King's Business - 1921-04

THE K I N G ’S BUS I NES S

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A i m 24, 1921

P O V E R T Y A N D W E A L TH . Golden Text: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Lu. 12:34. LESSON TEXT Isa. 5:8-10; Amos 8:4-7; Lu. 16:19-25. (Read Prov. 30:8, 9; Mat. 6:19-34; 13:22; 19:16-22; Lu. 6:24; 12:13-34; 1 Tim. 6:6-10, 17-19.

clothed in pu rp le and fine linen, and fa re d sum p tu o u sly every day: (20) And th ere w as a c e rta in b e g ­ g a r nam ed L azarus, w hich w as laid a t his g ate, fu ll of sores, (21), And d e sirin g to be fed w ith th e crum bs w hich fe ll from th e rich m an ’s tab le : m oreover th e dogs cam e and ... licked h is sores. (22) And i t cam e to pass, th a t th e b e g g ar died, and w as c arried by th e an g els in to A b ra ­ ham ’s bosom : th e rich m an also died, a n d w as buried ; (23) And in h ell he lift up his eyes, being in to r ­ m ents, a n d se e th A braham a fa r off, and L az aru s in his bosom . (24) And he cried and said, F a th e r A braham , have m ercy on me, and send,L azarus, th a t he m ay dip th e tip of h is finger in w a ter, and cool my to n g u e; for I am to rm e n ted in th is flame,- (25) B ut A braham said, Son, rem em ber th a t th o u in th y lifetim e receivedst th y good th in g s, and likew ise L az aru s in lik e m an n er evil th in g s: b u t now he is com forted, an d thou a r t to rm ented. of our Lord to the man who wanted Him to speak to ,his brother about di­ viding the Inheritance (Luke 12:13-21). The “rich fool” (Luke 12:20) must have been a descendant of the Old Testament fool who said in his heart “¡There is no God” (Psa. 14:1). This rich man thought only of himself, of bigger and better barns, of coveting larger crops and of satisfying his soul .with food and drink. “What fools these mortals be!” Ab­ solutely dependent upon God for the sunshine and showers, for the help of the harvester, and yet absolutely ignor­ ing God, hugging the delusive phantom of hope th a t they can outwit God and avoid the inevitable woe of God upon their soil and souls. God pity them! (2) THE WRATH OF WEALTH, Amos 8:4-7. In the preceding portion of Scrip­ ture we were looking upon wealth which, although honestly gained, was secured a t a tremendous sacrifice of

(8) W o e un to them th a t join house to house, th a t la y field to field, till th e re be no place, th a t th e y m ay be placed alone in th e m id st of th e e arth . (9) In m ine e a rs said th e L ord of hosts, Of a tr u th m any houses sh a ll he desolate, even g r e a t a n d fa ir, w ith o u t in h ab itan t. (10) Yea, te n acre s of v in ey ard sh all y ield one b ath , and th e seed of an hom er sh a ll yield an ephah. (4) H e ar th is, O ye th a t sw allow up th e - needy, even to m ake th e poor of th e lan d to fail. (6) Saying, W hen w ill th e new moon be gone, th a t we m ay sell corn? an d th e sab b ath , th a t we m ay se t fo rth w h eat, m ak in g the ephah sm all, and th e sh ek el great.,- and fa lsify in g th e b alances by d e­ ceit? (6) T h a t we m ay buy th e poor fo r silver, an d th e needy for a p a ir of shoes; yea, and sell th e re fu se of th e w h e at? (7) T he Lord h a th sw orn by th e excellency of Jacob, S urely I w ill never fo rg et a n y of th e ir w orks. (19) T here (w a s a p e rta in rich m an, w hich w as Outline (1) The Woe of Wealth, Isa. 5:8-10. (2) The Wrath of Wealth, Amos 8: 4-7. (3) The Warp of Wealth, Luke 16: 19-25. (1) THE WOE OF WEALTH, Isa. 5:8-10. The Bible is full of warnings against we<h, and yet almost every man is working night and day to be a partaker of the woes and wrath that attend it. Men are willing to LESSON take great chances, but EXPOSITION most of them fail in T. C. Horton accumulating In u c h wealth, and those who succeed pay a staggering price for it. There is a dangerous process which at­ tends the accumulation of wealth, which almost always results in the shifting of sympathies, congesting of the con­ science, hardening of the heart and sep­ arating the soul from God, You find this illustrated in the reply

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