The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-03-15
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LESSON
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Hunday School Course OF Moody Bible
.Copyrlght. 1917, Western Newspaper ,union.)
LESSON FOR MARCH 10
JESUS SAVES r SIN.

LESSON ~TEXT-John SIP. s1-s7. 5s-5S
Tread entire ~chapter).
GOLDEN TEXT-If the Son therefore
shall make you free, ye shall be free in
deed.-John S:36.
Teachers should Sketch rapidly in a
chronological way the events In the life
Oh u Lord, (See any good harmony
and show that this lesson belongs to
the period Of the Galilean ministry Of
Jesus when he had gone up to Jerusa-
lem to attend the feast Of the taber-
nacle (John 1852. Let us be sure
TO load our guns with temperance am
munition, be familiar with facts, take
careful aim, concentrate all we have
to say upon n definite aim, and then
pun the trigger e. 6. be sure to shoot
q temperance charge and make a tenn
perance application.
J.. The Slavery to Sin. Jesus previ-
Gus references to water (Chs. A and y
and to bread (ch. o. we're accustomed
by outward occurrences; so with this
reference to light. In the treasury ".
2O) near to Jesus as he spake were two
colossal, golden lamp stands around
which when lighted the people gath
cred with rejoicing. Amid the blaze Of
this illumination, Jesus exclaims: 81
am the light Of the world" What is
more beneficent than light as II re-
veals, cheers and brings life, health
and happiness to mankind? Without
light there Is no vision. Without Jesus
there Is no spiritual wisdom. Without
light we know not whittier we are GO
Ing. Without Jesus we grope in the
darkness. Every ray Of light, Of truth,
OF holiness and love comes from him,
Tor God Is light, and In him Is no dark
ness at all Il John 1 :15). Some think
that these words were occasioned by
the onlookers, seeing what Jesus had
written In the sand wv. lily. The
nrst step In the slavery of sin Is blind
ness; the second Is habit; and the
third Is that Of absolute slavery prov.
o:22). 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 n good
mar. His is a light, not of n single ma
tion nor Of a particular church or Sec
ton Of the world. Being the light, 1t
necessarily follows that everyone who
follows him shall not walk in dark
ness" He enables us to see clearly
the dividing line between the two ways
of life. He clarifies our vision so that
we make our choices knowingly.
u. The Possibility Of Freedom wv.
31-38.) These words were spoken to
those which had believed on him." and
rs the result they were to know the
truth, and the truth should make them
free. knowledge and liberty come from
a continuance (abldlng) in the word Of
God John 14:15; 10 :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 a learner; Jesus Is the teacher;
the entrance examinations to the
school OF Christ are the simple and
necessary condition of believing or ac-
cepting him as Lord and teacher. The
scholars are all the disciples who con-
tinue under his instruction. The OBJ
1ect of the schooling is to make per-
feet men, unto the measure Of the
stature of the fulness Of Christ" (Eph.
4 :22; Col. 4:12). Christ's school is not
only In the church and In the Sunday
school and Young Peoples society, but
It Is everywhere, In the home, In the
office, at work and play; wherever n
Is trying truly to live according to
Chrlst's will, he is in his school, and
hat school is open both day and night;
here are no vacations and no recesses.
The text book Is the Book Of books.
We need not argue as to the necessity
IF sin, but realize the fact that all are
inder sin (Rom, Shy, but being I'M
Ter sin does not necessitate our abid-
ng there, nor Is sin necessary to our
icing. This freedom here is from sin
the love of sin and the curse and
he penalty Of sin and the bondage and
'orroding care of sin. II Is also mental
freedom, freedom for Christian ac-
ivity. A knowledge Of the English
'ible Is n liberal education, and brings
rue liberty to those who are thus edu-
ated. AS contrasted to that we have
slavery Of sin NV. "a, 36). The
.runkard Is a slave because he Is re-
from doing what he knows he
ught to do. He cannot even do wrong
RELY for his conscience constantly up /;
raids him. He Is n slave because he ,
compelled to bear the consequences !
{ sin against his will. The way Of
scape ". 1867 Is through the son: IF
son therefore shall make you free,
@ shall be free indeed" Any other
'eedom than the freedom granted by
grace of God Is temporary, and has q
0 assurance Of permanence whatever
ven In this life, and certainly not in
he life which Is to come. The way n
: escape is, first, belief on the Lord
esus Christ ". 81 /; second, continu-
ice In his word ". 31) third, abld-
In his teaching ". 31) +; fourth, re- o
living the knowledge which he alone e.
IN give ". 32). This brings pardon; :
eedom from punishment. To con-
nue. In his word brings freedom from
e past and the burdens of the pres
It. His gospel brings freedom from !.
n and the tyranny Of habit. To :
'ast of heredlty or to attempt to full y
the rigors of the law Is not free ~
for the only true freedom is the "
eedom which we have in Christ q
sus. When he sets us free, we are n
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