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Especially Arranged from a 3. Quarterly.l
LESSON ron NOVEMBER iaDf
GOLDEN TExr-ue viii guide you into III
| truth. John 1914
| CENTRAL TRUTH Tho mission q the Holy
Spirit Is TO convince the world Of SIN Of right
eousncss. and Of Judgment and 20 guide disci-
| pies into nll truth.
Tlxk-Thursday evening. April q 4. D. %.
| The night before tho crucinxion. Immediately
after our last lesson
PLAcE.-An upper room IN Jerusalem
INTnoDUcTIoN-This lesson II : continuav
| sion Of the discourse IN our Lass lesson.
HELPS OVEN HAND PLAcEs--i. "Be offend
ed" stumble; fell into doubt Or Sin, because
| troubles came Unexpectedly, when they looked
for the coming Of His Kingdom IN glory. 7. IL
u expedIent for you that 90 away" whyi ~
Because only when glorinod IN Heaven could
they see Him - He e il His divine nature ~
In bodily presence No could bo with but fev o
time; now He can DO with al alike at al
times 81 by His going away the Comforter
camc. 90 Because they needed 20 b trained
20 live by faith. not By sight. 60 Only BY 90
Ing ..ay sby tho cross) could re make stone
II viii send Hint" frst on Penteoost. two
weeks later. and ever after. 8 "Roprovo:"
convince. convict q 'Of sin" etc.: "a Re-
jecting Christ Il rejecting al goodness. for He
Is the sum Of ALL ~ IL IL rejecting God. 90
Only very sinful heart could resist His love-
~ Christ Il perfect standard. and by seeing
Him We ere convicted of our own shortcom-
ings. 90 UnboIief shows great ingratitude.
10. sOf righteousness" Of Gods goodness. and
what wo ought 70 be- ID Jesus going to His
Father made men see His goodness in its true
light. ca BY dying on the cross Ho showed
perfect obedience a. BY His death for ~ Ho
showed how much He valued our becoming
good ~ ny His going the convincing spirit
came Tho need Of conviction Of righteous
ness:" "a That No may realize the sbsoluto
goodness and love Of God our Master and that
He must love good and hate sin with AL His
infinite nature. 80 that We may be impclled to
righteousness both BY fear and love. c) We
need 70 see the perfect standard in order 70 70.
slizo how far short We are. and how great our
need OF the renewing power Of tho Holy Spirit
C0 We need TO DO made TO feel that righteous
ness Is possible 70 US through Jesus. and there
fore II Is our duty 70 possess t. II. 'Of tudg.
ment:" their false views and standards, and
Gods true ana Just Judgment. and that God
will Judge " for al the deeds done in the body.
Tho prince Of this world" Satan. Is
tudged:" condemned; the mark OF disapproval
put upon him; his plans thwarted and defeat
ed Is Guide you into all truths" 30 that
they would be inspired IN their writings, and In
their plans for the new church. IL "All things
that the Father hath are Mines" all the Fa-
theirs purposes and deeds OF grace, accom-
plished, or yet 70 be accomplished by the
Saviour in His mediatorial once. Jesus would
show His disciples that His word and work
were divine. Father. Son and Holy Spirit wsso
One God with one purpose
LESSON COMMENT.
Jesus teaches that the Holy Spirit il
person. Jesus Is not the Holy Spirit,
nor Is God the Father the Holy Spirit.
He IL different person from either.
That He Is a person, and not an unde-
fined influence, Il apparent from the
way in which the Lord speaks OF Him:
II will send Him." He will rcprove
the world of SIM" etc, "He, the Spirit
of truth, !" He will guide YOU" "What-
soevcr He shall hear. that shall He
speak," He shall glorify Me-" The
same truth is taught elsewhere in the
Word. THE Holy Ghost said, Sepa-
rate" etc. ACTS 1871; 1.-THE Holy Ghost
shall teach you" luke 1919; For -
yet He (the Holy Spirit) was fallen
upon none Of them" (Acts s:10); They
were forbidden Of the Holy Ghost 70
Pre- ach the word in Asia" (Acts 0:l0).
These and other passages teach that
the Holy Spirit Is as much IN individual
rs Jesus was an individual. and that He
Is not the same e either tho Son or the
Father.
Jesus teaches that through the work
Of the Holy Spirit men arc convicted Of
sin. This Is one Of His ways Of work
ing upon the hearts OF men. When we
read the Word. or hear sermon. or
are in any other way aroused to a sense
Of our guilt before God, It Is because
the Holy Spirit has awakened our
conscienccs.
Jesus teaches that through the Holy
Spirit men are born again. Not in this
lesson, indeed, but in John SIS, He says:
Except a man be born - Of the
Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom Of
God" No one can enter Gods kingdom
unless the Spirit renews him inwardly.
Resolutions are worthless, and all out
ward things are vain, without His
power. We are dead; life Is what We
need. lie only can impart life.
Jesus teaches that the work Of the
Holy Spirit IS also to reveal Christ to Us.
HE shall receive Of mine, and shall
show II unto you" Paul says phil. 81:
10) that his desire is TO know Him."
CHRISTI, and In his wonderful prayer,
In Eph. 3:14-2i, he prays that they may
have Christ dwell in their hearts, and
know the love OF Christ. So, also, Peter
admonishes us ID 'sgrow in
the knowledge Of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ" e Pet. 3:ls). To 'know"
Christ means moro than 70 know
about" Him. Devils knew more about
Him than many Of MS. To "lxnow"
Christ means to know Him as my say
|our and rs my Master.
Since, then. our whole spiritual life
and our eternal welfare are utterly de-
pendent upon the work Of the Holy
Spirit, we see how solemn thing Il 4
to ''grieve" the Holy Spirit Of God
we arc sealed" and how evil
and suicidal . thing II Is to ''quench"
The Spirit. The world Of lost Is filled
with spiritual suicides. We're o suici-
ial mania to affect any town, 20 that
,nc Of ten took his own life. the world
would be filed with horror. Yet this il
exactly what the angels see IL happen
ing everywhere. To stop this, and TO
restore life. Is the work Of the Spirit
Rev. A. +. Schanfncr, d. d.