The Morris County chronicle., 1905-03-21
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MARCH rs.

Review Of the Twelve Preceding Lessons
For the FiHsr Quarter-lsead John vi.
85-51 Golden Te1t, John TX, 81
Summary.
Lesson /. 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 mot that light but was
sent to bear witness OF that light;" Jesus
was the true light
III. Tonic: The believers true attitude
/ toward his Lord. Place: Bethabara. a
! crisis had arisen in Johns ministry: the
Sanhedrin sent a deputatlon 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 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 / am
well pleased"
pies Place: Bethabara. John pointed
Jesus out to two disciples who followed
Jesus; Jesus turned and said, What seek
yer" They asked Christ where He dweltf
Jesus said, Come and see; Andrew found
1 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
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 and His disciples were invited;
they needed wine at the feast; Christ's
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
/ least; the governor praised the wine; in
| this miracle Christ showed forth His glorys
! the disciples believed that He was the
1 Messiah.
". 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." Nicodemus 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 believeth in Him should have
eternal life.
! vi. Topic: Vital laws of spiritual work.
Place: At Jacobs well in Sa1naria. Jesus
goes through Samaria; stops at Jacobs
well; meets 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
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VII. Topic; Christ's power to restore
20 lite. Place: Cana in Galilee. The Cali
leans received Christ gladly. A nobleman
p Capernaum heard that Jesus had come
INTO Galilee and hastens to Him to en-
| treat Him to come and heal his son; Jesus
tod 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
1 20 attend the feast of the Passover; Jesus
saw an infrm man at the pool Of Beth
| ssda, who had been sick thirty-eight years:
| asked him if he desired to be made whole:
Ihe man replied that he had no one -taaput
him into. the pool; Jesus told him to rise.
take up ms bed and walk; the man did az
be was commanded
TX. Topic: Jesus supplying human need
! Place: Near Bethsaida on the northeast
| shore of the Sea of Galilee. Jesus and His
1isclples went into desert place to be
.lone; 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
| ood; Jesus decided to feed them there: q
| ad was found with five loaves and two
| fishes; five. thousand men were fed besides
| women and children.
| *. Topic: Jesus proves Himself the
| Sod Saviour. Place: Jerusalem. 1t was
the last day Of the feast of the Taberna-
lies; there was great ceremony in con-
lectlon with bringing water from the pool
| u Sloan; near the close of the ceremony
Jesus cried. If any man thirst, let him
lift Of the Holy Spirit.
Al. Topic: Chrst's teaching respecting
| SIN. Place: Jerusalem Jesus delivered
our discourses during His stay in Jerusa-
| em at the time of the feast Of the Taber-
1acies; this discourse was delivered in the
/ nto two parts: l. Christ is the Son Of
| sod. 2. He has supreme. authority even
| lbove Abraham. Those who accept Jesus
Christ viii know. the truth. and the truth
! Elli make them free. The world-Saviours
/ ioctrine respecting sin. l. Sin leads 10
hypocrisy decelves men, is slavery, is con-
rary to God. 2. 1t is cured by the word
,f Christ. ~ the truth Of Christ, BY the
olood of Christ.
XII. Topic: Jesus Christ the light of
men. Place: Jerusalem, Jesus saw blind
/ man: the disciples asked Christ who had
iinned,. this man or his parents; Jesus re-
Piled that neither this man nor his par
snts had sinned; makes clay of spittle y
lnoints the blind mans eyes; commands
he man to go to the pool of Sloan and
wash; he obeys; comes back seeing; his
neighbors are stirred; he gives an account
d his healing; is taken to the Pharisees;
Jesus accused of desecrating the Sabbath.
! The world-Saviour is the lie and light Of
men, The lesson shows that light "a is
aeeded, (2l is offered. (3l is received BY
some, (4 is rejected by some (5) should
be clearly reflected by those who have it.