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SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
OCTOBER II.
Lesson Text: "Christ Foreteliins His
Death"-John xii, 2O-36-
Golden Text: John xii,
32-Commentary.

20. "And then there were certain Greeks
feast" A special prayer for such OF these
| rs should come from far country for bis
Names sake is recorded in Kings viii, Al
I3. The least spoken Of was the passover
| lverse y, that one concerning which Jesus
said that He greatly desired It LUKE
VIII, 15). These Greeks were either Grecian
Jews (Acts vi, n,or proselytes to the jewish
faith (Acts xi., 10y. who had come up 70 ae-
t.nd this great annual festival.
81. "The same came therefore to Philip.
which was Of Bethsaida Of Gailee, and de,
.ired him, SAYING, Sir, we would see Jesus"
They shall not be disappointed who sincere
| ly desire to see Jesus.
%. "Philip cometh and telleth Andrew.
and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus"
It seems roundabout way to come to Jesus
even through the best of people. There IS
Jesus and even the worst OF sinners for ne
says 'Come unto Me all ye;" and those
whose sins are as scarlet are entreeted to
"Come, now, and let US reason together"
Matt Il, %; Isa. j., 49,; and to all the as
surance is given that no one shall On any
consideration be turned away John vi, 80.
-23. sAnd Jesus answered them, SAYING,
The hour is come that the Son OF Man
should be elorifed." The middle wall of
partition between Jew and Gentle is about
to be broken down by His death so soon to
be accomplished tEph. H., 14I, and then
would the Gentiles be- fellow heirs, and OF
the same body and partakers Of His promise
in Christ by the Gospel Eph. ill.,, o..
"a. "Verily, verify, say unto you, ex,
cept a corn of wheat fall into the ground
and die, it abideh alone; but if it die, it
bringeth forth much fruit" any cnllo can
understand the illustration, and knows well
that grain of corn will remain only SIM
gle grain unless it is planted in the earth,
but If planted, and there is a harvest, see
the many ears and the hundreds OF grains on
each ear.
IS. .sHe that loveth his life shall lose it;
nnd he that hateth his life in this world
shall keep it into life eternal" Self-renun-
riation Is the only scriptural rule OF life.
Jesus emptied Himself; made Himself or no
| reputation; pleased not Himself; sought not
His own will; though rich became poor for
us. and was content to be of and have moth
ing, that in resurrection power and glory
He might have all things. Only those who
ere willing to follow Him, denying self and
daily taking sup His cross, can expect to
chare His glory with Him.
26. IF any man serve Me, let him follow
Me; and where I am, there shall also My
servant be; If any man serves Me, him VIII
NV Father honor" If we follow Him IN
His humiliation we shall in due time share
His glory. s'If we suffer with Hin, we shall
reign with Him" III Tim. IL, 12l
q. 'tNow Is my soul troubled; and what
shall sayf Father save me from this hour,
y but for this cause came unto this
hour" He realized the agonies that were
before Him; not so much the physical suffer-
ing did He dread as the soul agony which
no mortal can conceive;, yet He goes res
| outely forward. He will finish His work,
| - uJIo ,hau coo tba travail of His soul and
be satisfied Gsa. liii., 1p.
2S Father, glorify Thy name. Then
came there a voice from heaven saying, l
have both g!oritied it, and will glorify it
again" This is the third time that a voics
from heaven spake with Him (Math. ILL.,,
II: xvii, s.. He always pleased the Father,
and the Father always heard Him Chapter
viii, 29 xi., 49. When we seek in all things
only the glory of God, then we may have
that He always hears us chapter xv., 70;
xvi, 26 %, Heb. xiii, Is, 16).
90. 1.-The people therefor that stood by AMI
heard it, said that it thundered; and Others
said, An angel spake to Him." The people
heard noise, but not the words. The voics
of God is to multitudes nothing more than
an indistinct rumbling sound. with no sig
.ihcence. Even to many who profess to be
His people the plain words OF His book seem
|
30. Jesus answered and said, This voice
came not because of Ne but for your sakas
So also at the grave Of Lazarus He prayed
:or ~, sake of those who stood by, tnat
they might believe that the Father sent Him
chapter xi, AZ. In our daily life there arc
always some standing or sitting by, or look:
ing on, to whom we may by word aud deed
testify Of Jesus, and that He sent US. Are
We careful so to do. =.
] o. -, ,,,Io nf thia unrl1
now shall the prince OF this world bs cast
nut" The devil is called the prince, and the
god Of this world, and the whole world Is
said to lie in the wicked one tchapter XIV,
80; vxi', II; II Cor iv., 4. John, V, ID, n.
| vi. He was once in the truth viii, ~, but
fell; he is now the prince OF the power OF the
air Eph. H., g; soon he shall be cast down
to the earth, then shut up in tns bottomless
pit for 1000 years, after which he will be
cast into the lake Of fire prepared for him
and his angels Rev. xii, 6; 1x., 2, s. lo;
Math. XIV, 41). Judgment has been passed
upon him; it is only the execution of the SEN
tence that is delayed. But the time Is set
and it shall come.
80. "And /, il be lifted up from ths
earth, will draw all men unto Me-" The
next verse says that this refers to the man.
ner OF His death. ':As Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, even 80 must tho
Son Of Man be lifted up, that whosoever be-
| lieveth in Him should not perish but have
eternal life" (chapter ill.,, 14i. 1t Is not His
life to be initiated. but His death in our
| stead that draws US to Him; then by His
| Spirit in US we are able in some measure to
| live His life.
33. This He said, sgnffying what death
| He should die" That He was not to be
stoned to death, but should die by cruciix-
| ion, was foreshown in the ritual OF the pass
! over lamb, not bone OF which was to be
broken lex. xii, 49,, and was foretold IN rs.
xii. 16, They pierced My hands and MY
feet"
e. "The people answered Him, We have
heard out of the law that Christ abideth
forever, and how sayest Thou, The Son OF
Man must be lifted up! Who Is this Son OF
Man, They evidently understood the Son
Of Man to be the Christ, and they also seem
to have understood that being lifted up meant
DEATH but they had not received the truths
concerning the death and resurrection OF
their Messiah which they might have read
in their law in the story Of Isaac, or II the
typical two birds usel at the cleansing OF
the leper. or in the plain statements OF rs.
xvi, 9, 10; Isa. liii., TO-
35. Then Jesus said unto theI, Yet lit
tie while is the light with you. Walk while
We have the light lest darkness come, upon
you, for he that walketh in darkness KNOW
eta not whittier he goeth." Light Is our
first and last and constant neel. and that
Light is Jesus Himself But The god OF
this world hath blinded ta, minds o: them
which believe not lest ths light or toe Slor-
ious gospel of Christ, who is the image or
God, should shine unto thsn' Ill Cor. w.,
4).
80. "Whie ye have light believe in the
| light, that ye may be the children OF ilSnt;
These things spake Jesus aud departe i, ana
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