Arizona republican., 1917-06-10
International Sunday School Lesson for
 June 10
JESUS cRUCIFIED


 sins" l Cor. IS: 3.
 Lesson text.-Jno. 19: 16-22, 20-3O Dead 16-30. Memorize vs. 26, 2D.
 06) Then delivered he him there fore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. 0D And he bearing his (the) cross (for himself) went forth (ouD into a the) place called the place of skull, which is called in the Hebrew Col gotha: Q8) Where they crucified him, and two other (others) with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. O9) And Pilate wrote a title (also). and put in on the cross. And the writing was (there was written), Jesus of Nazareth the king of the Jews. (20) This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crLcified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek and Latin. (2D Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not the King of the Jews: but that he said I am King of the Jews. (22) >Pilate answered, What 1 have written l have written. (25) Now there stood (But there were standing) by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mothers sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas (Clopas), and Mary Mazda lene. (2s) When Jesus therefore saw his mother. and the disciple standing by. whom he loved. he said unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! CPD Then said he to the disciples, Behold thy mother. And from that hour that fthe) disciple took her unto his own home. CPS After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished (finished), that the scripture might be fulfilled (accomplished), saith, thirst (29) Now there was set a vesseI full of vinegar, and put it upon hys- sop, (so they put a sponge full of the vinegar upon hyssop), and put (brought it to his mouth. (30) When Jesus therefore had received the vim egar he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head. and gave up the ghost (his spirit.
 Time-Wednesday. April ,. A. D. 30 Place-Golgotha.
 Exposition--I. They Crucified Him, ' 1922. Pilate did not wish to cruelty Jesus. He knew He was innocent of the charges brought against Him and should go free. But rather than in cur the hatred of the Jewish author ities he yielded to their demand for His blood and became a party to the murder of the Son of God. Many a i supposedly good" man today is talk
 
 than surrender wholly to Him and pay the price of open confession of Him. What a world of meaning ir those three words, they crucified | Him" What revelation of the wick edness of the human heart and itss in tense hatred against God Rom.' 8: | D. God sent His own Son to men the perfect manifestation of His owr l infinite goodness, wisdom and love and they crucified Him" How these l awful words lay the pride of man 1T l the dust. And human nature is just 1 the same today. If Jesus were to ap- pear on earth today and live as Ht | lived before, teach as He taught be. | fore, make the same demands upoI men and upbraid the greed and op- pression and hypocrisy of civil ant ecclesiastical powers. they would cru cify Him again. Indeed many art crucifying Him today. The worlds l bitterest hate was visited not upon ; bad man, put upon the best man, thu perfect man, the God man. Thi. shows what man is at heart But what | revelation also we have here of thu love of Christ. He might have beer l sitting upon a throne, the throne O ! the universe, but instead He is hang ing upon a cross of shame and agony I W me. He leaves the throne and hang upon the cross, that we may escap, | the cross and sit upon the thron, | Gal 3: 10. 13; ? Cor 5: 21). The pair | that Jesus suffered no imagipatior can conceive. He suffered it alffor u. ! Usa. 53 S.. The physical suffering ! was not the severest agony that Jesp! bore CPS. 69: 20; Mat 27: 46) But H. does not ask our pity Gu. 23: 27. 2S | Heb. 12: 9. The crucifixion of Jesu was a part of Gods eternal purpos, of love and redemption, but that doe not lessen at all the guilt of thos' who crucified Him GAG. ?: 23). It wa an exact fulfillment of prophecy CPS 22 16; Isa. 5S: 5; Zech. F: 10). Jesui had companions in His shame ant suffering, two robbers. Seemingly they were crucified with Him to add to Hi hishonor. but really one of the gred cancellations of that hour came iron one of those two Gu. 23: 40-43). proved a wonderful privilege for tha 1 one to suffer with Christ, and it is wonderful privilege for us today t, suffer with Him (Rom s. ID.
 H. Woman, Behold Thy Son, 25-27 In those moments of supreme agon, Jesus forgets Himself and thinks O her He loved. His mother. The swor, 1 IS now piercing through her soul tLu 2: 35), and Jesus turns to her to com fort her. Up to that time He ha looked after her, now, humanly speak ing, she will need another. Her owl children are not fitted for the worS for as yet they do not believe on Jesus There is none so fit as John, the dis ciple whom Jesus loved. Jesus gives last proof of His love by committing t John His own most sacred trust. Hoy tenderly John must have carried ou that trust.
 III. Tt is finished" 2S-30. What wa finished? CD His own sufferings wer finished. From the beginning of Hi ministry the shadow of the cross dark ened the Savfor's life. We little realiz the hours of agony that there were il the life of the man of sorrows as H looked ahead to the cross upon whic He knew He must some day hang t secure salvation for you and me. Nov it was all over The dread and horror o all those years were over at last. Than God! CD The mission upon which tn Father had sent Him into this worl was finished. The Father had give Him certain work to accomplish (Jnc 5: 36.) It was His very meat to finis this work of the Father Ono. 4: 34 Now the death in which that work wa to be completed was right at the doc