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of commission. To know the evils of the liquor traffic and to do nothing about it is a sin. This may be applied to other types of intemperance as well. Helps for the Children Taking A Difficult Stand Luke 19:1-10 Memory Verse: "Give . . thy servant an understanding heart . . . that I may discern between good and bad . . ." (1 Kings 3:9). Zacchaeus was a tax collector. He had to make an important decision. Would he collect just as much money from each person as he should, or would he collect extra money from them unfairly and make himself rich? Because Zacchaeus did not love the Lord Jesus, he chose to become dishonest. Soon people hated him; no longer did they want to be known as his friends. He became rich, but his heart was filled with sin and unhappiness. One day Zacchaeus heard that the Son of God was going to pass. through his town. Eagerly the little man closed his business and joined the crowds who were waiting to see the Lord Jesus. Because Zacchaeus was short, he was unable to see the road way. Quickly he ran to a sycamore tree and climbed up into the branches so that he might look down upon the wonderful Visitor to his town. As the Saviour passed along, He stopped under the sycamore tree, looked up into the branches, and said, “ Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for today I must abide at thy house.” How surprised the crowds were that the Son of God would not only speak to such a sinner but would want to visit in his home! As the Saviour talked with Zac chaeus, the little man knew that he had made a wrong choice of actions. He prom ised to return all that he had falsely taken and to add four times as much as he had stolen! Being in Jesus’ presence had shown Zacchaeus how sinful his choice had been. Do you have a difficult time choosing the good rather than 'the evil sometimes? Can you always say and do that which will please your Lord even though you are with those who do not honor Him with their lives? One of the kings of the Old Testament prayed, “ Give . . . thy servant an understanding heart . .. . that I may discern [choose, or know the dif ference] between good and evil [bad].” If you will make this your prayer each day, your Lord will help you to make the right choices and to have the strength to carry them put. | e n d .
infers judgment. Such as these allow themselves to get in such a condition of body and soul that they must suffer the judgment of God. Note how insidious strong drink is! When it gets a hold upon men and women they are liable to “ con tinue” in its clutches. It will also “ in flame” them so that they will commit all manner of atrocious acts. Men lose all con trol of their faculties at such a time. “ They regard not the work of the Lord” (v. 12) and find themselves finally in ut ter “ captivity” (v. 13). Such as these find themselves also, nearer to the brink of “ hell” or sheol, the place of departed spirits. It is an awful thing to allow the mind and spirit to become numbed by the use of poisonous drink. The Influence of Drinking Matt. 18:6 This passage does not definitely speak of strong drink. It refers to anything a person may do to bring injury upon a little child. It may be the use of intoxi cating beverages. The writer knows the case of a third grade child who was ren dered dizzy, as he called it, by drinking spiked liquor at a party where his parents were in attendance. Who knows but that under such influence this child may grow up to be an alcoholic and end in a diunk- ard’s grave? Whose fault will- it be? Christ pronounces. awful judgment upon any who cause “ little ones” to stumble in whatever way. An Exhortation Against Drinking Rom. 13:11-14 It was this passage, particularly verses 13 and 14, that the Spirit of God used one dajr in Milan, Italy, to bring ¡.bout the conversion of St. Augstine. He had lived a very profligate young life but through the prayers aftd tears of his godly mother Monica and the influence of St. Ambrose he was brought to a realization of his sins, and the Sword of the Spirit, in the form of the exhortation before us, did the final work. The passage is mainly for believers but God’s Spirit may use it to convict unbelievers as well. The import of it is that since believers have become new creatures in Christ Jesus, they ought to put off the works of the flesh and live like Christians. In short, they ought to put on the Lord Jesus Christ. Putting Him on practically as well as professionally will mean the putting off of the things of the flesh. A Vital Principle James 4:17 There are sins of omission as well as
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