The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-02-12

LESSON Vlb FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES. FEE. ia.

MemoRy WeRnen, &4-31-GOAden Text
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BY the New. D. n. seearns.
fcopyright. 1856 by D. n. stearnal
IL. ssBut Jesus answered them, Ny
Father worketh hitherto and work. |"
Because He had healed tho impOtgnt man
aA Bethesda ON the Sabbath day thqy per-
secuted Him and sought to kin Him. DR..
Weston says that theiz Sabbath day was to
them their national banner, and it was
not well fer any one who would dare b-es :
their laws concerning It. Gods Sabbath
and feasts which He Instituted had be-
como the Jews Sabhaths and feasta, and
instead of observing His laws concerning
them they had multiplied traditions OF
their own, thus making the command
ment Of God Of none effect by their tradi-
tion (Math. XIV, 3, 81.
10. Therefore the Jews sought the
moro TO kill Him, because He not only had
broken tho Sabbath, but said also that
God was His Father, making Himself
equal with God On another occasion
they were going to stone Him because, as
they said, He, being man, made Himself
God (John K, 33). What spectacle is this
the Creator hated by the creature, stic-
the Lord of the Sabbath Yet such is re-
ligion that is not of God.
10. "Then answered Jesus and said I'M
to them, Verify, verify, say unto you,
The Son can do nothing of Himself but
what He seeth the Father do, for what
things soever He doeth these also doeth
the Son likewise" Their unbelief and
opposition did not and could not alter the
facts in the case, SO without argument He
quietly went on with His teaching. Wien.
ono is right, the only thing to do is to
keep right on saying and doing right,
sure that they who war against us shall
be as nothing and as n thing of naught
lisa. xii, 12).
20. For tho Father loveth the Son and
showeth Him all things that Himself
doeth, and He will show Him greater
works than these that ye may marvel" In
chapter iii, 30, ''The Father loveth the
Son and hath given all things into His
hand" In chapter K, 80, Il and My
Father are one." In chapter xiv, 0, 10,
He that hath seen Mo hath seen the Fa-
ther; am in the Father and the Father
in Me- In chap 5er XIV, 9, VIC read, "As
the Father hath loved Ne SO have loved
you," and in xvii, 23, that the Father
loves us as He loves the Son. We wonder
at the manifestation of God in Christ, but
what shall we say when we read that it is
His pleasure that Christ should be mani
fest in us? (Gal. IL, 90; II Cor. iv, III
81. For as the Father raiscth up the
dead and quickeneth them, even so the
Son quickeneth whom He WILL In the
following verses this is explained as re-
ferring not only to those who arc dead in
sin, living in pleasure unto themselves
(Eph. ii, 1; Tim. V, 81, but also to those
whose bodies are dead an the grave. In
verses IS, 90. we read that all that are in
the graves shall hear His voice and shall
come forth either unto life or damnation.
%. For the Father judgeth no man,
but hath committed all Judgment unto
the Son. He hath appointed day in
the which He will judge the world in
| righteousness by that man whom He hath
ordained, whereof He hath given assurance
unto all men in that He hath raised Him
| from the dead Acts xvii, 81. One day
| is with the Lord as thousand years, and
thousand years as one day (II Pet. iii,
| 81 At the beginning of the day shall be
the Judgment of the righteous, and also of
| the living nations, and at the end of the
| day that of the unrighteous
23. THAT all men should honor the Son,
even as they honor tho Father. He that
| honoreth lot the Son honoreth not the
Father which hath sent Him. He will
be honored by all kings and all nations
and to Him every knee shall bow Cps
lxxii, IL; Phil. ii, 0, 10). A day is COM
ing in which every high thing shall be
brought down, and the Lord alone exalt-
cd Elsa. ii, IL, ID. He is the only Saviour
of sinners (Acts iv, 12), the only Judge as
we saw in tho last verso, and He will he
the only Ruler, for He must reign till He
hath put all things under His feet Il Cor
| XIV, 25).
"a. Verify, verify, say unto you, He
that heareth My word and believeth on
Him that sent Me hath everlasting life
and shall not como into condemnation,
but is passed from death unto life" Here
is the way of life, described in chapter i,
70, as receiving Him, in chapter III, 16, as
believing on Him, and here as hearing
His word and believing on Him. This
verse was blessed to my soul in the sum-
mer of 1878 with blessing that has last
ed ever since and will to all eternity. 1t
was somewhat like this: Do you hear the
word of God and believe that Jesus died
for you and rose again, and do you receive
Him rs your Saviour? do. Then you
have everlasting life. No, cannot feel
that / have. What does God say? He
says that have. Is His word suff1cients
l would like to feel it. Will you take
Him at His word or make Him a liar?
(John v, 10 will believe Goo.
25. Verify. verify, say unto you, The
hour iscoming, and now is, when the dead
shall hear the voice Of the Son of God,
and they that hear shall live" This hour
has already lasted over 1880 years and is
still ON. The dead in trespasses and sins
are hearing the word of God, and receiv-
ing it and life in it, or rather in Him
who is the Word and the Life. Faith
cometh by hearing the word of God.
had been hearing it from my childhood, and
before 1866 had been receivedinto church
, membership ari was regular in my at
tendance upon ordinances and outwardly
consistent, but until the time and the e8-
perience mentioned in the last verse did
not know that had passed from death tc
life.
90. For as the Fa5her hath life in Him
self SO hath He given to the Son to have
life in Himself - He Is tho Life He