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IEssoN I, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, OCT 4.


xi, 25-Commentary by tho Rev. ID. M
stearns.
Compfed from Lesson Helper Quarterly by
permission of II. S. Hoffman, publisher. Phil
adelphla.l
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 Lag
arus, In the absence of Jesus, sickened and
died; that Jesus knew he was sick and dy
ing, yet hastened not to him Verse O.; and
that this sickness and temporal death were
Tor the glory OF God, that the Son of God
might be glorihed thereby Verse y. When
Jesus at last came, Lazarus being dead and
buried, Martha goes out to meet Him, and
this Is her greeting, Some believe that
Jesus comes To us in death, but Martha be
Heved that the coming of Jesus would have
prevented death, and she was right. See
chapter xxi, %, %
20. But know, that even now, whatso
ever thou wilt ask OF God. God will give il
thee"
%. Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother
shall rise again"
He did notsay "Thy brother has already
risen" for resurrection and judgment take
place at death, as some great men teach
today, He taught the resurrection of the
body from the grave Chapter V, IS, 29y BE
ware of any who like Hymeneus and
Philetus who would lead you astray by
teaching that the resurrection is past al
ready I'll Tim. ii, II, lS).
"a. Martha saith unto Him, know that
he shall rise again in the resurrection at
the last day"
25 Jesus said unto her. am the resur
rection and the life; he that beleveth in
Me, though he were dead, yet shall he
live"
&C. "And whatsoever liveth and believeth
In Me shall never die. Believest thou
thisf''
There is a second death, the lake Of fire,
reserved for all whose names are not in the
Book of Life (Rey. Xxx, IA, 49, 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, y. Two men are now in glory
who never tasted even this DEATH but
whose bodies, changed in moment, went
with their spirits to heaven So shall it
happen to all true believers who shall be
alive on the earth at the coming of Christ
In the air Il Thess. w. 16-1S Cor XIV, 81
52).
%. "She saith unto Him. Yea, Lord,
believe that thou art the Christ, the Son OF
God, which should come into the world "
So testified Peter on two different occa
sions (Math xvi, 16 John VII CO. And so
also testified the eunuch before he was hap
tiZad Inv phi1in I A ots viii psl 'pbo
canoe of these titles is most comprehensive
and far reaching. Son of God is one equal
with God; the Jews so understood it in
chapter v, lS The Christ Is Israel's Mes
siah or King who was to sit on Dayid's
throne as son of David, son of Abraham,
fulfilling the Abrahamic and Davdic cove
nants (Math. xvii, az, 40; /, /; ii, 2, ~.
%. "And when she had so said she went
her way and called Mary, her sister, Sc
cretly, saying The Master is come and
calleth for thee"
90. "As soon rs she heard she arose
quickly and came unto Him"
Blessed obedenceI She shall find rest
according to His promise (Math. xi, $500
Zaccheus made haste and came down and
received Him joyfully, and he found saliva
ton duke xix, 6. 81. Coming unto Him
and abiding with Him will meet all the
need of every human soul.
80. Now Jesus was not yet come into
the town, but was in that place where
Martha met Him"
81. "The Jews then which were with her
In the house, and comforted her, when they
saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and
went out, followed her, saying, She goeth
unto the grave to weep there"
We can weep with those who weep, we
can go to the grave with them, but we can
not give real comfort unless we ourselves
have received the same from God
80. "rhen when Mary was come where
Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at
His feet, saying unto Him, Lord, If Thou
hadst been here my brother had not died.
49, "When Jesus therefore saw her weep.
ing, and the Jews also weeping which came
with her, He groaned in the spirit and was
troubled"
a. "And said, Where have ye laid himP
They said unto Him, Lord, come and see.
He knew as we'll as they, but He would
have us tell Him what we have done with
our sorrows and point them out to Him
The time will come when the last enemy,
death, shall be destroyed Il Cor. XIV, 2Gl,
and He now goes to give II foreshadowing
of that glad day
30. Jesus Wept'
The shortest verse in the Bible, but who
can fathom it. The Son Of God in tears.
SO. "Then said the Jews, Behold, how He
loved himp
Love must manifest itself if it is real,
and we will not need to speak of it. Love
that consists of words only is not love.
81 "And some of them said, Could not
this man, which opened the eyes OF the
blind, have caused that even this man
should not have dedW
Yes, this was even so, their reasoning
was right. If He could open blind eyes
He could also make sick people well But
He could do more than that, He could
make dead people live, and He had allowed
Lazarus to die and be buried that Ills
greater power might be manifest ia him
8S. Jesus therefore, again grooming in
Himself cOmeth to the grave. 1t was a
cave and n stone lay upon it."
80 Jesus said, Take we away the stone
Martha, the sister of him that was dead,
saith unto Him, Lord, 10y this time he
stinketh, for he hath been dead four days.
40. "Jesus said unto her, Said not unto
thee that III thou wouldst believe thou
shouldst see the glory of GodY
Al "Tken they took away the stone from
the place where the dead was laid. Aud
Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, Father,
thank thee that thou hast heard Me"
In reference TO those who are spiritually
dead there may he some hndrance between
them and Jesus which we can roll away
II no we must see to it. Observe how Jesus
hides Himself in the Father; His words
are the Fathers words, and the Father
doeth the works chapter xii 40; xiv, l0)
He does not speak or act as II He was the
aneakar or dOer but in all things He