The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-29
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
LESSON \, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. =.
Text OF the Lesson. John ii. 1925
Memory Verses, 13-IG-GoIden Text.
John ii, I6-Commentary by the
Rev. ID. VI. Stearns.

Is. And the Jews passover was al
hand, and Jesus went up TO Jerusalem"
After the miracle at Cana. He. with His
mother and brethren ard disciples, spent
some days at Capernaum (verse 12), but
we have no further record of that visit.
This is. far as we know. His second
visit TO Jerusalem, and the first since, at
the age Of twelve, He went up with
Joseph and Mary to the passover duke
ii, Al, Az. In view of the fact that His
brethren did not believe in Him John vii,
81 we wonder that they went to Caper-
naum with Him. Ii is not likely that
they went to Jerusalem. The proper
name of this feast was The Lords Pass
over eek. xii, ID. but like other feasts
had degenerated into nero feasts OF the
Jews John V. ID.
IL. And found in the temple those
| that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and
| the changers of money sitting" So He
found Il again at the close of His minis
try (Math. xxi, 10. According 70 the law.
| the people We're TO bring TO the Lord 10
| Jerusalem the 1.-THE Of corn, wine. oil and
the hrst.ings of herds and flocks. but IL
| they were living too far from Jerusalem
to do this they were permitted 10 turn
| the tithes into money and purchase at
| Jerusalem what they wanted Deut xiv.
22-26). This arrangement, however, did
not necesSitate making market Of the
temple.
10. And when He had made a scourge
! of small cords He drove them all out of
| the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen,
| and poured out the changers money and
overthrow the tables" If lie were today
| to drive US out Of an ordinary place OF
| worship on His holy day all in whose
| hEaaF
stead of thoughts of Himself. what 4
thinning out of many congregation
| there would be,
16. And said unto them that sold doves,
| Take these things hence; make not my
| Fathers house house of merchandise"
| When lie again cleansed the temple at
| the close of His ministry, He told them
that instead of it being a house of prayer
| as God intended, they had made it a den
! Of thieves (Math. xxi. 49,. At the age
| or twelve Jesus had said in this very
| temple that he must be about His Faith
| er's business luke ii. 4O or Or. W in
| His Fathers house, and now one of the
| first acts of His public ministry is to
| cleanse that house.
H. And His disciples remembered that
| il was written, the zeal of Thine house
| hath eaten me up" This was written
| ing. which, If we laid TO heart more, we
| would be more full Of zeal for His house.
| His church, instead of possessing so
| much misguided ard wasted zeal for our
| own houses or churches or societies.
| 1S Then answered the Jews and said
unto Him, What sign showest thou unto
! US, seeing that thou doest these things?"
| similar question was asked Of John
| vi, 80, and Math. xii. SO. and in the latter
| place Jesus told them that. the sign
| would be the typical death and resurrec-
| ton Of Jonah illustrated in His own case,
| and now, He will tell them the same
| thing under another figure. Death and
| resurrection is the great secret of power
! on earth for God.
10. Jesus answered and said unto
! them, destroy this temple. and in three
| days 1 will raise il up" This is the earli-
| est intimation from His own lips of His
| death and resurrection He was the anti
| type of tabernacle and temple buildings
| erected that God might dwell on earth
| among men. and in Him God was mani
! fest in the flesh. 1t is interesting to no
| tice that the temple of SOlOman was
! plundered by Shishak in the thirty fourth
| year of its existence. See L Kings vi.
! 80. and IL Chron- xii, 2. g.
| 90 Then said the Jews, forty and six
| years was this temple in building. and
| wilt thou rear ii up in three days2'' Be
/ ing only natural men, they understood
nothing of spiritual things. q Cor ii,
| 40
| p. But He spake of the temple of His
| body. See how they perverted His words
| and flung them at Him in His agony on
| the cross OZARK Nv, IS. and XIV, 29). If
| We have become temples of the Holy
| Spirit, in whom Father, Son and Spirit
| have come TO dwell q Cor. vi 10 20:
| John xiv, Il, 23, we must not think it
| strange to have our words perverted
/ and thrown at US in our trials. This
| is a fellowship with Christ which should
/ make US greatly rejoice.
| %. when therefore He was risen from
| the dead His disciples remembered that
| He has said this unto them. and they