Passaic City record., 1898-06-18
THE SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JUNE Io.

Lesson Text: "The Risen Lord" Matthew
xviii, 8-2O-Golden Text: Rev. L., 18-
Commentary the Lesson by the
Rev. ID. NJ. Stearns.
8. "And they departed quickly from the
sepulcher with fear and great JOY, and did
run to bring His disciples word.'' The
women who in love- but not in faith had
come to anoint dead Christ find the tomb
open and empty, the stone rolled back
from the door and an angel sitting upon it
who speaks to them, with the result
stated in this first verse of our lesson.
Angels know when we seek Jesus and they
are glad (yerse 5 and Luke xv.,, 1ol.
They, like their Lord. would dispel our
fears. 1t is very helpful to make special
study of the 'fear nots'' from Gen. xT. l,
onward. Having believed we are to ''go
quickly and tell'' and the burden of our
preaching is to be that Christ is risen and
is, therefore, the one who fulhlls all Scrip
ture.
9. "And as they went to tell His disci-
pies, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All
hail. And they came and held Him by the
feet and worshiped Him" 1t is written i'll
Isa. Xiv, 8, Thou meetest Him that re-
joiceth and worketh righteousness" A
little earlier in the morning He had met
Mary Magdalene and had dried her tears
and given her message for the disciples,
but He did not allow her to touch Him,
because He had not ascended to His
Father (John Xxx, I'D. But now He al
lows these women to hold Him by the feet,
SO that He must have assembled and re-
turned since meeting Mary. 1 doubt not
that He was ever ascending and returning
all those forty days until His visible ascen-
tion, since which time He has not yet re-
turned, but He will, and it may be soon
(Acts t., 8, ID.
10. "Then said Jesus unto them, Be not
g., 4, A11I ~
into Galilee, and there shall they see Me-
The angel said, Fear not; go and tell; He
goeth before you into Galilee," and now
Jesus Himself says just the same. II our
message as His messengers is in strict ac-
cordance with His word, without adding
unto or diminishing aught from it Ode
iv., q, we need have no fear but that He
will indorse it all, but how we will be
ashamed Il John H., 28), if we have in the
least altered or diminished His word
through fear of man or for any reason
whatever. Let US, like Samuel, believe
and tell every whit, that, like him, we may
be established as the Lords messengers q
Sam. ill.,, 1920. Believing all things that
are written in the law and in the prophets,
let our unwavering attitude toward all
Scripture ever be 81 believe God that it
shall be even as it was told me- (Acts
xvii, 25).
II, Is. ''This saying is commonly re-
y
That is the saying that His disciples came
by night and stole Him away, which was
lie that the soldiers were paid to tell.
1t is still true that some people will lie and
do even worse if they are paid for it, for
the devil has great many children, and
lying is part of their business and a badge
of his service. He is liar and the father
of it (John viii, Az, but he would have us
believe that God is a liar (Gen. ill.,, 4; H..
II; John v, 10). 1t may bring a little
money Just for the present and possibly
enable one to do little more business for
a time If we are willing TO lie and practice
deceit as many do, but the end of such is
the DEVILS portion which is the lake of fire
and the torment forever and eyer, - -
16. ''Then the eleven disciples wet away
into Galilee into a mountain where Jesus
had appointed them He had sad; >Af-
ter am risen again, will go before yon
into Gallee'' (Math. XVI, 32). and it
would seem that He had designated some
special mountain where He would meet
them. They will tell US some day what
mountain it was, and we may also then
know why He preferred to meet them in
Galilee, but one great and precious lesson
for US is that He always does just what He
says He will do.
IT. 'tAnd when they saw Him they wor-
SHIPPED Him, but some doubted" He has
nowhere told us that all will believe, but
on the contrary, has plainly taught US in
the parable of the sower the various re-
suits of the seed sowing. In the parable
of the tares He has further taught US that
not all the grain in the field will be true
wheat. There came "A time in His own min.
istry when many went back and walked no
more with Him (John Vi, Co.; but He was
not discouraged, is not now, nor ever will
be (Isa. xiii, A., and if we are workers to-
gether with Him" there is no room for us
ever to be discouraged. Until He come it
will be, according to Acts xviii, "a,
''Some believed, and some believed not
but He shall see of the travail of His soul
and shall be satisfied.
IS. And Jesus cane and spake unto
them, saying: "All power is given unto Me
in heaven and in earth To John Cd
Patmos He said: Fear not, I am the first
and the last. 1 am He that liveth and was
dead, and behold I am alive for evermore,
amen. and have the keys of hell and of
death (Rev. l., II, 49,. Through Jeremiah
He said: "Behold, 1 am the Lord, the God
of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for
Me?" der. xxxii.. I'D. When in response to
His question, ''Whom shall l send and who
Will go for us?'' we are led to reply: Here
am 1. Send met' lisa. vi, 81 then our only
responsibility is to so cheerfully where He
sends us, do just what He tells US and
speak faithfully and lovingly His mes
sages. sure that He will not fail to ac-
complish all His pleasure (Isa. w., 1D.
10. go We therefore and teach all na-
tions, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost These are the three who in Isa.
vi, s, say, ''Who will go for us?" When
we go for them, we may and should al
ways find strong consolation in the blessed
assurance that God is for US, Christ IS for
ps, the Spirit is for US from. viii, 81, 81,
86}. Wha: we are 70 teach is simply stated
in Luke xiv, At: Acts xiii, SO, 50, etc.
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