The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-02-29
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson lx.-First Quarter, For
March 3, 1912.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, Mark j, 1923.
Memory Verses, is, 17-Golden Text,
. Aatt. tx, 81, 38-Commentary Pre-
nared bv Rev, .. NJ Stcarns.

Memory Verses, is, 17-Golden Text,
Aatt. tx, 81, 38-Commentary Pre-
pared by Rev. o. NJ. Stearns.
According to the harmony of the gos-
pels. it would seem that Jesus returned
to where John was preaching. and as
he cried on two different days, BE
hold the Lamb of God!' two of Johns
disciples. Andrew and probably John.
the brother Of James. followed Jesus
and spent some time With Him one
day, after which Andrew fctlEa his
brother. Simon. and brought him to
Jesus, and the inference is that John
brought his brother James. Then
Jesus went into Galilee to Rethsaida.
the city Of Andrew and Peter. and
called Philip to follow Him. After
this Philip brought Nathaniel, and |
thus we see the first six disciples ac-
cording to John l. 29-51 They seem
to have received several calls before
they left all to follow Him fully The
lesson today Indicates Il call t. An
drew and Peter as they were casting |
net into the sea. and to J"m"s and
John as they were in the siliIi with
their father mending their nets The
account Of this incident is found in
Matt. iv, 1922, as well as in our lesson
verses from Mark The incident Of
Luke Y. III, seems to have been
wholly different and at Il different
lo& 10 Sifnnn'S
boat as a pulpit and then fil!e'l both
his boat and that of his partners.
James and John. With fishes. We
must ever distinguish between Chris
tians and disciples A Christian is
one who truly receives Jesus Christ as
his Saviour and thus becomes a child
of God, justified freely by Ills grace
John i. -: Rom. iii. "a: V, Il, There
are no degrees in salvation, for all
who are in Christ are equally saved
| by His precious blood He obtained
eternal redemption for I'll. and all who
receive the gift Of God. which is eter
nal life, have it without money or
works Of any kind on their part. Dis.
| cipleship follows, and as it is so costly
| to the believer few are willing to pay
| the price; hence the whole hearted dis
| ciples are comparatively few. and
there are many degrees in discipleship
and many calls to obtain the few. See
Luke xiv. 26. q. SO: Matt. <. 81. aS:
xvi, o. Having saved uS fully. freely
and forever, He desires us to he ever.
only, all for Himself. His own special
property. that He may live His life In
US and reveal Himself through us to
the world Cps iv, 3: Tit. ii. IA. R. ";
II Thess. iv. 10. 1n. The ministry OF
John the Baptist seems to have been
very brief, and. having been imprison-
ed because hated by wicked woman,
he was in due time beheaded. and the
Lord Jesus suffered II to be SO. al
though He said that no greater was
ever born of woman Matt. ii. III. We
cannot understand, but we must have
unbounded confidence in God.
After John was put in prison Jesus
began to preach the gospel OF the
kingdom of God. urging men to repent
and believe the gospel tversas IA. lo)
Both John and Jesus and also the
twelve preached that the kingdom was
at hand, the kingdom plainly foretold
by all the prophets. kingdom OF
peace and righteousness under right
cons king. before whom all kings viii
fall down and whom all nations vii
serve Then shall the nations iearr
} war no more. and from righteous Is
rael 1T the center. with jerusalem q!
the throne Of the Lord, s.se earth vii
soon be filled With the g;orr Of tn,
Lord lisa xxi l. II; ii, 4: Ter: iii. II
Ps lxxii, 1D. Truly, it is worth whil'
to follow such a leader through al
trials to such kingdom and to wall
worthy of it and Him Matt xvi. y
I Thess ii, 12; Pet v, 10, We ma,
= 80 know Him as to be blind and dea
to all but His face and His voice. an'
thus He will make US fishers Of me
to complete His elect church durin
. this age of the postponement Of th
kingdom. because they said. We hav
: 10 king but Caesar" "We will nc
have this man to reign over US
$ In the latter part Of our lesson W
> fnd Him in the synagogue in Capel
naum on the Sabbath dag and
teaching that all were astonished 9
i, His doctrine, for He taught with al
I thority. The words were not His bt
HE Fathers, for He said only whf
5 the Father told Him to say John xi
d 40; xiv. 10: vxii. 3, Power beIenget
i unto God. and where the word OF
i king is there is power G's xii.
4 (Eccl. viii. A.. On the night OF His a
4 rest His two words II am sent Il
] Roman soldiers to the ground. for
NJ was the same voice which said. Il
I there be light" (GeD !. ~ 4 demo
possessed man WAS in the synagcgu
4 and the evil spirit knew Him and ca
! ed Him Jesus of Nazareth. the He
n One of God verse 24 for the demo-
q believe and treinhle s.Ias. it, la'
is NOT believing about Jesus Chr1
that saves, else all demons might
to saved. but II is submission to Him
ill God and the reception Of Him as t
le. Saviour Of sinners. See how t
to- demons confess what many intellige
lip religious people today refuse to
lieye-that Jesus Is God Thpv also
OF lieye in place Of torment Rfn VIII
1a- He will cast them at the appoint
ed time Matt. viii. 23, This. too. IS q
he culed by many. but as truly ms t
les demon obeyed the voice Of Jesus .
he came out of the man so will all 2
ps. pie obey Him to whom He VIII $
be depart from me, We cursed. into es
lasting fire prepared for Tho devil
lhis angels tMast. 1ys. ~.