The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-02-09


Moody Bible Institute Chicago. official
Lecturer of the Cook County lChi-
cag0) Sunday School AsslcIl-
ti0n on the international
s. S. Less0us)
Copyright. 1906, by Joseph Bowes)
Lesson: Luke. 5;1-1l.
Golden Text: BE ye therefore fol-
lowers Of God as dear children"
Already in our previous lessons we
have seen Christ as the Founder Of the
kingdom of Heaven upon the earth
He was born "a king" His baptism
was In a sense the Inauguration of the
king; the temptation, the testing Of
the king Being himself thus prepared.
We see Him now starting out to recruit
/ the first members Of His kingdom.
who, in addition to being members of
The kingdom themselves, should also De
instrumental In enlisung others under
It's banner
Same Call Extended To-Day.
In the call Of these first disciples we
recognize the essential conditions
which were 10 underlie all subsequent
calls to discipleship. To discover these
conditions should be the purpose of all
who teach this lesson. The fundamon-
tal condition or conditions underlying
entrance into the Kingdom OF God are
forever the same with each succeeding
generation. "The gifts and calling of
God are without change"
Preaching Still Draws Crowds.
We are told that the crowds pressed
upon Jesus to hear the Word of Col"
The preaching of the Word of God is
always a drawing card. The crowds
have not wearied of the preaching of
The Gospel, but only OF the average
preacher who fails to preach the Cos
pei. Wherever you fna a man who
like Moody Torrey, Sturgeon and
many others. breaches the Word of
God there you will find the streets full
Of men and women still pressing 20
hear the message. Fire viii always
attract those who are cold and food
those who are hungry. SO will The
preaching Of the simple Gospel attract
The hearts of men for whom it was
prepared. The world was made for
the Gospel and the Gospel for the
world.
Preaching in the Open Air.
All the great sermons in the B bile
were preached In the open air. If the
people will not come to church. then
let us take the church to them. If itl
was not beneath the dignity of Jesus
Christ to hold open air meetings, it
surely cannot be beneath any pretend
ed and assumed dignity we may pro-
fess to possess. Let some preachers
who doing the hot months Of the year
preach to but a corporars guard. 90 |
out into the open air and preach to the |
crowds. The best way to reach the |
masses Is TO 80 after them.
Obedience Required for Discipleship. !
First Jesus requested Of these men |
The loan of their boat; and they at
once complied with the Masters re-
quest In other words, He asked these
men TO surrender their business for a
little while to Him. And they did /
how magnidcently He repaid them Is
seen in the miraculous draught of
ishes No man can surrender his busi-
ness to Jesus Christ without eventually
leing a gamer by it lie shall receive
/ hundredfold more in this life and iu
he world TO come life everlasting"
Mark, i0:28-30).
requires Surrender of Their Thoua hts.
Next Jesus requires that these men |
ecogniza Him as knowing more about
heir business than they i0 .hcm Ives
ia requires them 20 do what their own
0mmon sense tells there ls n0 use in
0ing. This is evident by the answer
Il Peter. Lord. we have t0uel an
light and caught nothing neya-the-
ass." etc. The word "L0rd" here
robably means "shipmastor" enc SET
ver a boat and Is remarkable as used
b this connection The word "neyer-
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