The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-06-13
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
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LESSON
(By REV.. +. 3. flILWAfER, D. D.,
Teacher Of English Bible In the
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Copyright. 1918. Western Newspaper union.)
LESSON FOR JUNE is
THE SON OF GOD GIVING HIS LIFE
A RANSOM FOR MANY.

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 27:32-61; Luke 1896
Is: John 19:16-42.
PRIMARY AND JUNIOR ToP1c-Jesus
gives his life for others.
INTERMEDIATE TOP1C-The suffering
Savior.
SENIOR AND ADULT ToP1C-christ
dying for our sins.
The grand climax of the years les
sons thus, far is reached in this one.
If the significance Of the c%ruci6xion is
not unprecedented. all the lessons thus
far are meaningless. 1t is not a mat
ter of learning lessons taught by q
| great teacher, or initiating the example
of a great and good man, but of ap-
pretending the vicarious .atonement
made by the worlds Redeemer. Christ
saves, not by his ethics, but by his
shed blood. His death was purposeful
and absolutely voluntary.
L. Jesus Arraigned Before PLATE wv.
1-15).
In the early morning, after the mock
trial before the high priest, they bound
Jesus and delivered him to PLATE.
They act freely in this according to
the evil desires Of their own hearts.
IL. Jesus Crowned With Thorns wv.
1929.
knowing that Jesus had been con-
demned for claiming to be 1Sraels
king, they in mockery crown him with
a wreath of thorns, and salute him
"King Of the jews" Not only this, but
kIor, cD,oto l,;~, an <I,0 head onH emit
upon him and went through a process
of mock worship. The crown of thorns
typifies the curse which he bore for
mans sin.
ilI. Jesus crucified wv. 21-41).
1. Led away to the place Of crucifx-
ion wv. 21-23).
At first they compelled him to bear
his OWL cross, but when physical weak.
ness made this impossible, they com
PEELED Simon the Cyrenian to bear 1t
for him. 1t is beautiful to note that
the son Of this Cyrenian who bore the
cross of Jesus came to believe on him
Romans 1919. Because of the
s%courging and cruel %indignities heaped
upon him, they actually were Obliged
to bear him to Golgotha. His face was
marked by the thorns and cruel blows
so that there was mo form or comeli.
ness" Elsa. 5B:2). All this he endured
for us. He drank this bitter cup to its
very dregs and refused to drink the
swine mingled with myrrh," which
would have deadened his pain. He
went all the way in his sufferings.
2. Gambling for the clothing of the
Lord wv. "a, 25).
Having nailed him to the cross they
gambled for the seamless robe under
the very cross where he was dying, ant
in their heartless cruelty they sal
down to watch him die Matt. q 1867
3. The superscription ". 26).
It was customary to place over thu
victim on the Cross the name ant
crime of the offender. Though PLATE
did this in mockery to vex the Jews
the title was absolutely true. He wa:
indeed their King. They had Ion.
looked for him, and now when he cam
they crucified him., Though he wore {
crown of thorns in derision, he; viii
come again wearing a crown of glory
and before him all shall bow. Coo
hasten the day!
4. Between two thieves wv. q, 29)
This added to his shame. His identi
fcation with two robbers vas the full
fllment Of the Scripture-"Numbere
with the transgressors."
S. The dying Savior reviled wv. %
82).
This reviling was engaged in b.
The passers-by, the chief priests ant
the thieves who were crucified will
him. In this nameless agony ant
shame they tainted him by bidding
him come down from the cross, and de
risively saying, "He saved others, him
self he cannot save" They uncon
sciously uttered a great truth. H
could not save himself and others, s.
he chose to die to save others. Halle
lujah, what a Saviour!
6. Darkness upon the land ". 33).
This was at MONDAY. So shockini
7 was this crime that nature threy
around the Son of God a shroud to hid
him from the gaze of a Goddess CON
pany.
a z. The cry from the Cross wv. "a
3d..
y What awful anguish when God lai,
e the worlds sins upon his beloved Son
e When the price was fully paid. Jesu
le dismissed his spirit. No one took hi
life; he gave it up. His death vas ur
,r like that of any other.
8. The rent veil ". 38).
This symbolized the giving up Of hi
life (Heb. 10:20).
9. The centurion's confession ". 39l
10. The lingering group of wome
If wv. 40. 41).
They who had lovingly ministere
& to him in life were waiting to sc
le where they could. bury his preciou
p body.
le w. christ's Burial wv. 42-4O.
ID Loving hands now take the preciou
body and lay it in Joseph's new toni
This man who did not consent to tn
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