The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-02
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson x.-Second Quarter, For
June 4, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

John xiv, 1e-COmmentary Prepared
by Rev. D. M. stearns.
AS Israel's penitence and Gods par
don, according to Hos. xiv, the regu.
lar lesson for the day, can only be By
the Holy Spirit, we will consider brief.
" that lesson, but give most Of the
time to the gospel lesson. It is as
they shall look upon Him whom they
have pierced, when they shall see Him
coming In glory, that the Lord will pouf
upon the house Of David and the In.
habitants Of Jerusalem the Spirit Of
grace and Of supplication, and there
shall be a national mourning and n
national forgiveness Czech. xii, O.; XIII.
u. Then shall Hos. xiv be fulfilled
and after that He will pour out HIa
Spirit upon all flesh Joel Ii, %, 2g.
1t Is only by the same Holy Spirit
that believers in this present age can
know the meaning of sin and right
eousness and Judgment by knowing Je,
sus Christ as the great sin bearer and
by seeing in His sufferings how hate.
full sin is to God. Jesus Christ can
only be great Saviour to such az
have seen themselves to be great sin.
ners. Paul saw himself to be the chief
OF sinners, and to him Jesus Christ
was such great Saviour that he could
think or talk Of no one else. It will be
just so with hts people Israel, and aft.
er their conversion there will be a ma.
ton OF Pauls to make Jesus Christ
known to all the world.
In this present age if every believer
was filed with the Spirit as our Lord
Jesus would like us to be then the
world that seeth not and knoweth not
and cannot receive the Spirit of truth
would see something of Jesus Christ
in His people, and many would want
to know Him. The Spirit always tes-
titles OF Christ, teaches things concern.
ing Him, guides into all truth, shows
us things to come and brings to re.
membrance what we have read or
heard about Jesus John xiv, 10, IL, 90;
XIV, 20; xvi, 7-13). He is specially ''the
Comforter" (partakeIos) and Ii 50
called four times in these verses Just
referred to.
So we have a comforter fin the pres
ence Of the Father and a Comforter
dwelling In us, but more wonderful
still, according to verses II, %, Father,
Son and Holy Spirit ali dwell in us IL
we are true believers and make our
bodies their abode, or mansion, for the
word translated abode in verse % is
the very same word which Is translat.
ed mansion" I'm verse 2, and it is used
nowhere else, although the verb from
which the noun comes is used a great
many times and is variously translat.
remain, dwell, continue.
It is impossible to fully grasp such
truth, and yet 1t Is stated again and
again in such words az these: Christ
Iiveth in me-" THAT Christ may dwell
In your hearts by faith" 1.-THE life OF
Jesus made manifest In our body
Gal H. 20; Eph, If ~; III Cor. ~, 10.
LID. In verse 10 Of our lesson He seems
to say that He expects that the world
will zee Him in US. His NE at the
Fathers right hand, where He ever
iveth to make inbercession for us.
makes sure our life, and IL we would
more steadfastly behold Him and net
people or circumstances we would be
more manifestly changed into His like
ness by the Spirit Oh Cor, III, 49,. He
ongs to reveal Himself to us and
through US, and He does this by HIn
Spirit and His word Il Sam. I'll, Oh
Pc. cxix, 100; II Cor. Nv, @; John vi
3, xiv, 21-2s).
We must not only read His word and
nemorize it, laying It up In our hearts,
put we must eat it, appropriate Il, make
t our very own. according to Jer. XIV.
10; Jeb xiii, H. Ezek. iiL Ia: Rev. <,
Ill. Thus only can we know the
,eace which He alone can give He il
he Prince OF peace, the Ged Of peace,
he peace OF God. our peace Qsa. tx,
! z; Heb. kill. 20; Phil. iv, Q, Z; Col.
Il, 15S Eph. Ii, 14). BY the blood OF
Ills cross He has made peace ana
When we truly receive Him we have
'eace with God and may be filed with
oy and peace in believing CCoL |, 90
Rom. " 4; XIV, 13), but the peace OF
rod win only keep our hearts when
We conmlt everything to Him ia pray
r and rely ON Him TO see to II.
As to neither being troubled nor
Ifrald see also verse and compare
datt xiv, 6; Luke xiv, IS, and mo-
Ice how He closed this discourse I'm
DIN xvi, 80. with the assurance that
ve must expect trabvlation. IL any
me else had said you shall have trou-
lie, but do not be troubled we wonld
hink then very unbalanced, huf He
vas God sEorge u, and he Is God and
} increasingly caring Tor ns and maxi
NJ ali things wort together for our
isnest good assuring Us that all our
ffEs.tss1s are light and hut for mo-
aeDt comparatively and are all WORK.
zF fes "a a far more exceeding and
teznai wNight OF glory (aom. viii, %
| Ger ~, IL. 49,
II h oniT In trial that we can really
aantfeee that He Is living In ns, FOR
inaOst sny one can be lovely and
ieasaat when aN gees well May wa
sarn to glory In Oh things that His
ever mar rest upon n I'll Cor XII,
! l0a and have always that whole
oarted. unbounded confidence Ia Him
hat shall say, Even 81 Just and trus
re Thy ways; | know that Then arg
lghteous; Thy way Il perfect"