The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-12-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson XII.-Fourth Quarter, For
Dec. 18, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text Of the Lesson, Matt. xviii, 1-20.
Memory Verses, S, 6-GoIden Text,
Matt. xviii, 2o-commentary Pre-
pared bv Rev. D, M. Stearns.


Those who know nothing Of risen
Christ know nothing of faith or for
giveness of sins or life eternal and
have no gospel to believe or preach
Il Cor XIV, 14-19,. 1t was the one great
topic of Peter and Paul in all their
preaching. This Jesus hath God
raised up" 1.-THE Prince of Life. whom
God hath raised from the dead"
with great power gave the apostles
witness of the resurrection of the
Lord Jesus" 1.-The God of our fathers
~.ised up Jesus" Him God raised
up the third day and showed Him
openly" God raised Him from the
dead" ACTS ii. "a, 80; iii, Is. 26: ~. 10.
33: V, 80: x. 40; xiii. %. 80. 33; Rom. /.
~. Hear the Lord Himself to John
in Patmos long after He had assembled.
Pear not. am the first and the last;
am He that hveth and was dead.
and behold l am alive forevermore.
amen, and have the keys of hell and
of death" lRev. /. II. 1S). In Col. iii. l.
believers are spoken of as risen with
Christ" ard are exhorted to seek those
things which are above. where Christ
stitch on the right hand Of God.
After He died Joseph of Arimathaea
went to PLATE and asked for His body.
and he and Nicodemus took it. and
wrapped 1t in q clean linen cloth. with
about 100 pounds weight Of spices, and
laid 1t in Joseph's new tomb and rolled
great stone to the door and depart
ed. The women from Ga]ilee. having
seen where His body was laid. return
ed and prepared spices with which to
anoint His body when the Sabbath
should have passed and rested the
Sabbath day. Was there ever gloom
Ter Sabbath to any believers? He in
whom they had trusted as their Mes
siah. to whom they had lovingly min
istered. for whom they had forsaken
all. had been taken from them and
crucified by the authorities as wick
ed person. and now they were in great
darkness. without any hope. for they
looked not for His resurrection .'Hav
ing no hope and without God in the
world" (Eph. Ii. IL, is the condition of
SO many religious people today be-
cause they know not risen Christ
The first day of the week having
come. they are found very early ut the
tomb to do what they had purposed
for His dead body. but the tomb is
open, the stone rolled away. and there
Is nobody to anoint. for as the angel
from heaven said to the women: "Ye
seek Jesus who was crucified. He is
not here. for He is risen. as He said :"
Mary Magdalene. who came with the
other women. seems to have run to
tell Peter and John as soon as she
saw that the tomb was open and the
body gone. While she was gone the
other women saw, the angels and
heard their message and went to tell
the other disciples. Peter and John
ran to the tomb. and. having seen for
themselves that 1t was empty. the
linen clothes lying just as when the
body was in them. they went away
again unto their own home (John Xxx.
3-1O. Mary Magdalene returned to
the tomb and stood weeping; then.
STOPPING down and looking in. she saw
two angels and heard them say, "Wo-
man. why weepest thouy' Even as
they spoke to her | think that she
saw them looking beyond her. and.
turning around. she saw a man whom
she supposed to be the gardener, who
also said to her: woman, why weep
est thon? Whom .seekest thou?" But
not until He called her by name did
she recognize Him. Thus He appear
ed first to Mary Magdalene even be-
fore He had assembled to the Father
John xx. 16-17) in His resurrection
body. AS she went to tell that she
had seen Him He. having assembled
and returned. met the other women
and allowed them to hold Him by the
feet and worship Him Verse 81. Part Of
the angels message to the women was,
go your way; tell His disciples and
Peter Mark xvi. u, the only one men,
toned specially by name. Some time,
somewhere, on that day He appeared
to Peter alone duke xiv, BAY IN the
afternoon He appeared to the two who
walked to Emmaus, and He walked
with them and opened to them the
Scriptures. In the evening He appear
ed to ten Of them Thomas being abb
sent). comforted them. showed them
His hands and His feet and ate a
piece of broiled fish and honeycomb
before them luke xiv, 3643, Thus
He appeared five times on that day,
and we know that He appeared on at
least five other occasions during those
forty days. He showed Himself alive
after His passion by many infallible
proofs. being seen Of them forty days.
and speaking of the things pertaining
to the kingdom Of God' (Acts /. 81.
At the end Of the forty days, hav.
ing commanded them to wait in Je-
rusalem till He should send them
the Holy Spirit. He visibly assembled
from the Mount Of Olives, and when
He shall come again to that same
mount. bringing His saints with Him.
Israel shall receive Him, and He will
set up His kingdom (Acts |. 1912:
Zech. xiv. 4. 8. 81, Our commission
during His absence is to be His wit
nesses In the power of His Spirit. In
all the world. IN the consciousness OF
His presence and the manifestation
f His power. that from nil nations
may be gathered His body. fhe church.
that so He may come again tActs /. 8: 4
Matt xxvtA 1870; Acts u. 1925.