The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-07
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson Il.-Second Quarter, For
April 10, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text Of the Lesson, Matt. tx, IS, to X,
IS, 40-42-Memory Verses, tx, 81, So.
Golden Text, Matt. x, documentary
Prepared by Rev. D. M. Stearns.
This is the only lesson we have on
the whole of that most important Sec
ton, chapter x, and we begin with the
closing words of chapter tx, telling Of
Jesus going everywhere preaching the
gospel of the kingdom and showing
the power of the kingdom in mortal
bodies. healing every sickness and ev-
cry disease. The shepherdless condi-
ton of the multitudes filled Him with
compassion for them. and the pienti-
full harvest and scarcity Of laborers
led Him to say to His disciples. Pray
ye therefore the Lord of the harvest.
that He will send forth laborers into
His harvest" There is St;::l"thing so
strangely mysterious about it all to us
earthly minded people that we can
not grasp it except the Spirit shall
enlighten us. Here is the Lord of
the harvest Himself. the King of the
| kingdom, manifesting His power over
the souls and bodies of people and over
wind and wave and full Of compassion
| for people. but He wants associates
| from among men to whom He can
intrust His power that they may go
| forth in His name and do as He had
been doing. That is all wonderful. re-
minding us of lisa. vi, s. where we hear
| the one living and true God in the
persons Of the Trinity saying. Whom
| shall l send and who will so for us?''
| The wonder on our part is that SO
| few respond to such an honor But
why should He ask us to ask Him or
His Father to do this? Is it that in
asking Him we may offer ourselves.
saying. Here am /; send me-" Would
we be honest in asking Jesus Christ
to send forth laborers into the wide
world to work for His great cause
If we did not first offer Him our
selves?
After all all night of prayer to God
|
be with Him and that He might send
them forth. and now He gives them
all the power that He had been mani
Testing and sends them forth by two
and two to preach the kingdom of God
and to heal the sick Nlark iii, Is; Luke
vi, -; tx, p. When the kingdom comes
we shall find the twelve apostles (some
one in Judas place. on twelve thrones
ruling the twelve tribes of Israel
| Matt xix, 2S,, but it will still be His
power conferred upon them 1t is
true now and always will be-apart
from Him, nothing. All power in
heaven and on earth is His. How is
it that we know so little of it? Are
we not wholly His, fully yielded. sim
ply trusting, willing and obcdient?
Has He not said. LAS the Father sent
/ Me, so send | your These twelve
We're. however, to go only to Israel mt
this time, not to gentiles or Samari
tans oversees 5. g.. And to the woman
Of Canaan we hear Him saying. II am
not sent but unto the lost sheep of
|
Worketh all things after the counsel
Of His own will, according to His good
! pleasure which He hath purposed in
| Himself, and we must be fully in that
purpose and will, whether il refer TO
the Jew, gentle or the church of God
| field says in his notes on this chapter
that the mission Of the twelve was
| that of heralds, announcing to Israel
only the kingdom as at hand. endued
with the divine credentials of their
office and manifesting kingdom pow
ers. Verses 1G to % cover in gen.
eral sense the sphere of service during
| this present age, while verse % has
| in view the preaching of the remnant
iii the time Of the tribulation and i'm
mediately preceding the return of
| Christ in glory. The remnant then will
not have gone over the cities of Israel
| till the Lord comes.
If any cannot receive this suggested
| division let him lay to heart the gen.
eral principles. remembering that all
need to hear of the grace Of God. the
| present salvation by grace. the daily
life of service. the enduement of the
Spirit for that service and the coming
| Of Jesus Christ to set up His king
| DOM
In this age we are commanded to go
into all the world and give the gospel
to every creature Matt. xviii. 10, 20;
Mark xvi, Is, contrasted with Matt.
x. g., our object being not the CONVEX
sion of any part of the world. hut the
gathering out of all nations il people
for His name (Acts XIV, III, that He
| may come again with these called out
ones to reign over the earth (Rev. V,
8, 10,.
We must give more attention to be-
ing faithful messengers than to caring
for our personal needs. If we are
faithful He will see to our need Matt
| vi, SO; Ps. iv. 49,. 1t will help us
to remember that He counts all good
or i'll treatment of His messengers as
done to Himself oversees 1928. 1922,
1t is an evil world. We must expect
lSASNSutioI, out We uOl leu IL
die for His sake Q6-1S. 2S-3D. He
| must be more to us than the dearest
on earth or than life itself (37-39 Re-
member the analogy "sheep in the
midst of wolves" ZIG, and that the call
ing of sheep is to be fieeced and killed
and eaten. In special emergencies we
can count upon the Spirit to do the
talking through us %. 2O,. but He
should always be allowed to do this
All service shall be rewarded verse
%; xvi. q: Rev. xxi. 12,. What re-
ward can compare with being one with