The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-03

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This lesson Is really continuation
or the latter part Of the lesson of last
week, for the glory Of Jesus is his un.
selfishness whereby he wrought out re-
demption for mankind.
!. selflshness Amid Holy Surround.
ings wv. 1-1). The world does not
appreciate Jesus. 1t never has. "His
own" the Jews, did not appreciate
MIN. We are considering him today
as he was about to depart from the
world that had despised and rejected
MN to one that appreciated him QIeb.
l-6). The development. Verse .
tells OF the Satanic suggestion that
came to the heart Of Judas. In II was
personal desire, and, connected with It.,
human conspiracy. The coming to
thls upper room has been pointed out
Dy man bearing pitcher (Alk.
lf:l2-l6), the pitcher being suggestive
OF the Holy Spirit which was about 70
come In the place of the visible Christ
ana 1t Is In the midst of such sacred
surroundings as this that Satan enters
tle hearts of students. This Is II sug.
gestion as to the power of environment.
environment Is an aid, but II does not
produce effective safety. No moment
IL TOO holy for Satanic suggestion.
Jesus knew that the hour was come
when he was to depart out of the
world. Having loved his own. he
loved them to the end" Even though
tpe Father had given all things into
his hands, still 1t was necessary for
nm TO teach the disciples once more
ana finally, the lesson of humility. He
knew and remembered the strife
am 'ng the disciples (Luke 22:2ioS).
Doclh Bonard's famous dream, analy2.
Ing a as being made up of ambl.
ton, lie and elements other than
the love - God is worthy of consld.
Grafton In his connection. We need
TO realize t1N danger Of selflshness
even In our ser,lce for God. Have we
examined our motives? II the con.
sequences of our superiority, either Of
rank or ability, tempts us to shlrk the
lowliest Of services, II Is time for
Gods children to recall this scene. and
remember that "the servant is not
greater than his Lord" Peters strong
protest ". 81 brings out the fact that
the washing by Christ of the dis.
ciples' feet was deeper than
merely the outward application
or water (See Rom. 500. II also
brought out the fact ". 10Y that Jesus
knew that all present were not clean
inwardly though he may have made
the application outwardly, for he knew
who should betray him ". ~. There.
fore. said he, aye are not all clean"
Christ, himself, had conilded the
knowledge to John especially MS to the
one who was about to betray him (See
John 13:22-3O.
". Service, the Evidence of Divine
Humility wv. 12-15). Q) This service
was tender, Jesus had all things ".
81, yet he became the servant Of ALL
2) II was for all. All needed wash.
Ing. All the disciples needed to learn,
and all servants must learn, to obey.
(3) 1t signliied sanctlficaton. We are
saved once for all, but we are con-
stnntly being stained by our contact
with sin In the world; hence the need
OF renewed cleansing. New light re-
veals new need of cleansing. (4) II
signified deity. Jesus read the thoughts
OF his disciples. He became their serv-
ant that In years to come they might
know the meaning of service. He be-
came their example, and in years to
come they remembered his knowledge
and service. (6) 1t was for "hls own"
The disciples did not know what II
was he had done to them. Little do
we understand Oftentimes what II Is
the Lord has done to us. Jesus set
them an example whereby he would
remove the dirt of crime, self-seeking
and every manifestation of selhShncsS
from their sin-stainsl souls. We may
call Jesus Lord and Master, and ii Is
well that we do so, for Master and
Lord he Is indeed, but, II we call him
so, let us not do aught than make him
In our lives what we call him with our
lips. The idea here emphasized has
given rise to much religious literature.
"The Imitation of Christ" by Thomas
attempts Is the most popular book in
the world next to the Bible. No mod
ern book has had the sale that has
Sheldon's "In His Steps" William
Stead wrote. "If Jesus Christ Came to
Chicago" Still we ask not only what |
did Jesus do nineteen hundred years
ago, under circumstances widely diff !
ferent from our own, but what would |
Jesus do If he were In my place to-
day? It Is the remembrance of what |
Jesus has once done, and the living
experience Of what he now is can and
would do If formed within u.s." that
will give us power to live and act like
him.
"Verlly, verify, say unto you" ".
16). This introduction shows how i'm
portant Christ considered his teaching
at this point. "The servant is not
greater than his Lord" (See Matt. 10:
"a; Luke GAO; 22-27). If the Lord
bent TO this lowly service, certainly
they, the servants should not think 1t
beneath them to do likewise, nor
should the one that Is sent (an apes
tle) consider himself greater than he
that sent him. John, who wrote this
npistle, was one of the apostles guilty