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TWO THE FUTURE J. F. JOHNSON MISS EMMA P. JOHNSON HELEN RICHARDSON BjI L. A. Will Make all checks payal THE FUTURE P. O. Box 20831 ? GREE PHONE 2' Sbcond Class Postage Pah 1 n n. ?? ? ? - ? I me rcr u>py rupiisneq 1 DRINKING AND DRI Like vinegar and oil, drinkii Drinking and driving are tw< gether. Alcohol is something th; slow down considerably. Drini do things they would not ord gets the idea in one's head to does it and causes much troul cially during the holidays wh< to go home or to go off some begin. People don't use seat belts i erwise. When one is drinking for seat belts than ever. Drunk drivers have given u and can give us colorful high of colorful cars all shapes and of the highways and streets. 1 crowded schools (no children have brought families togetht tery). Over half of the accidents t are caused by drunk and jus drink for many reasons and j prove a point and in provine a used. The car for a drinking di to get a point over, and get the teen-agers and some older peo] another cat pushes a drinking them both or one of them will trol of the car and one drinki car into control or stop the ca is not reacting, and there is Speeding kills whether one is ing and drinking most definite Drinkers are easy to start a ing driver starts arguing and 1 and WHAM a whole family is gument and accident. Many fa in accidents, especially during stance the Fourth of July weel can show the many accidents curred in this short period of drinking and drunk drivers a with the problem at hand. So as the slogan goes, if yo you drive don't drink. SING WHILE V 46 miles per hour?sing, "Higl 66 miles per hoar?sing, "I'm Heaven is mv home." 65 miles per hoar?sing, "Neai 75 miles per hoar?sing, "Whei yoander. Ill be there." 85 miles per hoar?sing, "Lore TW : OUTLOOK Editor & Publisher News Reporter lTTLE News Reporter & Bookkeeper Staff Photographer ble to and mail to: : OUTLOOK 1NSB0R0, N. C. 27420 73-1758 i at Greensboro, N. C. Veekly $6.00 Per Year IVING DON'T MIX ig and driving do not mix. > things that don't go toit makes one's reaction time intr causes manv neonle tn inarily do. When a person > do something one usually lie and unhappiness. Espem people drink and decide iwhere, that's when things as it is now, sober or oththere is more of a reason s many things. They have ways with their wreckage . sizes piled up on the side They have helped our overto crowd them) and thev ir (all in the same cemehat occur on the highways t drinking drivers. People imong these reasons is to point the car is the weapon river is a good way, if any, m to prove it too, especially pie. When a person driving driver into dragging with more than likely lose conng can not hardly get the r because his reaction time an unnecessary accident, drinking or not but speedily kills. rguments with. The drinktakes his eyes off the road wiped out by a needless armflies and friends are lost the holidays. Take for inc-end of 1971, the statistics and deaths that have octime. Over half caused by nd their inability to cope u drink don't drive and if ? Felecia Gail Weekes rOU DRIVE tiways are happy ways." but a stranger here, rer my God to Thee." n the roll ia called up I, I'm coming home." * iiucio ?xe hoi a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of him who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive hia approval, 4 for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain; he is the servant of God to execute his wrath on the wrongdo IK SUNDAY SCH er. 5 Therefore one must be subject, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. 6 For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. 7 Pay all of them their dues, taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due. Judges 9:8-15 8 "The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.' 9 But the olive tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my fatness, by which gods and men are honored, and go to sway over the trees?' 10 And the trees said to the fig tree, 'Come you, and reign over us.' 11 But the fig tree said to them, Chntl T 1 * E FUTURE OUTLOf THIS WEEK'S GOD, THE CHRISTIAN, AND GOVERNMENT BEGINNING WHERE YOU ARE The world and its government has always constituted a problem for the church. Christianity began as a minority movement in a conquered province. The Roman state was at first its protector, but as the movement grew, Rome became its persecutor. During the Middle Ages some persons sought to withdraw by establishing monastic and separate communities. Others believed in a "Holy" Roman Empire in which pope and king exercised Joint, though often rival, power. Later the "divine right of kings" to absolute authority was challenged by "contract theories" of government These held that power originated with the people, who entered into voluntary agreements with those they designated to govern them. Meanwhile, in Calvinist Geneva (Switzerland) and Puritan New England, experiments were tried in theocratic government, where the rule of