The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-06-18

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REFERENCE MATERIAL-Acts 2: 81
a; S: As.
PRIMARY ToPIC-Pleasing Jesus by
Helping Others.
JUNIOR TOPIC-The Example JESUS
Gave Us.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR ToPIS
Making All of Life Christian.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
christianity Transforming the Social
Order
Again we say not Making the So
cial Order Christian" if 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
to go 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 4:16-2D.
l. 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. 1919. He opened the book
at the sixty-first chapter of Isaiah ana
read the Scripture passage which set
forth His entire mission.
O 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 to the help of the very
ones most in need. 1t puts a ladder
at the feet of man and enables him
to climb as high as his ability will per-
NIT him. CD Heal the broken
hearted. How many are the broken
hearted (c) Preach deliverance to
the captives. Those who are in cap
tivity to sin and Satan. Christ can and
will deliver John 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 we'll
(e) Set at liberty them that are
bruised. Satan has been most merci-
lessly bruising men, but the Mighty
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 Uev. % 1913, 50-54).
(2) His endowment ". 49,. The Holy
Spirit came upon Christ for the ex-
press purpose of fitting Him for His
| divine mission. Because of this en-
| duement He cannot fail in His glO-
rious work.
(3) His testimony wv. 20, 21). 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 he
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. % :34-40).
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 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 ". 81. The Son OF
Man in glory.
2. 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 OIL
the throne of His glory. This throne
will be most surely in the land of Is
rael. The prophecy of Joel, thirt
chapter, and Zechariah IA :1-5 make L
to be in or near Jerusalem.
A. The people judged wv. 32-45)
These people will be the living nation.
upon the earth after the church ha,
been translated Il Thess. 4: 16, 10
These nations are the ones to whom
the gospel of the kingdom shall b.
preached just prior to the coming o.
the Lord (see Matt. 24:14). TIL,
preachers of this gospel will be Jew'
(Rev. Z; Rom. III. These are tn,
Lords brethren in the flesh as the!
move among the nations of the worlt
with the startling message Of the new
of the Lords approaching kingdom
Some nations will gladly receive tn,
message and most kindly receive tn,
kingdom messengers, giving then
clothing, food, shelter, etc. others will
reject them, thrusting them into pris
on, etc. Here the former will visi
these messengers of the King and pro
vide for their wants. At this time tn
Judge will separate the nations, plac
| ing the sheep on the right and tn
goats on the left. The sheep" ar
those who gave proper treatment t