The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03
THE WORD
MADE FLESH
Sunday School Lesson Tor Jan. s. 1903
Specially Arranged Cor This Paper

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sCRIPTURAL REFERENCES m.
Divine Christ Heb. lilo. John fs b.
Col i.iG. II. lisa. go. Phil 25l Rft a.
i2-l6 The Word Made Flesh -Sirlv aht
new HIGHT Is thrown upon this sfafan.-,
by the accounts Of the yirsin birth "a
Luke and IN Matthew. by John tf
Heb. IL. .. Rom. SO. Phil 20. HOB ISL
John IL. 2
Comment and Suggestive Thought
He Is the Word OF God Ana he
Word Was God. l. In the beginning
as In Genesis l. Back OF all manifesto.
tions Of God was the word which pro
ceeded from him. The Word" Is he
revealer OF the incomprehensible and
invisible God" Exp. Greek Test Words
are the expression Of what Is 70 tie
soul-reason, conscience. will. purpose
THE word was with God" The Greek
proposition expresses not merely b.
ing beside. but a living union and
communion. implying the active DO
ton OF intercourse. The divine word
not only abode with the father from
all eternity. bat was in the living a.
tive relation OF communion with him
M. II. Vincent The word was God
There is only one God. and this stare
ment guards against the error ahich
the phrase with God" might suggest
that there is more than one SO he
can more emphatically assert the also
lutte unity OF God than both ihc Oi
and the New Testaments aud ne
whole Christian church.
" 3. "All things were made By Hin
Whatever Gsesdoes. the Word does
In Col. l:15. 16 We are 'o'd hat
Jesus
lis the imase OF the invisible Gol.
the frst-born OF every creature
For by him were all things created
that are in Heaven. and thar aye a
earth. visible and invisible. whether
they be thrones. or dominiors @
principalities. or powers an things
were created by Him. and for Hin
And n Heb. l:l3.
Who being the brightness az IT'S
glory. and the express image o. His
person, and UNFOLDING all things ~
the word Of His power. when He had
by Himself purged our sins. sat doWs
on the right hand Of the Majesty .
high"
See John 3:1e-lS; Phil. 2:5-ll; Rev.
lis, 1916: lisa go.
, He is the source OF life. y. u
Him was life" THAT power "fica
creates life and maintains al else 4
! existence was in the Word u Nas'
, the fountain Of existence 70 all things.
2 including every form and deeree and
Z kind of life. natural and spiritual %
. Exp. Greek Test. For as the Fa'hs
raiseth the dead. and quickeneth then
even so the Son Quickeneth whom Re
wilw John 5:2l-26; 6:47-5s) ln ils
S first chapters OF Genesis the word CO
l. ate Whose meaning is interprcei q
G y. Of this chapter. Ito cause 20 cone
Il into being'0 is used only three TINES
0 (1D OF matter. 90 OF life l3l o. ne
Il soul Of man: and at each ~ ihe-e
e points the efforts of men 20 produce
e either OF these by the forces g. ra'
e have proved complete failure i-ie
must come from life. Il includes Z
tellectual life. based on the
life. and spiritual life based on %. p
IS tellectual.
" He is the source Of light Y Z Ani
10 the life was the light Of men
4. not only was the first effect of l.ie -
Of matter to produce light bur tff ~.
le condition Of seeing he light IS 'f -
h the light in the universe cannot a-l.
re dead things see. Dead minds c-ll''
be know.
And mere life without leht Z q
little avail II is difficult ioF " y
realize what a light does for as
"a Jesus Christ is the revelation o. *
ii. Father. V. 1918 The witness
es The testimony Of expstience y
an "Of His fuIness." His inexhausa''
a store OF grace and truth, which pe.'-'
ut 10 the Son of God: fountain i'Ie'r
on flowing: a sun forever shining h4.
IN. all we received" We know Wha' - ~
are by experience; we have iel p
love. His forgiving love; We nave =
ceiyed His grace in our hearts
ne have seen His loving deeds NJ
ri. heard His gracious words we IN''
90 His gift of Pentecost: His grac's -
lTQ begun TO EfON III Jul h'"- 80
,ar heen transformed by Him.
eu. Illustrations. Jesus IS ne
yas haus,ible source Of grace and TUE
nd. In the Morse legends. Thor \,
given a drinking-horn, which he '-.-.
tried to drink dry. lie ai't !.
eld learned that It was connected "i'- Z
nd ocean. and he would have had " n
the all the water OF the world be'''
ny, could have emptied the cup
hea Az eastern king was sho"'n-
inc treasure-chest TO the ambass"-e
the king OF Spain. after their disc
of the mines in America Ihe ~
eador put his hand TO the oo'.'" !.
ert, the kings chest. and said
reach the bottom of your treas !,
D a but there is no bottom. no enc
we'd treasures 81 my Master !.
Points Of Contact with mooe'n
/ Here we find exactly the 'A''
we need. -.,.,isre
ted our first duty and pri'i'ss
DON therefore. to receive Him i
the The Saviour we ne'l
for - ,ha whole world