Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-19
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
lESSoNxII. FOURTH QUARTER, INTER.
NATIONAL SERIES, DEC. 20.

s4OA uay anu suBBeSuVely all tn
events between that and the actua
ascension Of verse 81. The alternat,
lesson suggested by the committee is
Christmas lesson from John |, LA, OF
THE Word made flesh" but both car
be easily combined, and each contain,
facts and truths which need to bs
strongly emphasized The Word by
whom all things were created was
made flesh and dwelt among men on
earth, God manifest In the flesh. and
the body In which He dwelt was pre-
pared by the Holy Spirit In the Virgin
Mary, so that Jesus was In peculiar
and unique sense ''the seed of the wo-
man" Il Tim. ill. 16; Luke l. "a, 35) of
Gen. LII, 10. He was made Of woman,
made under the law, to redeem them
that were under the law (Gal. Nv, d, 81,
and, having borne our sins In His own
body on the tree and been made q
curse for US, He rose from the dead
In literal, material body of flesh and
bones, concerning which He said,
Handle Me and see," and He showed
them in His hands and feet the marks
OF the nails by which He had been
fastened to the cross. He also actually
ate before them oversees S9-4S). "That
resurrection body is a sample OF what
ours will be when we shall be like
Him" Il John Iii. 2; Phil. Iii, 20, 21) In
the first resurrection at His coming.
he would have us believe these |
things regardless Of all sight or feel
ing John xx, 20; Mark v, 9e) end in
the power Of the Holy Spirit proclaim
repentance and submission Of sins
among all nations as His witnesses
al. 49,. He would have us restful,
peaceful, untroubled and fearless 49,
80; John xiv, 1. ~, consciously united
to Him, the risen, living Christ, and
believing that He sends us as the Fa-
Their sent Him and that He is with US
all the days as the Father was with
Him John xvii, IS; xx, Fl; vi, 81; Matt.
xviii. 20. To be His witnesses we
must believe the books of Moses, the
prophets and the Psalms as He did,
(44-40 and from the Scriptures preach
Jesus as Philip did (Acts viii, 35). As
we see how literally prophecy has been
fulfilled in reference to His humilia-
ton and suoferings we must believe
that all prophecy concerning His king
dom and glory shall be just as literally
remembering His words In
verse "A, "All things must be fulfilled"
and again In John K, 35, 1.-THE Scrip
lure cannot be broken" There Is no
power for life or testimony apart from
he Word Of God and the Spirit of God,
tut filed with these the weakest YES
el will be used by God as a witness
INTO Jesus Christ Every believer has
'ecome a temple Of the Holy Ghost
nd Is indwelt by Him John xiv, IT;
Cor. vi, 10, 20), but every believer
hould be filed with the Spirit (Eph. |
49,, speaking the word of God with |
oldness (Acts iv, 81, for otherwise
he preaching, however orthodox, may
g only cold water instead Of boiling |
Tater to make His name known Elsa.
XIV, p. |
What He was and did those forty
avs between His resurrection and
Isible ascension gives us some idea of
hat we shall be and do in our resur- u
'ctlon bodies in His kingdom, Of |
hich He had so much to say those |
rty days acts !, b. While this pres 2
It evil age of "the mystery Of the =
ngdom" Matt. xiii, III continues
I'd the witnesses go forth with the nod
corruptible seed of the word we ~
ust expect to find it just as He said .- NV.
would be in the parallels of the - -
wer and of the wheat and tares and AZ
her parallels; but, as He was sus- Wv
med under all His trials by the 10y ~
before Him (Heb. xii p, SO we. W.
e the disciples, may joyfully con- a
ue (52, 53) amid all discourage NC :"
nts to be His faithful witnesses.
more full account of His ascension ns
found In Acts /. oil, where notice III
words taken up in verses 8, II, .1i
! also verses 2. %. In that same Aie'
terial but gIorified body which eng
ne out Of the tomb, which could be WI.
ldled and in which He could eat luc'
] walk or vanish at pleasure, He 'n e,
ended to the right hand of Cod,
ere as our High Priest He ever liv- ner
to make intercession for us. SYM a"u
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nts tempted like as we are. :.
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azement Of the disciples as they IL
= Him slowly and calmly, with lift ~
hands stretched out to bless them.
re their midst and majestically as 10y
d skyward. They were lost to all In
.,vad rJ,r, 49, % - nc ''ouu and
they continued gazing up into ~, a.
ven, as IL perchance they might OBJ
another glimpse OF Him, until 1 D.so
were recalled to earth by the ..n'
@ of two beside them, who said, ,'o''
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, vo, int hoo,,o, -, " susti
manner as ye have seen Him go nA"o
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