God was exercised through clergymen and magis trates. Today society is torn between persons on the extreme left, who seem determined to destroy all government in favor of an untrammeled personal freedom, and those on the extreme right, who call for a hard-line, repressive government and feel that religion and politics do not mix. As usual, we find that the problems of our age are not unique. The people of the Bible also wrestled with the question of how best to order their collective life. SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES The Scripture for this lesson is Deuteronomy 17:14-20; Judges 9:8-15; Mark 12:13-17; Romans 13:1-7; 1 Timothy 2:1-6. Selected verses are printed below. Romans 13:1-7 1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God. and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore he who resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 ?.i~? ? --* - - wxau jl j.cave my ?we?iQi? ana my good fruit, and go to sway over the trees?' 12 And the trees said to the vine, "Come you, and reign over us.' 13 But the vine said to them, 'Shall 1 leave my wine which cheers gods and men, and go to sway over the trees?' 14 Then all the trees said to the bramble, 'Come you, and reign over us.' 15 And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'" Memory Selection: Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For these is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. ?Romans 13:1 EXPLORING THE QUESTIONS The conviction that God rules in the affairs of men is a basic teaching of Christian faith. But how does he do so? Does he arbitrarily impose his will upon I men without thoir T-V c\JU?CUI>i he exercise his rule through the governmental agencies they have developed? Does a person's ac- j ceptance of Christ as Lord of his life have any meaning for his acts as a citizen? Many persons believe that the sacred and the secular are two different realms and that politics belongs to the secular. This view has given rise to the slogan "Religion and politics do not mix" and to the belief that the church has stepped out of its proper role when it makes pronouncements on social and political matters. Is this view valid or not? When Christians sing, "Crown him with many crowns," what do they mean? When they assert that Christ is the Lord of life, what parts of life, if any, do they exclude from his sway? What do they have in mind when they stand to hear a great FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1971 OOL LESSON choir sing the Hallelujah Chorus with its triumphant declaration: "For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth, King of kings and Lord of lords, and he shall reign forever and ever"? Are they asserting that God's will shall be done in all areas of man's life, including politics and government? These questions and others are involved in our study this week. FINDING HELP WITH TOUR QUESTIONS Let us begin by looking at our Bible passages. Deuteronomy 17:14-20. The first idea we notice in this passage is that God is the prime mover. It is he who has given the people their land; he will ?_1 __X. xl -a- * " ? - wcti uie one to oe tueir King; and he has given the law under which the king must rule. Next, we note that a monarchy is not an essential part of God's plan for national lile. A king was a concession to their desire to be "like all the nations that are round about." Third, we find a statement of what the king is and is not to do. The negatives add up to forbidding the ruler to use his power for his personal enrichment and pleasure. The commands are that he must remain humble and exercise his authority in accordance with the revealed will of God. Judges 9:8-15. This delightful and ironic fable is addressed to thp men of Shechem, who had helped Abimelech make himself king after his father, Gideon, had refused the honor. The olive, fig, and vine all declined to be king; they felt their present work was too important. The worthless bramble accepted the offer. He then commanded the trees to rest in his shade? an impossibility?and if they refused him. he threatened to consume them with fire. This story warned the people that a poorking cannot provide protection and, indeed, may be the cause of their destruction. Mark 12:13-17. This familiar incident from Jesus' last week provides insight into the attitude of a Christian toward the state. The poll tax collected by Rome from every Jew was a small one ?about twenty cents?but it was a symbol of their hated subjection. Therefore it was greatly resented. Jesus' answer to the question asked him stated a basic princinle /vf in i? ? A UC ??IS pnr* vides many services that individuals cannot provide far themselves. Therefore the state is entitled to support. But it is not supreme. The citizen also owes duties to the One who has given life itself. If the demands of the state and the demands of God ever come into conflict, then "we must obey God rather than (Continued on Page 3)
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