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Text of the Lesson. Mark xiv. 1895 Mem
ory VERSE. a2-gi Golden Text, Luke
xii, 10 commentary by the Rev. u. VI.
s;carns.
II. As / have recently .,ad and proflted
by n sermon by Rev a. g. Brown Of Lon.
don upon portion of this lesson entitled
"Findng II as He said " it is probable
that some OF the Spirits suggestions to
him may here hc found II Is the last
night before the crucihSion The city Jc-
rusalcm, the holy city. is full Of people for
only Ia the chosen city can the passover
lambs Do slain ana the feast kept Notice
the disciples question, Where wilt
thou:" Think of Saul's question. What
wilt Thou have me To do;' and Let our
hearts be ever saying, "Wherc, Lord"
What Lord:" and never lean to our
own understanding
13 lIc Immediately sends two with
definite instructions, and yet such rs re-
quircd great faith on their part He loves
10 be- trusted and will surely guide all who
are willing to be guided FPS. xxxii, $; lisa.
XXX. 81; Xviii, III. But see how 1t IS only
n step at n time, and consider the forctold
events Of one day in sam. K, IL They
knew the way 70 the city. All was plain
thus far. Then Of all who should pass
them or meet them they were 20 lock for
a man coming toward them bearing a
pitcher Of water, and without hesitation
they were TO follow him.
H. They were not told 10 speak to tho
man with the pitcher, but simply follow
him into the house and speak To the good
man Of the house concerning the room in
which 10 eat the passover Tho fact that
they were to say TO him, The Master
saith, shows that the owner Of the house
was disciple. Jesus would not use the
property of one who was not.
II. We would like To know more OF this
man and this room, between whom and
the Master there seemed TO be such per-
feet understanding and harmony Of spirit
l6. With unqucstioning obedience they
went forth from Him To do His bidding
and they found everything just rs lie had
said they would. 1t always has been and
always will hc So for whatever else may
fail or change or pass away the word Of
the Lord Is sure, and IL standoth forever.
Il. And in the evening lie cometh
with the twelve" Never was such pass
over kept before, for this Immediately pro
ccdcd the fulflllmcnt OF all passovers, as
on the morrow Christ, our passover,
would be sacrificed for us i" Have we,
like the good man Of this house, room for
Jesus: And are all our possessions at His
disposal! Are we like the two disciples
looking for His guidance And do we rec
ognlze His hand In all the events Of
lifel II so, 1t is well.
Is. Before Jesus announced that one Of
them should bctray Him IL would seem
from John xiii that He had washed their
feet and bad taught them thus to do for
each other. Think Of His washing tho
feet Of Judas. How near one may bc to
Jesus, how much IIo may do for one,
how many privileges one may enjoy and
yet be lost IL will surely be a fearful
thing to have been numbered with the fol-
lowers of Christ and yet not be truly His.
10 II was enough TO make them sor-
rowful that one who had companicd with
them and had been apparently truly ono
Of them should turn out to be only a trail
tor and hypocritc. So clever had the traitor
been that it would seem that none Of the
others had suspected him, for no one said
1T must be Judas, just as we thought" "
but each said, Is 1t II" so kind had
Jesus been that never by word or look or
act had Ho even hintcd that Judas was
not sincere.
90 One Of the twelve that dippeth
with me in the dish" Sitting near TO
Jesus, eating with Him, called one of His
acting as treasurer for His people, preach
ing in His name, perhaps permitted 10
work miracles in His name, and yet all
the while n liar, hypocritc, one possessed
by the devil! Is 1t any wonder that the
Spirit 10y Peter cxhorts us To make Our
calling and election sure III Peter /, lOl
Let us bo sure that we have forever ceased
to look To or in any way trust in tho
flesh, hat only and wholly in the merits
Of the Jesus Christ
81. Scripture will be fulfilled. Tho con
duct Of Judas was all clearly written out
beforehand, as in rs. xii, 0, but that did
not compel Judas to act ms he did. While
God knows beforehand all that will como
to pass and whether men will hear or for
bear (Ezck. ii, y, and whilc tho Spirit Of
God strives with all, at least all who
know Of God and His love, yet all are left
free TO accept or refuse that love.
80. The passover feast being concluded,
Jesus now institutes the Lords supper by
first taking bread, and having given
thanks or blessed 1t He gives them to cat,
saying: This Is My body which Is given
for you. This do in remembrance Of Me.
90. As He had done with the bread, so
He does also with the wine, representing
His blood shed for us, and when we par
take of the vino we arc TO remember the
precious blood Of Christ, the price Of our
redemption (I Peter !, IS, lg) We are TO
remember that we are not our own, but
that spirit, soul and body are all His, to
be given wholly up TO Him that He may
at His pleasure use us 20 minister tho
great salvation To others, even 10 the she'd
ding OF our blood In His service IL He re-
quircs 1t Il Cor. vi, 10, 20; Thcss. V, 30;
ii Cor V, IS; Rev. xii, IL
"a. Without shedding Of blood theru is
no remission Of sins, and il is tho blood
that makcth atoncmcnt for tho soul (IIcb.
TX, -; Lcv. xvii, ID. All the blood of sac
ritlccs from the day when the Lord God
made unto Adam and Eve coats Of skins
and clothed them was typical of the pre-
cious blood Of Christ, which was sufficient
for the sins OF the whole world Il John
ii, -, but becomes efficient only for such
rs accept Him.
-. From beginning to end Of the pub
lie ministry OF the Lord Jesus He was
ever speaking Of kingdom, the king
dom OF God or of heaven, which will yet
be set up on this earth and include the
whole earth under the whole heaven (Dan
vii, 21. Then shall the meek inherit tho
earth, and war and strife shall bc no more
(Ps. xxxvii, II; Math V. >; Isa ii, I. Mic.
iv, :, -. Then shall both the passover and
tho Lords supper have full and final
consummation Luke NXii, l6. Isl. for atey-
cry communion we show tho Lords death
till He come Il Cor. ri, 26D
26 And when they had sung an hymn
they went out into the mount Of Olives"
The hymn was perhaps rs. cxii to cxviii.
the Great fiallal or a part OF it. In CON
ncction with the hymn think OF John xiv
to xvii and see the heart OF Christ In these
last words to His apostles and To His Father
on their and our behalf. words To which lie
may truly Be sand to have set the seal Of
His lifo's blood Therefore how sure they
nrc! Let your soul cat them until you can
truly say .Jcr. Ky. l6. and job xiii. u