The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-04-07
THE RAISING OF
LAZARUS
Sunday School Lesson Tor April 9. 905
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LESSON TEXT. John li.s2.45. Memory
verses. 1896. Read an Of the chapter
GOLDEN TENT Jesus said unto her.
] am the resurrection and the life. John
1l.25.
TIME.-January or February. a. d. 80.
About three months after iast sunday :
lesson, and about two months before Jesus
crucihxion.
PLACE.-The message Of Lazarus sick
ness came to Jesus while lie was at Beth
abra In Perea beyond Jordan. where John
had baptized Him. Compare John 1910
with l:2S) Lazarus home was In Beth
any. on the Mount OF Olives. near Jerusa-
lem
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES The res
direction: John ~. 5.2l-Zs 6.59 "A. 1913;
Rom. $40. II. j Cor D.. s.ii. Cor f.l4.
5a-5; / Thes. 4.l4-l7 Phil 1921. Tim. 1910.
Its Moral Application. Rom 64-ll. 10; 2
Cor $40, II; Col. 2.l-. ] Pet 5.lA-2i. Tim.
2:ll. r.
VI Then said Jesus unto them again"
Interpreting and applying and making
palmer the parable He had spoken and
which they did not understand Il am
the door Of the sheep" The door SYM
boliZes the means Of entrance. by whicn
the flock can get into the fold with its
safety shelter. food and care. Com
pare the narrow way and strait gate OF
Matt Z: H.
V. g. "All that ever came before
Ne" Claiming to be the Messiah. the
Deliverer and to give 10 the sheep an
ntrance to the fold and all that a 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 church-those
Of bishop and pastor.
V. 9. by Me" The true Shepherd
and Messiah. The door symbolizes pro
lection. III any man enter in BY ac-
cepting me as his Messiah, Teacher. |
Saviour and King. "He shall be saved"
One use OF a door Is 20 shut ont thieves
and enemies Of every kind. And shall
90 in and out" The door symbolized
a means Of going out as well as OF
coming In. II IS sign and a means Of
liberty. We must go in to learn 10 trust
to rest. to think. before we can go out TO |
do good to others, or 10 learn best the
outer world. and make outward things
a part Of the kingdom And the going
in will avail us little unless We go out.
and put into action what we learn
within.
" TO- Il am come that they might
have life abundantly" Jesus
does for His disciples what the shep-
herd cannot do for his sheep. He gives
life. eternal life TO them. He feeds and
inspires this life more and more
v II. "Giveth His life for the sheep"
Jesus. the son Of God. came from Heaven
TO save men. His whole life was given
for the sheep Then he died on the'l
cross to make atonement for them bear
ing their sins on the cross.
v 12. But he that is an hireling."
The shepherd in the east is usually the |
owner or the son Of the owner Of the |
flock though sometimes an agent. whose |
salary is a fixed proportion Of the prod |
uce. as Jacob under Laban. The hire |
ling is a man who happens to be hired |
for fixed wages merely for the day. and |
has no further interest in the flock" |
Canon Tristram.
V. a. Il know My 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 |
or thousands"
1T might be well for the class. If |
there are any Christians in H. to pause |
here and have little experience-meet- |
ing. each one telling how and when /
and where the Shepherd found him. |
One of the most interesting ministers /
meetings that | ever attended had for /
its topic the question, How the Sa-
viour found me- The Saviour was |
the same. and the result was the same: /
but what a difference there was in the
process Of fnding,"-H c. Trumbull. |
V. 16. And other sheep have.
which are not Of this fold" The Cen
tiles who were not in the kingdom Of |
God, but would be brought in as mem
bers Of the church He was soon to found. |
They shall hear My voice" They will |
listen to the gospel, and to the voice OF
God in their souls, and accept His invi-
tations. and become the sheep Of His |
flock. And there shall be one fold"
Better. one flock OR. W; no one exclu-
siye 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. or
method OF worship. but one in Jesus
Christ. Abbott.
V. H. Therefore doth my Father love
Me-" Because He was in such symps-
thy with His father that He was willing
to die to carry out His saving purpose.
That / might take it again" The TAX
ing His life again was essential 10 saliva
ton. Otherwise He would have ceased
to be the Good Shepherd.
V. rs. mo man taketh It from Ne"
Two points are insisted on; % that the
Death is entirely voluntary; % that
both Death and Resurrection are In ac-
cordance with a commission received
from the Father. ."-Camb Bible
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