The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-17
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

sias which is. bsing interpreted, the Christ
John i:il.
PLACE IN THE HISTORY Birth !: Youth.
. Preparations The first year.
TmE YEAR or BEGINNINGs.-i The rrst dis
ciplcs February 2 The first miracle. Feb
ruary or March. 8 Tho first reform. cleansing
the temple. April The FIRST discourse. To
Nicodcmus April .. The FIRST tour through
Judca summer and autumn q The urs, con-
vcrts in ~amarla. December = The first work
q the Gailean ministry, December. Chlefy
ia Judea Recorded only In John. Belongs be-
tween verses II and Il OF Matthews
TIME.-Fcbruary. A. ID. ~. ON the return OF
Jesus TO Bcthabara after the temptation Prob
ably. according 20 Edersheim- on saturday. tho
Jewish sabbath.
PLACE Bcthabara. beyond e.. east Of
Jordan or Bethany. In X. " mot the
Bethany the Mount OF olives. Both names
have nearly the same meaning Bethany some
times signifying "boathousc. and 3ethabara
ford house" or ferry house. Probably
these were the names OF two villages or dis
trcts near together John may have been bap-
tizing In place between the two villages. ana
hence sometimes called By one name and
sometimes by the other. These villages were
doubtless at a ford OF the Jordan nearly OPP
posite Jericho where OF the great roads
crosses the river. at ford OF stream that
enters the Jordan near the same place.
RuLERs.-Tiberius Cesar emperor OF Rome.
18th year from his association with Augustus
PLATE, governor OF Judea second year,.
Hcrod Antipas, tetrarch Of Galilce tsist Year,
JEsrs-Thirty years old. Just entering upon
His ministry.
JOHN THE BAPTIsT.-Thirty and one-half
years old having preached six or eight months
In the wilderness.
LESSON NOTES
The Deputation from Jerusalem
VS.. 1928. February. A. d. p. about the
close Of the forty days Of temptation.
the religious authorities at Jerusalem
hearing of the wonderful effects OF
Johns preaching, sent 10 inquire who
he was. whether he claimed to be the
Messiah or the expected prophet
John testified to Jesus, who was then
standing unknown among the crowds.
John the Baptist Points Out Jesus as
the Lamb Of God.-Ns. .9-3l. The
next day after the deputation, some
Friday in February. according to Elders
helm. John seeing Jesus among his
hearers recognized Him, and pointed
| Him out as THE Lamb Of God which
taketh away the sin of the world" and
a. the one who should baptizc with the
! Holy Ghost. Then he declares how
this was made known to him. John
saw in Jesus the fulhllmcnt of lsaiah's
prophecy. in his fifty-third chapter, Of
one who should be led a. a lamb to the
slaughter; the one prcfigured by the
| passover lamb, and the lamb Of the
| daily sacrifice He .'talxeth away the
sin of the world" l) by making the
sacrifice through which pardon can be
freely offered to all; and CT by the love
Of God manifested in Him. which touches
and inspires the heart to goodness: and
go by the gift Of the Holy Spirit. by
whom the heart is renewed. thus taxi
ing away sin.
The First Disciples of Jesus.-Vs. 35-
80. Saturday, the Jewish sabbath AZ
Bethabara. 35 1.-The next day" after
the previous testimony of John the
Baptist to Jesus. Two Of His dis
ciples:- One was Andrew ". 40). The
other was probably the apostle John
himself. He recollects the event very
plainly. even to the day and hour, even
Gospel. Ills whole life" says Dods,
seems to date from that hour" 1t
was his spiritual birthday.
81. THE two disciples heard him
speak" What John had said was
really his implied permission for his
disciples to leave him and become fol-
lowers of the Master. They might
otherwise have hcsitated, as IL to do SO
were to dishonor John.
Note the differentiation of John,
willing To yield up his apparent sue
cess for the honor of his Master and
the salvation Of men. But his very
success was in his apparent defeat
His TX was to prepare men for tho
Savio.f, and lead them to Him, and
the more successful he was. the sooner
his disciples would leave him and fol-
low Jesus. a good teacher is always
preparing scholars to graduate. His
success j. in having his scholars leave
him for the life for which he has been
preparing them. And they followed
Jesus" Literally. followed Him in
His walk But il was the beginning of
a spiritual following. This day was
really their conversion, the beginning
of their Christian life. I'D Promptly;
~ inquiringly: % finally, persevcring-
ly: lil sxcmplarily.
-. Then Jesus turned lie met
them half way in their search. lie did
no, wait for them 10 come up To Him.
but stopped and waited for them to
come showing them that He wanted to
see them. So the Lord always well
comes and waits for those who seek
Him. lie is 1.-The same Jesus" now as
then. ''And saith unto them. What
seek ye.- l. e.. i'm Ne. lie does not ask:
Whom seek YEP" II was evident that
they sought IIim.-Cam. Bible. They
said unto Him. rabbi: :. Master"
Rabbi is Hebrew. and John intcrprets
into Greek the common language Of
most of his readers at that time.
Rabbi strictly meant my master. or
lord. but in the time IT Jesus it had
already come To be the common honor
able title Of the teachers IF the law
: among the Jews. Where dwellest
Thou?' BY this response they rccog-
: nizc Him as teacher and intimate
= their desire To speak with Him nj some
= convenient time in private.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
: Note the simple. natural. quiet way
in which these first disciples were led
t. Christ
We see the value Of personal indi-
vitsial work and influence.