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HALSEY ENTERPRISE
VOL X I
HALSEY, U N N COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1*22
N O . 16
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* Lesson ’
Christmas M orning
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fBy REV p B FITZW ATER. D. D.,
Taacher of En<Hah Bible In the M'xjdy
Bible Institute of Chtee«o )
C o p y r ig h t.
IM S . W estern N ew sp ap er U nion.
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 24 >
A LESSON IN TRUST AND PRE.
PARED<<<USS
LESSON T E X T -L u k e 12:13-«.
GOLDEN TEXT—TO« life 1« more than
meat, and the body Is tnoie than raiment.
- L u k e 12 a
PRIMARY TOPIC—The Story of a
Foollah Rich Man
JUNIOR TOPIC—A Foolish Rich Man.
INTERM EDIATE A ND SENIOR TOPIC
—Rich Toward God.
YOUNG PEOPLE A ND ADULT TOPIC!
—True Rlchee.
81oce oo October 3 we had a lesson
on the birth and childhood of Jesus,
many w ill doubtless prefer to have
thia uew lesson Instead of the Christ
mas lesson.
I. A W arning Against Covstousnese
( t v . 18-21).
1. The Occasion ( t v . 13-15). One of
the company requested Jesus to be
umpire in a disputed estate.
Two
brothers were In trouble over an In
heritance. Christ refused to enter the
sphere o f the civil law and warned
against the spirit o f avarice. Christ's
mission was preeminently spiritual.
2. Enforcement of the W arning (vv.
16-21). T he parable o f the rich .man
•bows clearly that to be concerned
w ith earthly riches while neglecting
God is the height of folly. The Lord's
warning Is o f great Importance today;
for many are seeking gold and forget
ting God. Nets (1 ) his Increase in
goods (v. 16). H is riches were rightly
obtained, fo r the ground brought forth
plentifully.
This shows that a man
may be rich because o f the Lord's
blessing upon him. (2 ) H is perplexity
(v. IT )
H is land was producing more
than his barns would hold. H e did not
w ant i t to go to waste. I f he had pos-
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Candies and N uts
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purposes. (3 ) The fata l choice (vv.
13, 1»).
He chose to enlarge his
barns aud give up his life to ease aud
luxury.
It ought to he- a delightful
task fo r men whom God hna made
rich to devote their lim e and energy
to ( li e distribution of their possetwiona
lo benevolent purposes. (4 ) The aw
ful Indictment (vv. 20, 21). God calls
hltn a fool.
II. The Certain Cure for Anxiety
(vv. 82-34).
Having shown the folly of the rich
man who gained gold but lost God. He
now urged the disciples to trust God
and dismiss all anxious cere. H e as
sured them that they need not be anx
ious even for the necessities of life.
Jfota:
1. T he Argument (vv. 22, 23)
This
Is eummert up In one b rief sentence:
"The life le more than fond, and tl»0
body Is more than raim ent.’’ The O04
vrho gave the Ilfs and made the body
should be trusted to provide food and
clothing.
2. The Illustrations (vv 24-23). (1)
God's care fo r the fowls (vv. 2 4 2 6 ).
The ravens do not sow nor reap— they
haTe not storehouse or barn, ret they
live, for God feed? them
I f God does
not forget the fowls, certainly Ha
would do more fo r Ills children. (2)
God's care for the lion era of the field
( w . 27. 28). I f God Is so careful of
those flowers which appear hut for a
day. how much more w ill He rlotha
His children !
3. The Exhortations (vv. 20-34). (1 )
U a k e not the gening of food sod
clothes your chief concern Trust God
to provide then . (2) Seek the king
dom of God (v. 81). Tliose who make
God s kingdom first shall have all their
uegda supplied ¿Phil. 4_19). . ( » Ba
not afraid (v. 32). God's good pleas
ure Is upon H is own, and all good
things w ill lie give them
(4 ) Prac
tice self denial In order to be able to
give gifts to those In need ( w . S3. 34).
The doing of such deeds w ill tend te
lift the thoughts upward to God— te
trust Him .
III. Be Ready (er the Coming ef the
Lord ( tv . 35-W).
In which she Informed all who m ight
he concerned that thia one was hers.
But Aguea, lik e the monkey that used
a rabbit fpr a muff and kept him self
warm by fug gin g It, was a little eel
Hah. Not dnly had she hung up one of
her mother'a stockings, but she had got
an advantage over Ruddy In the m at
ter of the chocolate cake In the cup
board, fo r there were hnlee ell round!
It the alia o f her little finger.
Bo It waa that oo Christmas morn
ing the shorter stocking had the most
la IL
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Having warned the disciples against
the acquisition of worldly goods while
forgetting God. and shown them ilia
needlessness of Hiixlety for food and
rlo tle * . He shows them the blessed
ness of being In a state of readiness
when the. Lord shall coin«. Convic
tion l i e to the certslaty o f the Lord's
coining Is the marc cure for worldlhieae
and anxious care.
Thia attitud e of
heart He mode clear by, two parablea— Before m y e a rn in g power has ceased
thut of the returning o f the Lord ond
,
should p ro v id e —
that of the thief. T he lo r d w ill be ao
pleuaed w ith ttiose who are wolttDg
for Him that He w ill take delight In
sitting at the banquet w ith them, and
even a e rie them
The parable of the
thief ahowa that the tim e of the Lord's ,
coming la not known.
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