Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-18
It he S w m d daY
School LESSON
Ey Ben Newsome

lesson. March %. quarterly review.
Ihe summing up of all our lessons
Tor the quarter beginning with the
new year is found in the fourteenth
chapter of John, where Jesus makes
the triple announcement of his pro-
vision for the future welfare of his
own. OF the oneness OF divinity, and
OF the concentration of all the hope
of the race in himself We began
with the contemplation of that life
which was and is the light of tho
world and without which all is dark.
ness-the darkness of superstition
and the despair of agnostiCism. John
the Baptist endorsed him as "the lamb
of God, that taketh away the sin OF
the world" The first requisite of
him who would serve Jesus. now as
ever, is TO follow him. If we love the
Lord, we Will have respect for the
sanctity of his house of worship and
let II remain n house of prayer" But
there would have been no Messiah
and no salvation for world stepped
in sin had not God to loved the
world that he made a voluntary sac
ritice of his only son To pay the pen
atty Of the law and let man go free
And this Jesus was no respecter of
divisions made by human rule; he
came to save sinners. whether they
be jew or Samaritan or Gentle, white
or black or yellow. He gives his
blessings to those who believe, and in
proportion as we believe so are we
blessed. There is no power in human
skin to heal the lifelong sufferer, but
Jesus healed them. just as he offers
healing to the sin-sick soul. He fed
five thousand with "a pitifully made
quate supply. because he is master OF
the material as we'll as the spiritual
world; but the wonderful thing Is the
way he provides sustenance for those
who trust in him, even to the matter
of-fact mind there appears to be as
little chance as did the loaves and
fishes. Most blessed of all, He feeds
us with the bread of life. that bread
of which shall a man eat he never
more hunEers; but most OF us iall 10
get our spiritual sustenance because
of our own stubbornness or neglect.
Last. but by no means least, he gives
us freedom-freedom from the pen
atty of sin, freedom from the doml-
nance of evil, freedom from the ty-
ranny of a distorted imagination.
Then. in this lesson, he tells us that
he has gone to prepare place Tor us
and will come again and take us unto
himself that where | am there ye
may be also" We argue a great deal
about what heaven Is like; whether IL
is a location where God and his an
gels and the redeemed shall dwell In
eternity-a sort of headquarters OF
the universe-or whether II is all
reference to the New Jerusalem, that
holy city which is to come down 10
earth from heaven and where the
saints shall dwell and Christ shall be
their king. Many things are told us
in revelation that we do not clearly
understand and give room for argu
ment and difference of opinion. But
what is all this discussion worth? VIII
we be any better servants of the MOST
High because we have theoriZed TO
our satisfaction on mooted detaus ol
the promised glory? God FORBID that
we should find excuse for dissenslon
and division over such non-essential
topics Jesus says that where | am
there We may be also" Is not that
heaven enough? Does the question
of geographical location. should m
finity permit Of such paradox, az
feet the degree OF the happiness
which the redeemed will enjoy IN tne
presence Of their Savior? NO; let !.
be enough that we shall dweii WIN
Him thruout time without ehu' anu
that will be heaven enough