Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-01-18

n1teen times In this hrSt chapter. JOnn
was witness to the Son of Man. This
term, "Son of Man.. occurs eighty
times in the gospel. The words "Come
and see," or their equivalents, occur
great invitation lesson. 1t would be
/ interesting il the scholars would tell
what the voices are which say,
Come" and those which are urging
them to stay away from God. Beth
abara was probably two miles from
the fords Of the Jordan, where John
baptized. Jesus was thirty years old,
just entering upon his ministry. IT,
berius Caesar was the emperor and
Pontius Plate the governor of Judea.
|. The Son of Man Attracts Men.
wv. 35-39) not by his ethical teachings
nor alone by his works and his charac-
ter but what he was and inspired in
others attracted men to Jesus (John 10:
4D. Crowds still gathered around the
baptiZer who changed the hearts Of
men as by a SPELL" John, the Bap-
tier, brought terror to men. He broke
through the crust of self-righteousnes
and ;n.liffaranoo and eonnallad mon
to see their need of forgiveness and
NJ q new life hut the fine had come
when Tohn must sten aside and Jesus
$40 ;ncrooean 70 baoin his ministry
-Four successive days are noticed in
this chapter. Andrew ". 40), and
donbtIess the anostla Iobn who wrote
tb;s account vora tho two disc;,,les
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t,,rae ~ 40, ,-.i.,, +ha 5',-s4sor,.
"Wnat think ye?' the first recorded
words Of his public miniet~v. This is
q gfeat TESTING question of ctely mans
lire. what is the aim and puYoosa Of
your life? Jesus. tGa KINGDOM of cod.
goodness. righteousness. usefulness or
or Che other hand seldsaness. worldli-
ure? These disciples who had listened
to this testimony of the baptizer. re-
Piled that they wanted to know where
he dwelt, implying that they would
like to talk with him and discuss the
problems which were arising in their
minds. Three steps of Christian expo
rience are here suggested. These two
disciples heard, they looked and they
followed. Other steps must come
shortly, but we must first look at Jesus
as the Lamb, if we are to follow him
as our example. We must believe
What he has done (Rom. 3:25) before
we can ask what would Jesus do or
Try to initiate him. 1t is by following
that we demonstrate that we have real
ly looked unto him and been saved.
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with aesns before he attained to those
possibilities. II is this passage which
gave rise ~ n orranization of the
BroJacthood 81. Andrew which has
aG6M .pule Of PRAYER"
tI .ais, aver for fl,o enraad az
glrisf's lzine6an amope Young men,
scnan5 "rlc nale Of Service" rs
nal.e an earnest effort saca vesl, ia
brsag Oh ast one gcqnr man vttbi1
the hearing Of tbe oosnel of Taq4s
Cla al Tho .4aw 7szng would
20 forth I'd. Galilee. that lis 10 4be Faef
side, across t1e Jordan river. ana "a
the way he found Philip. II vas philip
who as5ed the question, "show ne The
Father" and Of whom the question