tenderness and love of the mighty One. Would that men would hallow it! Thy Kingdom Come— Men deny God'¡3 right to rule, so the prayer leads us to the time when His Kingdom shall be established. Before the Kingdom can eome, the King must come and set up His Kingdom; and before the King can do that, we must be caught up to be with Him when He comes, so we pray, with John, the old apostle, "Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly." The King- dom of the Father comes when the righteous shine forth as the sun (Matt. 13:43). Thy Will Be Done— This part of the petition projects us into a future age. Never until there is a new heaven and a new earth in which dwelleth right- eousness, can the petition be answered (1 Cor. 15:24-25). Even during the Millenium, men will yield feigned obe- dience to God's will. When His will is done down here, it will be heaven down here. Doing His will makes heaven in our hearts now. Give Us This Day —The prayer is for daily dependence upon Father for the supply of all need; food for our body and for our souls (Prov. 30:8). " F e ed me with food convenient." We live for a day at a time. "Lord, for to- morrow and its needs I do not p r a y ." He may come today and our need will be over. Forgive Us Our Debts —No one can say Father who is not a son, and for the son there is absolute forgiveness for every sin. Having forgiven all vour trespasses' (Col. 2:13; Eph. 1:7). "But the other side of the truth is that, be- ing sons and having the Jife- of God, we cannot hold enmity or have an un- forgiving spirit toward any, without cutting ourselves off from fellowship with ' God. Unless we forgive others, we can have no communion with God. So we have bread for body and forgive- ness for soul «11 supplied in Christ Jesus (Phil. 4:19). My God shall sup- ply all your need. Bring Us Not Into Temptation Testings are good for us. "Count it all joy when you fall into divers temp- tations" (.Jas. 1:2). In them God proves His power to us and we prove our faith in God. Certain temptations are to be avoided—"Let him that standeth take heed lest he f a l l '' (1 Cor. 10:13). Deliver Us From the Evil One— Satan is the Great Enemy of God and man. Christ was manifested to destroy
him (1 Jno. 3:8). He can only be overcome by submission to God (Jas. 4:7); by vigilance (1 Pet. 5:8); by prayer (Eph. 6:18). We need to fear him and to remember that " H e only can help us so that the wicked one toucheth us n o t " (1 Jno. 5:18). POINTS PRACTICAL. True humility of heart needs no heralding. Advise with God about your gifts, but do not advertise the amount that you give. It will help you to peacefully pillow your head, if you empty your purse in the pocket of poverty. Prayer must be real, if aught is to be realized.. The soul that seeks in secret the glory of God, will have a royal reward. LESSON VII. Sunday, February 13, 1910. Worldliness and Trust (Matt. 6:1934). Golden Text, Matt. 6:33. (1) The True Treasury....l9-23 (2) The Two Masters 24 (3) The Tranquil Trust....25-34 Following the lesson on Sincerity in Almsgiving, the King dwells on honesty in the matter of fasting, rebuking those who made fasting an occasion for the display of their pride, and showing how depraved is the human heart. The. les- son for today follows logically. (1) THE TRUE TREASURY. "Treas- ures in heaven." The word treasures here includes whatever we value, and may include personal property, wealth, abilities, friendships, etc. The Lord inveighs against the storing of our riches in an earthly treasure house. Commanded to Accumulate— We can- not lay up treasures unless we possess them. Every believer should be a mil- lionaire—he should begin to accumu- late as soon as he is saved and should keep piling up his wealth while he lives. There ought not to be any poor people in heaven, but there will be. Some will have their property all burned up and will just get an entrance and no more (1 Cor. 3:15). Earthly treasures have within them the elements of self-de- struction—nothing is enduring which is earthy. Three terms may represent the insincerity of earthly things: Decay— Much of the wealth of the Orient was invested in rich and costly clothing. When it was laid away, not in use, it was subject to moths, which speedily put the death mark upon it.
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