The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-27
jHE sabbath SCHOOL LESSON.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
MARCH I.
osson Text, "Jesus the Messiah,"
Luke tx, tS-21-Goiden
Text: Luke ix.. 80
Commentary.

..st them, saying, Wnom say Vuo p'opN
80 amp" II is probable that between the
'' %, tssson and this We are to think Of the
Ling OF both the 5000 and the 1000. His
,ttin,r on the sea and His visit to the coas
4 'Tyre and Sidon. ana now He isaway mort
enr Cnsarea Philippi. or Dan. He had pee
.,or,ur from home and sendingword thith'
,in other words, He had been praying-an
hen lie asks this question. not that He care
Shat people thought Of Him or whom the
t,,,e,ht He was hut He was leading on to
~, fsssion from His disciples for purpos
ii we tolerate n care n 20 what people th'
r. sav of us or have an ambition to have
na,nr among men, we have not the splrh
Him who emptied Himself Tor us ana ms
Itirsplf Of no reputation. coming hero -
e. Ln r,inistered unto, hut 20 minister and
I, ,vn His life n ransom Tor many Inc m
t,ye of Jeremiah to BRruch IL always lltti
|.S,ekrst thou great things Tor thyselt' =
hcm not" (Phil. H., 7, 4; Math Ky, zsi
xiv. 81. , -, A..
A., but some say Elias, and others say
[,e ot the old prophets is risen ngu
E,urare verses and ). To know TO.
H., greatest thing, but we cannot know
i,n,rt from Jesus Christ (Math. XII, 2O,
kyhen we think we know Him we may
,nr,y this word to ourselves, III any
Sbint,,h that he knowc,h anything.
k,no,vcth nothing vet rs he ought TO kn'
n COR. witt, y. At best we know but IN
oy,. not till then shall we know a. We
I 8royn H Cor. kilt, Q. l2). The natural ",
3annot know the things OF God Mt All
| IL. but even the spiritual man l. =,
j lime so carnal that he cannot discern
hal things.
on "He said unto them. But whom
II 20 that am? Peter answering, said. ~
brat Of God" or "a in Math. XVII. lG; hp h
". o.; I,n,,t.,, W. nur' sa,s tSat Jesus repli ing
al nd thptt Simon HAr=lOn W
eesb and blood hath not revealed ~ ~
ithee. but Ny Father which is in He' ~" ~"
~ !, surely blessed TO be taught OF Ga e.
y teacheth like HimT" Dob Nxxvi aoI oS
L Jesus left His disciples He 81 a.!
brit whom He would send wou n. mH.
'al things and guide them III
lJohn xiv, &c; xvi, l3). II"
iAnd He straitly charged th 49,,
hnded them TO tell no man thN "
Al. xvi, 20, II Is written that J vi
bey were to tell no man that suau ,,.l
the Christ. In the beginning III ri,
try He said very plainly to the 80 @
maria that He was the Christ (J .',n"
M, but now that they havo .,
the next sign that He Is the Oh .G.Pu .p,
b. resurrection from the dead. Vii Vii
know till 1t is too late how n NJ VIZ VIZ
lost by not simply believing HIS Va
thus grieved the spirit and hind VI ~.
telling us what He would like ~ ~
he other hand, we are filled WIZ -
h, we shall hear His voice aud ~, W.
h TO be still and when to speak. A"'"
"Saying, The Son Of Man must o.
by things, and be rejected OF thpa,uI,tlu.l,
Ichief priests and scrlbes and bIaJ,
A be raised the third day." Vher 7'",ti'
d,tly some connection between tN ~ ~
forbidding them to say that He thn ~
tis,' on u ,ei,J,,,,, os tbis tbnt He pms He
1land rise again 'he third day, out hav ra.
ed II nb' d'd not believ' Ley re- re-
they una. ~, ne
~ er~N Ais HVlNe,
said 10 them all, II apy man
~ Me. let tt,m deny b,mssliand
1,tly y 'eslo -, lIn - ,rh.,
N life is theS" ~. . life, the life
10 rnoniiest its Nir mortal Desh
ana thS !" ans the dy-
In the CO. ant reckoning
be %. {, the olS ian, the carnal
bni d wluvl must be put on Ind kept OFF
no put of and ON rs we Would our clothes.
UChdst never lived unto hlnlii,elf in any way.
her as TO His will or HI, glory or His
,asure (John vi. 3S,,' ". 80; Rom. xv., -.
Itnke up the cross il not 10 wear some
d Of pretty cross, for there is no such
Ing rs pretty cross recognized in Scrip
h. but II Is Just to die constantly TO ones
will and way and pleasure. mot /, but
Irist."
t. "For whosoever will save his life snail
u it. but whosoever will lose his lie for
y sake the same shall save it,
Dur lie may be said to be that which takes
our attention. which chiefly occupies our
Dnis and our time, that which interests US
bst. We have 10 engage in many and
Iriei forms OF business. but even in these II
BY be our main thought TO glorliy God
4 thus God and not business will be oui
E. We shall be- able 10 say, "For me tC
ve is Christ"
rs. "For what is q man advantaged IL he
in the whole world and lose himself or bC
ST away" Let mau live for his business,
his home, or for pleasure, or for himself
any way and not receive Christ and ht
4 all his life will be truly lost, for he that
th not the Son of God hath not life. The
ori ''castaway'' in this verse is wholly diff
rent from that in Cor. iX.. -. Their 1t re-
Is to service rejected (see II. W, but here
identity to the loss OF the soul.
26. "For whosoeyer shall be ashamed o'
eand Ny words OF him shall the Son o
an be ashamed when He shall come in Hi
Tn glory and in His Fathers, and of tn,
yangels." The one who prefers his owl
10 the daily dying to self certainly pre-
self to Christ and may be said to b'
lamed of Christ. Such can have no part
His kingdom. His coming in glory her,
erred to Is His coming with His saints q
ess ill.,, l3: Col. ill.,, ~, they having pre-
usIy met Him on His way q Thess. iv.
|ls) and received their rewards and posi-
hs in His kingdom.
n. "But | tell you OF a truth there b'
he standing here which shall not taste o
Nh till they see the kingdom OF God" In
huch as In Matthew, Mark and Luke thi
tement il Immediately followed by tn,
0rt OF the TRANSPORTATION. that event wa
ubtless the fulfilling OF this statement
sls with Moses and Eli jah suggest the Sol
Nan glorihed, associated with all th'
pts both risen and translated, and tn
stles suggest Israel in the flesh all right
So. Such will be the centre OF the millen
Kingdom, at the close Of which satal
,.anSn be loosed and then completely over
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