Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1891-11-04
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GOLDEN Tlxr.-ue ~ul guide yea into all
truth.-Joaa l5,l1
CENTRAL TRrru Tho mission % th~ yfofx
Spirit Ia 10 convince the world OF ain OF right.
eousness. and OF Judgment and 70 guide diset
| pies into all truth
r,NE-rhursday evening. April q A. d. N
after our last lesson.
PLAck-An upper room IN Jerusalem
iNrRoprcrroS.-This lesson Is . continue
ton OF the discourse in our last lesson
HELPS OVEN HARD PtAcxS-i BE offend,
| cd" stumble; fill into doubt ain. because
troubles earnc unexpectedly. when they looked
Tor the coming OF Hts kingdom In glory. I. 1T
| Is cxpcdicnt for you that so away" whys ()
because only when siorincd In Heaven could
they see Him Ne Hc Is In His divine nature. (s)
In bodily presence He could be with hut few nj
n time; now He can DO with all alike At oil
times CD by His going away the Comforter
came ca Because they needed to DO trained
10 live by faith. not by sight (5) Only by 20
Ing away 10y the cross) could lie make atone
mont Tor ain. The Comforter" (Scc Less a.
Il will send Iiim;" nrst on Pcntecost two
weeks later. md ever after. s. "Rcprovo:"
| convince. convict O. 'Of sin" etc: (i) Re-
lecting Chris; Is rejecting all goodness. for He
Is the sum OF all. ca II Is rejecting God. CD
Only very sinful heart could resist His love
| p Christ Is perfect standard, and by seeing
hnn We are convicted OF our own short-com.
| Jugs. (ol Unoclief shows great ingratitudc.
| III 'OfrghtcousneSs;" Of Gods goodness and
what we ought 10 be. tD Jesus going to His
Father made mon SEQ His goodness In its true
hshS cl BY dying on tho cross He showed
| perfect obedience. (Sl by His death for US He
| showed how much He valued our bccorninr
| good CA by His going tho convincing apirit
| came. The need OF conviction OF righteous
ncss;' CD That VIC may realize tho absolute
goodness and love OF God our Master. and that
Ho must love good and hato sin with all His
| Infinite nature. 50 that We may DO impcilcd TO
| righteousness both by fear aud love OBJ We
need 10 soc tho perfect standard in order 10 re
aiNe now TAR short We arc, and how great our
| need OF tho renewing power OF tho Holy Shirt
| CD We nccd 10 be made TO feel TINT richteous
ness Is possible TO us through Jesus and there
fore IL Is our duty 90 possess IT, H. ..Of tudr.
mcnt; their false views and standards. and
Gods truo and Just Judgment, and that God
will Judge us for all the deeds done In the body
Tho prince Of this worid." Satan. rs
judged condemned; tho mark OF disapprovai
| put upon hirn: his plans thwarted and defeat.
Cd IL Guide you into all TRUTH" 80 that
thcy would be inspired In their writings and In
their plans for the new church. ~ IAN thinrs
| that the Father hath are Mine:" all the Fa.
Tiers purposes and deeds OF trace accom-
| phshcd. or yet TO bs accomplished by the
saviour IN Ills mediatorial once. Jesus would
snow HIS disciples that His word and work
werc divine. Father. Son and Holy Spirit were
One God, with one purpose.
LESSON COMMENT.
Jesus teaches that the Holy Spirit IA
person. Jesus is not the HOLY Spirit.
nor Is God the Father the Holy Spirit
He Is different person from either.
That He is a person. and not an unde-
fined influence, Is apparent from tho
way In which tho Lord speaks of Him:
81 will send Him." "He will reprove
the world of sin" etc, "He, the Spirit
Of truth" "He will guide you," What
soever He shall hear. that shall He
speak," "Hc shall glorify Me-" The
same truth Is taught elsewhere IN tho
Word The Holy Ghost said, Sepa-
rate" etc. (Acts 1921; "The Holy Ghost
shall teach you" Lulxe 1870; "For as
yet He 1.-THE Holy Spirit) was fallen
upon none of them" (Acts $40; "They
were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to
preach tho word in Asia" Acts 6:I0).
These and other passages teach that
the Holy Spirit Is as much an individual
as Jesus was an individual. and that He
Is not the same AS either the 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 a sermon. or
arc In any other way aroused to a sense
OF our guilt before God, IL Ia because
the Holy Spirit has awakened our
consciences.
Jesus teaches that through the HOLY
Spirit men are born again. Not In this
lesson, indeed, but In John SIS, He saws:
Except man be born of the
| Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of
fyOd " M nnN a
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. He only can impart life.
Jesus teaches that the work of the
Holy Spirit IL also TO reveal Christ 10 us.
HE shall receive OF mine. and shall
show 1t unto you" Paul says (Phil. 9:
lOl that his desire II 70 ''l<now Him"
lChrist), and in his wonderful prayer.
M Eph. 3:14-21. he prays that they may
have Christ dwell in their hearts, and
know the love OF Christ. So, also. Peter
admonishes us 20 grow in
the knowledge OF our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ e Pet 3:18). To "know"
Christ means more than to know
about Him. Devils knew more about
him than many OF us. To know"
Christ means to know Him aa my Say
iour and as my Master.
Since, then, our whole spiritual life
and our eternal welfare are utterly d.
pendent upon the work of the Holy
Spirit, we sec how solemn a thing II IL
70 "grievc" the Holy Spirit OF God.
whereby we arc sealed" and how evil
and suicidal thing IL is 10 "auenchV
the Spirit. The world of lost il filed
with spiritual suicides Were a suic;-
dal mania 20 affect any town, so that
one OF ten took his own life, the world
would be filed with horror. Yet this Il
exactly what the angels see Is happen
ing everywhere. To stop this, and 20
restore life. Is the work OF Che Spirit
Rev. A. +. Schauffier. ID. ID.
PRACTICAL sUooEsrTovs.
1. Jesus shows us the dangers and
difficulties Of the Christian life TO pre-
pare us 20 meet them.
2. The sorrows God sends are expe-
dent for MS, for only through them can
come the fullness and Dorfectness of 10y.
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