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Teacher 81 English Bible IN the Moody
Bible Institute " ChicaguD
90 1921. Western Newspaper union)
LESSON FOR JUNE 19.
MAKING THE SOCIAL ORDER
CHRISTIAN.

LESSON TEXT-Luke ,is-2i Matt Is;
40
GOLDEN TENT-lnasmuch AS ye have
done 1t unto one Of the least OF these my
brethren. ye have done Il unto me.-MatI
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REFERENCE MATERIAGs-Acts 2: 81
q, IS
PRIMARY ToPIc-Pleasing Jesus By
Helping others
JUNIOR ToPic-The Example Jesus
Gave Us
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
Making Al Of life Christian
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
christianity Transforming the Social
Order
Again we say not Making the So
cial order Christian" II the committee
please. At least these texts selected
by the committee do not So teach, for
they have no bearing upon the ques-
ton. Why two texts so widely sepa-
rated In meaning should be selected
Ia 20 together under the subject
named Is incomprehensible. The
teacher should therefore ignore the
subject chosen aud endeayor to bring
out the meaning OF the texts.
I. Jesus In the Synagogue At Mara
reth duke I:i62D.
|. His custom was to 20 TO the
house OF God ". i6). lie now had
come back To the town OF his boyhood
days and entered the place Of worship
rs was Ills custom.
.. Jesus reading from the Scrip
lures (vv. 1870. lie opened the book
at the sixty.trst chapter Of Isaiah and
read the Scripture passage which set
forth His entire mission.
uD Character OF His mission (vv.
~. lgl. (a) Preach the gospel to the
poor. God has peculiar regard for the
poor. and the glory OF the gospel IL
that IL comes to the help Of the very
ones most In need. IL puts n ladder
AT the feet Of a man and enables him
10 climb rs high as his ability will per
init him. 90 Heal the broken
hearted How many are the broken
hearted (c) Preach deliyernnce TO
the captiyes. Those who are In cap
tivity To- sin and Satan. Christ can aud
will deliver (Juhn $ 1886. td) Re
covering Of sight 20 the blind. Christ
not only can open the physical eyes
but the eyes of the spirit as we'll
(e) Set ut liberty them that are
bruised. Satan has been most merci-
lessly brusing men. bat the Mighty
one has come who can set them free.
% Preach the acceptable year OF tho
Lord This was the Year OF Jubilee
which looked forward to the glorious
millcnnial age OLcy. - :s-i3, jO-5D.
(2) His endowment ". ls). The Holy
Spirit came upon Christ for the ex-
press purpose Of fitting Him for Ills
divine mission. Because Of this en-
duemenI He cannot fail In His glo-
rious work.
90 His testimony wv. 20. 2l). Hav-
Ing completed the reading. lie declared
that the Scripture had fulhllmcnt then
and there In himself This was a crit
icnl hour Tor the people. May Il be
just as critical for the members OF
every class where this lesson is stud
led May there not be rejection like
that which followed His testimony at
Nazareth.
~. The Judgment Of the Nations
(Matt. - :3l-4O).
The biblical unit here Is verses 81
40. One cannot intelligently teach the
verses selected without their setting;
so II would be better to take a survey
OF the whole.
This 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 partic-
ulars:
/. The Judge ". sD. The Son Of
Man In glory.
2. The time ". 3l). II Is when the
Lord shall come In His glory accom-
panied by His glorious retlnue OF an
gels.
3. The place ". 3l). II 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 Zechariah IA :l-5 make IL
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: 10. I'D.
These nations are the ones 10 whom
the gospel OF the kingdom shall be
preached just prior TO the coming Of
the Lord (see Matt. PAID. The
preachers of this gospel will be Jews
tRey. Z; Rom. ~.
g. The issue OF the judgment ". 40;
CT. 3A-4D. The sheep enter upon the
Inheritance Of prepared kingdom
". 34). The goats 20 into an everlast-
ing fire prepared for the devil and his
angels. Their destiny Is fixed ". 46).