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MAKING THE SOCIAL ORDER
CHRISTIAN.

REFERENCE MATERIAL-Acts 2: 81
PRIMARY ropIc-plsasing Jesus by
JUNIOR ToPIc-The Example Jesus
Gave Us
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Making All OF Life Christian.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT, TOPIC
christianity Transforming the Social
Order isf
Again we say not Making the So
cial Order Christian" If the COMMITTEES
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
to 90 together under the subject
named is ncomprehensible. The
teacher should therefore ignore the
subject chosen and endeavor to bring
out the meaning of the texts.
!. Jesus in the Synagogue at Naza-
rcth Uuke 4:16-2D.
/. His custom was to go to the
house of God ". 16). 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. 1870, He opened the book
at the sixty-first chapter of Isaiah and
read the Scripture passage which set
forth His entire mission. esi
| "a Character of His mission wv.
10, ,19). Cal Preach the gospel to the
poor. God has peculiar regard for the
poor. and the glory Of the gospel Is
that it comes to the help of the very
ones most in need. 1t puts a ladder
at the feet of a man and enables him
to climb as high as his ability will per-
nit him. (b) Heal the broken
hearted. How many are the broken
hearted! (c) Preach deliverance to
the captlves. Those who are In cap
tivity to sin and Satan. Christ can and
will deliver (John 8:34-36). (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 merci-
One has come who can set them free.
(f) Preach the acceptable year Of the
Lord. This was the Year of Jubilee
which looked forward to the glorious
millennial age (Lev.. rs :8-13. 50-54).
(2) His endowment ". 49,. The Holy
Spirit came upon Christ for the Nex-
press purpose of fitting Him for His
divine mission. Because of this en-
duement He cannot fail in His glo-
rious work.
CD His testimony wv. 20, Ply. Hav-
ing completed the reading, He declared
that the Scripture had fulfillment then
and there In himself. This was crit
ical hour for the people. May it 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
II. The Judgment Of the Nations
| (Matt. 20 :34-40). W.
The biblical unit here is verses 81.
46. One cannot intelligently teach the
verses selected without their setting
SO it would be better to take a survey
of the whole. ~
This judgment should be carefully
distinguished from what is popularly
called General Judgment" The Bible
speaks of different judgments, differ
ing In respect to the subjects, the
place, the time, and the results Of thu
Judgment. Note the following partic
ulars:
1. The Judge ". 81. The Son o.
Man In glory.
2. The time ". By. It Is when tn,
Lord shall come in His glory accom-
panied by His glorious retinue of an
gels.
8. The place ". 81. II will be Of
the throne of His glory. This thron
will be most surely in the land Of Is
rael. The prophecy OF Joel, thir'
chapter. and Zechariah IA lis make |
to be In or near Jerusalem. "
lr' A. The people Judged wv. 82-45)
kThese people, win be- the Lying nation
Upon the earth after the, church ha
been translated II Thess.. 4: 16, III
| THESE udtlOuS are tIc ohCS " VIM
the gospel of the kingdom shall b
preached just prior to the coming o
the Lord ,lsee Matt "A ;14). tn
[preachsrrss "a, n this gospel will be Jew
f(Rev. II; Rom. lily. ga ."n ~ I
r. 5. The Issue Of the judgment tv.'4d
tcf.' 3f41>. The sheep enter upon th
4lnhepitance Of s.oprepared1 kingdoI
l-(v,34). The goats 80, into an eyerlas
!, Ing fire prepared for. the devil and hi
, I angels: Their destiny is fixed ". 40
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~ 40 y Hope and Pray.
Let US hope and pray that those WI
! teach and those who worship In Il
] temples OF God may never be out
! touch with the saints above or u
I sinners below When we get out I
touch with humanity. we are never
very close touch with Divinitys-Unc
Hanrv's Savings