Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
International Sunday School Lesson for
 Feb. 4
JESUS THE SAVIOR
 OF THE WORLD

Golden Text.-"For God so loved the | world. that he gave his only begotten | son. that whosoeVer believeth in him, | shcnld not perish, but have everlasting | life" Jno. 3:16
 Lesson Text.-Jno. 3:5-17. CRead |
 3:1-2I Memorize vs. ,. 6.)
 CD Jesus answered. Verify. verify, I i say unto thee, expect q man be born l
 of water and of the spirit (Spirit), he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
 co That which is born of the flesh is
 flesh. and that which is born of the spirit (Spirib is spirit CD Marvel not that l said unto thee. Ye must be born again tanoW). (S) The wind
 lowed where # listeth, and thou 1 nearest ,he sound (voce) thereof. but | canst not tell OInowest noO whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: So is
 every one that is born of the Spirit | t9) Nicodemus answered. and said unto him. How can these things be- 1 Art thou master (the teacher) Of | Ishacl. and knowest not these things? GID Verify. VerilY. I say unto thee. we speak that we do know. and testify 1 tbear witness of that we have seen. and ye receive not our witness. 12) ! If l have told you earthly things. and ye believe not. how shall ye believe if ! l tell you of heavenly things? G3) ! 1 Gnto) heaven, but he that came down l (desconded out of) heaven, even the 1 Soon of man which is in heaven. t14) Ard as Moses lifted up the serpent in | the wilderness. even so must the Son of man be lifted up; G5) that who-
 soever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life (believeth may in him nave eternal life). 06) 1 For God loved the world. that he gave ! os,1t- ka-n4fos, ha yrh l iselieveth iE (on) him. should not per
 ish. but have everlasting (eternaD life. | GO For God sent not his (the) Son | into the world to condemn (judge) the world through him might (should) be
 saved
 Time-April, A. D. 2. Place l Jerusalem.
 Exposition.-I Ye must be born
 again. SIS. The great majority of
 Jesus disciples came from the com
 mon people q Cor. 1:26). Few indeed
 same from the Pharisees or rulers | (Jno. 7:48. But this lesson shows us one who was 9 ruler" a "PhariSee,
 a teacher and a member of the | Sanhedrin. wLo came to Jesus. Ye- must be born again sums up what Jesus had to say to this earnest in- | quirer. IL sums up also all the condi- ! tiors Of blessedness for time and for ! on the must The necessity of
 new birth from above" is imperative
 and absolute. Nothing will take the 1 place of the new birth Reformation, l prayer. bible study, morality, aims giving, baptism. church membership all have their value. but none of them
 nor all of them together, will take l the place of the new birth. If a man | has not this he can neither center into" nor see" the kingdom of God. There are absolutely no exceptions to
 this law of the Kingdom, except
 man be born from above, he cannot
 see the kingdom of God (v. 3. It matters not how good percentage ! man has, that which is born of the i flesh is flesh and only that which is i form of the Spirit is spirit" If any
 man could do without the new birth.
 nicodemus was the man. He was
 moral. religious. sincere. but Jesus
 looked him in the eye and said, You
 must be born again. The instrument : through which the new birth is effec ted is the Word of God q Pet. :23; , Jas 1:18; Jno 15:3) The author of { the new birth is the Holy Spirit (v. ,; i Tit 3. Many think that the water ! of V. is the word" by which men are born again as the Spirit is the one by whom men are born again. 1 Water is a symbol of the Word (Eph.
 !: 26; comp Jno 153; Ps. l19:0. | Those who bopect to this interpreta- 1 ton ask: If Jesus meant the word,
 why did He not say so right out with
 ont using figure, just as He said l "the Spirit?' Tr- which it is renled that the words "the Spirit are them-
 selves a figure, and the passage liter ally translated would be: Except any one be born of water and wind,' and as the wind by universal consent re- fers to the one factor Tn regeneration. the Spirit" so the water manifestly