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JESUS ACCUSED.
LESSON v foURrH QUARTER. IN.
TERNATiONAL sERlEs, NOV. ?.

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81 "Then took they Him, and led Him,
and brought Him into the high priests
house. And Peter followed afar off .
John says that they TOOK Him and bound
Him, and led film AWAY to Annas first
John xviii, z, 49, Matthew and Mark
both say that then All the disciples forsook
Him and Ned, but John adds that Peter
and another disciple no doabt HIMSELF
afterward followed tAIatt. xvii, So; Marx
xiv, 50; John xviii, l5l When Jesus SUP
rendered Himself to them He asked that
the disciples might ba allowed to 20 their
way (John xviii, s., but yet By their for.
saking Him what became Of their assertion
that they would die with Him rather than
deny Him Mark xiv, 8l)g
SIS, "Ana when they had kindled fire
in the midst Of the hall, aud were set down
together, Peter sat down among them. ,"
This is surely down grade. For few
verses now we leave our Lord in the hands
Of His captors, and consider Peter being
sifted And what contrast between the
disciple and his Masterl The one faithful
unto death, the other in the company Of
those who hated Him and were seeking
Ills life,
30 'Bnt d certain maid bcheld him as
he sat b the fire, and earnestly looked
upon him and said, This man was alss
With Him. We are observed when we
least think it, and by those whom we think
see nothing. Let person go from home,
and being among strangers and unknown
Gas he Thinks, let him do the least thing
TINT he N!d ae5 d Il 81 lagae, end 1t
will surely he carried abroad and at some
time brought home To him But Peter
was here accused 81 nothing wrong, be
was simply pointed out by this maid MS a
follower Of Jesus, and Judging from his
previous confessions in Iatt. xvi, 10; John
vi, GO, 60, we would have expected him to
stand by his eolors and rejoice to own Je-
sus as his Lord But he was alone now
aud in the midst 81 scolTers How have
you acted under similar circumetanoesY
81 ''And no denied Him, saying, Wo-
man, know Him not.n Did you act that
way when you found yourself among the
scoifersY Or II you did not openly say
that you were not a Christian, did your
silence when lie was ridiculed. or the Bible
sneered at, give consent? Or do you al
ways by word and decd proclaim yourself
on the Lords side,
~ "And after little while another saw
him ind said. Thou art also one Of them
Ana Peter stid, Man, am not Another
opportunity ot eonicssing Christ is given
10 CHS poor errinG man, but again he loses
itand adds sin TO sin
80, And shout the space Of one hour
after another confidently affirmed, saying,
OF u truth this fellow also was with Him,
for he - Gnllean
90 And Peter said Nm ! know not
what thou sayest, And ill d, lately, while
he yet snake, the cock crew Matthew
Says that be now began TO curse and swear
(Aiatt Nyriy54l Whatasink of iniquity Is
the heart Of man! Iiowdesperately wicked!
Gt "And the Lord turned, AMI looked
upon Potter And Peter remembered the
word of the Lord, how He had said unto
him, Before the cock crow thou shalt deny
me thrcep The Lord hal seen and heard
IL all, aud no Doubt il g'lcved Him 20 His
Heart, and Peter had added to His much
sorrow, but He loved His SHINING one
through it all, and this look now turned
upon him must hnye beau tul of tenderest
love- mingled with deepest sadness
G2 And Peter went ont and wept bit
terly'i That loving look pierced his heart
and brought him 60 his senses
68 And the men that held Jesus
mocked Him and anote Him. We now
turn from Peter who failed TO Peters
Lord, who faiIeth never. Peter they only
spoke to and accused Of being with Jesus;
but Jesus they mock aud oven smite.
a, And when they hpd blindfolded
Him they struck him on the face, and
asked him. saying Prophcsy who is 1t that
smota theeg Lose not sight Of the fact
that this i'll treated one il God manifest In
tho flesh The Lord OF Hosts, the God OF
Israel, the mphty one of Jacob, the only
Redeemer OF men, and thus is His treat
ment from those whom lie came to save
Not for Israel only did He suffer thus, but
for you too dear reader, and for every
scholar in your class
o. And many other things blasphem
ously spake they against Him" Buffet
ed, Knocked spoken against but He fails
not.
&c. "And rs soon as It was day, the elders
OF the people, and the chief priests and the
scribes came together, aud led Him unto
their council The fearful night had
passed and the more fearful day had come
81, 0S art thou the Christi tell as
And He said unto them, II ! tell you, We
will not believe; and il also psk you, We
win not answer me nor lei me GO He
knew that they meant to kill Him, and
that their question was an idle one. lie
knew that His hour had come to be offered
up, aud that this was the way to the cross.
90 Hereafter shall the Son of Man sit
on the right hand of the power of God"
Matthew adds And come in the clouds
OF heaven (xxvi, GD, He has ral fet ha
brought before the Roman governor HE
has been before Annas and Caiaphas, and
now He is still before the Jewish council,
and He reminds them Of the words of their
prophet Daniel vii sl concerning the
coming OF the Son Of Ian in glory.
40, "rhen said they n, Art Thou then
the Son of Godg And lie said unto them,
Ye shy that am III. acknowledges that
IL is even SO. lie is tse Son of Man aud
the Son of God, the Divine human Men
siah, the God man 60 sit in due time on
David's throne He hes by word and deed
proved Himself 60 be the one foretold by
the prophets, and now they are by their
conduct fulfilling other prophecies concern
ing Him, ~ Peter afterward told them
on the day of Pentecost Acts ii, o, 80.
They win not believe IL now, but some viii
later, and many never. whatsoever will
may. All unbelievers must perish.
a. "And they said, What neei we any
further witness? for we ourselves have
heard of his own MOUTH SO because
He said lie was what lie truly was,
and what God the Father had on
4 4
He was Matt. iii, IL, xvii, 81, He has in
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