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Cultivating Good Will
LESSON TEXT FOR SEPTEMBER M
"Proverbs 3:30.. 31; 15:1, 14: 33:34, 33:
33:18. 31, 23: 28:20. 31; Matthew ::
James 3:17,
MEMORY SELECTION - Blessed arc
the . peacemakers: for they ahall be
' called the children of God. Matthew 8:9
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llgtou Education: tutd by ptrmirtioa.
By WILLIAM CULBERTSON, D. O.
Oi The Moody Bible Initltute, Chicago.
IT IS true that the Christian life
gives offense on occasion. When
, a controversy exists between men
-" and God, the Christian has no other
course of action than to align him
self on God's side. As he takes
v his stand in such cases, he should
' do it in love, but nevertheless with
. firmness.
The Bible nowhere commends a
' critical spirit or a perverse attitude.
It rather emphasizes the necessity
of firmness in the course of right,
a firmness that loses nothing of Its
' intensity through being tempered in
the fires of love.
The Christian beyond all others
should give himself to a life mani
festing sympathy, kindness and
' charitableness. Thus ha will open
. avenues of opportunity, of wit--'
ness, and of service in which the
Lord may be greatly magnified.
1. Contributing Factors to the
Marring ef Good Will (ProV. 3:30.
31; 22:24, 25; 25:18; 26:20, 21).
VARIANCE and strife mar good
will (Prov, 3:30. 81). Notice that
this strife is unoccasioned. When
we strive with men to no purpose;
when men have not harmed us, and
with bitterness of spirit we turn
upon them, we of course forfeit ev-
ery opportunity to influence them
for good.
The man of variance similarly
aheold be passed by. We are not
ta emulate him; we are not to
envy him; we are to choose none
ef his ways.
A wrathful spirit also mars good
. will (Prov. 22:24, 25). A man of
anger is not to be followed by the
child of God. This passage enjoins
us to have no friendship with such
- Individuals, for there is danger
that we shall learn their ways and
their ways will then be a snare to
: ; our souls.
Another way in which we mar
' good will is to be the purveyors of
untruth (Prov. 25:18). The false wit
ness is characterized at large
hammer or a sword or a sharp ar
' row, for he wounds his neighbor,
' often grievously. ,
The man or the woman who In
gossip has maliciously wounded
another loses all opportunity to
influence him for God. The enltt-
' ration of good will involves the
apeaahig ef troth.
Let ns with all diligence, with
the kelp of God, banish from onr
' ' hearts and minds all of these
attitudes which hurt and mar.
n. Contributing Factors to the
' Making ef Good Will.
IN THE first place, the soft answer
of the controlled spirit will estab
lish good will (Prov. 15:1, 18). The
soft answer does turn away wrath.
The man who is slow to anger ap
peases strife.
Let us not confuse a soft answer
with an unconvincing one, or with
that : mealy-mouthed procedure
that we commonly call double
talk. Happy Is that man who
know how to present the troth
- convincingly, who can make men,
despite his opposing standards,
understand that he has their good
, at heart. Of course, there Is one
absolute requisite to such a tes
timony, and that is a life wholly
Bred for God.
' Another factor In making good will
is the act of kindness (Prov.
- 38:11, S3). This passage, you will
remember. Is quoted in Romans 12.
Bet is the opportunity for us, in
all matters of personal injury, to
place our case in the hands of God
v rather than to seek revenge. By
Isueb acts of kindness, as we trust
God, we shall be obeying; the Lord;
and who knows hut that our ene
mies may thus be turned to him.
A third contributing factor In
... making good will Is that of making
- peace (Matt 8:0). So often this
business of attempting to make
peace is a thankless task, but that
v thanklaisness is only from human
sources. So far as God Is con
cerned, he has placed his seal of
'approval upon every child of his
.'who seeks to lead men into peace
with Qod and to make peace be
' God speaks of them as being
"eaued" sons of God. It Is o
thing to be a son of God; it is an
other thing to be acknowledged as
- a .son of God.
HI. The Source
(James 1:17).
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Thoughtful people are becoming increasingly aware fliat "whaf is
commonly called an education is not enough. Of course we need the
training mat sharpens our wits and develops our skills. But real educa
tion must go deeper than that I Somehow, somewhere, we must find
direcuan to life, so that wit and skills will be employed not only for self
but for the common good. " j
' For some fortunate persons this emphasis is ma'de in the home.
Where this takes place, under Christian guidance, there is a lasting,
quality to the training that time can seldom efface. Sometimes the
college or university offers this valued guidance and the student, as
he sits before a Christian professor, learns more than books and lessons.
He catches here some of the deeper overtones of life's true meaning.
In a special way this extremely important instruction is imparted by
the Christian Church, the mofher of education. Through worship, study,
fellowship, activity, we learn that noble purposes are infinitely superior
to mere things, and through fellowship with God we are made strong
ice every test that life can throw against us.
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