Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-12-28

l. GOLDEN TEAT@'1f any man WlllelR
to do his will. he shall know OF the
teaching, whether 1t be of God. or wheth-
or I speak OF myself" JOHN 7H r. "
The golden text Is In this case q
very good Introduction to the review
Of the work of the past quarter. Jesus
had sent his disciples up to the Je-
rusalem feast, while he remained in
Gafilee. whittier he had gone for fear
of the Jews (John Z: d. When they
arrived in Jerusalem they found
sharp division among the people. some
for and some against him John z:
10-13) Jesus secretly followed his
disciples, and suddenly In the midst
of the feast he is found in the temple
teaching That his teaching was diff
ferent is evidenced from John 7:15-
It is also evident that he had thor
ough knowledge of culture and the
things of the scholastics of his day.
The inquiry as to where he acquired
his knowledge ELECTS the reply that,
my teaching is not mine, but his
that sent me-" and then as If to prove
the accuracy of his assertion, he uses
the words of the Golden Text Those
who desire to know the will of God
will find that his words express that
will perfectly, and as men obey his
words the divine origin of them will
be demonstrated.
His Claim Valid.
The lessons of the past year, but
particularly the past quarter, are all
strong illustrations of the validity OF
his claim as well as the truth of this
general proposition.
II we omit the temperance
lesson, the lessons of this quarter
are confined to a few months OF
time following April, A. D. 20, and
In particular present Jesus as
worker and healer more than q
teacher.
In the first lesson we read of his
command to his disciples to cross the
sea. They obeyed though 1t sent them
into the storm. In the midst of their
perp1exity he appears. superior to the
/ laws of nature.
| Lesson two shows Jesus defending
himself and the authority of the Word
Of God. Two ideals are presented of
| the kingdom, and the proof of the d.
| vinity of his ideal will always come
/ to those who obey him.
In the third lesson Jesus teaches
this same truth to two Gentiles, tho
Syro-Phoenician woman and the
centurion.
Lesson four gives US the account OF
| the second feeding of the multitude
| It shows US how our poverty may be-
| Transmitted into wealth as he takes
| such as we have for the satisfaction
! of the needs Of mankind.
| In the fifth lesson Jesus rebukes the
materialistic, sign-seeking Pharisees
| and warns US concerning the 1eaven
| (eviD of their hypocrisy.
| Lesson six is the temperance lesson,
| and if a connected review is desired,
it will have to be omitted. as it does
| not belong to the systematic studies
| of this quarter.
| In the seventh lesson Jesus ques-
tions his disciples to see as 1t were
how firm a grip this principle has Sc
! cured upon their lives.
! Divine Authority.
The incidents of lesson eight fol-
| low Immediately after those of les
son seven. It is as though he would
restore his disciples to full loyalty
that they behold the special reve1a-
ton upon the Mount of Transfgura-
| ton. Those heavenly visitors talked
not of the glory but of "his disease
which he should accomplish at Jeru-
! salem,'' thus adding their testimony
| to the Divine authority of his words
The ninth lesson is pre-eminent1y
| principle of this entire review. 81
believe, help thou mine unbelief."
| Twas a faltering reply, but indicated
his surrender to the word and will of
| Christ. The demonstration he re-
ceiyed of the Divine authority of the
words of Jesus was that his boy was
restored to him fully healed
Again in lesson ten this principle
that an absolute and complete submits
sion to Gods will is a necessity is
shown by the teachings Of Jesus
which center about the child that was
set sin the midst
Lesson eleven deals with the SUBJ
ject of forgiveness. In reply to Pc
ter's query Jesus taught his discf-
pies that forgiveness, is not mere
matter of formal observance, but with
God it is limitless and he calls the
disciples to a definite testing of his
words that they might not only know
that this is the divine method, but
that they might enter into fellowship
with God. Jesus here shows the re-
verse side of the picture when he
reveals the fate of the srvant who was
complied to pay "alI that is DUE
In the twelfth lesson Jesus re-
Dukes the false spirit of his disciples
and in his treatment of the would-be
disciples he emphasizes the fact that
to follow him involves the setting
aside of all else. NO man looking
back is fit for the kingdom" plainly
means that he who came to esta bIfsf1