Show CONSIDER THE FIELD LILIES deep Mea meaning fling of great teachers er s par parabolic abolia discourses lessons from the sparrows lessons from the lilies lessons of divine providential care lessons for the world lessons for the church lessons in patiences patience lessons lesson a in hope I lessons elsons essons in contentment new yoi k pastor R russell U spoke in the temple toll todi 1 I ir from the text anti anil v hy take ye thought for or raiment consider the lilies of the f field I 1 e I 1 d how they grow they to toil not neither delther do f they spin nod and yet FR STOR RUSSELL I 1 say unto you that even solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these wherefore it if god so clothe the grass of the field which today Is and tomorrow Is cast into the oven as fuel beall lie ile not much more clothe you 0 ye of little faith matthew thew G C 28 3 30 10 opening his discourse e the pastor reminded ills his audience that lie he great teacher taught in parables and dark sayings not easily comprehended even ills his disciples did not dot understand many of ills his statements until enlightened by the holy spirit at pe pentecost we are not surprised said be that many have mis apprehended the masters dark sayings respecting the cutting oil off of hand band or foot the plucking out of an eye undying worms quench loss less fires and even our text there thae are people today who interpret the master to mean that ills his followers are not to labor as do the re or of klud for the necessities of fife Aie but are to be maintained by tithes the pastor believer th tanch make a great ml mistake stake N zah as di recently reported in the press as baing cut oil off his hand in what he thought was obedience to the masters instruction we should avoid sul errors enors of judgment and seek to have babe the spoilt of tile the masters teach leg ing the spirit of a sound mind A crucial test applying ing his bis text the ed that if we have the faith to belie belibei e that god through christ has accepted us as ills children we should as children trust our parent in all the affairs of life great and small but here Is the crucial test are we gods children lias has he begotten us of the holy spirit are our sins forgiven are we reconciled to god through il the death of ills son upon the affirmative answers tic tc these questions Is the strength of the basla basis of our hope and faith alth it if we are not gods children if ne ile has not received us through christ then we are still allens aliens and strangers then our affairs are not under nig 1119 supervision but we fire are with the world sharers in the death sentence each doing for himself according to his ability in batt battling lim against death and like all gettle gentiles giving chief concern to food raiment and earthly ambitions appreciating not the big higher her privileges in christ the heart of the lesson the pastor then their demonstrated that thai the lesson Is not directly forthe for the world in general those desirous of having baring gods providential care should come into relationship with the heavenly father through christ in order to en joy privileges arid and favors which now belong to none others the heart of the lesson Is 19 that the heavenly father is most gracious and that his tender merles mercies ire are over rill all in harmony with him the church its Is it to work by faith alth with full confidence tn tit him who has opened up lip the new wy way of life through jesus all and has granted them the precious rela tion ship of children these children of god need not feel harassed rp erting lifes their heavenly fattier father knows their needs better than they do arid and Is both able and willing to give them what is best gradually they will learn that chastisements in the present life under divine providence may be made to work out for them a far more ex beeding arid and eternal weight of glory on the heavenly plane to which they have been begotten learning lessons of faith the pastor then called attention to the context jesus pointed out that although the birds have neither barns nor storehouses yet 3 et god provides for them even as also for the illies lilies surely ile he is no less willing and able to provide for those nho abo have become ills children through christ those for whom Tle gare ills HIS only bLi begotten Ottel son SOD the master faster spoke of the beauty or of the illy solomon in nil all his bis glory had no such seamless 3 robe no such perfect texture for his raiment perhaps the master had bad a deeper thought than appears on the surface while lie he assuredly meant that we are to trust neav flear only euly provision for natural clothing clochin lie ile may hive have meant also our clothing cot liina as bew ew creatures the spotless seamless leam less rohe robe of righteousness granted as a wedding gari garment nent in ahlich we have nece access to the riches richea of gods grace let us pine above all else till this robe of our redeemers merit this Is in deed a free girt gift we could not pur chase base it even us lily JON not dot and spins not for its beautiful abe rabe |