The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-04-07
THE RAISING OF
LAZARUS
Sunday School Lesson Tor April 9. 1905
Specially Prepared Tor las s.p~F

verses 1a-1h Read an or the cialttg
GOLDEN TENT Jesus said unto her. |
Il | s q ne resurrection ana ''' '''' -''D'
TINE January OF February 4. ID 80
About three months after last sunday .
lesson and about TWO months before Jesus
crucifxion.
PLACE The message 90 Lazarus sick.
ness came 20 Jesus while TIE was az Beth
abra in Perea bees oni Jordan where John
had baptized Him compare John 70 20
with 1880 Lazarus home was in Beth
any. on the Mount ~ o.iNts. tcar Jcrlsa-
len
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES TIE res.
direction. John u s.-l-s. $50. -, li.ls:
Rom. $40. II. 4 Cor IS. GIG. = Cor 4.li.
SIS. Thcs 4ls-i7. Phi s..i Tim i.i0
Its Mora. Application: Rc-r s4-E -. !
Cor. 4.l0. IL. Col 2l.. I Pet 3.is--i Tim.
an. IL
V. 7 Then said Jesus untothe n again"
Interpreting and applying and making
palmer the parable lie had spoken and
which they did not understand. Il am
the door OF the sheep" The door SYM
oolizes the means Of entrance. by which
the dock can get into the fold. with its
safety. shelter. food and care. Com
pare the narrow way and strait gate OF
HIATT I: IA
V. g "All that ever came before
Ne" Claiming 10 be the Messiah. the
Deliverer and 10 give to the sheep an
entrance 20 the fold and all that true
shepherd gives Are thieves" Who
gain their booty by craft And robbers"
Who gain their booty by force. suggest
ing organized bands Those two mon
osyllables express the precisely accu-
rate contraries Of right character in the
two great Offices Of the churcL-those
OF bishop and pastor
We. BY Ne" The true Shepherd
and Messiah. The door symbolizes pro
lection. If any man enter in" BY &C
ceptlng me as his Messiah. Teacher
Saviour and King He shall be saved"
One use OF a door Is to shut ont thieves
and enemies 81 every kind And shall
60 in and out The door symbolized
means OF going out as well as Of
coming in. II is sign and a means OF
liberty we must 20 in TO learn 10 trust
10 rest. 20 think. before We can 90 out 10
do good 70 others. or 10 learn best the
outer world, and make outward things
h part OF the kingdom And the going
in will avail " little unless we go out,
and put Into action what We learn
within.
V 10 Il am come that they might
have life abundanly" Jesus
does for His disciples what the shep-
herd cannot do for his sheep. He gives
life. eternal life 10 them. He feeds and
inspires this life more and more
VII "Gyeth His life for the'sheep"
Jesus. the son OF God cauefrom Heaven
to save men His whole life was given
for the sheep Then he died on he
cross TO make atonemcntfor them. bar
ing their sins on the cross
" IL But he that is an hireling"
The shepherd III the east is usually ;he
owner or the son OF the owner OF the
flock. though sometimes an agent whose
salary is a fixed proportion o. the prod
uce. as Jacob under Laban The hire
ling is a man who Happens 20 De hired
;or fixed wages. merely for the day. and
las no further interest in the flock
Canon Tristram.
V "a Il know ny sheep An
oriental shepherd has a name for each
OF his sheep. as we have for horses
and dogs. even in a flock OF hundreds
I or thousands"
1T might be well for the class. II
there arc any Christians in Il, to pausc
\ here and have a little experience-meet
\ ing. each one telling how and wher
and where the Shepherd found him
\ ono OF the most interesting ministers
ID settings that I ever attended had fol
its topic the question. How the Sa
viour found me The Saviour wal
the same. and the result was the same
but what a difference there was in thu
process OF finding, C. rrumbull
" 1e And other sheep have
which are not OF this fold" The Gen
tiles. who we're not in the kingdom o
God. but would be brought in as mem
hers OF the church lie was soon to found
They shall hear Ny voice" They vii
listen 70 the gospel. and TO the voice o
God in their souls. and acceps His invi
tations. and become the sheep Of Hi
flock And there shall be one fold.
Better. one flock Or W; no one exclu
sive inclosure Of an outward church
but one flock. all knowing the one shep
herd and known Of him. Afford
and one flock because one shepherd
not one in creed, or organization. o
method Of worship, but one in Jesu
Christ Abbott
VIZ. Therefore doth my Father low
Me-" Because He was in such sympa
thy with His father that lie was wlliin
10 die TO carry out His saving purpose
THAT might take Il again" The TAX
ing His life again was essential 10 saliva
ton. Otherwise He would have cease
TO be the Good Shepherd.
V. IS no man taketh II from Me.
Two points are insisted on. ID that tn
Death IS entirely voluntary; ~ ths
both Death and Resurrection are 10 az
cordance with a commission receive
from the Father Bible