The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-30
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LEssoNx XIII, FIRST QUARTER. INTERNA-
TlONAL SERIES, MARcH 81.


copyright, 1907, by American Press Association
Having the choice of an Easter les
SON instead Of a review of the quarter,
we gladly chose the resurrection story,
though in the review there is resurrec-
ton also, in the cherubim, in Noah and
his family coming safely through the
waters of judgment to a new earth, in
the giving back Of Isaac, etc. The
very first assurance of a deliyerer
(Gen. iii, 15) has in 1t the resurrection,
as well as the suffering of the de-
Hverer.
Instead OF taking the verses assigned
as lesson from this marvellous resur-
rection chapter, we prefer to take the
whole chapter, noticing, to begin with.
the effect that the. resurrection of
Christ when truly received will have
upon the 'believer-he will be steadfast,
unmovable, always Astounding in the
work of the Lord knowing that his
labor is never In vain in the Lord
Verse So, because he is identified
with One who is alive forevermore and
has all power in heaven and ON earth.
The first portion of the chapter, to
verse 10, states fully the gospel empha-
sizing six OF the ten or twelve resur-
rection appearances of Christ and
proving that, apart from His resurrec-
ton, there. Is no gospel, no salvation,
no forgiveness OF sins, nothing to
preach. The gospel is simply stated in
verses 8 and 4-Christ died for our
sins, He was buried, He rose again the
third day, and all this according to the
Scriptures. 1t Is written in Acts x, 43,
ITO Him give all the prophets witness,
that through His name whatsoever be-
lieveth in Him shall receive remission
of SINS" On that great resurrection
day we read that Christ said to the
two with whom He walked to EN-.
maus, Ought not Christ to have suf-
fered those things and to enter into
His gloryY' And, beginning at Moses
and all the prophets, He expounded I'M
to them in all the Scriptures the things
concerning himself IuRe xiv, 26, 81.
The same evening as He went with
the eleven He Endorsed Moses and the
prophets and the psalms and opened
their understanding that they might
understand the Scriptures and said,
"Thus it Is written and thus it be-
hooved Christ to suffer and to rise
from the dead the third day and that
repentance and remission of sins
should be preached In His name among
all nations, beginning at Jerusalem"
duke xiv, 44-4D. Unless His resur-
rection means so much to us that we
long to preach the gospel to every
creature, it is evident that we have
not yet been endued with power from
on high. We must so see Jesus risen
and glorified that we shall fall to zero
In our own estimation and learn to say
truly, "Not /, but the grace of God,
which was with me- q Cor. XIV, 8, 10).
Then, as to our message, we must re-
ceive 1t from God as Paul did (yerse 81.
See also Jer. i, TO; John xii, 40, for
anything that comes merely from our
selves will count for nothing.
Then the gospel that does not In
clude the resurrection of the believer
and our subsequent reign with Him till
ali enemies shall be put under Him,
even death itself, Is not full gospel
oversees 21-2S). BY the first Adam
came sin and death, by the last Adam
came life and resurrection. and all who
are Christ's shall have resurrection
bodies at his coming (verse 23). No
tice this whole age, already 1900 years,
covered by the word "afterward," and
the millennial age covered by the
word "then" Of verse "a. The highest
mountain peak of Scripture is in verse
2S, in the words, "that God may be all
In all" We may even now in some
measure anticipate that time by let
ting Christ be all in all in us and work
all in all through us (Col. ill, IL; / Cor
xii, 81. While we wait for the king
dom and live to hasten 1t we should
manifest something of its righteous
ness and Joy and peace in these mortal
bodies, the life of Jesus made manifest
In us Rom. xiv, IL; III Cor. ~, 10, III.
This will not be apt to be the case un-
less we are filed with enthusiasm be-
cause of the resurrection glories which
await MS, most surely believing and
thus knowing the certainty of these
things, that our present body Of hui
initiation shall be fashioned like unto
His glorious body, that we shall be like
Him when we shall see Him as He is
duke ], /, A; Phil. lii, 20, 81; John
iii. q.
There are many believers who seem
to think that all there is to redemption
is preparing us for heaven and getting
us there when the time comes, giving
no thought to the resurrection of the
body, the return OF Christ to reign, the
restoration Of Israel and all associated
truths. The sad perversion OF Scrip
ture which teaches that Israel Is now
the church and the church Is the king
dom may be responsible for this. The
truth is that the church Is a company
OF people gathered out of all nations,
while the kingdom will include all ma
lions, with the literal Israel at the center
and Jerusalem the throne of the Lord.
These sinful natures, even In the best