The Holt County sentinel., 1917-06-01
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNDNXSQlOOL
LESSON
BY r. o. SELLERS. Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course OF the Moody
Bible 1nstitute.)
(CopyrIrht 1917 Western Nev,p,pcr Union
LESSON FOR JUNE 3
JESUS BETRAYED AND DENIED

iI's HI tnt
mediate classes the scholars might be-
asked To write short. oncininute cs.
says. describing the scene Ms though
they. themselves. were present. For
the adult classes of course the central
theme Il the way that Chris,'s follow.
crs neglect him to-day even as the dis.
ciplcs slept I'm Gcthsemnne. md he.
iraycd him like Judas or denied him
like Peter. .
!. The Place Of Retreat wv. 1.3). In
his emphasis upon the spiritual gran.
dcur of the deity Of Jesus. John does
not dwell upon the ngony IN the enr.
den. lie however. gives Us that nohlcst
passage IN the New Testament (chs
1i.11). the like Of which cannot be-
found anywhere else IN the worlds
writings. Having spoken these words,
Jesus and his disciples went over the
Brock kc,lrun ". ~ To- the garden
there to bear the nwful weight of
nguny TINT was crushing him (Mnti.
20 :3S), while nj the same time he must
strengthen his disciples. nnd fortify
lH'H "E"il-l 'u' ''iNHE 'rlHlNs bHh'
this plncc was place ~ frequent r..
sort for Jesus. Judas was aware. II was
n sanctuary IN which Jesus met the
Father. aud those who knew him
knew II as u place of prayer. and the
most likely place to fini him NJ TINT
time Of nlght ". ~. Rrhuffcd ut
Mnry's prodignllty. Judas had consort.
81 with the priests. nni now coyctous.
ness II to rrnp Its reward. Judas wns
not hardened IN u dny. Ills greed for
money. while NJ IN" same time listen.
Ing H. III" teachings ~ Jesus. had
gradually hardened his heart.
10, PROTECTING and ProtestIno wv.
TN. tS,, Ain,,. "a. Mark IA: Luke
nn,. Jcsus won, firth IA order 4, c,u.
,.u,rn,c the attention az IA, sn,dl,rS
unnu himself md IA pr,y,n, n p,u,rnI
ni,n,k unon IN, ,llscIpl,s. In answer
To his ou,s,lon. they snId they w,r,
seeking "J,sus. IN. Nnznr,p.." n form
~ cnntcmpt which Jesus answered hy
snyjnr 81 nm ne" John n,l,ls "und
Judas n,.o which b,,rny,d him stood
with them" Greed for money grow.
Ing in,o theft md fniscn,ss of IIfr.
ended with the b,nck,st crime the
world hns ever known. Ills sniu,n,lnn
son, them backward u. %, p,rhars
among the officers were som" who had
failed to arrest him on n former occn'
sion tch. 7:iCp. and who were now
"v"rnwcd 10y his marvellous words aud
mnlcs'lc hearing. Agnln he answered,
"Whom seek YEP" ". -, nnd they
snld, Jesus ~ Nazareth" the snin"
words Ms before, hut probably IN n
changed tone, showing TINT they w"r"
prepared To- listen with respect, though
certainly not with reverence. Ia what
he might have Ia Offer. What II IRA.
mntic pIciurc-ihc brnzcnncss of sin,
Judas who stood among the enemy,
nni III" frnrlrssncss ~ virtue. Jesus,
facing his accnscrs. Augustine com.
mcnllng IN this verse. snys, "Whnt
will he do when he comes rs n guest,
II he did this when giving himself M
NJ n prisoncrf" His net, however,
shielded his disciples, for not onr II
them was to be lost ". o II. W, and
he knew they were not strong enough
yet to stand the test Of arrest and
trial. Al this point Peter attempts Ia
defend Jesus ". l0.
~. Peter Denying wv. 15.I0. As
Jesus was led away, his disciples for.
sock him. They ali left him. and He'd,
hut Mark adds that a certain young
man followed Jesus. II Is conjcctnrcd
that this young man was Mark. with
1uickness OF action we nrc now trans.
ported 20 the Judgment hall. There
we see him bound. with his hands
shacklcd behind his bnck, and led
first to Annas ". 13), which wns m H.
legal transaction, "as though some
reformer should he tried at Tnmmany
hall In New York" (Robert T.. spccr),
Annas was now very old. From him
he was taken to CaIaphas, followed by
Peter "afar on" now In n different
mood than when he smote the high
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