The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-01-26

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LESSON TEXT. Mark il-u Memory
verses. 40, A. Read also Matt S;l-lt' Luke
GOLDEN TEXT - Prepare your
hearts unto the Lord. and serve Him only q"
i sam 7.3
TIME Luke fixes the date as the 18TH
year Of Tiherius. John began preaching In
A. ID Is. when Jesus was between % and 30
years OF age and while DC was stil dwell
ing nj Nazareth The baptism Of Jesus
was six months after John had begun his
ministry, about January A u u
PLACE.-The wlldcrncss-the wild. thin
~ inhabited region lying west OF the Dead
sea and the Jordan The baptism Of Jesus
was az Bethabara, either at the fords
northeast Of Jericho. OF the ford near Beth
shoan. Il miles south OF the Sea Of Galilee.
also called Bethany
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usm and It's significance. Matt $50, zs.lg,
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i0.sG-4S: Is 30-S3. ISIS. 1874. % IS; Rom 6.3-5,
Gal go. Col 2.ll. u. Tit S.5. Pet S.2l.
The descent OF the Holy Spirit. lsa. l.2.
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25. Gal SIS. is. q. p, Eph. 1913. a. TIT S'o'
/ Pet Sis. q. John 40
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
w. 1t is written in the prophets"
The quotation in v. 2 is from Malachi
g: /. and that in v. 3 is tom Isaiah
40: 8.
VS.. He was the voice Of one cry
ing" Greek. shouting, crying with
high. strong voice" as a manifesto
ton Of feeling. I'm the wilderness"
The fitting place for his work.
Va And preach Proclaim like
a herald with his trumpet Prepare yeI
the way of the Lord "Ropentenance
for the remission of sins" Repentent-
ance is a change OF mind. Of heart as
to sin; implying grief over sin, as It's
source. and a change Of life and con-
duct. as its result
v s. "All the land Of Judea and
(alD they Of Jerusalem" were drawn
out to the desert 20 hear the prophet
rich and poor. young men and maidens.
hardened sinners. Pharisees. soldiera
Romans, priests. farmers, villagers, cit
liens, beggars, publicans, all classes
and conditions of men. Thus the whole
country was aroused and heard the
message which prepared the way for
the Messiah King.
V. z. Preached" Proclaimed as
herald. The Greek tense implies that
he kept doing this. THE lachet of
whose shoes" or rather, sandals. |
Latchet, a word now obsolete, was the
thong" or lace" with which shoes or
sandals were fastened. 81 am not
worthy to unloose." II was
the business Of the lowest servants to
bind on. TO loose and carry about their
masters sandals. The nature Of Je-
sus, the work Of Jesus for men was in
hnitely above Johns, greatest Of the
prophets as he was. John could point
to the Saviour, Jesus could save. John
could send men TO the good physician,
Jesus could cure the disease of sin.
" 8. Il indeed have baptized you
with water" unto repentance"
(Matt). A sign and symbol. call
to repentance. but cannot give the new
life.
" Q. "ln those days" when Jesus
was about 80 years old, and while John
was preaching and baptzing in the
Jordan. About six months after John
began to preach. Baptized Of John.
Described more fully ip Matthew. Je-
sus received baptism which expressed
death TO an old life. and rising 20
new" because ID baptism expressed
a public remuneration OF sin, and an
open stand on the side Of God and
Christ did not need to
repent but He did need to show by
this public profession that He belonged
on the side Of righteousness, and was
eternally opposed to sin. (2) Baptism
was required Of His followers as one
Of the great aids to a righteous life.
Christ, therefore, would fulfil every
duty He required of them. He was the
and example q righteousness
90 BY His baptism He showed that lie
was himself a brother of the sinful.
ID He maintained an attitude Of solid
arity with the sinful rather than as
sumo the position Of critic and judge"
He shared the fortunes of our fallen
and wrecked humanity.
V. 10. And straightway coming up" 5
rs soon as He was baptized. They say
hat John had the people under water
lp to the neck until they confessed ;
heir sins, and that Jesus having none
% confess tarried not in the river. THE
Spirit like a dove descending upon
Him" The Holy Spirit descended not q
,nly in the manner Of a dove. but in
he bodily shape Of a dove luke 3:
~. This was the symbol: the CON-
ng Of the Spirit was the reality.
V. IL. There came a voice from 7
Ieaven." Three times during our d
1ord's earthly ministry was a voice a
Ieard from Heaven: % at His bap- ;
ism; (2) at His TRANSPORTATION MARX |
/: ID; CD in the courts Of the temple :
Turing Passion Week John u: 2s).
Thou art My beloved Son, in whom u
m well pleased" Thus God endorsed
lin and His mission, and showed 10
he Jewish nation that here was the il
iessiah. II must also have strength II
ned and confirmed the human Jesus =
s to His nature and His work !, y
For the Quiet Hour. is
Where no enthusiasm is the fires Of is
onviction will smolder.
There are too many trying to wan -
DDS way and win the worlds o. X.
Only a blind man can dwell In the
ght and not discern the condition Of