Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-01-11
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON u, FIRST QUARTER, INTERNA-
TlONAL SERIES. JAN. -

Text of the Lesson, Matt. %. I-I2.
Memory Verse. II - Golden TeNt.
Prov. NNiii. 26-COmnnentnrN Pre-
pared by Rev. ID. W. stearns
tcopyught 1913. hy An. r.,au Pies A>-u, i4lou. J
We must seek i'm all our studies To
keep before Us as far as possible the
whole connected story Of His Soiourn
ia a mortal body. remembering al
ways that His life of humiliation Oh
earth was but little part OF the life
Of Him whose goingS forth have been
from the days of eternity (Mic y. >
margin I'm Matthew Nv il the King.
Israel's Messiah: in Mark He il the
servant, in Luke the man. and in John
the Son of God, and in all He is the
Branch depending FOR all His words
and works upon His Father. who sent
Him Jer. xiii. ). q: Zech. iii. =: vi. IL:
lisa. iv. p. teaching us that. a. the
branches John XVI, without Him We
can do nothing. and that being one
with Him in the glory To he revealed
we should be glad to be- one with Him
as we follow His steps in our present
life of humiliation manifesting His life
In our mortal bodies I'll Cor. iV, III.
After the birth in Bethlehem. in the
mllness of the time. and. according To
prophecy OGal. iv. I; Mic. V, >; lisa. vii.
IA, we should consider His circumci-
sion. His presentation in the temple.
and the story Of Simeon and Anna in
connection Herewith. May we be like
them in being filled with the Spirit.
speaking of Him and looking for Him
as the Redeemer of Israel. Then we
come 10 this story of the wise men.
reminding us of the queen of Sheba's
visit to Solomon, and of all the kings of
the earth seeking Him TO hear His
wisdom I'll ChrOn. ia, !, 23l, and point
ing us onward to the still future full
hllment of such predictions as lisa tx.
8. IL; Jer. iii, Il. Their inquiry for
'the King Of the Jews" Verse -. put
with the superScription that was nailed
over His cross in the three principal
languages of the then known world.
and also coupled with His own saying.
v.
~. points onward TO the time when
Israel shall blossom and bud and ill
the face of the earth with fruit lisa.
xvii, 81. People do not fiow to church
nor run after the Lord in these DAYS.
but by going after the people a few are
won to Christ This is the ordinary
rule. The mighty work of the Spirit
through such brethren as Torrey, Al
exander and Roberts. and the thou
sands focking to Christ and TO hear
His word is something exceptional and
may possibly be move of the Spirit
to gather quickly the church and
hasten the return of our Lord.
The star which guided the wise men
must have been special, supernatural
heavenly light, given for their special
benefit, rs ordinary stars DO not stop
over any particular house verse 81.
Herod had good reason TO he troubled,
as have all careless people lisa. xxi.
III. The trouble that shall yet come
upon many on earth who rebel against
God is described in Rev. vi, 1917. but
the tOrments Of the lost after they
leave this earth is described IN Luke
xvi, 1926, and their torment in the
place of their final doom in Rev xiv. |
10, II.
The chief priests and scribes. when |
questioned by Herod as to where their
Messiah should be born, were able TO |
quote promptly the words of the
prophet Micah concerning the place of
His birth oversees >, %, but they did not
selieve all prophecy concerning Him:
neither did His own disciples, for lie
lad to upbraid them after His resur-
section duke xiv, 25). 1t is so still.
mat II people believe prophecy at all
0ey believe only little here and there
which may seem to be according 10
|beir way OF thinking