The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-01-15
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LEssON IN, FIRST QUARTER, IHTEaSA-
TloEAL SERIES. JAN. 81.


Prepared by Rev. ID. VI steurns-
iCeryrsat 1915. By Anan-ar Pres Assoeishso- J
The fullncss Of time had come for
Jesus 20 enter upon His public ministry
He was about thirty years OF age, and
doubtless the same voice that came 10
John in the wilderness came 70 Him
also 40 Nazareth duke Ill., .. 23l for lie
was ever under the complete control Of
the Father. both as 10 the words He
spoke and the works which lie did He
never pleased Himself. and i was His
meat 90 do the Fathers viii Rom. ",
3 John iv, 34l John the sinful Tor be
was Ike other saints. sinner saved
by cracpI. might well shrink from bap-
~ ng the sinlpSs one who now stood
before him. but the answer of Jesus
suffer it 10 be- So now. FOR thus Il be
come.h US 20 fuifU an Righteousness"
Verse l5l. settled 4, aud John baptized
HIN
We have ln this second recorded Ut.
terance Of our Lord another great word
covering all the llfu Of a believer BE
Ing made righteous IN Christ. We are
20 manifest righteousness In our daily
life. and p large part of many lives
consists Of suffering things 90 De- 80
now which seem wholly unnecessary
II is another phase OF His first word
! must be about My Fathers bust
u.s. FOR IN His Hfa as IN ours. all Is
from God, all Is prepared FOR us. all Is
Tor our sake and Tor our good. but 70
requires constant and persistent self
r"nunciation on our part 10 meekly ac-
ccpt Il thus and not SEE people or cir
cumstanccs acts ~, 2S. Eph. u. 10: II
Cor. iv. 10; Rom. viii. 2s. 80. 81 Just
seven times IN Scripture do we find the
phrase heaven opened" or "thc heay-
ems opened" and II always reveals
Christ or His people associated with
Him
Here We have the testimony Of the
Father and the Spirit Of the Son who
came 20 fulfill all righteousness How
can mortals dare TO Criticlse or speak
lightly Of Him Of whom the Father
thus speaks? And not only here. hut
also at His TRANSPORTATION (Nvl. %.
The Spirit OF God sought iu vain since
Adam sluned for one such ns this. I'm
whom lie could fully dwell. but now
lie has found the true ark where only
He can perfectly rest Luke tells us
that both here and az His transhgura-
tion Jesus prayed luke i!i, q A.. tx, 20l.
Having been specially proclaimed by
the Father rs His Beloved Son and
anoin'cd by the Spirit. He Is now led
by the Spirit 10 face the devil who in
Eden brought ruin 90 our race through
Adam and Eve and the same tcmpta-
tons are presented 10 Him rs were pre-
Scn'cd TO Eve, but, as Stcir says. His
obedience approves itself In the rrnun-
ci0tiou OF all enjoyment. ot all honor
Of all possession, In opposition 10 the
prince OF this world His thrcofold
reply 10 the tcmptcr Stcir calls Ills
u.rl first word; His first embracing
His whole inner lifr luke n. 41 His
second embracing the entire work OF
His active and passive obedience for MS
ClaIt 800, l1, and now I'm His three
fo'l word TO the devil lie maintains
and rts the fu'diIWrnt of 400 right
cousr.~s In its three great branches
against the tcmptor 90 unrlghtcous
ness lie himself in His humility
submitting to be tempted On order 90
conquer is that living answer OF God
to Satan which lu holy right rcsIs's
and casts out Satnn's right 10 human.
ity
His fasting forty days uud forty
nights makes us think Of thc other two,
Jhc only two, who tasted forty days
and who af,erVard appeared with
Him ON the Mount of Transformation
We wonder what the frll significance
Of those four forty day fasts can be
but we shall know hereafter II ncccs
sary. Mark says that lie was with the
wild beasts (Mark !, l3l, and here again
We wait for more Hight. but remember
that David. before he slew Goliath. had
conflict with lion and a bear. God
had just said. "Thia Is My Beloved
Son" The tcmptcr said twice, III Thou
bc the Son OF Cod (versCs 3 o.. remind
Ing Us of his 1rst recorded utterunce 10
Eve Yea, hath God saidf' All who
question the word % God must, with
out doubt, he Tor the time being serv,
ing the devil, for no true chi, of God
can be- IN fellowship with God and
question His word Tho first tcmpta
ton was 20 dlstrust God and DO an nm
authorized thing 10 sustain lifc The
second was TO do q wrong thing 10 So
cure good thing The third was "a
presume on Gods care while doing q
reckless thing $50 says + r. Brownl
In f.H.