The Brinkley argus., 1912-04-19
INTERNATIONAL SIll|!YS0!O(G lll| }
 LESSON
LESSON FOR APRIL 21.
THE APPOINTING OF THE
 TWELVE.
(By B. O. eELI1Ey1s, Director q ,s,s Evy. y.. ing DepartInent, The MOODY o'S'o stituts of Chisago.)

THE APPOINTING OF Vne TWELVE.
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 GOLDEN TExT--"Ye did not cnoose me. but chose you. and Appointeo yUSss y.ss that ye 10 and bear fruit As' R VI. ] Thinss Ao not happen in tho ssaim of religion, they come to pass. Nc man can alone accomplish any great task. Every great leader has bsea blessed by one or more equally great helpers. Luther had his Melancthon; ; wesley had his brother Charles. Whit field and others: Moody had Whittie' Bliss, eanksy and moro. These ieso' err but followed "in his steps.
 Jesus ministry made him ver5 much observed and at the same sime groatly multiplied his duties and bur dens. when, therefore, he chose tnese disciples he desired not only to co' tain help and to begin to teach those who were afterward to take up hia work, but like every other act, he ds' sired to teach lesson to those wno were % carefully observing his life'
 So 1t was that the significant mum Der of twelve corresponding to tne twelve tribes, at once confirmed m assumption of the Messiahship. Thid meant that in him those wondroua prophecies were being fulfilled, and \ also served to stimulate those upon whom tho choice fell. Moses who lsd this people out of Egypt had to be helped (Ex. 1S:17-24) in his work and . groater who is to found . new lingdom calls about him those who shall do greater work than merely < to judgo the people Why greater Because they are not only to judge results but are to change results b3 altering causes. They are to have power over demons even as tho Mas ter, for evil has no rights. The source of their power is to be Jesus for he Is to be with them m"-power and pro tection as we'll. So with us. Matt 2S:20.) Their power is to grow with usage, for we learn by doing, hence hs sends them forth.
 eoms Thlnss t Teachss and Why.
 This lesson Is different from oul previous one where Jesus first called his discipls4 Luke tells us that thes( twelve wore selected from among thl rest of the disciples. The greater nearnoes and more extended author lty of theeoy "messengers'' called tipor them greater testings than the other who were dIsciples or learners"
 Matthew tells us what Jesus sait 10 to be tho, character of his repre- eentatives. He likens them to sal and 10 | lisht Nothing is better fol the whole boo than salt and sun were the words of Pliny. 6ait is , great cleansing agency; 1t Is a 6tronl tonic; it has great preservative quail ties: ft is great preventive agains corruption, but Jesus adds, if sal loses its saline quality 1t become1 like any other earth: 1t has no dis tinguishing essential, characteristic Let not the Christian. who is the sal of the earth" lose his identity, los his saltness and become like th, world about him. If he does he h fl then only to be trodden under tn, foot of man. These disciples are to b, the light of the world. It is goo, thing to preserve. to purify, to cleanse but 1t is a greater thing to enefgize to direct, to lead.
 How Men Ars eaved.
 These apostles camA from man. walks in life and represent varied ten peraments. The aggressive Peter ah, the other "son of thunder" who woul' call down Are upon those who walke' not with Jesus. The reflective cAr tious Thomas. the plotting practics Judas, "who also betrayed him. These are the men who are sent forth some as public heralds (John 1:36 end some by personal solicitatio, (Las. 1:4D to win yet other followAr:
 Men are saved through saved me, end those .whelh he sends forth ar these who have first learned to fo low. Their work is made permanen only as they ''abide" in him. Go wants the hearing ear. tho believiu heart and the confessing mouth (Rom. 1o:14).
 Those whom Jesus sends are to oI fer his kingdom to men not to fore It upon them. They must expect { be received as he was received n, how that shall bs he plainly foretell Matt. 1o). Their work shah brin variance upon earth. yes even anon those of the same family, but the mal who refuses to 60. to take up thi cross. Is ncne of his. ''is not worth, of me"
 Jesus saw plainly that tho victorie Of his kingdom are often hindeee, rather than helred by the prsesnc Of great crowds ~. 11).
 Why send out Judas3 Undcubtedf he had all the desired qualification for leadership. and choooa d he va that he might be vfth hlm" he nee nos have hardened his heart, bsinsin, upon himself the greater condenlaa ton. Jesus had . thrss.fold work fo these disciples: (1) to preach: t1 to heal; (s) to cat out dsmon6- note the spiritual nesd is tho foreunos sn0n ThAn ~<.-s~ Al- -a-a-s