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John The Forerunner Of Jesus. --
Matt. iii: u:1-12.
Golden Text-The voice OF enc CRY.
ing in the wilderness: Prepare - the
way Of the Lord, make his paths
straight. Matt. iii:s.
Verse What were the days re-
ferred to in verse onef
What are the facts concerning Joh1
the Baptist, his parents, the time aad
place of his birth, his early training.
the commencement Of his ministry, his
characteristics, and the nature Of his
preachingf
Where and what was the wilderness
Of Judea?
Verse 2-What did John want the
people to do when he urged them to
repent?
Why was it then, and why is 1t now,
impossible for any person to enjoy the
favor of God without repentance?
What did John mean by saying The
Kingdom Of Heaven is at hand?"
Has the kingdom of heaven been es-
tablished on earth, and IL SO. what is
that kingdom, and who are its citi-
zens?
Verse 3-What did Esaias (Isaiah)
foretell concerning John. and where is
the passage to be found?
In what sense did John prepare the
way for Jesus?
Verse 4-Why did John dress in
such plain way and eat such simple
food?
To what extent should good people,
to-day, take John for an example in
the matter of food and clothing?
To what extent does God care as to
what we eat, and what we wear?
II all you know Of man is that
he is fastidious in the matter OF dress.
and an epiOsko in his food. how ~via11
you rate Stm az 70 pswgonA pietg1
Can men work As hard. hkak -
clearly and accomplish rs mueA or
more. in aA departments Of life On o
vegetable, as on a meat diet?
Verses 5-6-Hsw do you account for
the wonderful interest which Johns
preaching created?
II John wore the permanent pastor
Of church, In this town, do you sup
pose that he would be able to CEN
stantly keep up such great revival
as this story records?
What did Johns baptism signifyf
Was baptism then. and In baptism
now for adults of any avail without u
full confession Of sin!
Verse When membsr ot
church is not a devoted man, q he
better or worse than any etAer sin
ner?
II minister of the gospel 10 not a
truly good man, whose werd In rs
good as his bond. how would you es@-
pare him with a layMan sf sa2NaS
character?
What is the tendency Of de oRee
of a pastsr. or Of q Bible class tsAsAsr
as to making its inen1hent q truly
! noble and all-rounA. morally ana
financially, Trustworthy EAaA?
Is a pastor of a church uaAAr any
greater obligation to be . truly g.
voted man than its membeRsf Why
or why notf
These scribes and pharfseeS were n
those days what our pastors ana
church officials are In these days.
How do you account for the fact that
they were such bad menf
Verses s-9-what are the fIvbeD
which prove genuine AePeDAAnOsf
(Thls question must be answered In
writing by members Of the oiu1Sl
To what extent does tAe tast tat
q man has a noble and dSvot0A an
cestIy recommend him 70 Godf
Can any person be saved beCaNSS of
his parents goodness?
Verse 10-Is 1t the fact. enA why,
that incompetent men fail and that bad
men always come TO grief?
Verse 11--What Is the differSAse be-
tween the personal results of Johns
baptism and that OF the baposn Of
the Holy Spirit from JOsusf
Verse 12-What reason 10 tA@O Or
the belief that men and wOGDan nAko
their own hell or heavenf
Lesson for Sunday, JaA. q 1870
The Baptism and TemptnA1GA q Jesus.
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