Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-06-17

done 1t unto one of the least OF these my
brethren y-. have done ii unto me.-Matl,
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REFERENCE MATER1AL-Acts 2; 81
n, s; As.
PRIMARY TOPIC Pleasing Jesus by
Helping Otaers,
JUNIOR TOPlC-The Example Jesds
Gave Us.
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPlt
Making All of Life Christian,
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
--Christiani y Transforming the Social
Order
Again we say not Making the So
cial Order Christian" If the committee
please A, least these texts selected
by the committee do not 50 teuCli Tor
they have no bearing upon the ques'
ton. VIII, ,wo texts so widely sepa'
rated in meaning should be selected
to so together under the subject
named is incomprehensible. The
teacher should therefore ignore the
subject chosen and endeavor to bring
out the meaning of the texts.
|. Jesus in the Synagogue at Naza.
reth duke 16-2D.
|. His custom was to 20 to the
house of t,od ". lG). He now had
come back to the town of his boyhood
days and entered the place of worship
as was His custom.
2. Jesus reading from the Scrip
lures wv. lSi!D. He opened the book
at the sixty fist chapter Of Isaiah ana
read the Scripture passage which set
forth His cntire mission.
az Character. Of His mission wv.
Is, 19). (a) Preach the gospel to the
poor. God has peculiar regard for the
poor, and the glory of the gospel Is
that it comes 10 the help of the very
ones most 10 need. It puts ladder
at the feet OF n man and enables him
to climb os high as his ability will per-
nit him. Oh Heal the broken
hearted. How many are the broken
hearted. tc) Preach deliverance to
the captives. Those who are In cap
tivity to gin and Satan. Christ can and
will deliver (JGhn S:34-36). (d) Re.
covering of sight to the blind. Christ
not only can open the physical eyes
but the eyes Of the spirit as well,
(e) Set at liberty them that are
bruised. Satan has been most mercl-
lessly brul slnY men, but the Mighty
One has CONE who can set them free.
f) Preach the acceptable year of the
Lord. The Was the Year of Jubilee
which looked forward to the glorious
mllenniai age (Ley. % :S-13, 50-54).
(2) His endowment ". 1S). The Holy
Spirit came upon Christ for the eX-
press purpnye of fitting Him for His
divine mission. Because of this en-
duement Ho cannot fail In His glO-
rious work.
CD His ttstlmony wv. 20. 2D. Hav-
ing competed the reading, He declared
that the Sculpture had fuItillment then
and there In himself This was II crit
ical hour fJr the people. May 1t be
Just as critical for the members OF
every class where this lesson Is stud
led May there not be rejection like
that wklch followed His testimony at
Nazareth,
u. The Judgment Of the Nations
Matt. - :3+-4W.
The bihli.ll unit here Is verses 81
46. One cannot intelligently teach the
verses selected without their setting;
so it would be better to take survey
of the whole.
Tits Judgment should be carefully
distinguished from what is popularity
called General Judgment The Bible
speaks of different Judgments, differ
ing In respect to the subjects, the
place, the time, and the results of the
Judgment. Note the following partc-
ulars:
/. The Judge ". 81. The Son Of
Man in glory.
.. the time ". 81. 1t is when the
Lord shall come in His glory accom-
panied by His glorious retinue of an
gels.
3. The place ". 81. 1t will be on
the throne of His glory. This throne
will be most surely in the land Of Is
rael. The prophecy of Joel, third
chapter, and Zechuriah Il 10 make ii
to be in or near Jerusalem.
4. The people judged wv. 32-45).
These people will be the living nations
upon the earth after the church has
been translated Il Thess. 4 l6, 10.
These nations are the ones to whom
the gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached just prior TO the coming OF
the Lord (see Matt. 24:lD. The
preachers of this gospel will be Jews
Rev. Z; Rom. ID. These are the
Lords brethren In the flesh as they
move among the nations of the world
with the startling message of the news
of the Lords approaching kingdom.
Some nations will gladly receive the
message and most kindly receive the
kingdom messengers, giving them
clothing, food shelter, etc. others will
reject them, ihrustlng them into pris-
on. etc. Here the former will visit
these messengers Of the King and pro-
vide for their wants. AT this time the
Judge will separate the nations, pac'
ing the sheep on the right and the
goats on the left, The sheep" are
those who gave proper treatment to
Christs brethren the goats" are
those who matreated and rejected His
brethren.
8. The issue of the judgment ". As;
Of. BAD. The sheep enter upon the
inheritance OF Il prepared Kingdom
". By The goats go into an eyerlast-
Ing fire prepared for the devil and his
angels. Their destiny is fixed ". 46).
Cad Governs World.