The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-10
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson H.--Second Quarter, Fog
April IL, 1914. r
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES

Rom. WILL 34-CCTHrnsnSary Prepared
by Rev. q. IN. sSearna,
This study might bear the title Of the
one for March %, Lessons by the
Way" and it is also a good introduce
ton to next weeks lesson on "The
Cost Of D~iScipaeship," for nothing
helps one to be a disciple like the pow
err OF HiB resurrection, phil, Iii, 10t.q
There were Ave appearances OF thsas
risen Christ on that first resurrection
day, to Mary MagdaIene, TO the other
women, to Peter, to these two men
and In the evening TO the ten CThomas
being ABSENT. That which Jesus was
and did during the forty days be-
tween His resurrection and ascension
speaks to me OF that which the saints
Will be and do In our resurrection bod
les, for we shah be like Him. g.
AS they talked OF Him and Of the
things which had happened Jesus Him
self drew near and went with them
oversees 1915. Many have been re- 4
freshed by the fact that He keeps q
record of those who think upon Him
(Mal. iii, 16). I like the words Jesus
Himself" II myself" Jesus showed
Himself" HE gave Himself" "Hls
own self bare our sins" (verses S6, 39);
John xxi. /, II; Acts 1. 8; Gal Ii, 20; Z
Pet. n, 24). No one can 6Tl or satisfy
the heart like "Himself," and we do
not wonder that the pSalmist saids
my meditation Of Him shall be sweet:
I will be glad In the Lord" Cps. CIV. 80.
The men asked II He was a stranger
because He did not seem to know tbs
great events Of the past few days, and
they told Him ell oversees 1929. evil
IDENTIFY with much sadness and dfsapr
poiutment. They talked I'D II they
had never heard that He WA to die
and rise from the dead On the third
day, though He had repeatedly told
them that It would be ever 80 USuka
*, %: xviii, 21-34l. 1t is written on
corning John, whom Jesus loved, who
leaned upon His bosom, that even he,
as we'll as Peter knew not that Jesus
must rise again from the dead John
Xxx. 81. This should lead us to ask
ourselves in all sincerity If we are
really believing all that is written COM
corning His present ministry, His COM
ing again and His kingdom. and our
share by grace In it all.
He told them that their difficulty WIS
that they did not believe all that the
prophets had spoken and were there
fore foolish men verses 25, 80. and
that evening He said TO the eleven and
those gathered with them, that all
things must be fulfilled, which were
written in the law of Moses, and in
the prophets, and in the Psalms con-
corning Him oversees 80, ~.
Many of these still unfulflled proph-
ecies are today wholly neglected or
spiritualized into mere nothingB. Take
for example Israel becoming a right
eous nation, Jerusalem the throne of
the Lord, His feet standing again upon
the Mount of Olives, the nations a
ing from war, Israel filing the earth
with fruit, the whole earth filed with
His glory Elsa. IL, 4: H. 8; xvii, 81.
The whole topic Of all Scripture may
be summed up In 1.-The sufrerings Of
Christ and the glory that shall fol-
low (verse 26 and I Pet /, III. Of
which He spoke to them az He walk
ed, opening to them the Scriptures,
and ~expounding to them I'm all the
Scriptures the things concerning Him
self oversees Z, 32l. I think we may be
certain that He did not fail to expound
Gen. I'LL, Is, II, "a; xii, 8; Fix. xii; Lev.
xvi; Mum. xix: Deut xviii; PB. xxi;
lisa. Lii: and who can tell how many
more. Is 1t your custom when you
: read your Bible to pray, Lord, by Thy
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He made al though He would have
| gone further when they reached the
end of their journey, for He does not
intrude unless desired. 1t vas not
difficult to constrain Him to abide, for
He is glad to enter every door that is
opened to Him oversees %, 20; Rev.
iii, 2O. AS He sat at meat with them
| He took bread and blessed and broke
and gave to them, and He wal known
| of them in breaking OF bread (verses
| 80, 81, 35). My own conviction is that
they saw in His hands, as He broke
the bread, the marks Of the nails and
thus recognized Him, ever as the same
evening He convinced the disciples
that It was Himself by showing them
His hands and fest Verse S9}. As they
knew Him he vanished out OF their
sight, 80 shah we do when we shall
have obtained ~ resurrection bodies.
They rose up the same hour and
started back to Jerusalem with such
d heartburn as they probably had mot
known before. Compare the inward
burning Of Pm. xxx, 8; Jer. XIX, 8; Job
xxxil, 1920. The eight mile walk
back TO the city did mot seem long to
thesn. as they no doubt rshearsed all
that He had told them. They found
the disciples and others gathered to-
esther, talking OF His resurrection,
and OF how Hs had appeared TO ST.
mon: 90 they told their wonderful
story. ana as thsy spake Jesus Him
SELF stood in the midst Of them and
saith unto thaEa, "Peace be unto you'
CvesBs 86D. The two men were sad as
Ha Joined them in their walk, and He
cared and spent several hours comfort.
ing them by the Scriptures. The dis
espIes are terrified and affrighted and
troubled, and He Quoted them by the
revelation of Himself.
Nothing more Is needed In all our
troubles than Himself and Els word.
That nj resurrection bodies OF nesh
and bones can be handled, and that in
them we can eat and drink, is clear
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