The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-19

Lsx<@0< IkxI-LukE <4.&&<I
coLpEx TExr-If - aad prepare spiaoe
Tor you- .iii come asaia' and receive you unto
crx1nAL Tnrrm-fhe duty Of tho hour = =
make known The Gospel 20 the world
TfNE-ytrsrs tt<) are . ummary Of he
teaching during the forty days The ascension
was Thursday. May a A. y. "a
~1AcE-Thc ascension was from Nosns
Heirs ovEn HARD PIAcEs-4t These arc
the words Which ! spakc unto you:" See Luke
1873: Mark 1919. These strange events which
have staggered your faith should be the means
OF distinguishing u. because they are the fushl-
mcnt not only o. what I told you beforehand
should take place. but Of what vas foretold
ages before In tho Scriptures. (which were
written In the Law Of Moses" etc. The Old
Testament Scriptures are full o. Christ. He u
Che focus on which are concentrated the rays
from all the ages Of revelation A. IN III
ancient Roman Empire I'll roads led 70 Rome.
where a golden milestone was placed. 20 ~
prophecies from every are. the typos Of every
ceremonial. the guiding hand OF Providence
IN all history center upon Jesus Christ.
~ ''Thcn orcncd lie their understanding: This
= what first u all they needed . . preparation
for their work Of proclaiuins the Gospel Thus
alone would they understand Cod plan Of salvar
tion. thus only would they know the full truth
about Jesus the Christ: thus only would they
avoid false ideas about Christ. and errors which
would injurc where lie desired 20 bless. -.
"And thus 4 bchooycd:" was fitting. The
Christ 10 suffer and 10 rise from the lcad:"
these were the two great essential facts o. tho
Gospel. The Christ made an atonencnt on the
cross Tor the sins q the World. and lie was
raised again 70 prove His divinity. 10 reveal i'm
mortal life. ard open Heaven 70 the world. 81.
And that rcpcntance:' the duty Of repentance
on the part Of men. the motives for repentance
revealed and emphasized BY the cross. the aids
- wXu.x4MH~G 1~ 4LA u-4aUA. - AcAE4 IM~-
eivcncss In Jesus Christ and by the gift Of tho
Holy Spirit And remission OF sins - the for
g.vcncss OF sin. the removal Of It's punishment.
and deitverance Of the soul from the power Of
sin among all nations. beginning u Jeru-
salem they were 20 begin ~ home. but BY no
means % remain there. These are the march
ing orders OF the church. the buglc call 20 Scrv-
Ice and victory. - And yc arc witnesses Of
these thincs:" and ssil the power o. preaching
and Of teaching Il not n arguing, but In Wit
Messing. IN declaring the truths known and
tested BY experience. -. -And, behold. ! send
the promise Of my Father upon you:' the prom
ise Of the gift d another Comforter contained
Ia Christ's last conversation with the eleven.
This was the promise Of the Father. made In
the Old Testament LEA 44:3. Esck. 81 -; Joel
2.2<33l. Until &c be enducd with power from
ON high" ~ the power Of working miracles;
(2l personal. moral and spiritual power in the
conflicts and temptations or life. and especially
sake. 'a1 nowcr IN ne min,~frr ~ ~ world
beyond that which belongs 70 human cloqncncc
and wisdom o. even % the mere natural
aa.p,a''on o. sac 'ra.n ~ nrnan ~an.s' ~.
vas HI .,cventb ari ~, anncaranc. n,
ne was parted from them by beginning 10
ascend upwards And carried up INTO Heav-
en- there has been . stupid objection raised.
that. as the world Is turning around all the
any point in The Sky. called heaven. but n
there is such a central point. any being going
up from this world 2 short distance could
s. Sn. Hn's, -. s,s.~.se. - !. r - :, 80.
time. doubtless. that ths Great change came
over His body described in l Cor. i5:5l-5a
LESSON COMMENTS.
For the last two lessons we have been
dealing with tho story OF tho rcsurrcc-
ton Of our blessed Lord In this lesson
we continue that. and read how He
opened the understanding Of the disci-
pies, 50 that they might understand the
Scriptures in all their meaning. lie ex-
planned TO them the real meaning Of His
death. and then told them that salvation
was TO be preached in His name. Begin
ming from the city Of Jerusalem and ex-
tending 70 all naioons. or the truths Of
His life. death and resurrection they
were to be the living witnesses. but first
they were to wait in the city u Jcrusa-
lcm till they were baptiscd with tho
Holy Spirit, who was to give them pow
or % witness for Him. After that Ho
led them out on the Mount Of Olives As
far as bethany. and there gave them His
parting blessing. and while ne was
doing this they saw Him rise from their
midst. and a cloud received Him out Of
their sight. A. they were gazing won
dcrincly toward Heaven. two men in
white apparel stood by them. whc told
them that this same Jcsus whom they
had just seen disappear should In like
manner return some day. This filed
all their hearts with joy. 50 hat they
returned 70 the city. and daily were in
the temple praising and blessing God
The disciples knew the Script
urcs probably better than many Of
VS. know our Bibles. Yet they
had made some very sad mistakes
in their Interpretation Of thcm- They
needed Divine help in order b q they
might understand them Alright This
the Master gave 10 them
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