Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-16
Sunday School Lesson
Bu Dr. Marian McH HrU

I bondage of Egypt they had forgotten the man
| times their iorefatherS had been in captivity
! they refused 10 recognize even now their bono
| age 10 Rome. but He pointed to their honda 2
| OF sin, and said, IF the Son therefore shal
make you free, YOU shall be free indeed
THE ANSWER
/ Here was the answer TO their question H.
| was the Fountain Of living water that sa tbs
! flies. lie vas the Light of the world, tn,
/ Light of life. He was the Jibera tor from tn,
| bondage of sin.
These eXtravagant claims for Him Z,
| make unless lie could make them good. Their,
| is in every mans heart thirst for the eterna
verittes. No doubt many people in that con
! gregutOn looked upon the ceremonies which
| they had Zen performing for the past cigh
days. and which had been repeated from yeal
To year. and recognized tat they could not b,
anything else than mere formaIities. and want
dd the realities. They wondered when the tim,
would come when IL would not be neceSSaryg (,
bring IN tier from outside of the city into
the temple Urea. but when the fountain itself
should come forth Of the house of te LORD
Jesus answered tenn ahd claimed to satisfy
every legitimate craving Of the human heart.
Furthermore, He claimed that every llegiti-
mate craving. every source of discontpntment
OF fear, and OF haste. lie would rid them of.
mat they should never thirst: but that He
would be All and in All to them. II was an
extravagant claim but He has made il good
in the heart Of every man and woman who
has PUT Him to the test. If YOU come to Him
and drink you will find that nothing salts
flies but Jesus; and that He does satisfy every
legitimate craving Of your heart.
which had guided Israel through the wilderness
was unerrng and unwsvering: and that is just
the Light that Jesus is. He is the Light OF
life. Only In Him can we know what is the
best of human life. II is only in Jesus that
We realie what the destiny Of human life is,
and IT is only we follow Jesus that we can
know how TO conduct our lives. oh, YES, we
may make mistakes, but He will overrule the
mistakes: and the general trend Of the life
that is given up TO Christ will he in the right
direction. Notice the first tso words of that
"a OF -
not mine, that OvercOmeS my weakness and
gives me strength. II is His hOpefuness which
enables me TO overcome my fear. 1t is His
calmneSS which drives away my dismay: il is
His confidence which allays my fears II Is
His attitude towards God and towards the
seen that makes life bright and sure. He is
the Light of life and the only life which can
be sure is the life which is Christ.
This life is possible to the man who fol
lows Him. Not to the one who talks about
Him reads about Him, but to the one who
Follows Him Driving in the country at night
there Is darkness all around, hut what differ
ence does that make when the headlights of
your ear brilliantly illuminate the path that
il just before you He does not promise TO
answer all the questions that might arise in
our minds, but He does promise to dlspel the
darkness so that we may know the next step
we know that shall not go wrong, but shall
walk in the path which shineth more and more
unto the perfect day. and which leads TO our
perman ent abiding place with Him.
FREE INDEED.
Tie not only quenches my thirst and lightenS
ip my path. but He delivers me from the
bondage of sin and makes me free. Some one
las said that freedom is the ability to choose
your own master. You must either serve satan
DR. God. II You not the bond servant or
Jesus Christ you are bond-servant OF the devil
You are either bound by the chains OF sin or !
Use by the love of Christ. Continuing In His
Word makes MS His disciples indeed. and then
We shall know the truth, and the truth snail |
make us free--the truth about Jesus as the
savior of the world. the truth about Jesus as
ny Redeemer. the truth about Jesus as my
life these and many others we learn as we |
,ontinue i'm His Word and become His Disciples
md dav by day find the joy OF the Tree |
lom from the power of sin which can only he
lad by Him who dwells in Christ and in whom
'hrist dwelS.
He offers Himself to you today as the One
who will quench your thirst. who will satisfy
ne deepest cravings Of your life. He offers !
Himself to you today the one who Will
ispel the darkness and give YOU the Light OF
ife lie offers Himself to you today as the
inc and the only One who can break the l
hains of sin and set you free. Will you ac-
ept Him.