The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-01-17
SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
JANUARY 20.
Lesson Text: "Christ the Bread of
Life" John vi, 25-35-Gold-
en- Text John VI, 81
Commentary.

the feeding OF the 5000 He sent the dlsciples
away I'm n ship toward Capernaum. white He
Himself went into n mountain alone Tho
wind blew hard. and the disciples tocd all
the night. Then in the morning watch Ho
came walking on the sen and stiled their
fears with at is I. Ds not afraid" They
received Him and Immediately the ship was
ut the land. a picture possibly OF the present
condition OF things both In refer, nee to tho
church and Israel and tho contamination in
reference to both when Iic shall come I'm the
morning. Tho next day many people crossed
| 10y lont 20 Capernuum, looking for Jcsus,
anh here begins our lesson.
%. "Jesus answered. thom and snii,
| Verify, verify ! say unto you, yc seek Mo not
because ye saw the miracles. ut hecous" yo
! did cnt OF tho loavrs and were nllrd." Tho
/ double verify IL found only In this gospel
and some twenty-five times. Each one IL
surely worthy OF doublc attention, for It IL
| literally "lwen. amen"
! 81. Labor not for tho meat which per-
ishrth, lut Tor that meat which cndurrth
unto everlasting life, whi'h tho Son Of Mln
| shall give unto you. for Hin hath God tho
/ Father sealed" Food and rnimcnt, which
| most people think 80 much ~, ara given u
| wholly secondary place hv the Lort, who
! exhoris all to seek first His kingdom AMI
| Righteousness, riyinr the assurance that
/ thus nll other things shall be added (Niath
/ VI. 33). This e,crnpl life Is the riit Of GOT
| Oiom. vl., 23) and il none other than Jesus
] IiILhtli, WHO lttOsAn1 llto ttNrull TO all WHO
| Will receive Him
IS. "Then said thoy unto Him. What shall
/ we do that we might work the works of Gol?'
! There seems TO bo "a tendency In the natural
/ mind to want TO do something to obtain NE
/ Consider the question Of the lawyer an thu
rich young ruler In Luxe V, %; xviii, Is,
| ana how the Lord led ono TO consider his IN.
ability to keep the law. anl the other his un.
| willingness 20 follow JESUS because Of the
cost. Man. because OF his Inherent sinful.
ness AMI snlilshness, Il unnbla TO attain e.
| the only stnnlarl which GDl hrs set up, aud
| when he sees himself a. h" f. he no longer
| nsks. What shall | doy us II hc hal the
| power 10 90 anything.
%. "JeSus answered AMI said unto them,
/ This Is the work OF Got. TINT ~ believe on
/ Hin whom Ii" hath sent" IL chapter L u
| We have believing defined ~ receiving.
| Therefore We understand tho Lori TO say I'm
| THIS vcr-o Ot our lesson that the on" thing
| required hy God is that wa receive HIM
| whom God hath sent. u Is written In John
/ ", ~, "lIc thRt hath ia" Son at life nul hp
that hath not the Son q! God hath not life. a"
Therefore /, Is clear that the one essential IL
/ 10 have life, AMI this can be la only by r.
I ceivinc Christ.
30. "Thcy said. Therefore, unit 10 Him. What
| sign shoWcst Thou. then, that we may ser
and believe TberI What dost Thou wlrkI'
This sounds strange IA coming from those
who had seen Him feed more than 5000 pro-
] PIE ~ lhlTucle on tHe dny previous, tut
was simply u proof OF IN" truth OF what He
had sal that they sought Him simply be-
cause they had been fe@, ami not because
th"y were Interested Ia the miEucle. There
nre many people to-day who ara religious
AMI moral ana interested somewhat In holy
things who still ask, How can be sure that
Jesus ~ GolI Where Is the convincing
proof? So'hnt II seems hopeless 70 try 20 10
anything with or tor those who are not WILL
ing simply 70 believe. and thus receive Him.
81. "Our fathers did eat mama In the des-
ett, as II Is written, He gave them bread
from heaven 10 eat" SO they turn back TO
Moses aud the mama. as II Nose, had eyen
the mama In the wilderness. not knowing
perhaps that Jesus had already said, "Hai
w believed Moses ~ would h,ve believed
DIe, tor he wrote Of NJ" (John v, &C. Oh,
II their eyes had only been opened to see
that the one who delivered from Egypt, who
divided the sea, who gave the manua, who
brought the water from the rock, was actual
~ IN thoir mifst ready 10 be their Saviour
But while they searched the Scriptures they
knew not Hin Of whom they srAke.
%. Then Jesus sGii unto them, Verify,
verify say unto YOU, Moses gave YOU not
taat bread from heaven, but Ny Father
Gyrth you tho true tread from heaven" 4"
They were inten. upon contrasting man wiki
man, Just Tx" thos, who now see only the
EumUu Instrument Tn ltalk continually OF
this preacher Or that preacher and this ones
views os iha; cus's views, iEs' al OF seeing
G?l GO! CONS! !-r.gs HIN a. the giver Of
S . z 60 =, = , a.! PSEtSS' S'a Noses would
have them Us co., adj % wifi every true
di.cip'e OF Jesus now. II that seeketh
honor icr hims, Ell IS not Of Col.
80. For the bread ot God - He which
comcth down from henycn AMI eiyeth lie
unto the world What an expressive sym
bol Of Christ Is read He Is light ami HE :
He is the vine, and the door, aht the good
sheph'ri. but ~ bread we think OF His death
ant rasurrection. Rul how W. must actually
receive HIN as truly as We recclye breat for
our daily life. He must become part OF our
very being, as the bread becomes part OF our
I very body, AMI W. must continually 'sal
upon Him. even as He says IN verse 81, IA
the living Father hath sent NJ Gni live
ly the Father, go he that eateth NJ, even he
shHll live by Me-"
"a. "rh,n said they unto Him, Lord, ever
more sive us this bre al. Likethe woman
I at the well who said 'S.r give me this
water" not ttiniins OF anything beyond the
. natural bread or water for the body The
natural man cannot discern spigtual things
for they are foolishuesS unto MIN II Cor. II. ,
. ~. Tuere Is hunger and thirst IA peoples
souls tor u something, they know not what
] which VIII satisfy, but they turn to anything
ami everything rather than TO HIN who only
/ ctn SAT- ~ the souls wAici lie h - ma O.
/ 80. "Aui Jesus said unto them. | I'm tho
bread OF life he that cometh 10 Me shall
never hunger, and he thut belioytth on Me-
. shall never thirst" Ho l. the fountain Of
life, the fountain OF living wcJers (ps Xxxyi,
9 ; Jer. H., lJ), and the only Dr"at which can
save and satisfy ths scll. H. cane from
heaven the Father sent Him He loved me
Rnd gave Himself for me; He gives Himself
I 20 me, and | receive Him, auG He l. mine.
I He says have cverlast ny life, Gsd no power
can pluck mo out Of ITS EGnd (verso a
chapter X, 2S), | believe In Him and am
glad and ind IN Hin increasing soul satisiac.
tcn every day. Lesson Helper.
! YOU AND YoUR WIFE.