King's Business - 1919-09

847 him will be together. Let us say, it. (Explain and make clear to children.) I wonder how many of us here today obey Jesus our King, that is we do the things we know He wants us to do. That means we will do only the right things. We will always be found at Sunday School on God’s day, for Jesus wants us to gather together in His house to worship Him. We will always speak the truth, and we will do all that Jesus tells us to do in the Bible as we hear the stories each week. Let us see how well we will remember our story for today by obeying Jesus our King. Closing Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus, help us to obey thee our King at all times.

T HE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S Philip answered and said if he believed with all his heart he could, and the man answered and said he did believe on Jesus, and that He was God’s son. Then the chariot was stopped, and they got out and Philip baptized the man. The man got back into his chariot and went on to his home very happy because he had heard about Jesus, and had be­ come one of His followers. After Philip left the man he preached Jesus in all the cities where he passed through. Now you see Philip obeyed God right away, and the man in the chariot obeyed just as soon as he understood when Philip told him. Our memory verse is a prayer that the time may come when all the people who love Jesus and obey

T H E F U T U R E L IF E . SEPTEMBER 14, 1919 Golden Text: “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ.” 2 Cor. 5:10. LESSON TEXT Mat. 25:31-46. (Read Mat. 25:31-46; Jno. 14:2, 3; 2 Cor. 5:10; 1 Pet. 1:3-5.)

(31) W hen the Son of m an shall come in his glory, and all the angels w ith him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory; (32) And •before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from a n ­ other, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: (33) And he shall set the sheep on his rig h t hand, bu t the goats on the left. (34) Then shall the K ing say unto them on his rig h t hand, Come, ye blessed of m y F ather, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of th e world: (35) For I w as an hungered, and ye gave me m eat: I w as thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I w as a stranger, and ye took me in; (36) Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I w as in prison, and ye came unto me. (37) Then >shall th e righteous answ er him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? (38) W hen saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? (39) Or when saw w e thee sick, or in prison, The Scripture assigned for this les­ son is so obviously unfortunate, in con­ sideration of the title given it,—that we are at a loss to understand how the

and came unto thee? (40) And the K ing shall answ er and say unto them , Verily I say unto you, Inasm uch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. (41) T hen shall he say also unto them on the left hand, D epart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: (42) F or I w as an hungered, and ye gave me no m eat: I w as thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: (43) I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. (44) Then shall they also answ er him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or ath irst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not m inister unto thee? (45) Then shall he answ er them , saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasm uch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. (46) And these shall go aw ay into everlasting punishm ent; but the righteous into life eternal. Lesson Committee could be led to this choice. This passage in Matthew does not teach the way of salvation: it does not

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