The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-03-01

international sunday school Lesson ~
March .. lsse.
Especially arranged from s. b. ouarteriyl
LESSON TExT-Mark S:27-38; OIL.
GoLDHS Text Whosoger will como after
Me. let Kim deny himself. and take up his
cross and follow Me.-Mark 8:u.
CESrRA. Truth Those who would reign
with Christ in Heaven, must follow Him
on earth.
TINE Sumner Of A. ID. 90. Several,
months after the last lesson.
PLACE On the way from the Sea Of Cali
lice 70 Cesarea Philips, % or 30 miles to the
northeast; which was named after the En-
peror Caesar, and Herod Philip, who en-
larged the city.
JEsrs-3aIl years old, in the third year Of
HIS ministry.
PARALLEL AccouSrs-Matt. 10 :lass; Luke
9:1S-27.
INTERVENING HIsToRy-M Mark ia 10 20;
including Matt. IA TO 1912, and John Gill
IxTRoDrcTIox--While the disciples wero
engaged in the missionary tour described In
our last lesson. John the Baptist was be-
headed March, A. ID. 29), and the disciples
returned TO Jesus and TO 0apernaum. Jesus
sought retirement with His disciples, first
near Bethsaida, then In the region OF Tyre
and Sidon and now again in the vicinity OF
Cesarea Philipp.
HELPS OVER HARD PrAcEs-27. wsnf out:
from Bethsaida and Gslice lie asked N
order to lead them thus to the truth. %.
John The Baptisf: lately killed by Herod.
Elias; Elijah, the promised forerunner of
the Messiah (Mal. 4:5l. 20. Thou art the
Christ; Peter saw through His humble cir
cumstanccs, and recognized the Messiah
30. Tell no man; IL was not time yet; for ID
some would make HIM king. CD Others OPP
pose Him all the more. 81. Tcach them:
show them the real nature and work Of tho
Messiah. 80. Get thee behind me, SATAN not
that Peter was Satan, but his suggestion
was from Satan. a. wa come after Me:
be Ny disciple. Deny himself put Christ
and HIS kingdom before his personal profit
and pleasure. He must give up whatever
wrong and whatever will prevent him from
serving Christ and doing good. Take up
Hk cross; the cross was the symbol OF
death. Christ did His duty, and saved
men, even though it cost Him death on the
cross. SO must we. IS. Save his Ne; life
means the blcssedness and pleasures which
give value TO life; saUe his lVe means get
pleasure or profit at the expense of right or
religion Shall lose Il: shall fail OF his end |;
shall lose eternal life. which is the true life.
| Real life must grow out Of pure and holy
| character He that loses this may gain tenn
! porary pleasure, and that only, but must
| lose all true and lasting blessedness. 49,
| Adunerous: unfaithful 10 God. OF Him shdll
| the Son Of man be ashamed: because he has
proved himself unworthy OF Christ Co'neth
| IN the oiorv: at the day of Judgment, His sec
| ond coming. l. Seen the Kingdom Of God
| come: fully established, and showing its
| power. This was by HIS resurrection, and
| by the day OF Pcnttcost, and was completed
at the destruction OF Jerusalem forty years
later, when the old dispensation passed
away, and the ncw was firmly established.
John lived till after that, and all the disci
pies till after Pentecost.
COMMENTS When ChNst began to sho "
them that He must suffer many things,
Peter thought that He was very much mis-
taken, and began TO rebuke Him. This
called forth singing rejonder from the
Lord Then Christ went on TO tell them
that they were fundamental principles OF
His kingdom. Not COMMUNICATING 50 much
as cross-bearing was TO dlstin guish those
who wanted TO be His disciples In this
world. To lose your life wa 70 save II, ant
10 try and save it was to tufc'v II away
All the rest OF the lesson, from verse "a on
IS q solemn warning 10 men, uttered by the
Saviour. IL will apply as well 10 Us u
these days as 1t did TO the men who sur
rounded Him and listened to His
words The Master saw that men
were in great danger OF making q
fearful mistake in their relative csti
mates OF the Importance OF seen and unseen
things. The temptation to sin for this pres
cnt world was overwhelming. The lust Of
the flesh. the lust OF the cye and the pride
OF life had led men into horrible hypocrisics
so that, trying vain!y TO serve God ane
mammon at the same time, they had lost all
true religion. Pharlsees, scribcs and PEG.
pie an supposed that they were making Z
good bargain, and that all would end well
Jesus tries TO undcccivc them and make
them understand thai any pretended rclig
icus life which did NOT involve cross-bcar.
ing and sclf-dcnial was vain and fraudu
lent. Ho assures them that IL any one
makes the enjoyment OF this life his CHIEF
concern, he will lose the life TO come. and
that ii any one desires the Masters service
50 earnestly as to be willing to lose this life
for il shall gain the eternal life beyond.
Having said this, the Master propounds
what we might call problem in spiritual
arithmetic: ..Wnat shall 1t profit man II
he gain the whole world and lose his own
soul, or what shall q man give in exchange
for his soulf' Rev. A. +. Schaufflcr.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
!. No opinions are 50 important as right
views nbou. Christ.
9. The true church is built upon an atom.
ing Saviour suffering for the sins OF the
world.
3. Christ tells US the trials, rs W. II Is tho
joys, OF His service.
1. we are To renounce the world as mas
ter, but 10 use il as servant
3. "Chrst's cross Is tho sweetest burden
ever bore 1t Is such burden ~ wings
to a bird or sails to ship"
q At how small q price some sell their
souls.
:. There Is certain triumph for Christ's
kingdom. and hence for all that are Christ's
Tho Poor ~ Givcrs.