The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-06-01
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Lesson x.-Second Quarter, For
Iune 4, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, John xiv, 1877.
Memory Verses, 25-27-GoIden Text,
John xiv, f6ICommentary Prepared
by Rev. D. Nj. Stearns.

As Israel's penitence and Gods par
don, according to Hos xiv. the regu-
lar lesson for the day. can only be ly
the Holy Spirit we will consider brief
Is that lesson, but give most Of the
time to the gospel lesson. 1t Is as
they shall look upon Him whom they
have pierced, when they shall see Him
coming in glory. that the Lord will pour
upon. the house of David and the In
habitants Of Jerusalem the Spirit OF
grace and of supplication, AID there
shall be national mourning and a
national forgiveness (Zech. xii, 8; xiii.
H. Then shall Hos. xiv be fulfilled,
and after that He will pour out His
Spirit upon all flesh Joel ii, q. 80.
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
BIZ seeing in His sufferings how hate
full sin is to God. Jesus Christ can
only be a great Saviour to such as
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. 1t will be
just so with his people Israel. and aft
or their conversion there will be ma
| ton of Pauls to make Jesus Christ
t known to all the world.
/ In this present age if every believer
! was filled 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
1 ing Him. guides into all truth. shows
Us things to come and brings to re-.
naembrance what we have read or
/ heard about Jesus John xiv, 16, II, &c:
xr. &c: xvi. 7-13). He is specially 1.-THE
! Comforter" (partakelos) and is SO
/ called four times in these verses just
| referred to.
/ SO we have a comforter in the pres
eace of the Father and a Comforter
! dwelling in US. but more wonderful
| still, according to verses II. %, Father,
| Son and Holy Spirit all dwell in US II
We are true believers and make our
/ bodies their abode, or mansion, for the
word translated abode" in verse % Is
4 the very same word which is translat-
ed mansion in verse 2, and ii Is used
| nowhere else, although the verb from
/ which the noun comes is used a great
! many times and is yariously translat-
| ed-abide, remain, dwell, continue.
1t is impossible to fully grasp such a
truth. and yet it is stated again and
again in such words as these: Christ
liveth in me- THAT Christ may dwell
in your hearts by faith" THE life of
Jesus made manifest In our body
tC;,l. ii, 60: Eph. ill., II: II Cor. iv. 10.
i III. In verse 10 of our lesson He seems
to say that He expects that the world
will see Him in us. His life at the
Fathers right hand. where He ever
liyeth TO make intercessiOn for us.
makes sure our life, and if we would
more steadfastly behold Him and not
people or circumstances we would be
more manifestly changed into His like
ness by the Spirit QI Cor. iii, 49,. He
longs to reveal Himself to us and
through US, and He does this by His
Spirit and His word q Sam. iii. 81:
De-, 81. - Yol,, -
90; xiv, 21-23).
We must not only read His word and
memorize it. laying it up in our hearts,
but we must eat it, appropriate it, make
it our very own. according to Jer. XIV.
1G: Job xiii. -: Eek. iii. IA; Rev. <.
911. Thus only can we know the
peace which He alone can give. He Is
, the Prince of peace, the God of peace.
] the peace of God, our peace lisa. tx.
6. {: Heb. xiii, 20; Phil. iv. 6, I: Col
iii. Is; Eph. ii, 14,. BY the blood Of
His cross He has made peace. and
when we truly receive Him we have
peace with God and may be filled with
, JOY and peace in believing (Col. i. 20;
God will only keep our hearts when
We commit everything to Him in pray.
er and rely on Him to see to it.
AS to neither being troubled nor
| afraid see also verse l and compare
Matt. xiv, 6; Luke xiv, 80, and no
'tice how He closed this discourse in
John xvi, 33, with the assurance that
we must expect tribulation. II any
one else had said ron shall have trou
BILE, but do not be troubled. we would
think them very unbalanced. but He
was God Verse u, and He is God and
is increasingly caring for us and max
ing all things work together for oul
highest good. assuring US that all oul
t Affections are light and but for mo
r ment comparatively and are all work
Ing Tor MS a far more exceeding and
eternal weight Of glory Rom. Wifi. %
If Cor. iv, II, 49,.
1t is only in trial that We can really
| manifest that He is living In us, fo1
} almost any one can be lovely and
pleasant when all goes well May W.
learn to glory in all things that Hi.
!, power may rest upon us Oh Cor xii
| 0. 10) and have always that whole
hearted. unbonnGed confidence III Hin
that shall say. Even so. just and truI
are Thy ways; | know that Thou ar
righteous; Thy way is perfect