The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
IMPaUr7l UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNlGYS0lOOL
LESSON
(By REV. +. Is. FITZWATER, ID. d..
Teacher of English Bible in the
Moody Bible Institute OF Chicago)
Copyright, 1918, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR June 16
THE SON OF GOD GIVING HIS LIFE
A RANSOM FOR MANY.
LESSON TEXT-Mark 15:l-4L.

LESSON TEXT-Mark 15:l-i7.
GOLDEN TEXT-Truly this man wac
the Son OF God.-Mark 1873.
DEVOTIONAL READlNG-Isaiah 52:i3-
1912.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR
TEACHERS-Matthe 27:32-Gl, Luke 1926
&c; John l9:l6-42.
PRIMARY AND JUNIOR ToPIC-Jesus
gives his life for others
INTERMEDIATES TOPIC-The suffering
Savior.
SENIOR AND ADULT ToPIc-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 cruciiiXion Is
not apprehended, all the lessons thus
far are meaningless. II Is not mat
ter of learning lessons taught by
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.
!. Jesus Arraigned Before PLATE (vv.
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,
yet he was delivered up by the deter
inmate counsel and foreknOwledge OF
God. The Jews would gladly have
killed him, but they had not the au'
thority to do so. They delivered him
to the Gentle governor, thus involV-
ing the Jews and the Gentiles In the
crownlng act Of the worlds sin. PLATE
questioned him without delay, for they
accused him of pretending to be king
"A rebel. "Thou sayest," was his only
reply. To the slanderous accusations
Of the chief priests and elders he made
no reply, to the utter astonishment of
PLATE. PLATE sought TO release him
because he was convinced Of his inno-
cence. After several unsuccessful eff
forts to escape responsibility the ex-
pedient Of letting the people choose
between Barabbas and Jesus was re-
sorted to. He no doubt thought that
they would choose Jesus rather than
the notorious Barabbas. Many today
are seeking to escape responsibility
like PLATE, and others are making the
awful choice of BarabbaS instead of
Christ.
II. Jesus Crowned With Thorns (vy.
1920.
Knowing that jesus had been con-
demned for claiming TO be lsraers
king, they in mockery crown him with
wreath of thorns, and salute him
"King Of the Jews" Not only this, but
they smote him on the head and spit
upon him and went through process
Of mock worship. The crown of thOrns
typifies the curse which he bore for
mans sin,
~. Jesus Crucified wv. 2l-4l).
/. Led away to the place Of Cruclfix-
ion (vv. 21-23).
At first they compelled him to bear
his own cross, but when physical weak
ness made this impossible, they com
PEELED Simon the Cyrenian to bear II
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
scourging and cruel indignlties heaped
upon him, they actually were obliged
TO bear him to Golgotha. His face was
marked by the thorns Gnd cruel blows,
so that there was mo form or cOmeli-
ness" lisa. 3:2). All this he endured
for us. He drank this bitter cup to It's
very dregs and refused to drink the
"wine 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, and
in their heartless cruelty they sat
down to watch him die Matt. p :36).
3. The superscriptlon ". 26).
II was customary to place over the
, victim on the Cross the name and
crime of the offender. Though PLATE
did this in mockery to veX the Jews,
the title was absolutely true. He was
indeed their King. They had long
looked for him, and now when he came
they crucified him. Though he wore a
crown of thorns in derision, he will
come again wearing crown Of glory,
and before him all shall bow.
4. Between two thieves wv. q, 2S),
This added to his shame. His identl-
fication with two robbers was the full
fillment of the Scripture-"Numbered
with the transgressors."
8. The dying Savior reviled wv. %
S2).
This reviling was engaged in by
he passers-by, the chief priests and
| the thieves who were Crucitied with
| him. In this nameless agony and
shame they taunted 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 great truth, He
could not save himself and others, so
he chose to die to save others.
G. Darkness upon the land ", 33).
This was at MONDAY. So shocking
was this crime that nature threw
around the Son of God shroud to hide
him from the gaze of Goddess COM
| pany.