The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-07-02
THE WORD MADE FLESH.
International sunday-school Lesson Ast !,
July 8, 1891.

PIAcE-Ephesus. g.
HELPS OVER HARD PLAcEs-1. I'm ths bs-E
ginning,'' Before the creation. "Wss:" Hos
existed THE word:" That the Word vaafa
Jesus Christ Is evident from yer. a. "And tnas
Word was with God:'' With the One mnnitot
Etefna God. "And the Word was Gods' En-
was God, none greater than He. 9. "wasfnf
the beginning:" The revelation was not n0Vs
were made by Him:" Came into being By Hiat
agency. "And without HIM" Apart fr0ms
Him. 4 "Iu Him was life" He was thny
source Of all life, both natural and spiritual
"And the lite was the light of men," Life nndf
light represent the sum Of all power andS
biessedness in the universe 5. 'Shineth M
darkness" In the darkness which enshrouaa
man. "And the darkness comprehended m
not:o Did not admit or receive the light. a
WHOSE name was John:' John the Baptist, -
cousin Of Jesus. Z. "The same came. =. TO hoarSS
witness Of the Light" Camc before Jesus To-
witness that He was coming. THAT aln
men through Him might believe:" That fH
though John might believe in the Light andeof
receive 1t. 8. HE was not that Light hQNs
only o reflector Of the Light 0. "He was -
true Light:" Nothing lesser but the sun ftscif..
(which nphteth every mani" Not "an" Msen
but each one singly 10. "He was in the world ds'N
In oil the past ages sand the world wsak
made by HIM" Was the creator Of all thfn9RS
"And the world knew Him not:" Did noer
recognize Him as their Saviour. II. ~AndA
His own received Him not" The nation - -
whole did not receive Him. ls. "But as nan1t
as received Him to them gave He power-""
Those who acknowledged Him as their Saviour
Ho made Children Of God ia (which were
born:" Received the new divine life. Mot o.
| blood:" Not by parentage "Nor OF the wnlo OF
the hesh;" Not by their own efforts. "Nor oG.
the will of man" Nothing that man by Wis.
dom or intellect could do. But Of Gods" H0s
alone impart the new life. IA. And tRos
word was made fesh." Assumed human M.
ture in Its entireness. And we beheld HhN
| glory:" Those qualities which deserve honCrs'
| and praise. "As OF tho only beRotten:" Tn0a
| glory worthy Of the only son Of God. IA
John the Baptist the forcrunner. 'And&
| cried:" Implying earnestness and emosfons
| HE that cometh after:" He who is comAnasY
| after. 18 "Of His fullness:" The inexhanakS
| ible riches of grace and truth. Have We ans~
| All mankind and especially those who have M
| ceived Him. H. "For the law:" Both thA9
| moral and tho ceremonial. "Was given 047t
| Moses:" AS means or instrument. Is '1enss
| man hath seen God at any time:" They hsxos
seen only partial manifestations OF God, hmt8A
and broken reflections OF His glory. ''rhe oofys
| begotten Son:" Who being like God and par-t
| taking Of His nature would know Him perfeoe-a
| ly. (Which is in the bosom Of the FatheRs>a
In the most intimate relations He hath a.,
| LESSON COMMENTS. !
Cnrist, the Word of God. That the worda
was Jesus Christ is evident from verses
fourteen of this lesson. He is callels
the word of God because through Hinss
is revealed to US the thoughts, feelings.
purposes and will Of God as our WORLDS
express to others our thoughts and pur-~
| poses. Christ as the maker of thAr
world is the word that reveals to US an.
that we can learn of the nature and at>
tributes of God from the works of Goilf
| in creation.
| THE flowers aro the alphabet OF angsA.S
| whereby
They write on hills and fields mystezss.st,
| truths.r
| Christ is the word Of God In the Ol6
Testament. He is probably the 'tAngel
| of the Lord" who SO often came to man
in the early ages. Christ's own person:
is the word of God. He is the revela--
| ton to us of Gods nature-His charac--
ter, His love, His goodness, His attitude,
| toward men-so that He could say:r
"He that hath seen Me hath seen thot
Father" Christ's teachings reveal To-
us the mind and heart Of God; tina,
| Heaven and eternal life God has pre-
| pared for us, and the way there; and
| Gods desire that we should all come 10.
| Him. Christ's atonement on the crosar
| is the revelation Of Gods love for uas
| and His plans for us. No word Of lowe,
ever equalled this, or SO expressed to,
man the very heart Of God. Christ is .
still the word of God by the Comforter,
the Spirit of Truth, whom he sends tn. i.
| reveal the truth Of God.
The Trinity. We must hold abso--
| lutely the unity Of God And yet there.
| is distinction in the Godhead; the Som
is distinct from the Father. Statementsss
so conflicting seem contradictory, and
| impossible to hafmonize. Yet that they
are not contradictory can be illustrated.
by our own soul. Each Of us is ono
| kind of ''three in one." Each soul Is q.
| unit, yet 1t consists of intellect and SON !.
| sibilities and will. And every difficulty.
in understanding the Divine Trinity i /
found in this lesser trinity, which wet.
know to be a fact. So that while this
does not explain the Trinity, nor solve
the mystery, it proves that there need
be no necessary contradiction.
Tile Mystery Of the Union Of God aad
Nan in One Person, Jesus the Christ. We
cannot explain how this can he, but
we can prove that 1t is possible and
reasonable by similar mystery in our
| selves. For each of us is a union OF
|
body and soul in one person. This is q
fact, but before it became fact il.
would seem contradictory and unthink-
able, that the immaterial spirit should
unite with matter, that the two should
be distinct, and yet form one person.
Every difficulty involved in Sod dwell
ing in the man Christ Jesus" two and
yet one person, sometimes spoken Of
as separate, sometimes as the same, is
illustrated in our own persons, and
solved there, that being said Of tha
whole which is true only of the soui.
las that we are immortaD, or again
true only Of the body (as that we ara,
sick, or die).
The -Four Great GJts-Life, Light.
Grace, Truth-Are the great and blesssda
gifts which Christ brings to us, and,
which attract and bind His disciples u
| Him. These are the gifts which man.