The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-03-03
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Tabernac.es About six months after !ast
sunday 8 lesson. IL was towards the Gloss
81 Jesus thitl year " ministry ard about
Fix months before His crucihxion.
PLACE Jerusalem. In the court CT the
tempe.
NOTE -Pcyton. 10 his Memorabilia o,
Jesus. calls his chapter A Drama.
Tragedy in Seven Acts ia which seven
Characters play their parts" Prof Do1s
entities % Jesus Discussed in Jerusalem"
case Ia seven Ia~tsl This was tie nrst
serious development ~ opposition record
ed is John.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES Water
81 Life. isa 23.2 42l-3; 46f. lisa 1913.
col, q f.ll IS, ii.2, 55i-3. 1913. Eek.
s3--a 4'.l-. Matt 90, John 40 Il, Rev
q .
Tie Holy Spirit symboilzed hy water:
PROV 4.23. Eek IS .2G, a. Joe 2.ss. a9. Zcch.
las, Luke ll.i3, john 4.ll; 1853. ll.l6. II,
1913. Acts 2l-i. l6-ls. 1874, Is
Helps on the Golden Text: lisa 1l2:
O. l-s, Matt 1.-9, 1851. Luke 2.47, Heb.
4.l1
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
The Feast Of Tabcrnacles. This one
of the three annual religious festivals
OF the Jews was celebrated for a week
in the month of Tisli which CORE
spends with our September or October.
IL was TO commemorate the dwelling
OF the Israeliics in tents during the
wilderness wandering, and booths
made OF branches Of trees were erected
everywhere in Jerusalem the
house-tops, in open courts and public
squares. Ia these all the people. save
those who were III or very aged. lived
during the festival season, onjc,ing all
the merrlment Of a prolonged picnic.
II was a harvest home and thqnksgiy-
Ing celebration combined Many sacri-
fees were offered On each of the
seven days the priests accompanied by
choir OF Levltes with trumpets and
cymbals. went in the morning to draw
water in a golden pitcher from the
Pool of Sloan Amid the blast Of
uumpots and the shouts and singing
Of the multitude this was carried ID
the temple and poured out le.ore the
altar in,o a silver basin This CON-
mcmcrated the water flowing from the
ROCK (Ex. IL: 81. and iypided the prom
ised Outpouring Of the Holy Spirit. On
the eisth day the booths were broken
up and the people prepared TO return
home. This was. however. reckoned
as rart OF Tie feast and special sacri.
fees were offered
" 81 Jesus stood Probably
in solomon porch. overlooking the
tarlle courts. whence he Witnessed
TIE grcat procession OF pilgrims in
holiday atare. coming TO Tie sacrncial
service And criel' At nause in
The services bis clear voice rang out in
the hc-r.-s % TIC great multitude.
N.cs file that bslieveth" Tie then
goes on 10 explain what Come unto
me" means To come 20 Jesus is to
believe on Him, not merely To believe
what enc has read cr heard about
Him, lGt % c-trust cuas heart and
life io Him to accept HIS love and
give Him orr love. thus coming into
sympathy with Him. and participating
in His life which is eternal liie AS
the Scripture hath s7id. eio No d.
rect quotation from GA Tcslsment
writings is given bat slch passages as
lsa. SIS: III; Joel p: lS Zcch. "a: 8.
are alluded %. "Olt Of his hclly"
Better in Rev Yer, IRON within
him that is from his heart and
through his lie Rivers of living
water" Jesus alcae is the source OF
living 0iic-givingl waters. Ills discl-
pies are channels through which this
lows to others.
v 49, This spake He. etc John
now explains what Jesus meant John
lived. and wrote. after the age of the
Holy Spirit had begun; had himself
been one Of those who. upon that nota-
bic Day OF Pentacost. OF which we read
In Acts 2. had received the Holy
Spiri; in abundant measure. --s'a
V. 40. This saying" This gracious
Invitation which Jesus had given.
This is the Prophet" The one prom
lsed in Deut IS: Is. IS
" A. This is the Christ" Argu-
Ing, doubtless. as before ". 81. that
meme could do more beneficial works.
or speak more gracious words, or show
more clearly that he was a REPRESENTA-
tive Of Cod than did this Jesus OF
Nazareth.
Y. "a. Would have taken Him"
Wished to have Jesus arrested AS ON
a previous occasion and later. Jesus
passed through the midst Of crowds
who wanted to stone CT otherwise in
lure Him, yet none if,ed hand against
Him (Luke a: %. 3a: J1hn S: 500. SO
now no one touched Him
V. 46 Never man spate Ike this
man" They could explain their
strange inability to seize Jesus only
b. referring to Ills words. whose pecu-
liar force they fci. All through His
life il had been noted OF Jesus words
that they were authoritative oad thus
differed from those OF the recognized
teachers Of the day; that they were
winning. gracious; evidently were the
words Of God, and just such words as
human hearts were hunsry Tor
Practical Points
" s. God blesses u.s. not fcr cur
selves alone. hut ID make rs blessings
to others II viii bless thee. and make
thy name great: and thou shal; be a
blessing. Gen. ~. 2