The Dermott news., 1917-01-18

follow me.-John 1:43.
The words II see" or behold" occur
fifteen times in this first chapter. John
was a 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
nine times in this lesson. This is
great invitation lesson. It would be
interesting if 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 VAS thirty years Ole,
just entering upon his ministry. FL
terius Caesar was the emperor and
PoutiAs plate the governor of Judea.
|. Tie Son of Man Attracts Men.
tvH $500 net ~ his ethical teachings
nor atoue by his works and his charac-
ter but what he waS and inspired in
others attracted men to Jesus (Johu 10:
10. Crowds still gathered around the
hantizer who changed the hearts of
men rs by a spell. John, the Bap-
tier brought terror 10 men. He broke
,hr.szrh tho crust of selfriehteopsnes
and Indifference. and coapelled men
10 see their need of forgiveness and
of - new life. but the time had come
whom fah4 must step aside and Jesus
80 ii4araas4" - heqia his ministry.
Forr successive DAYS are noticed in
fIF. ,bantrr Andrew y. 40l and
doubtless the anostIe John who wrote
this account we're the two dtsciples
II 2a - whom Johu The Raptizer
s4r..f-s Il il fn+aresttne IN note the
aIaareat kinds of men who were ar
fracted ~ .Ie~u4 m, AGGRESSIVE Peter.
tt4a reflective Tbo.aS the pr3ctical
Iuses lie had what ths souls Of
,F.o needed md +bev followed him.
Aware of fbr{r questioning. Jesus
turns 10 Hem with the question:
w hat think Ne& the first recorded
words of his public ministry. This Is
great testing question OF every mans
life What Is the aim and purpose Of
your life? Jesus. the kingdom Of God.
goodness. righteousness, usefulness or
on the other hand SeltiShneSS, Worldli-
ness, success. ambition, money, pleas
TIRE? These disciples who had listened
70 this testimony of the baptizer. re-
piled that they wanted to know where
he dWeIt implying that they would
Hike To talk with him and discuss the
problems which were arising III their
minds. Three steps of Christian expe-
rieuce are here suggested. These two
disciples heard, they looked and they
followed. Other steps must come
shortly, but we must hrst look AT jesus
as the Lamb, II we are TO follow him
as our example. We must beileVe
what he has done (Rom. 3:25) before
We can ask what would Jesus do or
try To initiate him. II is by following
that we demonstrate that we have real
ly looked unto him and been saved.
II. The Son of Man Cares for His
Own. wv. 39-42). The instruction
which they received from abiding with
him imDelled them. ms we have already
indicated TO 90 out and spread the
good news. The greatest act in the
life of Andrew was the bringing of his
4 ETuf her Peter 10 Jesus. Jesus Cn1ngeU
Peters name. and gave him a proph-
eey Of his future life and career. He
saw the possibilities within him,
though it took much instruction. bitter
experiences. prayer and long abiding
With Jesus before he attained to those
possibilities. 1t is this passage which
gave rise to the organization of the
brotherhood of St Andrew, which has
adopted, first, the Rule of Prayer
that ef daily prayer for the spread of
Chrst's kingdom. among young men
second. "The Rule of Service" to
make an earnest effort each week to
bring at least one young man within
the hearing of the gospel Of Jesus
Christ. o. the morrow Jesus would
90 forth to Galilee that is to the East