The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-01-10

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LESSON TEXT John 1884 Memory
Verses. o. 81
GOLDEN TEXT.-"Beh0ld the Lamb OF
Z God, which taketh away the sln 0f the
& world John 10.
b TIAE.-J0hn the Baptist began o.
preach IN the summer OF q. ID. o. tie
preached six months before Christ ap-
. peared on the scene. Pie continued "a
year and three months preaching while
= Jesus preached. tl March A. ID. Is Jesus
was baptized January. s.. ID. 81. His
temptauon-January and February. ills
first discipics-in February The lelesa-
ton Of the Phar.sees-Felrl1ry.
PLACE.-The wilderness of Jldea. The
baptism Of Jesus az Bethabara. on the
cast bank Of the Jordan.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
John preached the things that were
necessary before one could enter the
kingdom OF God. OD Repentance and
confession Of sin. CD A change Of
conduct that proved the repentance
to be sincere. CD a public proies
sion OF this change Of life by baptism
essential TO the proof OF their SIM
cerity, TO permanance Of the new l.ie
and 20 power for good (D The king
dom Of God IS at hand.
This preaching led people 20 In.
quire, what does al this mean2 Who
is coming? What is coming?
The Witness Of John 20 Christ
VS.. 1884 The Christian wants proof
The issues are too important for
credulity. We need 90 know.
The witness of John is repeated
/ reinforced. more and more clearly, al
down the ages. The facts written in
the history OF 1000 years confirm his
testimony.
First John Witnesses That Jesus
Is the Christ. the Son OF God. lie re-
fused 10 De called the Messiah. Tie
was merely one who announced his
coming. And when Jesus returned 20
Bethabara. John pointed him out TO
the pe0ple-"Here is the Messiah.
This is the Redeomer from sin. This
Is the man whom God by sure signs
made known 20 me as the Saviour
There IS a great deal of evil in the
world yet. IN the best of countries, IN |
the best OF people. But IL is evil |
fought against 10 is gaining the vie
tory slowly but surely. The very |
revelations OF evil. the controversies /
and conflicts. are signs that the power /
OF Christ is working upon the evil. /
never ending conflict an the good has /
triumphed
Second. John Witnesses 10 Jesus /
as the Redeemer from Sin. Y. 20.
Behold the Lamb of God" Jesus was
so named by John. because the lamb /
was used I'm three ways as a symbol of
the deliverance which Jesus brought
Cd John and his hearers were famil
lar with the representation Ia Isaiah
(53:0 Of the coming one. "as a lamb
led % the slaughter 90 Still more
would the jew think of the Passover
lamb as the type and promise OF ma
donal deliyerance 90 The daily /
sacrifice Of a lamb was continually !
before the Jews. teaching them the
meaning Of an the sacrifices. and con
tinually reminding them of their
IN - -, .h.+ r.srs
a. - - a,-s a. +bo PASSOVER
- - - -. ,ho bo,- ~ tho daily
sacrifice. which taketh away the
S.H o' 'lo w.. ~ a.. Iii. ..,5 ,,,,isr.
SIN - ~ -, -.-f 49,, 49,. - go
ilenl VI siH ny s4 80 - w.. ,..,,
.la' -" 80 - 60. r,r~,ish ev
~ The wor,< Of christ Is no Do this
49, .to .horo ~ori5 tl this sinful
ro-ld a. changed into the sinless
Paradise Reclaimed f2l Jesus rro.
rf5os ~a1smrtion fur an the world
30, H.. ,,-.io,s mast si, eo that if is
M LONGER remembered bv him. but IS
5lotted ont forever. DD BE is. in
fact. removing sim from the torld
Wherever he comes. SIN Is IN tho
process of removal from each heart
hat accents him. and from the com
munitv
Third The Witness Of the Holy
snirit Y I'D 81 saw the Spirit Do.
.cendinq from heaven IKE dove
md n abode upou him." He descend
ID not only In the manner Of a dove
but In bodily shape of a dove lLuhe
I:22). This means more than ll
vas as plain 10 him that Jesus was
possessed by the Spirit as u De hai
ieen the Spirit in a visible shape
lighting upon MN. lt was heces'
AIRY Tor MS assurance. ana lnal Oh 'Ae
leople' that there should De some