truth, Bravery, Joy, and Heav en.) LESSON: This is a strange-looking whiskey bottle, isn’t it? On one side there is a door and on the other side bars reminding us of the door of a jail. Object Lesson T wo - in -O ne Luke 16:10 He th a t is faithful In th at which is least Is faithful also In m uch: and he th a t Is unjust In the least Is unjust also In much. 11 i f therefore re have hot been faithful In the unrighteous mammon, who will com m it to your tru st the tru e riches! 12 And if ye have not been faithful In th a t which Is another m an’s, who shall give you th a t which Is yonr own! IS No servant can serve two m asters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Te cannot serve Clod and mammon. 14 And the Pharisees also, who were cov. etons, heard all these things: and they de rided him. 15 And he said unto them , Te are they which justify yourselves before men; nut God knoweth your hearts: for th at which is highly esteeihed among men Is abom ination !h the sight of God. 19 There w as a certain rich man, which was clothed In purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there w as a certain beggar named L azarus, which w as laid a t his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to he fed w ith the Crumbs which fell from the rich m an’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And It came to pass, th a t the beggar died, and w as carried by the angels Into A braham ’s bosom: the rich man also died, and w as bnried; 22 And In hell he lifted np his eyes, being In torm ents, and seeth A braham a fa r off, and L azarus in his bosom. LESSON TEX T : Lk. 16:10-15, 19-23. GOLDEN TEX T : “ Ye cannot serve God and mammon” (Lk. 10:IS). DEVOTIONAL BEAD ING : Isa. 52:6-11.
shops, in this church, will grow old and die. Who will take their places and be the men then?” After a moment’s pause, they an swered, “We boys.” “Now, boys, you have all seen men drink too much—drunkards we call them. They will die, too. Who do you think will take their places when they die, and be the drunkards then?” Promptly came the answer, “We boys.” This reply Startled the whole school. Alas, there was too much truth in the reply. How needful then to a i m. at getting the young people “converted” (Matt. 18:3) and linked up with a “power” (Rom. 1:16) which will enable them to "abstain from all appearance of evil” !—Tales Worth Telling. Peacemakers M ark 9:39.-50; 1 T h e s s a l o n ia n s 5:22 MEMORY VERSE: “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God” (Matt. 5:9). APPROACH: Boys make boats and girls make doll dresses, but peacemak ers cannot make peace unless the right paign begins by telling boys and girls, “It’s smart to grow up to be cocktail drinkers; it’s the style) Society laughs a t the old fogey who is different.” These thoughts make cowards of many people who are afraid to say, “No!” By yielding to Dictator Drink, they become slaves under his rule. Courageous Daniel, when only a boy, purposed in his heart not to touch liq uor, and he became strong and great. What dictators of the Habit family are a t war in you ? Let us win the war by beheading them! [With red crayola mark out the red “H” on a cardboard copied from the ac companying draw ing.] “Abit” of that bad “Habit” is left! Behead “A." "Bit” is left! Horses have bits in their mouths to turn them where they do not want to go. Dictator Drink puts a taste for liq uor- in a person’s mouth, then takes him into the gutter where he does not want to go. Now ruler reigns, We have no peace if bad habits rule us. They may look innocent, but they become cruel dictators a t war to take away out liberty. LESSON STORY: Dictator Drink be longs to the Habit family. His c a m
Let me read you a poem which men tions the words th a t are written on the door and on the bars. “THE SALOON BAR "A bar to heaven, a door to hell— Whoever named it, named it wellI A bar to manliness and wealth, A door to want and broken health. A bar to honor, pride, and fame, A door to sin and grief and shames A bar to'hope, a bar to prayer, A door to darkness and despair. A bar to honored, useful life, A door to sin and grief and strife. A bar to all that is true and braver A door to every drunkard’s grave, A bar to joy that home imparts, A door to tears and aching hearts. A bar to heaven, a door to hell— Whoever named it, named it well!” I t is not difficult now to see that whiskey is a door to everything th a t is bad and a bar to everything that is good. I trust you boys and girls will remem ber this strange-looking whiskey bottle and never will drink whiskey. Outline and Exposition I, T he ' T rue A ttitude (10-15) p | ^H ER E must be faithfulness in exercising a trust bestowed (vs. I 10-12). One who. is faithful in little things (cf. R.V.) will be faithful in larger things. However small the matter may appear, it is great in its op portunity to display real faithfulness. Our Lord brings everything into con sideration — money, time, material things, and so on —- and teaches that faithfulness is the first great require ment. Then He speaks particularly of money and its faithful use. The agent is responsible for the use of that with which he has been entrusted; if there fore he is not faithful with another’s things, "who shall give” him that which is his “own” ?j There must be faithfulness in servicee (v. 13). The servant here is a “house hold servant” (RV. margin), one whose business it i s . to serve the master of the house. Of necessity, such a one cannot serve two masters; the wishes of each would clash, and neither person would be properly, served. Just so, one cannot serve God and mammon a t the same time; neither master would be
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