Passaic City record., 1891-10-03
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
OCTOBER 4.
Lesson Text: Christ Raising I,aza-
rus" John XII, 21-24-Golden Text:
John XII, documentary.

81. .Then said Martha unto Jesus. Lord
II Thou hadst been here, my brother had not
died." Some OF the facts of the previous
part OF the chapter are that Jesus loved
Martha and Mary and Lazarus (verse 81:
that Lazarus. in the absence of JESUS. sick
ened and died: that Jesus knew he was sick
and dying, yet hastened not to him fvere o.:
and that this sickness and temporal Death
were for the glory OF God, that the Son of
God might be glorifiet thereby fverse A.
22 But know, that even now. whatso-
ever thou wilt ask of God. God will give it
thee" Blessed assurance Blessed believeri
Happy indeed is every one whose heart can
say: 81 know Him whom have believed,
23. Jesus sayeth unto her Thy brother
shall rise again" He did not saw "Thy
brother has already risen" for resurrection
and judgment take place at death, as some
great men teach to-day. He taught the res
surrectlon OF the body from the grave (chap-
ter ", IS, 29).
a. "Martha saith unto Him, know that
he shall rise again in the resurrection at
the last day." In the sixth chapter Jesus
said four times concerning those who be-
iieve in Him and thus have eternal lire II
will raise him up at the last day." Martha
believed is word and said, I know that he
shall rise again. She was no doubter, she
did not think that possibly it might be so,
but she believed and said sI know" Oh.
for many such,
%. Jesus said unto her, am the resur-
rection and the life; he that believeth in Ne,
though he were dead, yet shall he live" Life
is not something apart from Jesus Himself
which He gives unto US, but it is Himself.
God hath given to us eternal Fife, and this
life is in His Son; be that hath the Son hath
life q John ", II, 12l
26. '.And whosoever liveth and beiieveth in
Me shall never die. Believest thou thisg"
There is a second death the lake of fire, re-
served for all whose names are not in the
Book OF Life REV. Xxx, IA, l5. No true be-
lever shall ever come to this. As to the
separation of soul and body for time,
generally called death, Jesus taught His
followers not to fear it at all Matt. x, %;
John xvi, p.
81. '.She saith unto Him, Yea, Lord,
believe that Thou art the Christ. the Son of
God, which should come into the world-n So
testified Peter on two different occasions
lMath. xvi, 10; John vi, go. And SO also
testified the eunuch before he was baptized
by Philip tActs viii, 81
%. sand when she had so said, she went
her way and called Mary, her sister. secretly.
saying, The Master is come and calieth for
thee Verse 20 says that when Martha
went out to meet Him, Mary sat still in the
house. Observe Martha's beautiful message
to her sister, ''The Master is come and cali
eth for theen Let each one lay it to heart
and ask, "Have heard and obeyed the call,
y
stillE'
49, ''As soon as she heard she arose quick
ly and came unto Him." Blessed obediencei
She shall find rest according to bis promise
tMath. XII, 2S-30.
30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the
town, but was in that place where Martha
met Him" For some reason He Tas abid-
ing little season without the town. He
knew that many friends were at the house
trying to comfort the sisters tverse 19l, and
wishing to see them alone this was the only
way. Learn that if you receive comfort
from Jesus you must come apart from
earthly comforters whose comfort is vain
3D. "Then when Mary was come where
Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at
His feet, saying unto Him, Lord, ii Thou
had5t been here my brother had not died"
She had been at His feet before luke K,
39,, but never as now. This was new ex-
perience; she had not passed this way here
Martha's in verse 81.
49, "When Jesus there ore saw her weep
ing, and the Jews also weeping which came
with her, He groaned in the spirit and was
troubled" This weeping on the part OF
Mary and the Jews was waihng. bitter
cry. The groaning of Christ was not such
as that referred to in Rom viii, p, %, or in
III Cor ", 2, 4, which signifies signing or
longing for, but it was groan OF lndlgna-
ton. iSee r. Y, margin.) He saw the
work of an enemy upon those very dear to
Him, and He was righteously indignant
a. .sAnd said, Where have ye laid Himf
They said unto Hin, Lord, come and see."
He knew as well as they, but He would have
us tell Him what we have done with our sor-
rows and point them out to Him.
IS. s.Jesrs weptn The shortest verse in
the Bible, but who can fathom it. The Son
of God in tears God manifest in the flesh
weeping. Three times it is recorded that
toIr Tho other occasions
were when He wept over Jerusalem luke
xix. Al, and in the garden of Gethsemane
Heb. v. n This word for weeping Is
everywhere else used in reference to shed-
ding tears, and is different from the word in
verses 81 49, which signifies to wall. See
here the real humanity of Jesus, and see
Him as one who feels for you in all your
SORROWS.
36. s.Then said tue Jews, Behold, how He
loved himw Love must manifest itself If it
is real and we will not need to speak OF 1t.
Love that consists of words only is not love.
'sLet US not love In word, neither IN tongue,
hs,t in deed and in tru5n" Il John i'll. Isl,
81. "And some of them said, Could not TINS
man. which opened the eyes of the blind,
have caused that even this man should not
have disdg' Yes, this was even so; their
reasoning was right. If He could open
blind ewes He could also make sick people
well. But He could do more than that; Ho
could make dead people live, and He had
allowed Lazarus to die and be buried that
His greater power might be manifest in him.
IS. Jesus therefore, again groaning in
Himself cometh to the grave. 1t was a
cave and stone lay upon it." This indigna-
ton (see verse 33 about to bc manifest IN the
taking of one body from the hands of the
enemy, will be fully manifest in due time.
Let us rejoice in the victory that is sure to
come.
Al. Then they TOOK away the stone from
the place where the dead was laid. And
Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, Father, l
thank Thee that Thou haist heard Me- In
reference to those who are spiritually cad
there may be some hindrance between them
and Jesus which we can roll away, Ii so we
must see it. Observe how Jesus hides Him
self in the Father. His words are the Fathers .
words, and the Father doeth the works
(chapter XII, 49; xiv, 10.
A. .And l knew that Thou nearest Ma
always. but because of the people which
stand by | said it, that they may believe
that Thou hast sent Me.n He knew that the
Father always heard Him, for He always
sought the Fathers glory and delighted to do
the Fathers will.
43, "And when He had thus spoken, He
cried with loud voice, Lazarus. come forth"