The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-02-09
:uplsr's DIVINE AUTHORITY.
SUNDAY school Lesson In the lnterna.
tional Series for February IL
lSOaNJOhn 5sl5-27.
Especially Arranged from Peloubet's Note

IL.
LESSON NOTES.
Jesus was accustomed to go up to
Jerusalem TO the feast of the Passover.
1t is probable that the feast referred to
in Y. | was the Passover. and that
Jesus, in common with many of His
countrymen, went up from Galilee to
Jerusalem to celebrate it. On the Sab
hath. quietly walking around the city.
He came to the pool of Bethesda. where
were large number of sick people un-
der the porticos by the pool. waiting
for peculiar movement of the water.
which occasionally bubbled up In a
mysterious way for a brief time. and
then subsided. 1t was here that Jesus
on the Sabbath wrought cure for an
invalid of So years. pointing him and all
the sick who heard thereof to better
source of healing. real fountain of
health for body and for soul. Bethesda
itself would lead to the Messiah. The
fact that Jesus had wrought this mir
acle on the Sabbath. and had hidden
the man carry his bed on that holy day,
aroused the opposition of the Phari-
sees.
Jesus Works. as His Father Works
VS.. II, IS. "My Father worketh hither-
to-" or until now. For six days the
Lord was making Heaven and earth,
these days being Divine days of long
duration. and ending with the creation
of man. But God had not been mac
| tive. He has continued the necessary
operations of nature, and has been
working for the redemption of man,
both of which are Sabbath labors. He
Jesus was doing by His works of
mercy exactly what God has been do
ing the whole of His Sabbath rest.
Is. "Therefore the Jews sought the
more:" They have now second rea-
son for their persecution. ITO kill
Him." Nothing less than this would
do for them. They could have no peace
so long as such a man lived. Nothing
| less could keep Him from teaching
| things opposed to their traditions. "Be-
cause lie not only had broken the Sab
BATH" Not so much the law in any
! paTlicIldT cast dS 'uiAulIitS tII' ia"
and duty Of Sabhaeh observance. "But
said also:" Ginning equality with
God, which was opposed to the Jewish
interpretation Of the Divinc unity. but
not against real unity.
Jesus the Rcvealcr of the Father
Y. go. "Sheweth Him all things:" We
have dim visions of Gods plans as We
look through the windows OF His prOph-
cts, but we are not good enough, nol
wise enough, nor possessed o. minds
large enough to understand all OF God s
! ways with man, any more than blind
man can comprehend all that the eye
can see, or savage in his native wild,
can be made to know the wonders of
civilizations OF literature. art ard SET
cncc. Eut to Jesus God can reveal al!
these things. "Ard lie viii shew Him
greater works than these" Such as
! the heaiiug Ct the impotgnt ivan al
+ bethesda, and - other miracles; even
the far greater marvel, Ct lite from jha
dead. cf CHANGES in the characters O..
men. Of a new kingdom trars'arn.r"
The world. "rhat yc:" N,1 r." guess
ron my authority. "uar uar..l:' For
they could be a.,ouishol even IT. '.~#
would not hnliovc. and the aa"r, a
MIGHT lead to faith.
I Jesus tho LfG.-1'y.~. '''.. '.a..f. %.
. .-E.~g1. 81. IS. 81. "rura. tNo I...,
rafsrta uu tie C,al:" Ilis ia one O..
Ill. rl.at0r tli.m. "N.dqn.n'raon.'
,raEeta alive. Referring to- ,ha or..
resurrection OF ,.e , at. g.. alb t
,,. ritual life ..... J..tu .a s.t. a..
,ra F.r.v as o. -.uI,, uo all l..
natural and spiritual. "Nega 10 t.o
go. 0ufc,su.t..' ,..tL ;',E. "-aau
re v.H:" c.. COURSE that power l. r.--
crtad only ,."a@.n" 10 ,a'a,.a "'.aa.
md love. U.w.2 ae ytos. ON "a par
with the Father.
a. "Neriy a~- unto yog:" /. W.a
have tl.s power to give lie. will uoN
show YOU how every one may obtain
everlasting life. 10 shall be given TO
pvgryo.c "th.t L,avetl:" attends &c
wt.h a receptive mind. "My word, and