The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-07-06
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson II.-Third Quarter, For
July 8, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.


12-Msmory Verses, lii. 4-6-Golden
Text, lisa, lii, 6-commentary Pre-
pared by Rev. D. N. stearns.
Behold my servant. my righteous
servant Gil. 10; lii. III. This is what
we must ever and always do in this
blessed holy week. which is all writ
ten by the Holy Spirit and is forever
settled in heaven III Tim. iii. IT.; II |
Pet. /. q; Ps. cxix S9,. Compare lisa.
xiii l; Matt xii. Is: zech. iii. 8. Hear
John the Baptist's cry. BEHOLD the
Lamb of Cod and see Him in this
lesson described as if Isaiah had been
a real witness Of His sufferings. l
am grateful to some one for calling
my attention to the fact that these
last twenty seven chapters of Isaiah
are divided into three mines. the f1rst
two ending with tile statement that
there is no peace to the wicked txlviii.
%; lvii. 2n.
The lesson today is the middle por-
ton Of the second nine. and II we
take the fifteen verses of our lesson
rs one portion. as we have right TO
do. then chapter Iii. 5. Is the middle
verse What great fact this is for
us to ponder. that the middle verse
of the middle chapter Of the middle
section of the last twenty seven chap
ters OF this great prophecy tells OF
His being wounded for our transgres-
sions and that with His stripes we
are healed. Here is the heart OF the
whole Bible and of all history. the
one topic of conversation on the part
of Moses and Elijah on the mount OF
TRANSPORTATION and the constant re-
frain of the songs Of the redeemed In
glory luke *. 81: Rev. v. 81. In
/ Pet. /. II. we read that the Spirit OF
Christ in the prophets testified before
hand the sufferings Of Christ and the
glory that should follow. and It was
this very topic that He Himself open.
ed up in that walk to Emmaus on the
afternoon Of the resurrection day
luke xiv. 25-20.
At least ten of our lesson verses tell
Of His sufferings Gil. IA; iii. 2-1O:
the others and parts Of these tell OF
His glory. As we read Of His married
vfsage and form we see Him before
Caiapi,as and PLATE in the hands OF
His enemies Other verses tell of His
lonely life all those thirty years at
Nazareth. the Ill treatment during the
three years of His public ministry and
the sufferings Of Gethsemane and
Golgotha.
This fifty-third chapter may prove
to he largely Israel's national confess
sion after they shall have looked upon
Him coming in His glory and shall
have received Him as their Messiah:
but II is also for our individual ap-
preparation now. We can each truth
fully say If we are now His redeemed
ones Time was when by me He was
| despised and rejected, and esteemed
Him not. yet He bore my griefs and
carried my sorrows: He was wounded
| for my transgressions. bruised for my
| iniquities. and with His stripes ! am
| healed Like lost sheep ! went
astray. seeking only my own way. but
the Lord laid on Him all my iniquity.
We are not expected to understand
the mystery OF His sufferings. but we
are expected to believe 1t all and.
pleading guilty. receive Him as our
personal Saviour. Only thus can the
arm of the Lord be revealed to US. for
we cannot know His power on our be-
half except in Christ Jesus by virtue
Of His great sacrifice.
In verse note the prediction that
His body would be laid in rich
mans tomb. although His enemies
would prepare Him grave as male
factor. and we know bow It all came
to pass. Not only did He His own
self bare our sins in His own body
on the tree. but He also left us ar1 ex-
ample that we might follow His steps.
bearing reproach and suffering as
meekly as He did Il Pet ii. 1924.
This we cannot do till we are redeem
ed by His precious blood: but then we
are taught that 1t is great privilege
granted unto us to suffer for His
sake and to fill up the affections
which are behind for His body's sake
phil i. %; Col. /. az.
To he silent before our enemies
when falsely accused. when cruelty
wronged and i'll treated is a great vic
tory and clarifying to God. He suf-
fere.l shamefully for our sakes ard
bore it so meekly and patiently We
never can be called upon to suffer as
| In NJ
plain when we have the least thing to
bear that is disagreeable. We certain.
~ have need of patience Heb. x. So
Col. I. III. See in iii. 10. His resur.
rection from the dead. for In what
other way could one who died prolonp
his days. See also His future glory in
Iii. 1915: lii. 1912. when He shall bs
exalted and extolled and shall startle
many nations R. ". margin,. HI
shall see the result of all His suf
ferings and shall be satisfied. Some
one has said that while we wait fol-
that time we should remember tha
He longs to see Of the travail Of Hi.
soul In us now
Since the pleasure Of the Lord vii
always prosper In His hand. what cal
be more desired than to be in Hi
hand for His pleasure (Jer. xviii.
Rev. ". III. content to be treated ii
He was If only we may glorify Him
Note the sayings. "His soul an offer
ing for sin" and poured out His sou
unto death" tliii. 1912. and may HI
love SO constrain us that we shall b
! willing to be poured out or cut OF q
suffer In any way for His sake.