The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-24
Sunday School Notes
. 2S. Disciples in the Making. !

Dec %. Disciples in the Making.
John /: 10.
We have come to the last Sunday of
the year, and thus of the lesson quar-
ter. 1t is time of review Of what has
been called to our attention in the weeks
back. Since October first special stress
has been laid on the call Of John and
Peter as disciples, and their experiences
with Jesus up to the time of His death
and resurrection. preparation for
service has been the keynote, and all
lessons have been treated from that all
important point Of view.
1t will be recalled that the person
who was in time to be the disciple John,
was originally a close follower of John
the Baptist, and it was upon the oc.
casion of John the Baptist hailing Jesus
as the Lamb Of God who should take
away the sins of the world, that the
John we are talking about, went to the
Master to see for himself what kind of
a man He was. The evidences We're
such that he became from that time a
disciple of Jesus and continued as such
through a long and useful life 1t will
also be recalled that Peter was first
introduced to Jesus by Andrew and was
later called from his fishing boat to
constant attendance on the Master.
From the beginning times on, Peter
and John were near Jesus, and had ex-
periences not accorded some Of the 9TH
err disciples. Jesus went to the home
of Peter and there cured an inmate of
the house, besides doing many other
miracles. Peter had the experiences of
trying to walk on the water. Both John
and he We're on the mountain of trans
figuration. John was one of the dis.
ciples who had ambitions to be a big
factor in place when Jesus set up His
Kingdom, and was reproved by Him
for his thoughts. 1t was John who was
corrected for forbidding one to do mir
.acies and teaching in the Masters
name because the man was not part
of the personal party which followed
Jesus about through the country. Jesus
said that any who were working for
Him were to be welcomed and their
motives not questioned. Peter had the
testing of the denial, the hearty repent
ance, and the direct words of Jesus to
him that he feed my sheep" John
was given special care of the mother of
Jesus from the lips of the Savior on the
cross.
I now come to note the results of the
means taken to make" John and Peter
powerful and consistent disciples of
Jesus. Let first the testimony Of John
himself be put, in the record. John
wrote the following words in his first
epistle:
"That which we have seen and
heard declare we unto you, that we
also may have fellowship with us,
and our fellowship is with the Faith
err and with His Son Jesus Christ"
Let it be noted that John says (which
we have seen and heard" Peter said
that he was not following cunningly de-
vised fables, but what he had seen and
heard, and was a part Of. So we come
right to the point that John and Peter
were given their many and varied exf
penences with Jesus so that from pert
sonal knowledge they might teach the
gospel after His return to heaven. One
Of the things which comes to us from
this is the need that you and have soul
and heart preparation if we want to
do effective work of Jesus. We cannot
have a personal contact with the Mas.
ter, burt the bible is free for us, the his.
tory of the tTiumphs of the gospel are
at hand, great books can be had, prayer
can be on our lips constantly and there