Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-06-08
INTERNATIONAL
SUNIllyS(IIOOL
LESSON
(By f. O. SELLERS Acting Director or
the Sunday School Course of the Moody
Bible Instituted
Copyright, 1917 Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR JUNE 10
JESUS CRUclFlED.

GOLDEN TEXT-Christ died for oul
sins,I Cor. 1853,
We are compelled to omit Il consider
alton Of that dark, despicabc trial IL
Pilates Judgment hall. Pilates weak
kneed subServienCe to custom and the
cry of the politician is one Of the black
est pages in history. Ills scourglng OF
the man Nllpm he, himself, declared
innocent. Is practically without paral
lei. After the hooking and the scourg'
lng PLATE said unto the people Be
hold the nun W. ~, and later in sur'
casm he said to the same people, BE
hold your king" ". ~. Teachers
should emphasize ut the beginning and
all through this lesson that Jesus
suffered aud died for the sins Of all
men, ours rs wen as those Of his own
day.
|. The crucifxion Of Jesus wv.
l6-22). II was about nilc o'clock IN
the morning when plate gave his inla-
nous order that Jesus should be cru
clhod. 1t was indeed sorroWlul pro-
ceSson which moved itself along the
VIA DoIorosa Che SortowfW Way),
consisting Of the Roman soldiers, the
lettering, physically exhausted man Of
calilcc. ami Luke adds. 'sorroYins
women" They took him 10 the place
Of skull, a hill about sixty feet high,
Al the foot of which was the rock
hewn scpulcher in which his body was
later laid The place was called in
Hebrew "GdIgofM, the Arnmac for
skull. Calvary is the Latin for the
same. ON either side Of him were
crucltied the robbers, which was an
evident effort TO add to his shame as
well rs SallitGry warning 10 the Pass
over pilgrims. over the cross Plate
wrote a title On wooden tablet, Fol-
lowing the usual custom, this was
nailed 1T the head Of Jesus, setting
forth his crime The words It bore
were Jesus Of Nazareth. King Of the
Jews" us though PLATE would take
malicious revenge upon the mob which
had made Him perform Il deed he had
sought to avoid Literally this sign
meant This man is the klngllcst Of
all Jews, AMI see what they have done
to him" In response to Pilates queS-
tiouing, Jesus said, Il am the King of
the Jews" PLATE knew that he was
innocent, and sought TO let him go free,
hut, rather than incur the hatred of the
Jewish authorities. he yielded to their
demand for his blood, and hecame.a
party 10 the murder Of the Son Of God.
Men today take part In his cruel
iiXion rather than surrender wholly
10 him ana pay the price of open con
feSSlon. "They crucihrd him. How
these words laid the pride Of men in
the dust Human nature Is the same
today as II WAS two thousand years
ago when the worlds bittereSt hate
was wrrakcd not upon bad man but
upon the hest man, the perfect man,
the Goldman The pain Jesus suf-
fercd on Calvary was no Imagination.
lie suffered ii all for us Elsa $3.50,
but the physical suffering was not the
most severe agony he bore (PS. G9:20;
Matt. 27:l6l. The crucifxlon of Jesus
was part of the eternal purposes of
Gods love and redemption.
II. The Worlds Darkest Hour wv.
23-30). Each Of the Gospel writer's re-
fers to the part the soldiers took in
casting lots for his garments. They
were unconSciously fulfilling the
prophecy of Psalm % rs, and ii was
from their number that one of the SUI
prcme testimonies to the character of
+ Christ came (See Matt. - :54. The
first three evangeliSts tell us Of the
throng of pilgrims who passed along
the highway from the north, close at
hand and who wagged their heads In
imitation and mockery of the agony
of the one who was being crucltied.
But there were others who We're spec
tators of this event, a group of Christ
lovers ". 25). Joseph, Mary's hus-
band, had doubtless died long before.
The sister here spoken of was prob
ably Salome, the mother Of John, the
evangelist. Mary, the wife of Cle0phas,
who was the mother of James the Less
and Of Joses and also Mary Mag
dalene, the grateful one. Jesus look
Ing upon this company, remembered
the coming loneliness of his mother,
and her lack Of protection. Turning
to joint. the evangelist, he tenderly
commits the mother to his keeping (yv.
&c, 27). OF the two malefactors were
hanging by his side, one gave himself
up to the Christ The other died I'M
repentant. To the one who was re-
pentant, Jesus made ready answer,
and held out loving promise of Para
disc.
at Is finished" These are remark
IT,
ferlng; he had finished that for which
he came into the world when he be-
gan his ministry; he had finished the
mission for which his father had sent
him into the world; he had finished
and fulfilled the prophecies concern
ing his suffering and death; he had
completed the work of the redemption
the atonement was finished, and Sa-
tan's power was finished; the Mosaic
law was finished rs far as its claims
upon the believer were concerned
from. 1874; Col. 2:l3; Eph. 2:15 and
16). Outwardly it seemed to be Sa-
tan's supreme hour. II was the worlds
darkest hour, but in that hour, Christ,
on the cross struck the death knell Of
Satan, and won his mightlest victory
three DAYS later when he arose from
the dead. Bowling himself in submits
sion to the father, he gave up his
7 ,,i,i+ II u.oc NOT urpstp1 from him