The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-05
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JULY 8.

Subject; Jesus the Bread of Life. job,
VI, 22-4O-Golden Text; John VII, Il
-Meinory Verses, 35.3i- -Commentar
ON the Days Lesson.
%. THE day following" Following .be
feding OF the five thousand "Wnen the
| people-saw.' Some of the pecple had
tarried on the plain where the five thou
/ sand had been led over uight. They had
seen the disciples leave in the only boat
| there was present, and when Jesus did
not go with them they had remained IL
| hopes to see Him in the morning. Dur
ing the night lie had gone to His disciples
HIS disciples landed near Capernaum.
| % Other boats" Which usually car.
| l1ed over wood and other commodities
from the eastern districts. had come from
| Ilberas. In these boats. many. finding
that Jesus had left the neiQhborhood
to9k passage and came to Capernaum.
20. rabbi" Master, teacher. "When
camest Thou II was mystery TO then,
how He got across the sea without being
seen. News OF His arrival had spread
iar and near, and His way was hindered
| by crowds who had. as usual. brought
their sick TO the streets through which
lie was passing IN hopes that lie would
! heal them Mari; 653-55.
| ~. Jesus answered them" This ad
dress was delivered in the synagogue. v.
59' Gelkle says it was either Monday OF
| lhursdUy, one of the lays OF the syna.
goguc Worship. Verify, verify" The
| repetition OF this word among the Jew.
ish writers was considered of equal import
with the most solemn oath. Not be-.
cause, They were not attracted to
Hhrlst by any revelation that they saw
IN His miracles, OF His love- or Messiah
ship. They comnrehcnded no spiritual
meaning. But because We did eat They
| we're seeking Him purely from selfish con.
siderations. They were looking at the
result of the miracles rather than at the
! divine agency That had produced them
! Selhshness IN any form was very distaste
| iul to Jesus. and especially SO now, when
lie saw these people following Him for
the loaves and lisncs'
~. Which perisheth." Our chief OBJ
Ject III life should not be TO gain temper.
al supplies Every man should he diigent
IN business. and should carefully provide
Tor his bodily wants but still, that is not
the principal thing. We are TO seek first
'the kingdom of God and the one who
seeks first the satisfaction of his worldly
and temporal wants. degrade his soul
ana acts ~ manner unworthy of his
Creator. (Which endureth.' We are to
! labor for spiritual and eternal good. la.
bor not for ''the things which are seen.
Tor they will perish with the handling:
but labor for the things which are mot
seen, for they are eternal, and will en-
durc forever, which the Son oi man..
The term is especially appropriate here,
as II Is only by virtue of HIS incarnation
that Christ gives this enduring food.
shall give God gives us His good
things, and yet we must seek for them.
Sealed To seal anything is to attest
by some sign that it is genuine.
2S "What shall we do" Those who
asked this question are evidently not the
same as those who murmured at Him in
verse Al. "Thc works OF God" Works
that will be pleasing TO God and will be
the means OF securing the meat which
endureth."
principle which produces good works.
Whom He hath sent If you desire to
do works pleasing to God accept His EN-.
bassador-llis representative in this
world The greatest sin that human he
ingS can commit is the sin OF rejecting the
Lord Jesus Christ. II is an open insult
to the Almighty.
30, What sign" Sign is the usual
word for miracle in John. THAT we may
see. Proof had been given them again
and again, but their darkened minds
could not perceive the truth. They seem
to cavil here, too, for they had just seen
the miracle of feeding the five thousand.
to Christ that He must not expect TO cs.
tablish his claim as Messiah by giving
five thousand one meal. for Moses did
even more than that. lie fed vast mill,
ions for forty years, and his was, bread
from heaven while Christ used barley
bread and fish. AS it is written" En-
lG: 1918.
81 at was not Moses that gave you"
Or. W Our Lord refutes their argument
by showing, l. That it was not Moses.
but God, who gave the mama. . That
that was not the true bread but was
1OnrplN "A nf IL That (lnI had
given them now bread infinitely more
excellent. "Giveth YOU God is contin-
ually giving the true bread.
33. Unto the world The mamma was
given to the Hebrew nation for short
time: the true bread was for the whole
world for all time.
"a. "Evermore give us this bread" They
did not understand yet that He was speak
ing of Himself. They had as vague con
ception OF His meaning as the Samaritan
woman at the wen had OF the Giving wa
ter" They needed what they had ignor
antly asked for.
80. II am the bread of life" Jesus
keeps them in doubt no longer; and yet
when lie speaks plainly the mystery only
deepens; so blind is the natural heart. !
am the One who giveth life unto the world
and saves from the death of sin. Shall
never hunger Shall never desire spirit
ual grace and not have it given to him
In healthy spiritual condition the soul
hungers and thirsts after God, but in
Christ every desire of the inner life is
fully met. and the promise to such is
they shall be filled"
80. And believe not" They closed
their eyes, and would not accept the most
positive proofs of Christ's divinity.
81. That the Father giveth Me-" Those
who yield TO the influences of the Spirit
when the Father draws them ". Az. be
long to Christ, inasmuch as lie has mn.
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