The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-12-26
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 20
REVIEW.

GOLDEN TExT-'If any man willeth
to do his will, he shall know of thea
teaching, whether Il be of God. or wheth--
er speak of myself" John 7:17 r.. ".
The golden text is in this case
very good introduction TO the review
of the work of the past quarter. Jesus
1 had sent his disciples up to the Je-
rusalem feast, while he remained in
Galilee. whittier he had gone for fear
Of the Jews John I'D. When they
arrived in Jerusalem they found a
sharp division among the people, some
for and some against him John z:
1919. Jesus secretly followed his
4 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
EThe inquiry as to where he acquired
4 his knowledge elicits the reply that,
my teaching Is not mine, but his
that sent me-" and then as II 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 we'll as the truth of this
tgeneral proposition.
If we omit the temperance
esson, the lessons of tlis quarter
ire confined to a few months Of
1me following April, A. D. 20, and
In particular present Jesus as a
worker and healer more than a
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
perplexity 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.
q In the third lesson Jesus teaches
this same truth to two Gentiles, the
Syro-Phoenician woman end the
centurion.
Lesson four gives us the account Of
the second feeding of the multitude
1t shows us how cur poverty may be
transmitted into wealth as he takes
such as we have for the satisfaction
of the needs of mankind
u In the fifth lesson Jesus rebukes the
4 materialistic. sign-seeking Pharisees
and warns us concerning the leaven
/ (eviD of their hypocrisy
Lesson six is the temperance lesson,
and If connected review is desired,
1t 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 It were
how firm 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 1t Is as though he would
restore his disciples to full loyalty
that they behold the special reyela-
tion upon the Mount of Transfigura-
tiov 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-eminently
one that illustrates the fundamental
principle of this entire review. II
believe. help thou mine unbelief."
Twas faltering reply, but indicated
is surrender to the word and will of
christ. The demonstration he re-
teived of the Divine authority of the
prds of Jesus was that his boy was
stored to him fully healed.
Again In lesson ten this principle
at an absolute and complete submis-
on to Gods will is a necessity is
hown by the teachings of Jesus
Fhich center about the child that was
et "in the midst"
Lesson eleven d. ais with the sub
pct of forgiveness. In reply to Pc
|Xers query Jesus taught his disci-
lies that forgiveness is not a mere
natter Of formal observance, but with
BOD 1t is limitless and he calls the
disciples to definite testing of his
words that they might not only know
hat this is the divine method, but
nat they might enter into fellowship
nth God. Jesus here shows the re-
erse side OF the picture when he
eveals the fate of the srvant who was
pmplled to pay "all that Is due"
In the twelfth lesson Jesus re-
ukes the false spirit of his disciples
nd In his treatment OF the would-be
disciples he emphasizes the fact that
fto follow him involves the setting
aside OF all else. mo man looking
back is fit for the kingdom" plainly
means that he who came to establish