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God, expecting Him to give light and guid ance. As one seeks to obey all that is re vealed in the Word of God .concerning every phase of life, the believer will find that there need be no compromise in his testimony and no interruption in his fel lowship with the Lord. Helps for the Leader I. O f F irst I mportance In the public schools o f Switzerland, each student is taught this patriotic slogan: “My duty is to obey and work for God and my native land.” This motto is re peated daily and does much to mold the character o f those who repeat it. The real point in this slogan is the fact that God is placed first in this matter of obedience. Our duty to our native land will be properly fulfilled only when we first render obedience to God (Rom. 13: 1, 2).—-G. B. F. H allock . II. L aughing at L aw You laugh at prohibition laws. The lib ertine laughs at the marriage laws. The anarchist laughs at the property laws. Watch out that your son doesn’t laugh at all the laws! Let’s quit laughing at any law.—D an M organ S mith . in.. How G overnment M ay B e C hanged . Every man who enjoys the protection of government has upon him the responsi bility o f doing what will support the gov ernment. “I exhort therefore, that, first o f all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving o f thanks, be made . . . for all that are in authority,”' :says Paul, and prayer for rulers at that day was the only means that the Christian had for securing a better rule.—G. B. F. H allock . IV. J u s t ic e . “ Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” And this righteousness is civic, social, and personal. No government has a right to treat its citizens unjustly, unfairly, and oppres sively, and no citizen has a right to treat the government unfairly or unjustly. Think of this when you list your prop erty for taxation. We are told that good men do not hesitate to use stratagem for defrauding the government out of its trib ute. Thig* declaration may be an exaggera tion, but oftentimes men deal with the gov ernment as they would not deal with indi viduals.-—S elected . FEBRUARY 23, 1936 THINGS FOR WHICH WE STAND G alatians 5 :22-26 Meditation on the Lesson These closing verses of Galatians S con stitute one of the most familiar passages of Scripture, and yej while it may have been committed to memory, how many of us have learned it “by heart,” that is, have made it ours s,p thoroughly that we live it ? Notice the contrast o f terms. ' Paul has been talking about “the works of the flesh.” Now he is speaking of “the fruit of the Spirit.” The issue is “ works” versus “ fruit.” How significant! The unregen erate man “works” ; the spiritual man bears “ fruit.” Furthermore, the Word of God does not speak of “ fruits,” but of “ fruit”—a singu lar noun. As one Christian has said, “It is
a fruit with a ninefold flavor.” The list begins with “love.” Then the great Author enumerates other virtues which are the,out growth of a heart that is filled with the “love of God . . . shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” “Joy” is illustrated elsewhere in Scripture by references to the voice of the bridegroom and the bride. Only the Christian experi encing “the love o f Christ, which passeth knowledge,” knows real joy. Jesus ex plained the purpose o f His instruction of His disciples: “That my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” “Joy” is the overflowing spring. “ Peace” is the deep well. “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.” Could anything be dearer than His “joy” and His “peace” ? The first three manifestations of “the fruit o f the Spirit” partake o f the divine nature in a special sense. “Long-suffering,” “gen tleness,” and “goodness,” while also to be received from God alone, are concerned chiefly with our relationships to other in dividuals. If we can bear patiently with long-continued assaults o f the enemy, if we can be gentle and kind in our conversa tion and manner, if we can be good to others, we are bearing fruit that evidences the fact that the Spirit dwells in us, “Faith,” “meekness,” and “temperance” are the three characteristics which are chiefly subjective, and yet they, too, are impossible to the “natural man.” The “ walk” is typical o f the whole life. Thus if we “walk” in the Spirit, others seeing our lives will glorify our Father in heaven. What is it that enables the Holy Spirit to produce fruit in a life ? The basis is that the believer has been identified with the Saviour on Calvary’s cross, when He “bare our sins in his own body on the tree” ’(1 Pet. 2 :24). Thus, positionally , “they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts” (Gal. 5 :24). Recognizing his new relationship, his new life “in the Spirit,” the Christian is to obey the e x h o r ta tio n “Let us also walk in the Spirit.” George Croly ex presses the heart’s inmost desire when he sings: “ Spirit o f God, descend upon my heart ; Wean it from earth; through all its pulses move; Stoop to my weakness, mighty as Thou art, And make me love Thee as I ought to love. “Teach me to love Thee as Thine angels love, One holy passion filling all my frame; The baptism of the heaven-descended Dove, My heart an altar, and Thy love the ’’ flame.” Helps For the Leader I. N e w L if e — N e w B e a u t y When a shipload of sacred earth was sent from Jerusalem to mingle with the common soil in the Campo Santo at Pisa, a new flower sprang up, the delicate and graceful anemone, which may still be found in the long grass of the place. So, when the Holy Spirit comes into our hearts and abides there, something brighter and better than the windflower will appear. All the beautiful blossoms o f His grace will begin to bloom in our lives. “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance” (Gal. 5 :22l 23) .— S elected . [Continued on page 38]
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