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cause them to be mixed up again. I have an idea as to how these nails can be straightened and kept straight. It is by using this large white magnet. I will take the nails and place their heads against the magnet. They now stay where I put them. When Christ comes into the lives of people, they are like this. This is true of individuals and nations. The reason that the world is without peace today is that Christ is not the center of things. Now that we have made all of these nails contact the magnet, we find that no slight shaking will cause them to be mixed again. The reason for this change is that the magnet now controls the nails. Peace will come to this world only when Christ is the center of all things, and is controlling all nations. We are all interested ip having peace, but we must realize that this will never be accomplished so far as1 the world is concerned, until Christ comes to rule and reign. However, individuals can receive Him as Saviour, and then in their own hearts they have peace with God.
The house was finished, and outside it looked very fine in a lovely garden under the oak trees. Mr. Goodall drove up to the door with Dorothy and said, “John, here is my promised check in full for your good job. And now I have a surprise for you. As a token of my love, I now give you and Dorothy this house and land for your very own, and may God bless you in your new home. I knew if you built it by the ‘Golden Rule,’ it would just suit you, for ‘As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.’ ” John grew red with shame; he wouldn’t like to be cheated, and yet he had cheated his kind father-in-law. He thought of the weak foundation and poor lumber which his own hands had put into his home because he thought it would belong to Others. He turned away to hide his tears, saying in his heart, “O God! forgive me. Why did I not live by Jesus’ ‘Golden Rule ?’ ” Object Lesson N ails and N ations OBJECTS: A handful of nails and a large white-covered magnet. LESSON: This pile of nails reminds me of the nations of earth. Some are headed one way, and some another way. Well-meaning men have been trying for many years to straighten out the nations of earth, only to find that their efforts are hopeless. We might take much time and try to straighten these nails out, but the slightest shake would Luke 7:2 And a certain centurion’s serv ant, who was dear nnto him, was slch, and ready to die. 5 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent nnto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he wonld come and heal his servant, 4 And when they came to Jesns, they be sought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this: 6 For he loveth onr nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. 6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the cen turion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not wor thy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: 7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say In a word, and my servant shall be healed. 5 For I also am a man set under author ity, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Do, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 9 When Jesus heard these things, he mar veled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed Mm, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick. 11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called >'ain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. 12 Now when he came nigh to the gate to the city, behold there was a dead man car ried out, the only son of Ms mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
ions. The one party argues that all are binding upon believers of the present age. The other insists that none of this material is for believers of the present age. The truth of the matter is that some of these precepts are binding, and some are not, on believers of the present age. “Love your enemies” is certainly for all of us right now. But even the most insistent' legalist of today never seriously tried to follow verse 30, “Of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.” Such a rule will be perfectly feasible in the Kingdom to be set up when the Lord returns. Golden Text Illustration L uke 6:31 A missionary family was returning after a rest in America to the work in Tabriz, Persia. As the little party came to the crest of the hills . . . its members stopped to look across the gray plain to the gray city and the great red rocky hills beyond. . . . It was a dreary sight after the green fields of home, and one of the little girls at last looked up into her mother’s face and said, “It’s not nearly so nice as America, Mother, is i t?” “No, my child,” the mother replied, “that’s why we have come.” There was love in those hearts, and thus there was loving service in their lives.—Practical Themes, by S. H. Edg- cumbe. Jesus’ Golden Buie L uke 6 MEMORY VERSE :’ “As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise” (Lk. 6:31). APPROACH: The “Golden Rule” is our memory verse for 'today, and the Lord Jesus gave it to us to live by so that every one will be happy. There is a story that is sometimes told to explain this Golden Rule. It is about a man in America. LESSON STORY: John Kerr was a house builder whose wife was Dorothy, daughter of Mr. Goodall the banker. Mr. Goodall said, “John, I will pay you the top-notch price if you will build me the finest house in town on that choice acre
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18 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. - r 14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Toung man, 1 say unto thee, Arise. 15 And he that was dead sat up, and be gan to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. LESSON TEXT: Lk. 7:2-15. GOLDEN TEXT: “ I am come that they might have life, and that they might have It more abundantly” (John 18:10). DEVOTIONAL BEADING: John 8:18-21. Outline and Exposition I. R elief for the D ying (2-iO) R ACE or position cannot stay the human aid, and this official appealed to Jesus. Jesus cares nothing for race or. position; He sees the human need and responds to human helplessness. The Roman official offered no basis for his request other than the dire need, but he had heard of Jesus and, as a last resort, he sent to Him for help. “He sent unto him the elders of the Jews« beseeching him that be would
in Oaklawn. Use the best materials, and do as good work as if you were building the house for your self.” “That sounds like the ‘Golden Rule,’ ” said Dorothy. “I will do the job,” answered John, himself, “I will put into the old man’s shall pay plenty for
1 hand of death when it reaches . out for its victim. One who was dear to a Roman official was ill beyond
5*bivision but he thought to cheap, poor stuff fine house, but he
it, just as if the materials were good, and I will pocket the extra money for myself. Of course, the house won’t last long, but what do I care the fel low that will live In lti”
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