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LESSON FOR MARCH 10
JESUS SAVES FROM SIM

LESSON TExT-John SIP, 31-37, 56-5
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GOLDEN TEXT-If the Son therefor
shall make you free, we shall be free in
deed.-John 1886.
Teachers should sketch rapidly I'm
chronological way the events in the lif,
of our Lord, (See any good harmony,
and show that this lesson belongs to
the period Of the Galilean ministry Of
Jesus when he had gone up, to- Jerusa.
lem to attend the feast of the. taber
nacle (John 7:1-52). Let us be sure
to load u guns with temperance. am,
munition, be familiar with facts, take
careful aim, concentrate all we have
to say upon one definite aim,. and. then
pull the trigger e. g. be sure to shoot
a temperance charge and make a tenn
perance application.
l. The Slavery to Sin. Jesus previ-
III references to water (Chs. 4 and y
and to bread (ch. g. were occasioned
by outward occurrences so with this
reference to light. Ir. the treasury ".
2O) les to Jesus as he spake were two
colossal, golden lamp stands around
which when lighted the people gath
cred with rejoicing. Amid the blaze of
this illumination, Jesus eXclaims: 81
am the light of the world" What is
more beneficent than light as it. re-
veals, cheers and brings life, health
and happiness to mankind? Without
light there is no vision. Without Jesus
there is nc spiritual wisdom. Without
light we know not whittier we are 60
ing. Without Jesus we grope in the
darkness. Every ray of light. of truth,
of holiness and love comes, from him,
for God is light, and in him is no dark
ness at all Il John 1:15). Some think
that these words We're ocoasioned by
the Onlookers, seeing what Jesus had
written in the sand (vw.. LID. The
first step in the slavery of sin is blind
ness; the second is habit; and the
third Is that of absolute slavery prov.
5:22). Jesus vas the incarnation of
the light of God. We cannot con-
ceive of Jesus making such an asser-
ton as this, and being merely a good
man.
i- u Oooi0iitly IL TlCCOOiu \fN-
S1-36.) These words were spoken to.
"those which had believed on him." and
as the result they We're to know the
truth, and the truth should. make them
free. knowledge and liberty come from
Il continuance (abiding) in the word of
God (John IA rs; 16:12-13). Many men
Jesus Christ because they claim
they wish to have their liberty, and by
doing they lose their liberty. A dis
ciple is a learner; Jesus is the teacher;
the entrance examinations to the
school of Christ are the simple and
necessary condition of believing or ae-
cepting him as Lord and teacher. The
sinue under his instruction. The OBJ
ject of the schooling is to make per-
feet men, unto the measure of the
of the fulness of Christ" (Eph.
4 ID; Col. 4 :12). Christ's school is not
only in the church and in the Sunday
school and Young Peoples society, but
it is everywhere, in the home, in the
office, at work and play; wherever one
is trying truly to live according to
.hrist'S will, he is in his school, and
that school is open both day and night
here are no vacations and no recesses.
The text book is the Book of books.
We need not argue is to the necessity
IF sin, but realize the fact that all are
Under sin (Rom, 5:12), but being I'M
Ter sin does not necesSitate Our abid-
ng there, nor is sin necessary to our
leing. This freedom here is from sin
Ind the love of sin and the curse and
he penalty of sin and the bondage and
,orrOding care Of sin. 1t is also mental
freedom, freedom for Christian &C.
ivity. A knowledge of the English
Bible is a liberal education, and brings
u liberty to those who are thus edu.
'ated. AS cOntrasted to that we have
be slavery of sin wv. "a, 36). The
Grained from doing what he knows he .
to do. He cannot even de-wrong .
RELY for his conscience constantly up .
him. He is a slave because he !
S compelled to bear the consequences 7.
# sin against his will. The way of .
SCdpc w. OO/ 10 tlilOuSh lliC sui. IL =
he son therefore shall make you free, !.
shall be free indeed" F.
III. The Authority wv. 56, 58). The !
'ews took exception to the words of .
esus (33-55). When did Abraham see !.
esus? Read the 18th and 10Th chapters i.
f Genesis, and we find that one of the i.
who visited Abraham was differ !
Mt from the other two, and remained I
ehind while two went on to Sodom. !
he one who remained was the Lord I
esus, Jehovah appearing in human
orm before his later incarnation as !
esus of Nazareth. !
II AM. is the name of Jehovah. !
esus here takes that name to himself. I!
was a time when Abraham came 1
be or was ". 58), but there was !
time when our Lord eyer came to !.
e for he is the eternal 81 AM Being I
hus one with God, he has the power !
, set men free. I
We have in this chapter the picture !.
hitch Jesus draws Of the character of I