THIS PERQUIMANS WEEXLY, HEBTFORD, N. C, FRTOAYJULY 11, 1951.
PAG3 SEVEN
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSOR
ARE WE GROWING
AS CHRISTIANS?
International Sunday School Lesson
for July 11th, 1954.
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Memory Selection: "Grow in the
grace and knowledge of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ." II Peter 3:18.
Lesson Text: I Cor. 5:1-3;
Eph. 4:11-16; II Peter 1:5.8; 3:18.
While every mother regrets to see
' her children grow into maturity and
leave the old home, every mother
would agree that there, is nothing
more pitiful than a child who fails to
develop into full maturity. There are
those who, though they grow old in
years and sometimes in bodily stature,
fail to develop mentally and remain
as children mentally. Ad it is a ter
rible sight to behold! "
; This lesson for toiday bids us take
a look at ourselves which is a good
thing to do from time to time. Just
how mature are we, spiritually? We
have been blessed with bodies which
matured perfectly and with minds
which developed, but how about our
.' spirits? . ,
. In our scripture reference from I
Corinthians, the Apostle Paul is writ
ing to the Christians in the church at
Corinth. These Christians, Paul says,
had been acting childishly. They had
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had divided themselves into groups-
some were following raui, some were
following Appollos and others, Cephas.
Paul, in his letter, tells them to for
get Paul, and Appollos, and Cephas,
nd to follow Jesus Christ
These early Christians were also
'jealous of each other. They were
squabbling over who should hold the
highest offices in the churches, which
reminds us of some of our . churches
today. The majority of. the difficul
ties in churches today, as it has been
in the past, is over the desire for po
sition by one individual, or a group of
individuals, over another.
Paul very frankly told the Corin
thians they were acting like "babies."
For this reason, he declared, he could
not feed them as adults should be fed
on meat but would have to con
tinue to feed them on milk. What he
was trying to get them to see was
that they needed to grow up and act
like adults. What they needed to feed
on was the plain, simple Goppel of
Christ to study it and understand it
! and live bv it.
This-theme i3"Cjtmthnwd in his letter
to tne Denevers in the church at Eph
esus. He warned them to become so
grounded in the Gospel of Jesus Christ
that they would no longer be driven
; about by every wind of doctrine. Have
you ever stopped to think how many
' denominations there are of Christian
J people in the world today? Thous
ands upon thousands of them most
i of -which were brought about by some
' slight shading of some doctrine of the
;; church. While we, presumably, do not
believe there will ever be just one big
church, we do think that Christians
v everywhere should get their feet more
s solidly on the ground of Christian doc-
trine, so that one .man, or a group
I of men, cannot sway them hither and
yon. . ; 1
. :. While Paul, in I Corinthians gives
, us his formula for Christian growth,
. and in Ephesians he stresses the
character of Jesus Christ's gospel as
the goal of growth in Christian unitv
and love, Peter, in his second gospel,
v stresses the vital importance of that
f growth, and "givei a distinct pattern
for that growth.
The fifth, sixth and seventh verses
y contain an ascending ladder of virtues
which every Christian , should develop
in' his life. Beginning 'on a founda
tion of faith the starting point cf
our life with Christ, we .are to Work
with continuous and persevering ef
., fort and careful attention to supple-
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.., ..... who iaiui wnn virtue moral ex
cellence or just plain goodness. To
faith, plus goodness, we must add
Knowledge not just the accumulation
of facts but the ability , to enhance
lacis wren insignt. -, '
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- edge, Peter would have us add temper
ance, or self-control. No life can be a
success without self-control. Then,
j Peter advises -that the Christian
should Cultivate thn r)mnKtol.
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' patience the ability to wait calmly
. wiuioui wavering, Delievmg that God
knows all. To patience should be
added godliness God-likenean. if
please. This God-likeness would not
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' elude brotherftr kinrinaoa' k.ii
' ly kindness is impossible without the
cumaxing virtue or love.
In the ideal life, these attributes
- are linked one to the other,, and each
succeeding ; element enriches and
' makes more perfect the preceding vir
. tues. ' Faith, virtue, knowledge, sel
control, patience, godliness,, brotherly
4.un.nq ouu luve--u west are pos-
ssed, says the great Apostle Paul,
, your life will not be idle nor unfruit
ful in thft cause of the kingdom; but
- you will "grow in the grace and knowl
!. edge of our Lord and iavjour -Jesus
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righted outlines produced by the Di-
. vision of Chri8tiai)rI dation, Nitloft
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t SIIOTArJ ARROl...
In the flight of an arrow this young lady
glimpses something of the question mark
' that is life. She compared herself to the
arrow, trembling and plunging toward the
earth . . . falling at some distant, unknown
point. She thinks of the childhood poem she
once learned, "I shot an arrow into the air
... it fell to earth, I know not where."
Until she discovered the Church, thoughts
like these troubled her. But in the Church
she found the answer, a secure knowledge
that her flight of life will be guided by a
higher power to a perfect destination.
Like this girl, everyone has flights of
fancy. We dream of, plan for, and have
misgivings about the future. That is why
we must discover the Church and its teach
ings, for under its influence, our destiny will
uetuiuo iur, ana our luture will take on
new meaning.
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