The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-12-27

GOLDEN TEXTILE any man Willeth
to do his will. he shall know or the
teaching. whether it be Of God or Wheth-
er speak Of myself" John I'll K. V.
The golden text is in this case
very good introduction to the reV1e"
OF the work of the past quarter. Jesus
had sent his disciples up to the Je'
rlsalem feast, while he remained IN
Galilee, whittier he had gone fer fear
of the Jews John I'D. When they
arrived in Jerusalem they found
sharp division amo1g the people: some
for and some against him John 7:
1919. 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.
1t 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 el;cits the reply that
"My teaching is rot mine, buf his
that sent me-" and then as il to prove
the accuracy of his assertion, he uses
the words of the t1olden Tcxt. Those
who desire to know the will Of Cod
vii. find that his words express that
will perfectly, and as mea obey: his
words the divine origin Of them will!
be demonstrated.
His Claim Valid.
The lessons Of she past year. but
particularly the past quarter, are all
strong illustrations Of the validity OF
his claim as well IS the trlth OF Ehis
general proposition,
II we omit the temperance
lesson. the lessons of this quarter
arc confined to & few months OF
time following April, A. L. 20. and
in particular present Jesus as
worker and healer mc'e than
teacher.
In the first lesson we read OF his
command to his disciples to cross the
sea. They obeyed though it sent them
into the storm. IE the midst OF their
perElexity he appears, superior to tae
laws of nature.
Lesson two shows Jesus defending
himself and the authority Of the Wocd
OF God. Two ideals are presented OF
the Kingdom, and the proof OF the d.
vlaity Of his ideal will always cone
to tho who obey him.
In the third lesson. jesus teaches
this same truth to tive Gelfles, the
.'s.i---~tt h
centurion.
Lesson four gives us the ac:ount Ct
the second feeding Of tho multitude.
1t elbows us how cur poverty may be
transmitted into wealth as ne takes
such as we have for the satisfaction
Of the needs Of mankind.
In the fifth lesson Jesus rehukes the
materiallstic, sign-seeking Pharisees
and warns US concerning the leavea
(eyil) Of their hypocrisy.
Lesson six is the temperance lessor,
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 tho seventh. lesson Jesus ques-
tons his disciples to see as 1t vera
low Arm grip this principle he's Sc
cured upon their lives.
Divine Authority.
The incidents cf lesson eight fo2.
low Immediately after those of Lee.
son seven. 1t is rs though no would
restore his disciples to full loyalty
that they behold the special revela.
ton upon the Mount of Transfgura.
ton Those heavenly visitors talked
not Of tho glory but of 'kis disease
which he should accomplish at Jeru-
salem" thus adding their testimony
to the Divine authority Of HIS words.
The ninth lesson is pre-elainently
one that illustrates the fundamental
principle OF this entire review. Il
believe. help thou mine unhelief.:',
Twas falterirg ~eply. but Indicated
his surrender to re word and will OF
Christ The demonstration he re.
ceived of the Divine authority of tho
words of Jesus was that his boy was
restored to him fully healed.
Again Ia lesson ten this principle
that an absolute and complete submis.
sion TO Gods will is a necessity ID
shown by the teachings Of Jesus
which center about the child that was
set ".n the midst"
Lesson eleven deals with tho sub.
ject OF forgiveness. In reply 10 Pc.
ter's query Jesus taught his disct
pies that forgiveness Is not a mere
matter of formal observance, but with
God II is llmitless and he calls the
Disciples to definite testing Of his
words that they might not only know
that this Is the divine method. bus
tina: they might enter into fellowship
with God. Jesus here shows the re.
verse side Of the picture whea no
reveals the fate OF the srvant who was
complied to pay fall that is dus."
In the twelfth lesson Jesus re-.
Dukes the false spirit Of his dlsciplea
and In his treatment of the would-be
disciples he emphasizes the sact THAI
60 follow him involves the setting
aside OF all else. mo man looking