The Dolores star., 1917-03-16
LESSON FOR MARCH 10
JESUS SAVES FROM SIN.


shall make you free. we shall be free ia
deed--John s:36.
Teachers should sketch rapidly In
chronological way the events In the lie
Of our Lord. (See any good harmony
and show that this lesson belongs 10
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 our guns with temperance am
munition, be familiar with facts, take
careful aim: concentrate all we have
to soy upon one definite aim, and then
pull the trigger e. g. be sure to shoot
n Temperance charge and make tenn
perance application.
!. The Slavery to Sin. Jesus previ-
GUS references to water (Chs. 4 and .
and to bread (ch. o. were occasiOned
by outward occurrences; SO with this
20) near 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: Il
am the light of the world" What Is
more beneficent than light us 1t re-
veals. cheers and brings life, health
and happiness to mankind? Without
light there Is no vision. Without Jesus
there Is no spiritual wisdom. Without
light we know not whittier we are 60
Ing. Without Jesus ave 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 II John 1 :15). Some think
that these words were Occasioned by
the onloOkers, seeing what Jesus had
written In the sand (vv. Lily. The
first step in the slavery of sin is blind
ness; the second Is habit; and the
third Is that of absolute slavery prov.
8 10y. Jesus was the incarnation of
the Hight Of God. We cannot con-
eeive Of Jesus making such an asser-
ton as this, and being merely good
man. 49,.
%. The Possibility Of Freedom wv.
31-36.) These words were spoken to
those which had believed on him." and
as the result they were to know the
truth, and the truth should make them
free. knowledge and liberty come from
a continuance (abIding) in the word of
God (JOhn ID rs; 16 :12-13). Many men
reject Jesus Christ because they claim
they wish to have their liberty, and by
SO 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 ac-'
cepting him rs Lord and teacher The
scholars are all the disciples who con-
tinue under his instruction. The OBJ
ject of the schooling is to make per-
feet men, "unto the measure of the
stature of the fulness of Christi (Eph.
%; Col. 4:12). Christ's school is not
only In the church and in the Sunday.
school and Young Peoples society, but
1t is everywhere, in the home, in the
office, at work and play; wherever one
Is trying truly to live according to
Christ's will, he is In his school, and
that school is open both day and night
there are no vacations and no recesses.
The text book Is the Book Of books.
We need not argue rs to the, necessity
OF sin, but realize the fast that all are
under sin (Rom, 5:123, but being I'M
der sin does not necessitate our abid-
Ing there, nor Is sin necessary to our
being. This freedom here is from sin
and the love {, sin and the curse and
the penalty of sin and the bondage and
eorroding care Of s.l. 1t Is also mental
freedom, freedom for Christian nc
tivity. A knowledge of the English
Bible is liberal education, md brings
true liberty to those who are thus edu-
Gated. As contrasted to that we have
the slavery Of sin (vv. "a, 3s). The
drunkard Is slave because he Is re-
strained from doing what he knows he
ought to do. He cannot even do wrong
freely for his conscience constantly up
oraids him. He is slave beealse he
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