The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-26
LESSON FOR JANUARY %
REVERENCE OF JESUS FOR HIS
FOLLOWERS HOUSE.

GOLDEN TEXT-My house shall be
called a hous of prayer.-Matt. 21:13.
Skipping the details of ~genealogy,
birth and boyhood, John plunges into
the work and ministry of our Lord.
Our previous lessons have taken up
the matter of his eternal GOdhead, the
word made flesh, the witness of John,
Jesus and John the Baptist, his first
disciples and the wedding at Capaan.
I Some of these events have been skipped
over without much consideration, yet
| the teacher should review them briefly.
The wedding at Canaan probably oc-
Cured in March, A. d. q, and the
events of this lesson in April of the
| Passover week of that year, both
| events occurring early in the first year
of the ministry of our Lord. Jesus
went to the wedding for he had many
things to teach by means Of it. The
| story is familiar, and yet God is per-
forming the same miracle every year
except by somewhat slower process.
John lays strong emphasis upon the
signs which Jesus performed as evil
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allegory. 1t also throws light upon
Jesus relation to the home.
1. Jesus Applies the Word of God
wv. 12-17). AS the "Son of the Law"
Jesus observed all of its requirements
and therefore went to the Passover
(Deut. 1 SIG; Luke PAD. We would
suggest the reading of EderSheim's
"Life of Christ at this point, especial
ly his description of the feast. Jesus
found much of interest, and also saw
that which filled his spirit with indig-
nation as he entered the temple ".
14). Great numbers of oxen and sheep
and doves were required for the Sacri-
fees. Every family must bring for
sacrifice "a lamb, the sacrifices being
lain in the inner court near the great
altar. Those living nearer the city
could bring their own sacrifices, but !.
those who came from far distant points
found it more convenient to purchase
their sacrifices nearer the temple. Thus
a business had grown up within the
courts, which gave rise to an immense
amount of cOvetOuSneSS and selfish
The yearly tax due from every
Jew could not be received except in
the native coin; hence the money
changers within the courts. The re
suit was that the temple had become a
''den of thieves" Mark HID. This
had undermined the power of religion,
and turned men away from the truth.
This place, made to. be a house of
prayer DER. I'll; lisa. 56:7) had be-
q vanity fair; u show, and the
rery object of the temple was sacri-
iced to the greed of gain. The de-
often made in our day, of buy
ng and selling in the house of God
hat it has to do with the cause of
Worship will not bear scrutiny in the
light of this passage. Into these r.
'oundings this young reformer enters,
md places his finger upon the heart
# the, matter when he quotes the scrip
ure. The reason of his action was
What the scripture said about the
louse of God. Present day followers
f Jesus can learn a lesson from these
yordS.
II. Jesus FuIfiIIs the Word Of God
1922. Jesus spake as one hav-
ne authority, and these merchants
new they were in the wrong. He EN-
odied in himself, as prophet, the
loral sentiment of the nation, and ex-
rted his authority. 1t ~lookedSlike high