The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-08
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson in the international Series for
April 10, 19O4-Peter Con-
fesses the Christ.
THE LESSON TEXT.
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~N> - 49,
to them Whom do men say that ! am?
Is. And they answered.: John the Bap-
list: but some say, Elias, and others, One
Of the prophets. y
20. And He saith unto them: But whom
say ye that I am? And Peter answereth
and saith unto Him: Thou art the Christ.
80. And He charged them that they
should tell no man of Him.
81. And He began to teach them, that the
Son of Man must suffer many things, and
be rejected Of the elders, and of the chief
priests and scribes. and be killed, and after
three days rise again.
80. And He spake that saying openly. And
Peter took Him, and began to rebuke Him.
80. But when He had turned about and
looked on His disciples, He rebuked Peter,
saying: Get thee behind me, Satan: for
thou savorest not the things that be of
God, but the things that be of men.
"a. And when He had called the
people unto Him with. His disciples also,
He said unto them: Whosoever will
come after me, let him deny himself, and
take up his cross and follow ne.
50. For whosoever will save his life shall
lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life for
my sake and the Gospels, the same shall
save ii. ~ .
36. For what shall it profit a man, if he
shall gain the whole world, and lose his
own soul?
81. Or what shall a man give in exchange
for his soul?
50. Whosoever, therefore shall be
ashamed of me and of my words in this
adulterous and sinful generation; of him
also shall the Son of Man be ashamed when
he cometh in the glory of His Father with
the holy angels.
GOLDEN TEXT.-Thou art the Christ.
the Son of the living God,-Matt. 1916.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE LESSON.
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Pharisees, etc., Demanding a Sigh.
S:ll, IL
Warning Against Leaven of Pharisees,
S:l3-2l
Blind Man S:22-Zh
Peters Confession. Mark S:27-3S
Read also Matt. ~15:32-1G:2S, and Luke 8:
1927.
TIME-Late summer, A. D. 20. Well into
the last year of Jesus life.
the way between Galilee and
the region OF Caesarea Phifppi
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
WHO do men say that l am" The
question shows that Jesus had been
thinking of His past ministry and it's re-
suits. He had come to the conclusion
that He was practically without reliable
following outside the disciple circle, and
that conviction is the Aey to all that fol-
lows in this memorable scene. "-Bruce.
He knew that all the better classes were
hostile. He knew that the common peo-
pie felt kindly toward Him, were glad
to eat of His bread and be healed of their
diseases, but-anything more? He did
not think so. And how about the Twelve?
He believed it was different with them,
h,t ~ - M n +ho $;~a nod nnno a IN TOLL
it all over with them, and so He asks the
question. John the Baptist" So, HerOd
mark 6: 14). Elijah" Malachi a: 81
had preached that he should return. "One
of the prophets" Matthew adds Jere-
miah. But notice that no n so much
as hints that anyone believed Jesus to
be the Messiah. 1t was much to think
Him a good man and prophet, but not
enough.
But who say We that l am" With
the emphasis on Eye" Think of the i'm
portance of the answer to Jesus. Peter
answereth:" We are not surprised; it
was like him. Thou are the Christi"
Christ in Greek; Messiah, Hebrew; both
mean Amounted. "rell no man." The
announcement would have been under
stood to refer to the Messiah Of popular
expectation and of course would have
made trouble.
"The Son of man must suffer-" Even
to the disciples this news was a blow.
And be killed." That the Amounted One
had to do His work at such cost to Him
self and then be cut off by a violent death
in the very midst of it, was almost I'M
thinkable to them. "Spake the saying
openly He wanted the disciples to be
f~orewarned; it would be test enough of
their faith ever if not taken by surprise.
"Rebuked Peter" Who was spokes-
man for all. Get thee behind me, SATAN"
The words Jesus is said to have used In
the wilderness temptation. In both
cases He was putting down real tempta-
ton; Satan, fgurative in both. Thou
mindest not the things of God" Peter
was tempting Jesus to avoid death by
avoiding duty; was thinking of Messiah's
work from the human point of view.
'If any man would ONE after me-"
That is, become my follower. Let him
deny himself" Not for the sake of deny
ing himself; there is no virtue in self
denial per Sc; but for the sake of living
for his fellow men and for God. Take
up his cross" There can be no reserve,
no limit to the principle. If the service
involves the giving up of life itself, 1t
must be done-that is, if one would be
a follower of Jesus. "Whosoever would
save his life,'' ETC.: His life is himself:
The person that is niggardly of himself,
his energies, his service for others, or
refuses to put them to worthy uses,
wastes them. That life is as good as lost.
shall save it," Not shall escape
death" but shall make life worth living,
and what doth it profit a man, to gain
the whole world" if he fail of this?
.sWhen he cometh:" Taken by some as
referring to a spectacular, physical re-
turn of Jesus to earth for a glorious Mes
sianic reign, such as the Jews expected;
others take it as oriental imagery de-
scribing the wonderful coming of the
winning Spirit of Jesus into the world.
Rams Horn Blasts.
The obedience of the heart is the
heart Of all obedience.
The standard of cash is not the
standard of the kingdom.
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