The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-01-17
JESUS AND HIS
FIRST DISCIPLES
Sunday School Lesson Tor Jan. 10. 1908
Specially Prepared Tor This Paper


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LESSON TEXT-John 1851 Memory
verses 1851.
. GOLDEN TEXT.-"we have found
him. Of whom Moses ia the law, and the
prophets. did write. Jesus Of Nazareth. ~
John las.
TIME-The next two days after orr
last lesson. The last of February. a. ID.
p. or early In March. Jesus was about
80 years OF age.
PLACE -Bethabara n. v. bethany
a ford OF the Jordan. probably tho
Abarah ford "a miles south OF the SEA-
OF Galilee, p miles southeast from N1z-
areth. The traditional place was the ford
near Jericho.
Comment and Suggestive Thought
Among the crowds Jesus walked. 20
all appearance q common man. The
methods by which he began his work
and gained HIS first disciples and fol.
lowers are very suggestive and help.
full. From such small beginnings grew
the Christianity which we see today
and the visions yet 10 be realized
Y. 35. John stood. and two OF his
disciples" One of these was Andrew
Of Capernaum ". 40l. the other. un.
named. is universally regarded as
John the apostle.
v SO. And looking upon Jesus.
"gazed at fixed HIS eyes on contem.
plated" exp Greek Test with intense
interest. Jesus as be walked by
them. Behold" see. an exclamation.
the Lamb Of Cod Gas in " 29). the
one. who. by his sacrifice. would take
away the sin of the world the TAX
ing away Of which was the bringing in
OF the kingdom Of God This was the
work of the expected Messiah. the Son
OF God.
What We seek" IS the test OF life
For what port are you steering on
the ocean of nfo?' That VIII tell y0u
the port you are likely 20 reach j.
may be laid down as a general princI
pie, not only that whatsoever seeketh
shall find. but also that they shall fni
what they seek, seek first. as
the main purpose Of their lives. not
all they seek for. but of the kind they |
seek for The answer each person |
makes 10 this question both tests and |
determines his character and his dos
tiny
V.39 Come and see" r. v. Come |
and ye shall see" welcome Jesus |
extends to all who wish TO go TO him
And a promise that they shall not |
come in vain. A minister once put over /
the bell to his study door: Don't
touch that bell" Another motto was
The man that wants 10 see me is the
man want 20 see." And abod
with him that day" The remainder Of
the day. III was about the tenth
hour" Four o'clock On the afternoon
according 10 the Jewish and the usual
Roman reckoning There is no reason
why they should not have remained
into the evening. even as Nicodemu
came 10 Jesus in the evening Thu
they could have several hours az
sweet communion and conversation
with Jesus
The result, as appears from What
follows. was that they were con
vinced that Jesus was the Messiah and
We're filed with the impulse 90 sproai
the good news.
Abiding with Jesus.-This interview
was not the end, but only the begin
ming of lifelong abiding with Jesus
which transformed their hearts and
lives.
v 40. cone Of the two was An
drew" A Greek name meaning man.
ly" The other was doubtless John
the apostle, who never mentions his
own name.
V. A. "He first fndeth." or BETTE
as r. ", He fndeth first" The com
mon version implies that the first
thing he did after leaving Jesus was
10 find his brother, which is probably
true. The r. v implies that both be
gan Immediately 20 seek each one DIS
brother. and that Andrew found bis
first This implies that John also
found his brother James.
V. A.. Thou shalt be called
Cephas" Aramaic, the modified form
OF Hebrew which was the common
language Of Palestine. for "a stone"
OF rock" which John interpreted for
his Gentle hearers into Greek. "Pe
tros," Peter" This was a revelation
to Peter and a prophecy.
ITO draw ont the latent gift 20 dis
cover the unexpected capacity. 10 be
lieve in the pupil even when be does
not believe in himself-this Is The
test Of the teacher
v 43. THE day following" the in. /
terview Of Jesus with Peter u Us
quite possible that that interview was
on the evening of the same day that
Andrew and John had discovered
Jesus the Messiah.
Why Did Jesus Not Remain In the
Wilderness Like John?-M The
wilderness was not the place for his
work. (2) In GalIlea was his home
and that of his followers. C3l Here
they could earn their living by their
accustomed work (4 Here they p
could reach their friends and acquaint
dnccs. ioJ Il ne NdlliIans were Joss
preiudiced. more open 20 now IDEAS
less bound by customs. $50 that IL he
could gain a foothold there, and train
a few disciples. ha could more easily
begin his work
Come and See.-This is the univor.
sal Christian invitation. OJ See what .
Christ has done for the world. 2l
Haar the experiences of others. OBJ
Experience for yourselves
What Nathaniel under the fg tree
had been longing for-an open com
from heaven ladder
reaching from the deepest abyss Of an
earth submerged in sin. to the hiehes
heaven of purity. Jesus tells hm s
actually accomplished 90 DIS person