The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-09
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson IL.--First Quarter, For
Jan. II, 1914
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

Text Of the Lesson, Luke x, 1-16-Mem%
cry Verses, I, 2-csoIden Text, Luke
x, 2-~cemmentary by Rev. %. MI
Stearns.
The sending forth of the twelve Is re-
corded In Matt x, Mark vi and Luke
IL. The sending Of the seventy Ia told
only in our lesson chapter. Both
companies were sent by two and two,
rs lambs among wolves, and they were
to preach the kingdom of God and
heal the sick oversees 1, 8, o; TX, 2;
Mark vi, Z; Matt. x, 7, 8. 49,. The rea-
son given in each case for sending
them is the same-harvest great, Lahore
ers few. The command to pray is also
the same, Pray ye therefore the
Lord Of the harvest that He would
send forth laborers into His harvest
Verse 2; Matt. tx, 36-38). -
Matthew says that he saw the multi
tudes as sheep having no shepherd
and He was moved with compassion
on them. Believers are expected to
have the mind Of Christ. to manifest
the life Of Jesus. to be a willing and
obedient people, to live to give the
Gospel to every creature, but where
Is the compassion of Jesus for the
shepherdless multitudes seen, and how
many are willing to be sheep in the
midst Of wolves, hated by the world
for His sake John XIV, 10, 19l.
The twelve were not to go to gentiles
or Samaritans, but only to the lost
sheep OF the house Of Israel; the seven
ty were to go before His face into
every city and place whittier He him
self would come, but since His resur-
rection the command is to go into all
the world (Afatt. x. s, 6; Luke x, /;
Mark xvi, 49,. After they were told
to pray the Lord to send forth laborers
they were told to go themselves (verse
b, and we cannot honestly ask the
Lord to send others unless we are
ready to say, Here am I; send me-
(Tsa. vi, s..
Isaiah saw the Lord upon a throne
and heard the voice of the Lord; he
had the assurance of ~iniquity taken
away and sin purged; he saw in vision
the earth full OF His glory, and when
the triune God said "Whom shall +
send, and who will go for usY" he was
ready to reply, Behold me; send me-"
1t was the vision Of the glory Of the
Lord that constrained Isaiah. It was
seeing and hearing the risen Christ
when on his way to Damascus that
changed Saul of Tarsus from a per-
secutor and murderer to a most de-
voted follower of Jesus Of Nazareth
and made him blind and deaf to all
but Jesus for tho rest Of his life CActs
xxi, 6, III. The Lord Jesus said to
him, Il send thee to open their eyes. to
turn from darkness to light, from the
power Of Satan unto God, that they
may receive forgiveness Of sins and
Inheritance" (Acts XVI. II, 49,.
One Of the great words in our les
o is, Behold, I send you forth
(verse 81. He chose the twelve that
they might be with Him and that He
might send them forth Mark ILL, IA. r
To Gideon He said: Go in this thy
might. " " Have not I sent thee?"
(Judg. vi, 14.) Over thirty times in the
gospel by John He speaks of Himself
as sent by the Father, and after the
resurrection He said to the Apostles,
"As my Father hath sent me, even so Z
send I you" John Xxx, Ply. +
When we go in His name, with His
message, sent by Him, we may always
60 with quietness and confidence.
When on His business we need have
no anxiety about the wherewithal, for
He will surely see to 1t. =
He said to the twelve: "When I sent
you without purse and scrip and
shoes. lacked ye anything? And they
said nothing" duke xxi, 35). We are
to go preaching peace by Jesus Christ,
the peace that He made by the blood
Of His cross (CoI. i, 2O). We are to
rejoice in His presence with us. and
that He is In US, and considers all
treatment Of us, good or bad, as done
to Himself and to the Father who sent
Him Verse 16). AS the responsibility
OF those who heard the twelve and the
seventy was greater than the respon-
sibility of the people Of Sodom and
Tyre and Sidon, so their Judgment
would be heavier. What about those
who today hear and do not heed? Con-
slider II Thess. 1, 10.
The seventy went forth as command
ed and returned with a good report,
saying that even demons were sub
ject to His name. His remark con-
earning Satan Ya IUn from hnavpn Droh-
ably points on to Rev. XII. 8, 10.
How wonderful His words, power
over all the power Of the enemy, and
nothing shall by any means hurt you
(verse 19). What do we know Of it In
our experience? He does not say that
we shall not suffer; He says plainly
that we shall John xvi, 33). 1t may
be In some form or other, the fiery
furnace or the lions den, but no hurt
was found upon either Of those four
because Of their faith in God (Dan.
ILL, %; vi, 23).
Note well, the greatest cause OF re-
joicing, names written In heaven, and
compare with verse 20, Phil. iy, 8, and
consider the awful fate Of all whose
names are not in the book Of life ac-
cording to Rev. XXX. Is. If only We
truly receive the Lord Jesus, putting
all our trust as sinners In His precious
blood shed for us, we may rest In the
assurance that according to His word