The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-03-15
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SUNl(lzZYSCL1O0L
LESSON
By p. o. SELLERS, Acting Director of
Sunday School Course of Moody Bible
institute.)
Copyright. 1917 Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR MARCH 18
JESUS SAVES FROM SIN.

Wcad entire chapter.
GOLDEN TIGXT-If the Son therefore
shall make you free. ye shall be free In
deed.-John 1886.
Teachers should sketch rapidly In a
chronological way the events In the life
of our Lord. (Sce any good harmony
and show that this lesson belongs to
the period of the Gulilean ministry OF
Jesus when he had gone up to Jerusa-
lem to attend the feast Of the tnber-
nacle Uohn 7:1-52). Let us be sure
to load our guns with temperance am
mLnton, be familiar With facts, take
careful aim, concentrate Ill we have
to say upon one definite aim, and then
pull the trigger e. Z. be St,re to shoot
temperance charge and make tenn
Dernnce application.
]. The Slavery to Sin. Jesus previ-
Gus references to water (Chs. 4 and y
and to bread (ch. g. were accustomed
by outward occurrences 50 with this
reference to light. In the treasury ".
2O) near to Jesus as he spakc were two
colossal golden lump stands around
which when lighted the people gath
cred with rejoicing. Amid the blaze Of
this illumination, Jesus cXclaimS: 81
am the light of the world" What is
more beneticent than light MS it re-
vcals, cheers and brings life, health
and happiness to mankind? Without
light there 10 no vision. Without Jesus
there is no spiritual wisdom. Without
light we know not whittier we are go
ing. Without Jesus we gropc 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 (I John :15). Some think
that these words were Occasioned by
the onlookers. seeing what Jesus had
written In the sand wv. 1-1D. The
first step In the slavery Of sin is blind
ness; the second is habit; and the
third is that Of absolute slavery (Prov.
:l2)a Jesus was the incarnation of
the light Of God. We cannot con
ceive of Jesus making such an asser-
ton as this and being merely good
man.
~. The Possibility Of Freedom wv.
1850 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 (nbiding) in the word of
/ God (John 1876; 16 6:12-13). 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 learner; Jesus is the teacher
the entrance examinations to the
school Of Christ are the simple and
ccpting him rs Lord and tcnchcr. The
scholars are all the disciples who con
tinuc under his Instruction. The OBJ
lcct OF the schooling is To make per
rect men, unto the measure of fhr
stature OF the fulncSS of Christ" N!ph,
:22; Col. -i:12). Christ's school is no,
only In the church and in the Sunday
school and Young Peoples society, but
It is everywhere in the home, i'm the
ONCE, at work and play; wherever one
IS trying truly to live according to
ChristS will, he is i'm his school, and
that school Is open both dny and night
thpre are no vacations and no rccrSscS.
The text book is the Book of books
we h'rh not argue rs to the necessity
Of sin, but realize the fact that ali are
under sin (Rom, 5:12), bu, being un-
der sin does not nrccSSitatc our nbid.
ing there, nor Is sin necessary to our
being. This freedom here is from sin
and the love of sin and the curse and
the penalty OF sin and the bondage md
corrodlnB care Of sin. 1t is also mental
freedom, freedom for Christian nc-
tivity. A knowledge Of the English
Bible is liberal education, ana brings
true liberty to those who are thus cdu-
Gated. AS contrnStcd to that we have
the slavery of sin wv. 81. :,G). The
drunknrd 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
braidS him. He Is a slave because he
is compelled to bear the consequences
or sin against his will. The way of
escape (v. 3G) is through the son: "If
the son therefore shall make YOU free,
We shall be free indeed" :.
Ill. The Authority (vv. Sc, 58). The
Jews took exception to the words of
Jesus cH-5N. When did Abraham see
Jesus? Read the 18th and 10th chapters
or Genesis, and we find that one of The
three who visited Abraham was differ
ent from the other two. and remained
behind while two went on to SOdOm
Inc one who remained was the Lord
Sus, Jehovah appearing in human
~ before his later incarnation as
IS Of Nazareth.