The Children’s Class
1.“The ax is laid unto the root.”
2.“That shall not be known.”
3.“Hoping for nothing again.”
4.“But by every Word of God.”
5.“That holy thing which shall be born.”
6.“I came not to call the righteous.”
7.“And was subject unto them.”
The Young People’s Class Enemies
Man is an enemy of God and remains such until he has been reconciled, and, alas, the sad part of it is that we, of ourselves, would never want to be reconciled. The activity of love was all on God’s part, and the cost was tremendous—even the death of His Son.
Now that we are saved we know that God is love. We have learned that God is not against the sinner but for him, for God truly loves His enemies—loved them enough to give the dearest object of His heart to die for sinners to bring them to Himself.
We who are believers are therefore to love our enemies, too. We should never return evil to any man, but rather seek the good and blessing of all, even of those who hate us. This takes much patience and grace, but we can be assured that if we wish to win sinners to Christ, of warm the heats of God’s children, we will have to love them. We may not be able to walk with them—we cannot if they are in paths of disobedience—but we can pray for them, and do all the kindness we can to them in seeking their blessing. Let us never hold an unkind feeling toward anyone in the world, no matter how they have treated us.
1.What is the true condition of man’s carnal mind? Romans.
2.Where did this enmity begin? Genesis 3.
3.How were we who were enemies recoiled to God? Romans.
4.How should we act towards our enemies? Luke 6.
5.What is the best way to make our enemies be at peace with us? Prov. 16.
6.What will the Lord do when the enemy comes in like a flood? Isaiah 59.
7.What kind of people are the enemies of the cross of Christ? Philippians.
ML 01/07/1951