The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-03-23
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MARCH rs.

feview of The Twelve Preceding Lessons
For the First Ouarter-kead John vi.
35-51 - Golden Text, John sx., 81
Summary.
Lesson /. Topic: The wonderful divine
Saviour. Place: Ephesus. Johns gospel
was written between 20 and 80 A. ID. John
was the only apostle living at that time.
He refers to Christ as the Word or God;
all things were made by Him; He was the
life and the light OF men; reference Is made
to John the Baptist, the forerunner OF
Christ: He was mot that light. but was
sent to bear witness OF that light; Jesus
was the true light.
III. Topic: The believers true attitude
toward his Lord. Pace: Bethabara. A
crisis had arisen in Johns ministry; the
Sanhedrin sent deputation from Jerusa-
lem to ask John who he was; John said ne
was not the Christ nor Elias, nor the pro-
phet about whom Moses had written, but
he was merely voice crying from the VIII
derness, Make straight the way OF the
Lord" John baptized with water; Christ
would baptize with the Holy Spirit, John
testified concerning Jesus and called Him
the Lamb of God; John did not know
Christ until the time of his baptism when
the Holy Ghost in the form OF dove
came upon him, and the Father said,
This is Ny. beloved Son in whom l am
well pleased"
III. Topic: Jesus wins His first disci.
pes. Place: Bethabara. John pointed
Jesus out to two disciples who followed
Jesus; Jesus turned and said. What seek
ye~ They asked Christ where He dwe,t:
Jesus said. "ComeSpd see;" Andrew found
his brother Simon and brought him to
Jesus; it is supposed also that John found
his brother James; Jesus found Philip:
Philip found Nathanael; when Philip told
Nathaniel that they had found the Mes
sjah, Nathaniel raised an objection; Ma
thanael was sooa convinced that Jesus
was the Messiah.
". Topic: Christ's first miracle. Place:
Cana of Galiee. A wedding feast was be-
ing held; Christ's mother had been invited,
and Christ and His disciples. were invited;
they needed wine at the feast; Christ's
mother called II attention to the fact;
He instructed the servants to fill SIX water
pots with water; they were then told to
draw out and bear to the governor of the
feast; the governor praised the wine; IN
this miracle Christ showed forth His glory;
the disciples believed that He was the
Messiah
Y. Topic: Gateways into the kingdom
of God. Place: Jerusalem. Nicodemus
came to Jesus by night; the subject of mir.
acles was introduced; Jesus said, .'Ye
must be born again." iNicodemus failed to
understand; Christ brought an illustration
of the wind; also referred to the serpent
Moses made in the wilderness; said that
the Son of Man must be lifted up that
whosoever beiieveth in Him should have
eternal life
VI. Topic: Vital laws of spiritual work.
Place: At Jacobs well in Samaria. Jesus
goes through Samaria; stops at Jacobs
well; meets a woman; asks drink; she
expresses surprise; Jesus speaks Of the gift
OF God-living water; she desires it; Jesus
asks her to call her husband; she says she
has none; has had FIVE; calls Jesus a pro-
phet: asks about place of worship; true
worship must be in spirit and in truth.
VII. Topic: Christ's power to restore
to life. Place: Cana in Galilee. The Cali
leans received Christ gladly. A nobleman
of Capernaum heard that Jesus had como
into Gailee. and hastens to Him to en-
treat Him to come and heal his son; Jesus
told him to return and that his SON was
healed; the man believed Christ's words;
the son began to recover at the very hour
Jesus had said; "Thy son iveth."
VIII. Topic: The Lordship OF Jesus
Christ. Place: Jesus went to Jerusalem
to attend the feast of the Passover: Jesus
saw an infirm man at the pool of Beth
csda, who had been sick thirty-eight years;
asked him if he desired to be made whole;
the man replied that he had no one to put
him into the pool; Jesus told him to rise,
take up his bed and walk; the man did as
he was commanded.
TX. Topic: Jesus supplying human need.
Place: Near Bethsaida on the northeast
shore of the Sea of Galilee. Jesus and His
,~kN - ha
alone; great multitudes followed them;
Jesus taught them and healed their sick;
in the afternoon the disciples suggested that
the multitude should be sent away to buy
food; Jesus decided to feed them there; o
lad was found with FIVE loaves and two
fishes; five thousand men were fed besides
women and children.
X. Topic: Jesus proves Himself the
God-Saviour Place: Jerusalem. It was
the last day-of the feast of the Taberna-
c,es; there was a great ceremony In con-
nection with bringing water from the pool
OF Sloan; near the close OF the ceremony
Jesus cried. "If any man thirst, let him
come unto Me and drink" He spake Of the
gift OF the Holy Spirit.
XI. Topic: Christ's teaching respecting
sin. Place: Jerusalem. Jesus delivered
four discourses during His stay in Jerusa-
lem at the time of the feast of the Taber-
nacles; this discourse was delivered in the
court of the women, and may be divided
into two parts: l. Christ is the Son of
God. 2. He has supreme authority even
above Abraham. Those who accept Jesus
Christ will know the truth, and the truth
will make them free. The world-Saviour's
doctrine respecting sin. l. Sin leads to
hypocrisy. deceives men, is slavery, is con-
trary to God. 2. 1t is cured by the word
of Christ. by the truth of Christ, by the
blood of Christ.
XII. Topic: Jesus Christ the light of
men. Place: Jerusalem. Jesus saw a blind
man; the disciples asked Christ who had
sinned, this man or his parents; Jesus re-
piled that neither this man nor his par
ents had sinned: makes clay of spittle;
anoints the blind mans eyes; commands
the man to 60 to the pool of Sloan and
wash; he obeys; comes back seeing; his
neigRbors are stirred; he gives an account
of his healing; is taken to the Pharisees;
Jesus accused of desecrating the Sabbath.
The world-Saviour is the life and light Of
men. The lesson shows that light (D is
needed, (2l is offered. (3) Is received by
some, az is rejected by some. (5) should
be clearly reflected by those who have it.