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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MARCH rs.
Review of the Twelve Preceding Lessons
For the First Ouarter-Read John vi.
1851 Golden Text, John Xxx, 81
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Review of the Twelve Preceding Lessons
For tho First Ouarter-Read John vi.
1851 Golden Text, John xx., 81
Summary.
Lesson I. Topic: The wonderful divine
Saviour. Place: Ephesus. Johns gospel
was written between 80 and 80 A.. D. John
was the only apostle living at that time
He refers to Christ as the Word Of 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 not that light. but was
sent to bear witness of that light" jesus
was the true light.
II. Topic: The believers true attitude
toward his Lord. Pace: Bethabara. A
crisis had arisen in Johns ministry; the
Sanhcdrin sent a deputation from Jerusa'
lem to ask John who he was; John said he
was not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the pro.
phet about whom Moses had written, but
he was merely a voice crying from the will
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 a dove
came upon him, and the Father said,
This is My, beloved Son in whom l am
we'll pleased"
III. Topic: Jesus wins His first disci;
Jesus out to two disciples who followed
Jesus; Jesus turned and said, What seek
We" They asked Christ where He dwelt;
Jesus said, Come and 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 Nathaniel; when Philip told
Nathaniel that they had found the Mes.
siah, Nathaniel raised an objection; Ma.
thanael Was soon convinced that Jesus
was the Messiah.
". Topic: Christ's first miracle. Place:
Cana of Galilee. A wedding feast was be,
ing held; Christ's mother had been invited,
and Christ aud His disciples were invited;
they needed wine at the feast; Christ ,
mother called His 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;
Messiah.
V. Topic: Gateways into the kingdom
of God. Place: Jerusalem. Nicodemus
came to Jesus by night; the subject of mir.
acles was ~introduced; Jesus said, IKE
must be born again." Nicodemus failed to
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 believeth 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 a drink; she
expresses surprise; Jesus speaks of the gift
of God-hving 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
leans received Christ gladly. A nobleman
of Capernaum heard that Jesus had come
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 liveth." .
VIII. Topic: The Lordship of Jesus
Christ. Place: Jesus went to Jerusalem
to attend the feast of the Passover; Jesus
saw an inGrm man at the pool of Beth.
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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
disciples went into a desert place to be
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; q
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. 1t was
the last day of the feast of the Taberna-
cles; there was a great ceremony in con.
nection with bringing water from the pool
of Sloan; near the close of the ceremony
Jesus cried. eff 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-
n~acles; this discourse was delivered in the
CourI VI Vie Wouleu, anu Hdy De QlVlueu
into two parts: /. Christ is the Son of
God. g. 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
n~eighbors are stirred; he gives an account
of his healing; is taken to the Pharisees;
Jesus accused of Decorating the Sabbath.
The world-Saviour is the life and light OF
men. The lesson shows that light ~ is
needed. (2l is offe:ed (3) is received by
some, IA is rejected by some: (5) should
be clearly reflected by those who have it.